Tool - Pot bass tab

Artist: Tool

Album: 10,000 Days (2006)

Track: 5

Song : The Pot

Bassist: Justin Chancellor

Tuning: Drop D

Effects used: Whammy, fuzz, Line 6 FM4 with expression pedal.

h = hammer on

p = pull off

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

^ = pedal forward

v = pedal backward

w/pick

Intro 0:10

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(0:47)

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1st Verse (1:05)

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[-----------------------------------------]x6 (Getting the left hand mutes right

[-------5----------5------------5-------3-] really gets the riff to bounce)

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(1:33)

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Chorus (1:51)

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2nd Verse (2:22)

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This next variation in the 2nd verse sounds like a whammy pedal

set one octave up.

Hit the power chord on the 10th fret and let it sustain, rock the

pedal forward then back.

If you dont have a whammy pedal, slide the chord up to the 22nd

fret then back again, but only

the first chord is struck.

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[--10---/--22--\---10---------------------]

[--10--/---22---\--10---------------------]

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Chorus (2:58)

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(3:11)

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(3:25)

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(3:45) Breakdown

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4:12

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whammy on, slowly raise pitch by 1 oct.

^

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I was undecided as to this next riff. Its either the intro riff

with a low D pedal note

or the intro riff simply played an octave lower. I'm choosing

the latter the latter

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I'm not sure of the distorted riff, as my distorion pedal wasn't

to hand, but i think its this

FM4 on,fuzz on

^ v

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(5:00)

fuzz off slowy rock FM4 expression pedal back

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FM4 off

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Chorus (5:24)

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(5:38)

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Outro (5:59)

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