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PARABOLA
As recorded by Tool
(From the 2001 Album LATERALUS)
Words and Music by Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Daniel Carey and Justin Chancellor
Transcribed by Travis Lausch
Gtr I (B E D G B E) - 'elec. w/dist.'
Gtr II (B E D G B E) - 'Elec. w/dist.'
Gtr III (B E D G B E) - 'Elec. w/delay'
Gtr IV (B E D G B E) - 'clean sound w/delay'
I. Parabol
Moderately Slow Rock Q=88
N.C.(E) (A5/E) (E) (A5/E)
9/8 4/4
Gtr IV
S H +Q. +E. S H. +E. S H. +E. S S H. +E 4x
||-------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------o||
||-------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
||--0h2----(2)---(2)-|-7h9-------(9)-|-0h2-------(2)-|-7h9p7-------(7)---||
||o-0----------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0----------------o||
||-------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
(E) (A5/E) (E) (A5/E)
4/4
S H +Q.. S H. +E. S H. +E. S S H. +E 11x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
||--0h2----(2)----|-7h9-------(9)-|-0h2-------(2)-|-7h9p7-------(7)---||
||o-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0----------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
II. Parabola (Intro)
Faster Q=100
N.C. Em
Gtrs I, II
<
W S E. a a +E. S E Q S S 4x
|----------||--------------------------------||
|----------||o------------------------------o||
|----------||--------------------------------||
|----------||--------------------------------||
|-0--------||o-------------------3p0--------o||
|----------||--3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0--||
Gtrs I, II, III
S E. E. S S S E +E S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14-14--|
|-12h14--14--14-14-14-14-(14)--------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
S S S S E. S +S S E Q S S S S E. S +S E S +S S S S
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-14h16-16-16-16--16-(16)-16-16\----|------------------------------------14-14h16-|
|-----------------------------------|-12h14-14-14-14--14-(14)-14-14-(14)----------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
~~
Q E +E +E +E +Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-14--14b15==(14)pb16-(14)r(14)-(14)\---||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
1st. Verse
Em
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
Gtrs I, II
S S H.. S S H.. S S H.. S S Q S S Q S S S S
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------------||
|-x-x-----------|-x-x-----------|-x-x-----------|-x-x----x-x----x-x---------||
|-x-x-----------|-x-x-----------|-x-x-----------|-x-x----x-x----x-x-10-10---||
|-x-x-----------|-x-x-----------|-x-x-----------|-x-x----x-x----x-x--8--8---||
Pre-Chorus
G5 A5
E S S S S S S S +S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-|
E5 D5 G5 A5
E S S S S S S +S S E S S E E S S S S S S S +S E S S S S
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-(19)-19-19-19-17-17-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-(17)-17-17-17-15-15-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10--|
E5 D5 G5 A5
E. S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S +S E S S S S
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-3-3-3-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-|
E5 D5
E S S S S S S +S S E S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-(19)-19-19-19-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-(17)-17-17-17-15-15-|
G5 A5 C5 G5 D5
E S S S S S S S +S E S S S S E. S +E E +S E. Q
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-|-3--3-(3)-10-(10)-10--5--||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-|-1--1-(1)--8--(8)--8--3--||
Chorus
$
Em
Gtrs I, II
S E. a a +E. S E Q S S S E. a a +E. S E Q S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------3p0--------|-------------------3p0--------|
|-3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0-|-3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0-|
S E. a a +E. S E Q S S S E. a a +E. S E Q S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------3p0--------|-------------------3p0--------|
|-3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0-|-3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0-|
S E. a a +E. S E Q S S S E. a a +E. S E Q S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------3p0--------|-------------------3p0--------|
|-3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0-|-3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0-|
D5E5 D5E5 D5
S E. a a +E. S E Q S S S S Q S S Q Q
|------------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------3p0--------|-5-7----5-7----5---||
|-3h5--5pb7r(5)-(5)-----3--3p0-|-3h5----3-5----3---||
Interlude
To Coda
N.C.
