Tool – Parabol And Parabola (Guitar Tab)

Drop B (B-F#-B-E-G#-C#)
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Chords

Parabola-Tool Lateralus Feedback fade in
[Riff A] x2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------3p0--------------------3p0------------------------|
b|-3h5----5br--------3--3p0--3h5----5br-----3--3p0-----------------|
w/ Delay
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------14h16-16-16-16--16-16---16--16-------|
d|-12h14--14---14-14-14-14-----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------14-14h16-14--14b-r-14---------------|
d|-12h14-14-14-14--14--14-14---------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]   ...We barely remember...
...here, right now...
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x----------x-x----x-x----x-x------|
e|-x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x----------x-x----x-x----x-x1010--|
b|-x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x----------x-x----x-x----x-x-8-8--|

[Pre Chorus]   ...ho-ly, reality...
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-17-17-----|
b|-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-15-15-----|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-5-5-5-----------|
b|-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3-----------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-17-17-----|
b|-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-15-15-----|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-3----3----10-----10----5-----------|
b|-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-1----1-----8------8----3-----------|
[Chorus] [Riff A] x6
then
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------3p0----------5-7------5-7-------5-----------------|
b|-3h5----5br--------3--3p0---3-5------3-5-------3-----------------|

[Interlude]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------0h2-2h4-4---------------------0h2-2h4-4-------|
e|---------5p0---0---0---0---0-----------5p0---0---0---0---0-------|
b|-0h3-3-3-----0-----------------0h3-3-3-----0---------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------0h2-2h4-4-------------------------------------|
e|---------5p0---0---0---0---0-----------5p0---0-------------------|
b|-0h3-3-3-----0-----------------0h3-3-3-----0---------------------|
...Alive !...
x2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-5/7-7-7-8-7-710----7-5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-8-7-710----7-5-5-5-5-----|
b|-3/5-5-5-6-5-5-8----5-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-6-5-5-8----5-3-3-3-3-----|
[Solo] Guitar One transcribed this wrong, so here is the “real way” of playing it
w/ delay
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------15-|
g|----------------------------------14-14h16--16-16---16--14-16----|
d|-12h14--12-14--14---14-14---14-14--------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------15--14--------14-15----|
g|------------------------------14h16-14------------14-14----------|
d|-12h14--14-14--14---14-14-------------------------------------12-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-0-----------15-14-----------------------------------------------|
g|----11--12----------12h14----12~~~~-14-14b-14~~~-12-11--12-11-9b-|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------7--8------------------7--8-----------------------|
g|-9~~~~~~~~--------------9--7-6---6------------9--7-6---6---------|
d|------------9-----------------------9----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-7----7----6----5------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
after second bridge
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-7----------------14-7----------14-7------------14-7----------x--|
b|-5----------------12-5----------12-5------------12-5----------x--|

[2nd Verse]   ...Twirling round with...
x2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-7-----5------12----10-----7-----5-------12----10----------------|
b|-5-----3------10-----8-----5-----3-------10-----8----------------|
...be, alive and breathing...
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-7---7---7-5----x-x-x-x-x-x--12---12--12-10------5---------------|
b|-5---5---5-3----x-x-x-x-x-x--10---10--10--8------3---------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-7---7---7-5----x-x-x-x-x-x--12---12--12-10----------------------|
b|-5---5---5-3----x-x-x-x-x-x--10---10--10--8------0---------------|

[Interlude] x3
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------0---------------------------------------------------|
e|-0---5---3-----------0--------3----------------------------------|
b|-----------------3-------3---------0--3--------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------12---10---10---------------10------------------------------|
b|-12-----------------10--12--10----------0--10--------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----0---3-2-0--------------0---3-2-0----0--5--3--0---3-2-0-------|
b|------3-------3--3--3--3-----3-------3-------------3-------3--3--|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------0--------------------|
e|---------0---3-2-0---7-------------0--5--3------0----3-----------|
b|-3--3------3-------3-5------------------------3----3-----0--3----|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------0h2-0--x-x---------------------0h2-0--x-x---|
e|-------------5h7----------------------------5h7------------------|
b|-3h5-x-x-x-x-----x-x------------3h5-x-x-x-x-----x-x--------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------0h2-0--x-x-------------0h2------------------|
e|-------------5h7----------------------5h7-0-----0-5h7-0----------|
b|-3h5-x-x-x-x-----x-x------------3h5-5-------------------3--------|

[Chorus]
x5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-0---3-5------3-5---5-7-----5-7-----5--------6-7-----------------|
b|------------3-------3-5-----3-5-----3--------4-5-----------------|

[Outro]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-0h2---p0h2--0h2--0h2---2-3-2-3--0----0-------0------0-5---5-----|
b|-0-----------------------------------------------------3---3p0---|
free time
e|------------------------------------------------------------(12)-|
b|--------------------------------------------------------(12)-----|
g|--------------------4---4-2h4p2-0-------------------(12)---------|
d|---------2-------------------------4h5--4p2----------------------|
e|-0-------0---------------------------------------(12)------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
that’s all fuck, that’s too long, with too many odd time signatures that sound like regular 4/4 any way..... trevor jones [email protected] ************************************ | x Dead note | (n) Ghost note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | r Release | b Bend | br Bend release | / Slide up | ~ Vibrato ************************************