TOOL - "Ticks & Leeches" Tablature
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Band: Tool
Song: Ticks & Leeches
Record: Lateralus
Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Intro (Distortion): (*big pick scrape swell) (fastly tremolo pick these)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------17-17--15-17--17-17--17-15-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------14h--16-16--14-16--16-16--16-14x2-0-|
D|*14--12-14---14-14-12--14--12-14---14-14-12----12----------------------------------0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
Intro 2 (Distortion):
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3------------------------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3-----------0h2----------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3x2---2-0h2-----3-2--0h3-0-2h3-|
Outro Of Intro (Distortion):
|------------------|
|--5hfor5sec/17----|
|--4hfor5sec/16----|
|--2hfor5sec/14--0-|
|--2hfor5sec/14--0-|
|--2hfor5sec/14--0-|
Verse (Distortion):
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------1/9b--|
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0-x4---------|
|pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm|
Pre-Chorus Riff (Distortion):
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0h2-----------------------0h2------------3---0--|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2-0h2-----3-2--2h3-0---5----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------0-----|
|---------0h2-----------------------0h2-------3---3---0---|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2-0h2-----3-2-----5-------0-|
Chorus Riff (Distortion):
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|-------5---------4------------|x4 |-----------|
|-2-x-x-5-x-2-x-x-4---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-x-2---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x---x-2-x-x-----4/5/4-0--| |--4h5-4p0--|
(pm-pm)
Riff After First Chorus Only (Distortion) (harmonics... loosely hit)
|--------------------------------------------| |---------------(12)-------|
|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------(12)---|
|--------------------------------------------|x2 |--------------------------|
|---2p0-------3--2--2p0----2p0-------3--2--0-| |-------(12)---------------|
|-------3p2-0------------------3p2-0---------| |--------------------------|
|-2---------------------2--------------------| |--(12)--------------------|
Short verse riff No Guitar
Verse Riff II (Distortion):
|------------------------------| |--------------------------|
|------------------------------| |--------------------------|
|------------------------------|x3 |--------------------------|
|--2-x-x-x-x-0h2--2--0-2--2h3--| |--2--0h2--2--------0------|
|--2-x-x-x-x-0h2--2--0-2--2h3--| |--2--0h2--2--3---3---0-0--|
|--2-x-x-x-x-0h2--2--0-2--2h3--| |--2--0h2--2----5-------0--|
Chorus Riff (Distortion):
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|-------5---------4------------|x4 |-----------|
|-2-x-x-5-x-2-x-x-4---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-x-2---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x---x-2-x-x-----4/5/4-0--| |--4h5-4p0--|
(pm-pm)
Riff (Distortion/Reverb): (play 4x with Palm Mute then play 4x without Palm Muting)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5--|
|--0h2-2--2-0-5--0-3--0h3-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-5--|
|--0h2-2--2-0-5--0-3--0h3-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-3--|
|--0h2-2--2-0-5--0-3--0h3-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-3--|
Clean Riff (Clean/Reverb): (from 3:26 to 5:52)
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3---3------|
|---------------------------------2-2-2-2----|
|--4-4-4--22--4-4-2-2--44--22/5---0---0-0-0--|
|--2-2-2--22--2-2-2-2--22--22/5---0---0------|
|--2-2-2--22--2-2-2-2--22--22/5---0---0------|
Distortion Riff (Distortion): (from 5:56 to 6:48)
|--7--7--7--7--7--7------10--10--10--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7------10--10--10--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9------12--12--12--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9------12--12--12--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7-x4---10--10--10--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Solo (Distortion): (with lots of Delay & Tremolo pick) (tremolo pick VERY fast & slide)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------15h-17-17--15-17--17-17--17-15---|
|----------------------------------------------14h-----16-16--14-16--16-16--16-14x2-|
|-2/14-12-14--14-14-12--14-12-14--14-14-12--12--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Feedback Hold (Distortion):
|-----|
|-17b-|4x
|-16b-| then scrape down the fretboard
|-0---|
|-0---|
|-0---|
Start of Outro (Distortion): (from 7:57 to 8:05)
|----------| |-----------------------| |--------------------------|
|----------| |-----------------------| |--------------------------|
|----------|x4 |-----------------------|x4 |--------------------------|
|-2/10\2/9-| |-2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-9----| |---------------------0-2--|
|-2/10\2/9-| |-2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-9/10-| |-----0---------------0-2--|
|-2/10\2/9-| |-2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-9/10-| |-0-0-0-x8-0-10-10-x3-0-2--|
