Tool – Rosetta Stoned (Bass Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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(:17) |--------------------| |--------------------| |----------------3-5-| x7 |--0-3-5--0-3-5------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--0-3-5--0-3-5--3-1-| (:34) |-------------| |-------------| |--------3-5--|x8 |--0-3-5------| (:45) |--------------------| |--------------------| |----------------3-5-| x4 |--0-3-5--0-3-5------|
(:53)Justin follows Danny's double kick below
|------------------------| |------------------------| |--------------------3-5-| x3 |--0-333-5--0-333-5------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--0-3-5--0-3-5--3-1-| (1:02) |-------------| |-------------| |--------3-5--|x4 |--0-3-5------|
(1:07) This is tricky to hear but Justin plays that C to D (15-17) with Adam
|--7---------7---------7--------------------| |--0---------0---------0---------0-3-5------| |--5--15-17--5--15-17--5--15-17--------3-5--| |--0---------0---------0--------------------| (1:12) |--------------------| |--------------------| |----------------3-5-| x4 |--0-3-5--0-3-5------| (1:21) chorus on |-----2~--0----3~-------5---------------| |--0-----------------5------------------| |------------3--------------------------| |------------------5-------/--8--8-8-8--| chorus off (1:30) |--7----7---| |--0----0---| |--5----5---| x8 |--0----0---|
Thick Chorus and delay
This is verified live!
(1:40) |----------------------------------------------------| |-12-12-12-12---15--15-15-15---10-10-10-10-----------| |-------------------------------------------(8)/10---| x4 |----------------------------------------------------| This part is realy hard to hear on the album but saw JC do it (1:51) |-----10-------17--------------| |--12-----/15-------12-10-12---| |------------------------------| x4 |------------------------------|
chorus off (delay still on)
(2:02)*- accent for the delay |-----10*-------17*------------| |--12-----/15-----------10-12--| |------------------8-10--------| x3 |------------------------------| Delay off (2:09) |-----------------------| |--0-3-5----------------| |-------------------3-5-| |--------3-5--0-3-5-----|
(2:12)
|------------------------| |------------------------| |-------------------3-5--|x4 |--0-3-0-3-5--0-3-5------| (2:23)-tricky riff here |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------3---0-----3----------3---0-----3---------3---0-----3---------3---0-----3--------//-| |--0-3---0---0-3---5h7--0-3---0---0-3---5h7-0h3---0---0-3---5h7-0-3---0---0-3---5h7-0h3---| (2:33) Verified live...Justin is following Maynard..."You had better listen" |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-----17------------------------|x3 |--19----19-17-15-17-15-14-15---| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-----17-----------------------------------| |--19----19-17-15-17-15-14-15--12-17-15-14-| (2:43) last time on riff hit open d and hold |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| x4 |--0-3////10-0-12--0-3////10-0-10h12--|
Rest for a few seconds...
(2:56) Delay on
Here you are slowly pickscraping on the high d string
over the pickups then hit a hard open d and g
|-----------0-| |--x\\\\\\--0-| |-------------| |-------------| delay off
(3:10)-
*- hold note
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------5-7-5---------| |---------0-----------|---------0------------|---------0-------------|--------7-------7-5-----| |-------3-------------|-------3--------------|-------3---------------|---------------------8--| |--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3------0*---8-8---|--0--3------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------5-7-5---------| |---------0-----------|---------0------------|--------------------|--------7-------7-5-----| |-------3-------------|-------3--------------|--------------------|---------------------8--| |--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3//12---0-0--8-|--0--3------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------|x2 |--0--3-/////12-12-15-15-| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |--0-0-0--3-3-3//12-12-12--15-15--| (3:48) |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------|x3 |--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--| |-------7----7--| |-----0-0--0-0--| |-----5-5--5-5--| |--0--0-0--0-0--| |---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------5-7-5---------| |---------0-----------|---------0------------|---------0-------------|--------7-------7-5-----| |-------3-------------|-------3--------------|-------3---------------|---------------------8--| |--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3------0*---8-8---|--0--3------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------5-7-5---------| |---------0-----------|---------0------------|--------------------|--------7-------7-5-----| |-------3-------------|-------3--------------|--------------------|---------------------8--| |--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3//12-12-12--8-|--0--3------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------|x2 |--0--3-/////12-12-15-15-| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |--0-0-0--3-3-3//12-12-12--15-15--| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------|x3 |--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--| |-------7----7--| |-----0-0--0-0--| |-----5-5--5-5--| |--0--0-0--0-0--|
(4:51) Suprise suprise JC is follwoing Adam's guitar part if you listen very close!
|-------------------------| |------2-----0-----2------| |----0-----3-----0-----3--| x3 |--0-----3-----0-----3----| |--------------5-7-5--------| |------2-----7-------7-5----| |----0-------------------8--| |--0-----3------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------|x2 |--0--3-/////12-12-15-15-| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |--0-0-0--3-3-3//12-12-12--15-15--| (5:17) |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------|x4 |--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|
(5:28) Justin does NOT do the variation that adam does
|----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------|x4 |--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|
(5:40) Tricky timing here
|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0--x-3-3--0-0--x-3-3--0-0-3-3--|
(5:46) NOTE: This is played with a guyatone Bottom Rocker Auto Wah. It has a very synth
like sound
to it. JC is hitting different stings at different times giving it a sound that makes
the riff sound
more complex than it is. It is just the D octave. It is hard to tab what he is doing but
I will attempt
to translate as best as I can. If you do not have an auto wah you can use a regular wah
wah pedal but it
will sound different. The guyatone has a very distinct sound.
