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Subject: t/tool/schism.tab
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:01:19 +0100 (BST)
From: ma0etd@bath.ac.uk
Song: Schism (Version 3 tab)
Artist: Tool
Record: Lateralus
Label: Volcano
Transcribed by Edward Dawson - all my own work (except corrections).
Corrections:
Interlude correction by Richard Rosebrook (andyrose2000@yahoo.com)
Lots of other minor ones by myself.
THIS IS THE SECOND REVISION (V3 of the tab)
Shortly after this tab was posted I went to see Tool play in London and
discovered some parts are incorrect, complete tosh in fact :)
So here's a corrected version - about 95% correct I reckon now...
I know I'll still get millions of emails telling me otherwise :)
Just like to say thanks to all the people who did email me about this tab,
telling me it was good or whether bits were out or not. There were far too
many of you to list here. You actually overflowed the HD quota I have on
my University's mail server!
This tab is primarily for guitar although it has a bit of bass in it also.
I felt this was necessary as the guitar and bass interaction is unusually
high in this particular piece and it's sometimes hard to tell what's what.
Some people have asked me to do a seperate bass tab but alas I don't have
a bass to mess around on so I really can't begin to work out some of the
parts :/
A little bit of notation before we begin; I use brackets around notes to
represent 'ghost' notes - one's that are kinda hinted at rather than
played out-right.
Any comments/corrections, drop me a line:
ma0etd@bath.ac.uk
**Guitar and Bass in Dropped-D tuning**
GUITAR INTRO:
(0:00)
E|--------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------
G|---3-----2----5----7-----3-----2----5----7--
D|---0-----3----5----8-----0-----3----5----7--
A|--------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------
NOW TURN YOUR GUITAR VOLUME DOWN!
BASS INTRO:
(0:00)
G|---3-----2----5-/--7-- G|------
D|---------------------- D|------
A|---------------------- x 2 then A|------
D|---------------------- D|--0---
NOTE: The slide in the above bass part is quite slow, you can hear the
note in between. Have a listen.
MAIN BASS RIFF:
(0:13)
G|----------------------------------------------12-------
D|----12h14h15----14----------12h14h15----14-------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------
D|-12----------12----12-12-12----------12----12----12-12-
You can play the above riff on a guitar too, but base it around
open strings, rather than the 12th fret, i.e:
E|-------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|-----0h2h3-------2-----------0h2h3-------2-----5-------
A|-------------------------------------------------------
D|-0-----------0------0--0--0-----------0----0------0--0-
However, in doing this you will not be able to do the volume swell
which takes you into this next part.
ACCOMPANYING GUITAR PART:
Pluck your low D string gently, then slowly and smoothly turn your
volume up prior to playing this next bit which comes in with the
drums:
On the 4th time through play the last note w/o palm muting (5).
(0:26)
E|----------------------------------- E|----
B|----------------------------------- B|----
G|---3---2--------------3---2-----5-- x4 G|--2- and let
D|----------------------------------- D|--0- ring...
A|----------------------------------- A|----
D|----------------------------------- D|----
[_________Palm muted___________]
Then this after the bass riff has been played another 4 times...
(0:53)
E|-------
B|--3----
G|---2--- and let ring....
D|---0---
A|------- *Make sure to play the open D and the (2)
D|------- on the G with a down stroke.
Shortly followed by these two bits after two more times through
the bass riff. Again, make sure to play the 2's and 0's with
down strokes....
(1:00)
E|--3-------------------5------------
B|-----3-------------------3---------
G|--------2-------------------2------
D|--------0-------------------0------
A|-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------
Then play this steady over the top for another 4 times through the
bass riff.....
(1:07)
E|--------------
B|--------------
G|--2--2--2--2--
D|--0--0--0--0--
A|--0--0--0--0--
D|--------------
[Palm mute]
GUITAR MIRROR:
Now the guitar mirror to the bass riff comes in (hoorah!)...
The bass strums a constant open A string to go with this.
(1:20)
E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------7-
D|----7h9h10--9-------7h9h10---9------- x 4
A|-0------------0---0-------------0----
D|-------------------------------------
The it's back to this part for a bit:
(1:35)
E|--------------
B|--------------
G|--2--2--2--2-- The main bass riff plays along with this
D|--0--0--0--0-- again...