S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S H
||-----------------------------------||----------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||----------------------|
||-----------------------------------||----------------------|
||------------------------0h2-2h4-4--||----------------------|
||o---------5p0---0-(0)-0-0---0---0-o||---------5p0---0------|
||--0h3-3-3-----0--------------------||-0h3-3-3-----0--------|
D5E5 F5E5 G5 E5D5 E5 F5E5 G5 E5D5
S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5s7-7-7-8-7-7-10-(10)-7-5-5-5-5-5-|-5s7-7-7-8-7-7-10-(10)-7-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3s5-5-5-6-5-5--8--(8)-5-3-3-3-3-3-|-3s5-5-5-6-5-5--8--(8)-5-3-3-3-3-3--|
E5 F5E5 G5 E5D5 E5 F5E5 G5 E5D5
S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-5s7-7-7-8-7-7-10-(10)-7-5-5-5-5-5-|-5s7-7-7-8-7-7-10-(10)-7-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3s5-5-5-6-5-5--8--(8)-5-3-3-3-3-3-|-3s5-5-5-6-5-5--8--(8)-5-3-3-3-3-3--||
Guitar Solo
Em
Gtrs I, II, III
S E S E. S +S S E +S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------14------------------------------14-|
|-12h14----14--14-(14)-14-14-(14)-14-14----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
S E S E. S +S S E +S S S S S E S E. S +S S E +E S S
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------15-|---------------------------------------|
|-14h16-16-16--16-(16)-16-16-(16)-14-16----|---------------------------------14h16-|
|------------------------------------------|-12h14-14-14--14-(14)-14-14-(14)-------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Q +E. S +S E S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|----------15-(15)-14-------14-15----|
|-14--(14)------------14-14----------|
|---------------------------------12-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
G5 A5 Em
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E E +S E. E S S +E. S +Q +Q E E
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0-------------15--14-------|------------------------------|
|----11-12-(12)--------12h14-|-(14)-12-(12)--(12)--14-14b16-|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
G5 A5 Em
~~ ~~
Q E E +E S S S +E. H. +Q
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-14--12-11-(11)-12-11-9b11-(9)-|-9-------(9)\--|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
G5 A5
E. S +E E +S E. E. S
|----------------------------------|
|-----[7]-(7)----------------------|
|-------------[9]-(9)-[7]-[6]-[6]--|
|-[9]------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Em
E. S +E E +S E. E. S
|---------------------------------|
|-----[7]-(7)---------------------|
|-------------[9]-(9)-[7]-[6]-[6]-|
|-[9]-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
G5 A5 Em
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +E E +S E. Q +H +E. S +Q
|------------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------||
|-[7]-[7]-(7)-[6]-(6)-[5]------|--------------------||
|-------------------------[7]--|-(7)----(7)-7-(7)\--||
|------------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------||
Coda
&
N.C. B5 E5
2/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S +H +H +W +Q +S E. H
|------------------------|--------|------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|--------|------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|--------|------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|--------|------------|-------------------|
|---------5p0---7-(7)----|-(7)----|-(7)--------|-(7)--(7)-14--7----|
|-0h3-3-3-----0-5-(5)----|-(5)----|-(5)--------|-(5)--(5)-12--5----|
B5 E5 B5 E5 E5G5 D5
+H. +S E. W +Q +S E. H +H. E a E
|------------------|----------|-------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------|-------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------|-------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------|-------------------|------------------||
|-(7)------(7)-14--|-7--------|-(7)--(7)-14--7----|-(7)------7s10Sx--||
|-(5)------(5)-12--|-5--------|-(5)--(5)-12--5----|-(5)------5s=8Sx--||
2nd. Verse
E5 D5 A5 G5
PM---------------------------------------
Q. E +Q +Q Q. E +Q +Q
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-7----5-(5)--(5)S=|=12----10-(10)--(10)S=|
|-5----3-(3)--(3)S=|=10-----8--(8)---(8)S=|
E5 D5 A5 G5
-----------------------------------|
Q. E +Q +Q Q. E +Q +Q
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-7----5-(5)--(5)S=|=12----10-(10)--(10)S==|
|-5----3-(3)--(3)S=|=10-----8--(8)---(8)S==|
E5 D5 A5 G5
PM---------------------------------------
Q. E +Q +Q Q. E +Q +Q
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-7----5-(5)--(5)S=|=12----10-(10)--(10)S=|
|-5----3-(3)--(3)S=|=10-----8--(8)---(8)S=|
E5 D5 A5 G5
-----------------------------------|
Q. E +Q +Q Q. E +Q +Q
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-7----5-(5)--(5)S=|=12----10-(10)--(10)S==|
|-5----3-(3)--(3)S=|=10-----8--(8)---(8)S==|
E5 D5 A5 G5 D5
E. S +S S E +E S S S S S S E. S +S S E +Q Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7-(7)-7-5-(5)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-12--12-(12)-12-10-(10)--5--|
|-5--5-(5)-5-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-10--10-(10)-10--8--(8)--3--|
E5 D5 A5 G5 B5
E. S +S S E +E S S S S S S E. S +S S E +Q Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------9--|
|-7--7-(7)-7-5-(5)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-12--12-(12)-12-10-(10)--7--|
|-5--5-(5)-5-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-10--10-(10)-10--8--(8)--0--|
E5 D5 A5 G5 D5
E. S +S S E +E S S S S S S E. S +S S E +Q Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7-(7)-7-5-(5)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-12--12-(12)-12-10-(10)--5--|
|-5--5-(5)-5-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-10--10-(10)-10--8--(8)--3--|
E5 D5 A5 G5 B5
E. S +S S E +E S S S S S S E. S +S S E +Q Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------9--||
|-7--7-(7)-7-5-(5)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-12--12-(12)-12-10-(10)--7--||
|-5--5-(5)-5-3-(3)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-10--10-(10)-10--8--(8)--0--||
Interlude
N.C.
