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Schism

    Album: Lateralus
    Track: 5
    Song : Schism

    Part : Guitar
    Tuning: drop D

    Tabbed: Nolan Venhola

    Legend

    nh – natural harmonic ph – pinch harmonic
    pm – palm mute x – muted string
    h – hammer on p – pull off
    // – slide down \\ – slide up
    b – bend ~~ – vibrato
    <7> – natural harmonic x/// – pick scrape (directions same as slide)

     


     

    (clean)
    
    *this may just be bass on the recording, but live Adam (sometimes) plays
     the bass chords along with Justin*
    
    e---------------------------
    b---------------------------
    g--3--2--5--7---3--2--5--7--
    d--0--3--5--8---0--3--5--7--
    a---------------------------
    d---------------------------
    
    *rest for 4 bars*
    
    (distortion)
    
    *volume off*
    *hit open D5 chord*
    *raise volume slowly*
    *slight feedback over bass*
    
    e----------------------------------
    b----------------------------------
    g-------3---2---------3---2---5---- x4
    d-0h3h5---0---0-0h3h5---0---0---0--
    a----------------------------------
    d----------------------------------
      pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
    
    e--------------------------------------------------
    b--------------------------------------8-----10----
    g--7-----------------7-------------------7------7--
    d--0-(hold,4 bars)-----(hold,2 bars)---------------
    a--------------------------------------------------
    d--------------------------------------------------
    
    e-----------------------------------------
    b-----------------------------------------
    g-----------------------------------------
    d---------10---9-----------10---9---12---- x4
    a-0h10h12----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0--
    d-----------------------------------------
      pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
    
    e-----------------------------------------
    b-----------------------------------------
    g-----------------------------------------
    d---------10---9-----------10---9---12---- x4
    a-0h10h12----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0--
    d-----------------------------------------
    
    e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    d----------10---9------------10---9---12-------------9---7------------9---7---10---- x4
    a--0h10h12----0---0--0h10h12-----0---0---0---0h10h12---0---0--0h10h12---0---0----0--
    d-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
    
    e-----------------------------------------
    b-----------------------------------------
    g-----------------------------------------
    d---------10---9-----------10---9---12---- x3
    a-0h10h12----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0--
    d-----------------------------------------
    
    e-------------------------------------------
    b-------------------------------------------
    g-------------------------------------------
    d---------10---9-----------10---9---12(ph)--
    a-0h10h12----0---0-0h10h12----0---0---------
    d-------------------------------------------
    
    e-----------------------------
    b-----------------------------
    g-----------------------------
    d--0--3--5-3--3--5-5---------- x3
    a--0--3--5-3--3--5-5-------3--
    d--0--3--5-3--3--5-5-0h3h5----
    
    e------------------------------
    b------------------------------
    g------------------------------
    d--0--3-3h5-3--3--5-5----------
    a--0--3-3h5-3--3--5-5-------3--
    d--0--3-3h5-3--3--5-5-0h3h5----
    
    *pause*
    
    (guitar 1)
    e------------
    b--8---------
    g--7---------
    d--5---------
    a------------
    d------------
    
    (guitar 2)
    e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    d----------10---9------------10---9---12-------------9---7------------9---7---10---- x4
    a--0h10h12----0---0--0h10h12-----0---0---0---0h10h12---0---0--0h10h12---0---0----0--
    d-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
    
    e-----------------------------------------
    b-----------------------------------------
    g-----------------------------------------
    d---------10---9-----------10---9---12---- x4
    a-0h10h12----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0--
    d-----------------------------------------
    
    e-------------------------
    b-------------------------
    g-------------------------
    d----------10---9---12---- x7
    a--0h10h12----0---0----0--
    d-------------------------
    
    e-------------------------
    b-------------------------
    g-------------------------
    d----------10---9---------
    a--0h10h12----0---0-------
    d-------------------------
    
    e-------------------------------------------------------------------
    b-------------------------------------------------------------------
    g-------------------------------------------------------------------
    d--14-----17-----14-----19-----12-----14-----10-----12-----10---12-- x7
    a--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---
    d-------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    e----------------------------------------------------------------------
    b----------------------------------------------------------------------
    g----------------------------------------------------------------------
    d--14-----17-----14-----19-----12-----12h14p12--10h12p10--12---10--12--
    a--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0---------0--0-0-0-0---
    d----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    e-------------------------------------------------------------------
    b-------------------------------------------------------------------
    g-------------------------------------------------------------------
    d--14-----17-----14-----19-----12-----14-----10-----12-----10---12-- x3
    a--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---
    d-------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    e----------------------------------------------------------------------
    b----------------------------------------------------------------------
    g----------------------------------------------------------------------
    d--14-----17-----14-----19-----12-----12h14p12--10h12p10--12---10--12--
    a--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0---------0--0-0-0-0---
    d----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    e-------------------------------------------
    b-------------------------------------------
    g-------------------------------------------
    d--14-----17-----14-----17-----14---14------
    a--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--
    d-------------------------------------------
    
    e----------------------------------------------------------
    b----------------------------------------------------------
    g----------------------------------------------------------
    d--14-----17-----14-----17-----14---14-----------10---9----
    a--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0----0h10h12----0---0--
    d----------------------------------------------------------
    
    e-------------------------------------------
    b-------------------------------------------
    g-------------------------------------------
    d--14-----17-----14-----17-----14---14------ x2
    a--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--
    d-------------------------------------------
    
    e----------------------------------------------------------------
    b----------------------------------------------------------------
    g--10-10--5-5--12-12---------------------------------------------
    d--10-10--5-5--12-12--------14-----17-----14-----17-----14---14-- x2
    a--8--8---3-3--10-10--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---
    d----------------------------------------------------------------
    
    e-----------------------
    b-----------------------
    g--10-10--5-5--12-12----
    d--10-10--5-5--12-12----
    a--8--8---3-3--10-10----
    d-----------------------
    
    e-------------------------------------------------
    b-------------------------------------------------
    g-------------------------------------------------
    d--0--12b--12-13-12-13-13-12-12-10-8--5-3--10-10--
    a--0--12b--12-13-12-13-13-12-12-8--8--3-3--10-10--
    d--0--12b--12-13-12-13-13-12-12-8--8--3-3--10-10--
    
                                x3
    e------------------------------|----------------------
    b------------------------------|----------------------
    g------------------------------|----------------------
    d------------------------------|----------------------
    a------5----5-----------3-/10--|------5----5----------
    d--0-0----7---7-5-7-0-3---/10--|--0-0----7---7-5-7-0--
    
                             x4                               x4
    e---------------------------|--------------------------------
    b---------------------------|--------------------------------
    g---------------------------|--------------------------------
    d--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0--|--000-3-000-2-000-3-000-2-00-5--
    a--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0--|--000-3-000-2-000-3-000-2-00-5--
    d--3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0--|--000-3-000-2-000-3-000-2-00-5--
      pm - - - - - - - - - - -|    pm-   pm-   pm-   pm-
    
    e-------------------------------
    b-------------------------------
    g-------------------------------
    d------------------------------- x8
    a----------5---------6-5h6p5-3--
    d--0-0h3h5---0-0h3h5------------
         pm -|     pm -|