DEFTONES - "root" Tablature

Deftones
Song: Root
Album: Adrenaline
Tab correction by: Stephen Short (sms_stylee@yahoo.com)

The old tab by Max Asare had some riffs right,
but he left parts out and the ending was wrong

Standard Tuning


Intro

G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--O-O--O-O--


Riff 1

G|-----------------------------------
D|------2-2--------------------------
A|----------2-2-3-3-5-5-3-3-2-2------
E|--O-O-------------------------3-3--


Riff 2


G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------
E|--O-------O-O-O-O--O-------O-O-O-O----O-------O-X--X-O---


Riff 3

G|------9-9----------------------------------
D|----------9-9-10-10-12-12-10-10-9-9--------
A|--7-7-------------------------------10-10--
E|-------------------------------------------


Riff 4

G|--------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|--6\5-5\4-4\3-3\2-2\1/2--O-O-O-O-1---O-O-O--


Riff 5

G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------
A|--7-8--/11--12-11-8--7-8--/11--12-11-8---------------
E|---------------------------------------O-O-O--O-O-O--

Riff 6

G|------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------
E|--O-1--/4--5-4-1--0-1--/4--5-4-1--O-O-O--O-O-O--


Ending

G|--------------
D|--------------
A|--------------
E|--1-1-1--0--0-


Song Structure:

Intro---X1
Riff 1--X4
Riff 2--X1
Riff 3--X12
Riff 1--X8
Riff 3--X12
Riff 1--X8
Riff 4--X4
Riff 2--X1
Riff 5--X2
Riff 6--X2
Ending--X1


The two main riffs can be pretty tough, but the rest is pretty easy.
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