A|--0--0--0--0--
D|--------------
[Palm mute]
Then the bass/guitar roles swap again at (2:02); Guitar plays mirror
riff and bass plays constant A string.
BIG RIFF:
Now the 'big fat' riff comes in. Bass plays along with the bass
notes of the power chords. (D|-0---3---5-3---3--5-5--)
(2:16)
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|-------------------------------- x 4
D|-0---3---5-3---3--5-5-----------
A|-0---3---5-3---3--5-5---------5-
D|-0---3---5-3---3--5-5-5-0h3h5---
Then main bass riff comes back in again. Wait for it to
play once then hit this chord:
(2:32)
E|-----
B|--8--
G|--7--
D|--5--
A|--5--
D|-----
Accompanying guitar part then comes back in.
Then mirror guitar part comes back in x 4 (3:00).
Then the following variation on that guitar part...
(3:13)
E|--------------------- E|-------------------
B|--------------------- B|-------------------
G|------------------7-- x 7 G|-------------------
D|----7h9h10---9------- D|-----7h9h10---9----
A|--0------------------ A|--0--------------0-
D|--------------------- E|-------------------
Letting the open A ring (it could actually be on bass, can't
really tell!)....
Then this guitar part below comes in. The notes with m's below
are palm-muted. I suspect that they could actually be on the
bass (with an overdrive or something) rather than on guitar
(12th fret of A string) but I'm thinking the hollow wishy-washy
background noise part the way through is somehow made on the
bass? I suspect it has something to do with the bass's tone knob.
(3:31)
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------
D|-14-----17----14-----19----12----14----10----12--10--12-
A|--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
D|----m-m----m-m---m-m----m-m---m-m---m-m---m-m---m---m---
Played 8 times then a gazoo/echo type effect comes in and plays
some more. Then goes back to previous effect.
Then this bit comes in:
(5:05)
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
D|-14----17----14----17--14--14--
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
D|----m-m---m-m---m-m---m---m----
Gradually gets louder and builds up to....
(5:21)
E|----------------------------- E|---------
B|----------------------------- B|---------
G|-------------------------(7)- G|---------
D|--7--7----5--5--/12-12----7-- D|--------- x 4
A|--5--5----3--3--/10-10----0-- A|-0-0-0-0- (a total of
D|--------------------------0-- D|--------- 16 strums).
E|----------------------------- E|---------
B|----------------------------- B|---------
G|-------------------------(7)- G|---------
D|--7--7----5--5--/12-12----7-- D|--------- x 4
A|--5--5----3--3--/10-10----0-- A|-0-0-0-0-
D|--------------------------0-- D|---------
E|----------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------
D|--7--7----5--5--/12-12----0--7-7-8-7-7-7-8-7--
A|--5--5----3--3--/10-10----0--5-5-6-5-5-5-6-5--
D|--------------------------0----------------0--
E|-----------------------------
B|-----------------------------
G|-----------------------------
D|--7--7----5--5--/12-12----0-- ....
A|--5--5----3--3--/10-10----0--
D|--------------------------0--
(5:44)
E|-----------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------- x 3
D|-0--------------------------0------
A|------5------5-------3-/-5--0------
D|----7---0--5----0--3--------0---0--
E|------------------
B|------------------
G|------------------
D|-0----------------
A|------5------5----
D|----7---0--5---0--
(5:59)
E|----------------------------
B|----------------------------
G|---------------------------- x 3
D|--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0---
A|--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0---
D|--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0---
[_____Palm Muted______]
E|----------------------------
B|----------------------------
G|----------------------------
D|--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0000--
A|--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0000--
D|--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0000--
[_____Palm Muted_______]
E|--------------------------
B|--6---5-----6---5---8----- x 3
G|--5---4-----5---4---7-----
D|--3-x-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-5-x-x-
A|--3-x-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-5-x-x-
D|--------------------------
E|-----------------------
B|--6---5-----6---5---8--
G|--5---4-----5---4---7--
D|--3-x-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-5--....
A|--3-x-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-5--
D|-----------------------
Then the outro riff:
E|--------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------
A|-(0)-0-3-5----(0)-0-3-6-------(0)3-3--
D|--0--0-0-0-----0--0-0-0--------0-3(3)-
[____________Palm Muted____________]
Whilst the bass does this
G|------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------
D|--0--0-0-0-----0--0-0-0--------0----
Ok, well that's it. My emails at the top if you have any
gripes about it - I'm sure you will! :)