TOOL - "Ticks And Leeches" Tablature

Tabbed By:Kevin Lewis

Intro:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------15-17-17--15-17-------|
|-----------------------------------------------14----16-16--14-16-------|
|--14---12-14--14---14-12--repeat------------12--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
* = pick these chords really fast * * * *

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17-17--17-15----------------------------------------------------------|
|--16-16--16-14----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0-0----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0-0----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0-0----------------------------------------------------|
* * * *

Riff I:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h2-0-2h3--repeat----variation:---------------------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h2-0-2h3------------------------------0h2----------------|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h2-0-2h3------------------------2-0h2-----3-2--0h2-0-2h3-|

Chord After Riff I:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5~--/--17-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4~--/--16-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2~--/--14---0---------------------------------------------------------|
|----2~--/--14---0---------------------------------------------------------|
|----2~--/--14---0---------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff I: (Palm Muted)


|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2----2-2-2---2-2-2----0-0-0----------end-with----0--(1.9)---------|
|--2-2-2----2-2-2---2-2-2----0-0-0---------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2----2-2-2---2-2-2----0-0-0-------------------------------3-------|

Pre-Chorus Riff:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0h2-----------------------0h2------------3---0-----------------|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h2-0-2h3--2-0h2-----3-2--2h3-0---5-------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------0--------------------|
|---------0h2-----------------------0h2-------3---3---0------------------|
|--2--0h2-----3-2--0h2-0-2h3--2-0h2-----3-2-----5-------0----------------|

Chorus Riff: (no hammer-on the first time through, start with 222xxx)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5---4---4----------------------------------------------------|
|---0h2-x-x-5-x-2-x-4---4-5-4-0---repeat---------------------------------|
|---0h2-x-x-3-x-2-x-2---4-5-4-0-------------------------------------------|
|---0h2-x-x---x-2-x-----4-5-4-0-------------------------------------------|
(* = palm mute) * * * *

Riff After First Chorus Only:
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------|---2p0-------3--2--2p0----2p0-------3--2--0-|-repeat-part------|
|-----------|-------3p2-0------------------3p2-0---------|------------------|
|--4h5-4p0--|-2---------------------2--------------------|------------------|

(harmonics)
|-----------------(12)---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------(12)-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------(12)-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--(12)------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff II: Play First Verse then go into this...
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-then:---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---2-x-x-x-x-0h2--2--0-2--2h3--repeat-3x-----|--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---|

(back to the Chorus Riff)

Riff After Second Chorus Only:(slight palm mute and then gradually released)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------5------------------------|
|--0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0h2-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-5------------------------|
|--0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0h2-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-3------------------------|
|--0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0h2-0h2-2--2--0-5--0-3--0-3-3------------------------|

Quiet Clean Part: (This is a lay out of what the chords are...listen to the song)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3---3--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
|--4---4---2----4--2-----5---0---0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
|--2---2---2----2--2-----5---0---0------------------------------------------|
|--2---2---2----2--2-----5---0---0------------------------------------------|

Loud Chords:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11-11-11---x----9-[99999]-----11-11-11---x----9-9-9----12--12--12-----cont-|
|--x--x--x----x----x-[xxxxx]-x3--x--x--x----x----x-x-x----x---x---x-----------|
|--9--9--9----x----7-[77777]-----9--9--9----x----7-7-7----10--10--10----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Loud Chords Cont...
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-[77777]-------------------------------7-----------------------------------|
|---x-[xxxxx]--x3-----------x3--------------x----ring...------------------------|
|---5-[55555]-------------------------------5-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo (intro repeated): (less pinch harmonics this time through) (w/ delay)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-/--14--12-14--14--14-12----repeat, continue as intro does------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Ending:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--/--10--\--2--/--9---repeat------------------------------------------------|
|--2--/--10--\--2--/--9---------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--/--10--\--2--/--9---------------------------------------------------------|

(basically this is the Chorus section)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9--9-9--------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9--9-9-------repeat-------------------------------------------|
|--2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9--9-9--------------------------------------------------------|

End: Play Low D fast and end with 0xx-2