TOOL - "Swamp Song" Tablature
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INTRO (bass, then band)D|---(0)--------------------------/\---||
A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4
D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||VERSE (My warning...)
..................D|---------------------------/\--------||
A|--------------------------3--5-------|| X 4
D|-0---0--0--0-----0-----X-------------||PRE CHORUS (Why don't you...)
.......... .... .... AH .... .... . .... AH
D|--------------------------------/\--|--------------------------------/\--|
A|-5-----------5--------5--------3--5-|-------5--------5-----5--------3--5-|
D|-0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-------|-0--0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-------|
............................ AH AH ............ ... AH AH
D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-||
A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------||
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
CHORUS (This bog is thick...)D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-|
A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| X 3
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-|
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
Play the intro, but on the last bar, play this:
^hold bendD|---(0)------------------|
A|-------------5--------5-|D|-0-----3--0-----3--0----|
Play verse, then pre chorus, then chorus
SOLO for four bars (this is just noise, so improvise...I normally just play
with harmonics)ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) let ringE|-0----------||
B|-0----------||G|-2----------|| X 3D|-0----------||A|------------||
D|------------|| let ringE|-0--------------||B|-0--------------||
G|-2--------------||D|-0---------/\---||A|----------3--5--||D|----------------||
Play pre chorus then chorus, but on the 4th bar play:
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-| (I hope it sucks...)
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
.....................
E|---------------------------------------------||
B|------3--------------------------------------||
G|------2----5---------------------------------||
D|-0----0----5----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-||
A|-0---------3----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-||
D|-0--------------0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| .................
D|-7--9--------------||A|-------7--X--10--7-|| X 8D|-------------------||Bridge
................ /\
D|----7--------5-----|| D|-0---/\---5--0--||
A|-0-----5--7-----7--|| X 8 then A|-0--5--0--------|| X 4
D|-------------------|| D|-0--------------||
Repeat the bridge 3 times, then play:
SOLO (well, at least what the solo basically is. I haven't included
the picking pattern, because it's felt more than heard. Also, the bar
lines don't represent bars, but I included them for ease of reading. I
have no idea what signature the solo is in.)
let ring hold bend hold bend
E|--------|------------------------/\---|---------------/\---|
B|-3------|--(3)/(15)--15------(18)--15-|-10--------(13)--10-|
G|-2------|--(2)/(14)--17^(19)----------|-12^(14)------------|
D|-0------|-------(0)-------------------|--------------------|
A|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
D|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
hold bend (No...one...told...you to...)
E|-0---------|-------------------------|B|-4^(5)-----|-/3--------3/15----------|
G|-----------|-/2--------2/14----------|D|-----------|--0----------------------|
A|-----------|-------------------------|D|-----------|-------------------------|
(COME!!!!!!)D|------------------------------------|
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--3--3-| X 3 then
D|------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------5-||
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5-||D|-------------------------------5-||
ANOTHER ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) AH
D|---(0)--------------------------/\---||
A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4
D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||(Why don't you watch...)
.............................G|----------------------5--------5--7-|
D|-------------------------7--5-------| X 2 very softly, then
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0----------------|D|------------------------------------|
AH
................ AH AH ............ /\
D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-||
A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------||
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
There is another chorus with the repeated `I hope it sucks..' bit,then end on:
D|-3^-|
A|-3^-|
D|-3^-|
A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4
D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||VERSE (My warning...)
..................D|---------------------------/\--------||
A|--------------------------3--5-------|| X 4
D|-0---0--0--0-----0-----X-------------||PRE CHORUS (Why don't you...)
.......... .... .... AH .... .... . .... AH
D|--------------------------------/\--|--------------------------------/\--|
A|-5-----------5--------5--------3--5-|-------5--------5-----5--------3--5-|
D|-0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-------|-0--0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-------|
............................ AH AH ............ ... AH AH
D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-||
A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------||
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
CHORUS (This bog is thick...)D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-|
A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| X 3
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-|
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-||
Play the intro, but on the last bar, play this:
^hold bendD|---(0)------------------|
A|-------------5--------5-|D|-0-----3--0-----3--0----|
Play verse, then pre chorus, then chorus
SOLO for four bars (this is just noise, so improvise...I normally just play
with harmonics)ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) let ringE|-0----------||
B|-0----------||G|-2----------|| X 3D|-0----------||A|------------||
D|------------|| let ringE|-0--------------||B|-0--------------||
G|-2--------------||D|-0---------/\---||A|----------3--5--||D|----------------||
Play pre chorus then chorus, but on the 4th bar play:
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|
D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-| (I hope it sucks...)
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-|
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-||
.....................
E|---------------------------------------------||
B|------3--------------------------------------||
G|------2----5---------------------------------||
D|-0----0----5----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-||
A|-0---------3----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-||
D|-0--------------0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| .................
D|-7--9--------------||A|-------7--X--10--7-|| X 8D|-------------------||Bridge
................ /\
D|----7--------5-----|| D|-0---/\---5--0--||
A|-0-----5--7-----7--|| X 8 then A|-0--5--0--------|| X 4
D|-------------------|| D|-0--------------||
Repeat the bridge 3 times, then play:
SOLO (well, at least what the solo basically is. I haven't included
the picking pattern, because it's felt more than heard. Also, the bar
lines don't represent bars, but I included them for ease of reading. I
have no idea what signature the solo is in.)
let ring hold bend hold bend
E|--------|------------------------/\---|---------------/\---|
B|-3------|--(3)/(15)--15------(18)--15-|-10--------(13)--10-|
G|-2------|--(2)/(14)--17^(19)----------|-12^(14)------------|
D|-0------|-------(0)-------------------|--------------------|
A|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
D|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
hold bend (No...one...told...you to...)
E|-0---------|-------------------------|B|-4^(5)-----|-/3--------3/15----------|
G|-----------|-/2--------2/14----------|D|-----------|--0----------------------|
A|-----------|-------------------------|D|-----------|-------------------------|
(COME!!!!!!)D|------------------------------------|
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--3--3-| X 3 then
D|------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------5-||
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5-||D|-------------------------------5-||
ANOTHER ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) AH
D|---(0)--------------------------/\---||
A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4
D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||(Why don't you watch...)
.............................G|----------------------5--------5--7-|
D|-------------------------7--5-------| X 2 very softly, then
A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0----------------|D|------------------------------------|
AH
................ AH AH ............ /\
D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-||
A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------||
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
There is another chorus with the repeated `I hope it sucks..' bit,then end on:
D|-3^-|
A|-3^-|
D|-3^-|
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