E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. Q 3x
||-------------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------------|----------------------o||
||-------------------------|-----------------------||
||-----------------0-------|-----------------------||
||o-0--5-(5)-3-(3)---------|-0--------3-(3)-------o||
||--------------------0-3--|----3-(3)-------0--3---||
E. S +E E +S E. Q E. S +E E +S E. Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----12-(12)-10-(10)-10------|-------------10-(10)---------|
|-12----------------------10--|-12--10-(10)---------0--10\--|
11/8 15/8
S S S S S S E. E. E. S S S S S E E. E. E. S S S S S E. E. E. S S S S S E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---2p0----------------2p0---------|----------2p0----------------2p0---------|
|-------3p2p0--------------3p2p0---|-0--5--3------3p2p0--------------3p2p0---|
|-------------3--3--3------------3-|--------------------3--3--3------------3-|
E5
4/4
PM---------------------------------------|
W +W E. S +E E +S E. Q E. S +E E +S E. Q
|----------|------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|------------|----------------0-----|-----------------------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-0--5-(5)-3-(3)-------|-0--------3-(3)--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-------------------3--|----3-(3)-------0--3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||---------------------------------||-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------------o||-----------------------------||
||---------------------------------||-----------------------------||
||----------------------0h2-0-x-x--||-------------0h2-------------||
||o-------------5h7---------------o||-----0-5h7-0-----0-5h7-0-----||
||--3h5-x-x-x-x-----x-x------------||-3h5---------------------3---||
Out-Chorus
N.C.(E5) (D5) (E5) (D5) (E5)
PM----------| PM----------------------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5---||
N.C. D5E5 D5E5 D5 EbE5
Gtrs I, II
E E S E. E E S E. S S Q S S Q Q +H +E S S +Q
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------||
|---0-3-5------3-5--|-5-7----5-7----5--|-(5)----(5)S6s7-(7)\--||
|------------3------|-3-5----3-5----3--|-(3)----(3)S4s5-(5)\--||
Outro
B5
E Q E Q E E +E E Q E +E +E +E
||---------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------|----------------------------|
||---------------|----------------------------|
||---------------|----------------------------|
||o-0h2--0h2-0h2-|-(2)-0h2--2b3r(2)-(2)b3r(2)-|
||--0------------|----------------------------|
E5 D5
Q. Q E Q +E Q E Q E E 6x
|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|-----------------o||
|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------------||
|-0----0--0-0--|-(0)-0--0-5--5---o||
|--------------|----------3--3p0--||
B5 E5
E Q E Q E E +E E Q E +E E E W
|---------------|----------------------|------|
|---------------|----------------------|------|
|---------------|----------------------|------|
|---------------|----------------------|------|
|-0h2--0h2--0h2-|-(2)-0h2--2b3r(2)-2p0-|-0----|
|-0-------------|----------------------|------|
III. Parabol/Finale
H.=H Slower Q=88
N.C.(E)
>
+W +W +W
|------------:------------:------------:
|------------:------------:------------:
|------------:------------:------------:
|------------:------------:------------:
|-(0)--------:-(0)--------:-(0)--------:
|------------:------------:------------:
|
| Gtr IV
| <
| W W W
|------------:------------:------------:
|------------:------------:------------:
|------------:------------:------------:
|------------:------------:--2---------:
|--0---------:--0---------:--0---------:
|------------:------------:------------:
H.=H
(A5/E) N.C.(Em)
W W W
|----------------------:-------------------------|-----------*|
|----------------------:-------------------------|-----------*|
|----------------------:-------------------------|-----------*|
|----------------------:-------------------------|-----------*|
|----------------------:-------------------------|-----------*|
|----------------------:-------------------------|-----------*|
|
| |-3-|
| E. S S S S E E E E E Q Q Q Q +W
|----------------------:-------------------<12>--|-(<12>)----*|
|----------------------:-------------<12>--------|-----------*|
|-4--4-2h4p2-0---------:-------<12>--------------|-----------*|
|--------------4h5-4p2-:-------------------------|-----------*|
|----------------------:-<12>--------------------|-----------*|
|----------------------:-------------------------|-----------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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