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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:10:18 -0500
From: Connie Kramer
Subject: t/tool/parabola.tab
Parabola
By Tool
Track 7 on the album Lateralus
From Kramer (ckramer@milwpc.com)
I tabbed it myself, my first tab, send me any corrections.
It sounds right to me, but all I have is a massive acoustic
to work with. The strings are thicker than my forearms and
a baby could rest comfortably between the 2nd and 3rd frets.
It's hard to play. So bear with me.
It works fine in drop d tuning (DADGBE) but it's actually not.
4/4 time
PLEASE NOTE all numbers are single digit unless otherwise indicated
--20-- means two, zero; NOT twenty
I'm not going to put in slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs,
etc. because they mess up the rhythm and you can figure
them out yourself pretty easily.
Chorus
1 2 3 4
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|23-23-25-22-0---|
A|23-23-25-22-0---|
D|23-23-25-22-0---|
Riff 1
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|-0--------------57---------------0------------575------6--------|
B|3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
1 2 3 4
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|22--------------|
D|22--------------|
Riff 3
1 2 3 4
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|22-----22---2222|
D|22-----22---2222|
Riff 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|5-------7-------2-------2-------|
A|5-------7-------2-------2-------|
D|5-------7-------2-------2-------|
Riff 5
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|5-------7-------2--2--7--5--5---|
A|5-------7-------2--2--7--5--5---|
D|5-------7-------2--2--7--5--5---|
Riff 6
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
D|22----22----0-----------2-----4---------2-----4-
A|22----22----0-----------2-----4---------2-----4-
D|22----22----0-----------2-----4---------2-----4-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------2-----4---------2-------|
--------2-----4---------2-------|
--------2-----4---------2-------|
Riff 7 (About here I said screw the rhythms)
E|----------------|
G|-------------3--|
B|-0---2---0------|
D|---4---4---4---4|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
Riff 8
E|-----------------------|
G|------3----------------|
B|------2----------------|
D|2-7-5-0-0---2-0-5-0-2--|
A|2-7-5---0---2-0-5-0-2--|
D|2-7-5---0---2-0-5-0-2--|
Riff 9
E|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
D|20----0-0-0---20-----2-7-5---20----0-0-0---20-----2---|
A|--20--0-0-0-----20---2-7-5-----20--0-0-0-----20---2---|
D|----5-0-0-0-------5402-7-5-------5-0-0-0-------5402---|
Riff 10
E|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------020--------020--------020
A|------5----------------------02---------02---------02----
D|2-0-5---0---2-0-5-0-2-----02---------02---------02-------
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----2---0-|
---2-------|
-2-----0---|
Riff 11
E|--------|
G|--------|
B|--------|
D|--------|
A|-02-----|
D|-02-----|
Riff 12
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
D|--2-57----5-5---55----55----0---|
A|--2-57----5-5---55----55----0---|
D|--2-57----5-5---55----55----0---|
Outro
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|0-0-4---2-4--2-4--2-4---4-5-4-5-2----|
Chorus x4 0:00-0:09
Riff 1 0:10-0:19
Now I think that's all bass until "choosing to be HERE"
Riff 2 x3 0:29-0:35
Riff 3 0:36-0:38
Riff 4 x3 0:39-0:52
Riff 5 0:53-0:57
Chorus x7 0:58-1:13
Riff 6 1:14-1:25
Chorus x4 1:26-1:35
Riff 1 1:36-1:45 instead of E-6 play E-ten-9-5
Solo 1:45-2:03 Send it to me and you'll be famous (almost).
Chorus x7 2:04-2:20
Riff 6 2:21-2:31
Riff 7 x4 2:34-2:48
NOT DONE YET 2:49-3:28
Riff 8 x4 3:29-3:48
Riff 9 3:49-3:56
you get a short rest here
Riff 10 4:01-4:15
Riff 11 x12 4:16-4:29
Riff 12 4:30-4:35
Outro x7 4:36-THE END