TOOL - "Ticks & Leeches" Tablature

Tool - Ticks & Leeches
Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Intro: (slow volume swell with chord (000xxx), followed by pick slide)
(delay effect, also use mostly pinch harmonics)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------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: (play variation at end of riff)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3--repeat----variation:---------------------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3------------------------------0h2----------------|
|--2--0h2-0h2-3-2--0h3-0-2h3------------------------2-0h2-----3-2--0h3-0-2h3-|

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

Verse Riff I: (quick triplets that are heavily palm muted)
(the end harmonic part: first note is slight pinch harmonic
second is natural harmonic just behind fret 2
third is normal fretted note)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--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--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: (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--------------------|------------------|

+hit the first two harmonics, then press the upper D string behind the nut
+to bend it up and make it "vibrate" with the lower D string harmonic
+then pick slide i think
|-----------------(12)---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------(12)-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------(12)-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--(12)------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff II:
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-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 that is gradually released)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------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------------------------|

Quiet Clean Part: (strumming not accurate, slide to the chords)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------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: (same chords as Quiet Part, but in a different location on the
fretboard (I think). I put a few different chord options.)
|--7--7--7--10--5------------2--2--2--------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--10--5------------5--5--5--8--3--------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--12--7------OR----4--4--4--7--2------OR--11-11-9---11-9--12--7-------|
|--9--9--9--12--7------------2--2--2--5--0----------9--9--9---9--9--12--7-------|
|--7--7--7--10--5------------2--2--2--5--0----------7--7--7---7--7--10--5-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Some other possible chords: (pinky stretchers!)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12--15---10-----some sliding chords------------------------------------------|
|--x---x----x------going on too:--------7/9--9---9-9---7/9--9--9-9--------------|
|--9---12---7---------------------------7/9--9---9-9---7/9--9--9-9--------------|
|--7---10---5---------------------------5/7--7---7-7---5/7--7--7-7--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo (intro repeated): (less pinch harmonics this time through) (w/ delay)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-/--14--12-14--14--14-12----repeat, continue as intro does------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

+ now hold 0|0|0|x|x|x chord and get amp feedback.

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--9-10--------OR----2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-\-----------------------|
|--2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9--9-10--------------2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-\-----------------------|
|--2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9--9-10--------------2-x-x-10-x-2-x-9-\--4-5-4-0--------------|

End: Play the low D very fast and palm muted, throwing in some notes at fret 10
on the same string. End with 000xxx 222xxx
(you.......choke!)

The End!