Tourniquet - Stumblefoot guitar tab
Band/Aritist: Tourniquet
Song: Stumblefoot
Date Tabbed: May 6th 1998
Tabbed by: Mark Hansen email: whansen@direct.ca
Comments:
This is a COOL song, probably my favorite from Crawl to
China...but
it's pretty darn hard to play correctly. As per usual I'm simply
writing
down the riffs, not how many times they need to be played. That much
you
should be able to easily pick up from the song itself. That said, grab
your guitar and get thrashing.
Symbols used:
p = Pull off
h = Hammer on
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide Down
X = Muted Guitar Scratch
Opening Riff (play the X's only in the beginning of the song)
eb|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----|-------4-4--4----------5-5--5----------4-4--4----------5-5--5-|
Db|-----|-------4-4--4----------5-5--5----------4-4--4----------5-5--5-|
Ab|-----|-------2-2--2----------3-3--3----------2-2--2----------3-3--3-|
Eb|-X-X-|-3-2-3--------0--3-2-3-----------3-2-3--------0--3-2-3--------|
This riff is used extensively through out the song, and this is
my
interpretation of the pattern, you may think of another one to be more
accurate.
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-2-0-2--4--2---2-0-2--5--5\---2-0-2--4--2---2-0-2--5--5\---2-0-2--4--2-|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is another extensively used riff...and when you slide down
from
fret 5, quickly slide down to fret 2 and then let go. This produces the
desired sound.
eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-2--7--10--9--3--7-7--6-7---2--7--10--9--3--7-7--6-7-|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
I didn't tab out the so called "Surf" part, mainly beacause I
can't
figure out what the heck is going on during it. Way to go
Tourniquet...I'm
totally stumped on that... :)
Chug Riff
eb|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|---------------------5---5-5-5-2---2-2--------|
Db|--------------------------|-2---2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-2---2-2--------|
Ab|-76-67-76-67-76-67-76-67\-|-2---2-2-2-5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-0---0-0-0h2h3--|
Eb|--------------------------|-0---0-0-0-3---3-3-3------------------------3-|
/\ /\
|| ||
Only play this pickup the first time, then just repeat this part as
needed.
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-2----------3\2------------5-2-|
Ab|-2----------3\2------------5-2-|
Eb|-0--0-0-0-0-1\0-0--0-0-0-0-3\0-|
eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-5..........----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-|
Gb|--------------4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---1-|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
/\
||
This part is to be played overtop of the end of the riff above
it by
a second guitarist.
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Ab|-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Eb|-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
C C C C O C C O C C O O C C C C C C C O C C O C O O C C C C
This is very straitforward timing wise, but the coolness in the
recording comes from the different chugging and open notes. Chug on the
"C"s and play quick open chord on the "O"s.
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7-7-6-6-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4-7-7-6-6-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Ab|-7-7-6-6-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-4-4-4-4-7-7-6-6-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Eb|-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-9--9--9--9--2-2-2-2-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
C C C C O C C O C C O O C C C C C C C O C C O C O O C C C
C
Same chug pattern as previous riff, just transposed a bit.
Well, there you have it...Stumblefoot demystified, at least a
little
bit anyway. Those are pretty much all the riffs you need to play the
song,
minus the surf part and the solo. Any questions, comments, or
corrections
are welcome.
Mark Hansen (whansen@direct.ca)
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/8172/tourniquet.html
