Tool – The Pot (Bass Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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Artist: Tool Album: 10,000 Days (2006) Track: 5 Song : The Pot Bassist: Justin Chancellor Tabbed: Sean Doyle Date : May 2006 Email: [email protected] Visit: Tooltabs.net Effects used: Whammy, fuzz, Line 6 FM4 with expression pedal. h = hammer on p = pull off / = slide up \ = slide down ^ = pedal forward v = pedal backward w/pick
[Intro] 0:10 
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[1st Verse] (1:05) 
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[-----------------------------------------]x6 (Getting the left hand mutes right 
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(1:33) 
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[Chorus] (1:51) 
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[2nd Verse] (2:22) 
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This next variation in the 2nd verse sounds like a whammy pedal set one octave up. Hit the power chord on the 10th fret and let it sustain, rock the pedal forward then back. If you dont have a whammy pedal, slide the chord up to the 22nd fret then back again, but only the first chord is struck.
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[Chorus] (2:58) 
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(3:11) 
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(3:25) 
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[(3:45) Breakdown ]
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4:12 
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whammy on, slowly raise pitch by 1 oct.
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I was undecided as to this next riff. Its either the intro riff with a low D pedal note 
or the intro riff simply played an octave lower. I'm choosing the latter the latter 
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I'm not sure of the distorted riff, as my distorion pedal wasn't to hand, but i think its this FM4 on,fuzz on
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(5:00) 
fuzz off slowy rock FM4 expression pedal back 
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FM4 off 
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[Chorus] (5:24) 
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(5:38) 
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[Outro] (5:59) 
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