Down With The Sickness Tab

by Disturbed
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Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: no capo
Author metaljunkie22 [a] 182.
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Song: Down with sickness
Band: Disturbed
Album The sickness
Tuning: (low to high) Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
legend: h= hammer on
        p= pull off
        *= natural harmoni
        ~= vibrato
        /=slide
 
ive seen i think all of these parts in other tabs but then they would have other parts
the song wrong so heres my version which im pretty sure is good i hope you die
 
 
[intro]
 
drums play then you just hit muffled strings a few times then you play this
 
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------3 times then------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--7-10-7-8-7--7-10-7-8-7--7-10-7-8-----------------7-10-7-8-7--7-10-7-8-7-|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM   . .  . . .  . .  . . .  . .  . .                 . .  . . .  . .  . . .
 
then play this part however many times until the verse starts
 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|play this ending-right before verse--|
Db|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-2---2---2--2---2---2--2---2-------|-2222222-----------------------------|
Db|-2h5-2h3-2--2h5-2h3-2--2h5-2h3-----|-2222222-not sure how many times-----|
pm                                      .......
 
 
[verse]
 
play the main riff 3 times then play the ending i listed
     main riff                    1.______
Eb|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------*5--------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------*5----------|
Db|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------------|
Db|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------------|
pm  . . . . .  . . . . .  . . . .   . . . . .  . . . . .  . .
 
2._______
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-3333-------------|
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-3333-------------|
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-3333-------------|
 . . . . .  . . . . .    .
 
for the second half of the verse just play this (the same pattern of play main riff
times then the ending)
 
     main riff                      1._________
Eb|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|-------------------------*5-------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------*5---------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-2h5-2h3-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-----2h5-2h3-2--2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
pm             . . . . .  . . . .                . . . . .
 2._________
-|----------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
----2h5-2h3-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-3333----|
pm             . . . . .  .
 
 
[chorus]
 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------*5-*5------------------*5---------------------*5-*5------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------*5------------------------------------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2---2--2-3-2---------2-3-2-----|
Ab|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2---2--2-3-2---------2-3-2-----|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2---2--2-3-2---------2-3-2-----|
 
 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------*5-------------------------*5-*5-------------------*5---------|
Gb|-------------*5-------------------------------------------------*5-------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2------------2--2-3-2--------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2-|
Ab|-2--2-3-2-------2/12~~~~-----2--2-3-2--------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2-|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2------------2--2-3-2--------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2-|
 
 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------*5-*5-------------------*5-------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------*5-----------------------------------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----------------------------|
Ab|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----------------------------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----------------------------|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
this is the part where hes like screaming at his mom
 
play this until the vocals come in
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--4~-x-x--10-11--11/14~~-x-x-11-10--x-x---2------------------------------|
 
no mommmy.... etc
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------play this throughout the singing---------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--2-xx--10-11--2-2-x--10-11----------------------------------------------|
Ab|--2-xx--10-11--2-2-x--10-11----------------------------------------------|
Db|--2-xx--10-11--2-2-x--10-11----------------------------------------------|
you just play the above through the singing occasionally changing the rythm slightly but
can figure it out by ear
 
 
[outro]
 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----9-12-9-10-9--9-12-9-10-9--9-12-9-10----------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
play the above twice then the bass will come in for two more times then the final chorus where you play
 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------play this till the end---------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-4---4---4--4---4---4--4---4---------------------------------------------|
Db|-4h7-4h5-4--4h7-4h5-4--4h7-4h5-------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| b  Bend
| /  Slide up
| ~  Vibrato
 
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36 comments
Dempsinator
^^^^^^ C# is the same as Db if you didn't know that....great tab btw
+5
bluegrape
o ya. just realized that as i was playing it today. sorry about that =( so ignore my other comment. again amazing tab, best I've seen.
+5
Metal_Ibanez_89
wow best one yet dude.
+2