Song: Ticks & Leeches
Record: Lateralus
Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Intro (Distortion): (*big pick scrape swell) (fastly tremolo pick these)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------17-17--15-17--17-17--17-15-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------14h--16-16--14-16--16-16--16-14x2-0-|
D|*14--12-14---14-14-12--14--12-14---14-14-12----12----------------------------------0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
Intro 2 (Distortion):
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3------------------------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3-----------0h2----------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3x2---2-0h2-----3-2--0h3-0-2h3-|
Outro Of Intro (Distortion):
|------------------|
|--5hfor5sec/17----|
|--4hfor5sec/16----|
|--2hfor5sec/14--0-|
|--2hfor5sec/14--0-|
|--2hfor5sec/14--0-|
Verse (Distortion):
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------1/9b--|
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0-x4---------|
|pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm-pm|
Pre-Chorus Riff (Distortion):
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0h2-----------------------0h2------------3---0--|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2-0h2-----3-2--2h3-0---5----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------0-----|
|---------0h2-----------------------0h2-------3---3---0---|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h3-0-2h3--2-0h2-----3-2-----5-------0-|
Chorus Riff (Distortion):
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|-------5---------4------------|x4 |-----------|
|-2-x-x-5-x-2-x-x-4---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-x-2---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x---x-2-x-x-----4/5/4-0--| |--4h5-4p0--|
(pm-pm)
Riff After First Chorus Only (Distortion) (harmonics... loosely hit)
|--------------------------------------------| |---------------(12)-------|
|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------(12)---|
|--------------------------------------------|x2 |--------------------------|
|---2p0-------3--2--2p0----2p0-------3--2--0-| |-------(12)---------------|
|-------3p2-0------------------3p2-0---------| |--------------------------|
|-2---------------------2--------------------| |--(12)--------------------|
Short verse riff No Guitar
Verse Riff II (Distortion):
|------------------------------| |--------------------------|
|------------------------------| |--------------------------|
|------------------------------|x3 |--------------------------|
|--2-x-x-x-x-0h2--2--0-2--2h3--| |--2--0h2--2--------0------|
|--2-x-x-x-x-0h2--2--0-2--2h3--| |--2--0h2--2--3---3---0-0--|
|--2-x-x-x-x-0h2--2--0-2--2h3--| |--2--0h2--2----5-------0--|
Chorus Riff (Distortion):
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|------------------------------| |-----------|
|-------5---------4------------|x4 |-----------|
|-2-x-x-5-x-2-x-x-4---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x-3-x-2-x-x-2---4/5/4-0--| |-----------|
|-2-x-x---x-2-x-x-----4/5/4-0--| |--4h5-4p0--|
(pm-pm)
Riff (Distortion/Reverb): (play 4x with Palm Mute then play 4x without Palm Muting)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5--|
|--0h2-2--2-0-5--0-3--0h3-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-5--|
|--0h2-2--2-0-5--0-3--0h3-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-3--|
|--0h2-2--2-0-5--0-3--0h3-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-3--|
Clean Riff (Clean/Reverb): (from 3:26 to 5:52)
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3---3------|
|---------------------------------2-2-2-2----|
|--4-4-4--22--4-4-2-2--44--22/5---0---0-0-0--|
|--2-2-2--22--2-2-2-2--22--22/5---0---0------|
|--2-2-2--22--2-2-2-2--22--22/5---0---0------|
Distortion Riff (Distortion): (from 5:56 to 6:48)
|--7--7--7--7--7--7------10--10--10--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7------10--10--10--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9------12--12--12--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9------12--12--12--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7-x4---10--10--10--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Solo (Distortion): (with lots of Delay & Tremolo pick) (tremolo pick VERY fast & slide)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------15h-17-17--15-17--17-17--17-15---|
|----------------------------------------------14h-----16-16--14-16--16-16--16-14x2-|
|-2/14-12-14--14-14-12--14-12-14--14-14-12--12--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Feedback Hold (Distortion):
|-----|
|-17b-|4x
|-16b-| then scrape down the fretboard
|-0---|
|-0---|
|-0---|
Start of Outro (Distortion): (from 7:57 to 8:05)
|----------| |-----------------------| |--------------------------|
|----------| |-----------------------| |--------------------------|
|----------|x4 |-----------------------|x4 |--------------------------|
|-2/10\2/9-| |-2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-9----| |---------------------0-2--|
|-2/10\2/9-| |-2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-9/10-| |-----0---------------0-2--|
|-2/10\2/9-| |-2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-9/10-| |-0-0-0-x8-0-10-10-x3-0-2--|
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