Follow Maynard's lyrics and let that last note ring!
|-----7----------------------| |---0-0-----0---0-0---0------| |---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5----| x3 |-----------------------0----|
(6:03) I saw Justin play this live! Lots of crazy stuff going on
figure out the timing here- *ring out a little Left hand muting is very important here!
Those 3-5's on the d and a strings are lightning fast. The x's I am denoting below are
not a
played mute but simply an emphasis to mute the string with your left hand very quickly.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------3---------------------------------------------|x3 |--0*---0--0h12p0-0--0*-0--3-5----0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0//////13-13-13-13-13-13---| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------3---------------------------------| |--0*---0--0h12p0-0--0*-0--3-5----0*---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--13\\---| (6:27) |-----------------------------------------------------| |--------8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8--------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------3--------------------------------15--|x2 |--0*---0--0h12p0-0-0--0*-0--3-5---0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0-0--0-0-15-17-----| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--------8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8--------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| (6:51) |-------------------------------------| |----7--------------------------------| |----0--------------------------------| x4 |--7*---8*----10-10--10---5--5-5-5-5--|
(7:03) One of the baddest Tool bass riffs ever. Very tricky timing.
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------5----------3-----------------------------------------| x9 |----------------------------------6----------3------------------| |--5-5--5-5---5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5---5-5--5-5--5/8\5--|
(8:13) Ok this part is a real bitch to hear in the mix and JC is doing lots of variations.
These variations aren't perfect but they are damn close
chorus effect on
|----2~---2----3---3----------0-------7---7----| |--0----0-------------------5-----------8---8--| |------------3---3---3/5-----------------------| |-------------------------5-----5---8----------| |----2~---2----3---3--------------7----7----| |--0----0-----------------5---5------8---8--| |------------3---3--------------------------| |-----------------------5---5---8-----------| |----2~---2----3---3---------5-----7----7----| |--0----0-----------------5----------8---8---| |------------3---3---------------------------| |-----------------------5-----5--8-----------| |----2~---2----3---3--------5-5-----7----7-----| |--0----0-----------------5-5-5--------8---8---| |------------3---3-----------------------------| |-----------------------5---------8------------|
chorus off
(8:38)
|----2~---2----3---3--------------------7-----| |--0----0-----------------5---5----8--8---8---| x4 |------------3---3----------------------------| |-----------------------5---5---8-------------|
(9:03) saw this live
|----2//14-----3-------------------------7-----| |--0-----------------------5---5----8--8---8---| |------------3---3//13-------------------------| |------------------------5---5---8-------------| |----2~---2----3---3--------------------7-----| |--0----0-----------------5---5----8--8---8---| |------------3---3----------------------------| |-----------------------5---5---8-------------|
(9:16)- Strapped down...stay with lyrics on this. Adam(guitar) is doing off time
|--7----7---| |--0----0---| |--5----5---| x8 |--0----0---|
(9:40) Steady pick those G's (5) and then the next part follow's Maynard
"can't remember what they said"
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |--------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----15-----------------| |------------------------------------------------13-10-12-13-12--|x2 |--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5- -5-5-5-------------------------|
..said...........to...........me...............they...
|---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |----0----------------------------------------|x2 |--7---7-7-7-/-8-8-8-8-/-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |--------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----15-----------------| |------------------------------------------------13-10-12-13-12--| |--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5- -5-5-5-------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |----0----------------------------------------|x2 |--7---7-7-7-/-8-8-8-8-/-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-| |----------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------15-----------------| |------------------------------------------13-10-12-13-12--| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |----0----------------------------------------|x2 |--7---7-7-7-/-8-8-8-8-/-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-|
(10:22)
Tricky and fast...
|-------------------------------------------------| |----------0h3----------0h3----------0h3----------| |--------------------------------------------0h3--| |--0h3-0h3-----0h3-0h3-------0h3-0h3-----0h3------| |-------------------------------------------------| |----------0h3----------0h3----------0h3----------| |--------------------------------------------0----| |--0h3-0h3-----0h3-0h3-------0h3-0h3-----0h3------|
(10:39)
|--7-7--7-7--| |--0-0--0-0--| |--5-5--5-5--| x13 |--0-0--0-0--|