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Tool - Cold & Ugly
From the album Opiate
Volcano Records 31027-2
Submitted/transcribed by Matt Reese
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Dropped D tuning (low to high D-A-D-G-B-e respectively)

Notes: Play with overdrive/distortion

"Throw that Bob Marley wannabe mother-f*cker outta here!"

[Riff 1] X4
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------5-5--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-5-5--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-3-3--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0------|
PM... ... ... ... ... ...

[Fill 1] x1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---/6-5~--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0----------|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0----------|
PM... ... ... ... ...

[Riff 1] Play w/out palm-muting x1

[Fill 2] x1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-4----7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1] x1
|-------------------------------7^-----------------------|
|-------6-5~-------------6-5~----------------------------|
|--7~---------5~--5/7------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 1] x2

[Riff 2] x4
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--0---0-0----------------------3p0----------------------|
|--0---0-0------3---------3p0----------------------------|
|--0---0-0--3h5---5--3h5---------------------------------|
<-occationally use A.H. here->

[Riff 1] play w/out palm-muting x1

[Fill 2] x1

[Verse 2] x1
|--------------------------------|------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------3-2~----------------3-2--|-Rest-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--5~----------5~----(1)/5~------|------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------------------|------|-----------------|

[Riff 2] x4

[Riff 3] x3
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--0---0-0--5\3--3-0--3-0---0--0-0--5\3--3-0-3-0-5-----|
|--0---0-0--5\3--3-0--------0--0-0--5\3--3-0-----------|
|--0---0-0--5\3--3-0--------0--0-0--5\3--3-0-----------|
PM....... ...

//Rest for a few measures while bass plays\\

[Fill 3]
|---------|
|---------|
|---7--5--|
|---7--5--|
|---5--3--|
|---------|

[Riff 4] x5
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0-5h7-5p0-3h5-3p0-0-0-0-12-10--|
|--0-5h7-5p0-3h5-3p0-0-0-0-12-10--|
|--0-5h7-5p0-3h5-3p0-0-0-0-12-10--|

[Fill 4] x1
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0-5h7-5p0-3h5-3p0-0-0-0--------|
|--0-5h7-5p0-3h5-3p0-0-0-0--5-3---|
|--0-5h7-5p0-3h5-3p0-0-0-0--------|

*[Solo] Break out the most insane overdrive you have!
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7h10p10-h10p7-h10--12-12--10--10-----------------|
|-------10h12----------------------------------12-10-12h10-12--|
|--8h10--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------10-----10h12p10-12--10h12p10-12p10-12p10-----|
|--10-12-10-12-12-12h15p12-10h12----12-----------ph-----------------------12--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------10h12-(trill hard)-12b----|
|--10h12-10h12b-10h12-12h15-10h12-12h15-10h12p10h12---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------13---------------|
|--12r-10---------------12-(trem pick)---|
|-------------12---10---10---------------|
|-------------12---10--------------------|
|-------------12---10--------------------|

//Guitar rests here for a few measures\\

"Underneath her skin and jewelry..."

Come back in with a pick scrape on the low D string and then play...

[Riff 1] x2

[Riff 2] x7

[Outro] x1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------6------------------------|
|---------------5---------5--------7---------------------|
|--0--0-0--3-5-----5-3-5-----7----------7--10--12--10--7-|
|--0--0-0-------------------------------5---8--10---8--5-|
|--0--0-0------------------------------------------------|


*Solo taken from Nolan Venhola's transcription

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