Deftones – Prayers - Triangles (Bass Tab)
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This song is fairly simple. The tuning is B standard (B E A D G) and in the key of Fm. The Deftones like to do
what I call the 2-3-4 rule on their chorus parts. Meaning they will play the riff twice, then three times and
finally 4 times. With a slight variation in the middle for the bridge.
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| x Dead note
| / Slide-up
| pb Pre-bend
| ~ Vibrato
| . Staccato
| PM Palm muting
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[Intro] this part is repeated 4 times. Its hard to get the tempo down on a tab like this, but just listen to
the song to get the feel of the intro down.
G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------9-9-9-9| B|-11-11--11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11-7-7--------|
[Chorus #1] Repeat this a total of 2 times.
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------| E|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge] There are 2 parts to this section of the song and they follow the lead guitar.
G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------8------8------8------8--------------------------------------| B|-11-9---11-9---11-9---11-9----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6h7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6h7-|
[Chorus 2] Repeat this 3 times.
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------| E|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge] There are 2 parts to this section of the song and they follow the lead guitar.
G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------8------8------8------8--------------------------------------| B|-11-9---11-9---11-9---11-9----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6h7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6h7-|
[Chorus 3] Repeat this 4 times.
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------| E|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro] This part differs slightly from the other parts.
G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------6-4-8------------------------| B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6h7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6h7------------------------------|