Tool - Lateralis bass tab
Tool - Lateralis
Drop D tuning
key: s=slide b=bend
As the drums build up:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus Riff (the rythym may take a while to pick up)
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------3-5--
D--0-0--0-0-0--0-5-5-5-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5-3-3-3h5-5-5-3------
Verse Riff
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------3-------5--------------------------------------------------
D--0--3----0--5----------------------------------------------------
Verse Riff 2
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5-3-0-0--0-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--0-5-5-5-5--------------------------
Repeat this until:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5-3-0-0--0-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--0-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--------
2nd Verse Riff:
G-----------5----------7-------------------------------------------
D---------3----------5---------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D--12s0-0-----12s0-0-----------------------------------------------
2nd Part of the Solo:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------3-5-----------------------------
D--0----5b----3--3--3b--3h5--5-5-3---------------------------------
Before the calm:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A----3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---------3---------3---------------------
D--0-----0-----0-----0------0-0--0----0-0--0-----------------------
Calm part: (repeat for a while)
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
Then:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5*----------3-3-3-3---------------------
A--5-5-5-5--------------------5-5-5-5------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
*-hold this note, while you play the next set of D's on the A sting.
It changes to this later:
G-----------------------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---------------------
D-----------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------------------------------------
A--5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
Then later:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------3-3-3-3s10---------------------------------------------
A--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
During the second solo:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------0------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5-5--5-5--3-3--3-3s5-5--0-----3s10------------------------------
When it gets heavy again:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5----3----------------------------------------------------------
Wierd bass part:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------0s12b-(x3)-0s15b-0s12b-0s10b-0s15b-0s12b------------
A--0s10b-(x8)------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiddle with that above for a while, then;
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0-3-0--0-3s15---------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
After that bit:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A--5-------3-------------------------------------------------------
D----0-0-5---0-----------------------------------------------------
Then:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------3-5---------------------------------------
D--0----3----5----5-3--------0-------------------------------------
That's the lot of it (all 9:24 of it!)
Tab by James Beecroft
beecroft@iinet.net.au
