Crawl Away Bass

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In drop D tuning, with lyrics.Was this info helpful?
Tuning:	D A D G
Capo:	no capo
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Tool - Crawl Away
Track 5 of Undertow (1993).
 
Tuning: Drop D (DADG)
Time signature: mostly 4/4, some 6/8
 
 
Guitar intro [00:18]
 
  (No bass.)
 
Intro [00:36]
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|*----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|-2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
 
 G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*|
 A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---*| x4
 D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x----------|
 
Verse 1 [01:25]
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|*----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|-2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
   Crawled away from me              Slipped away from me
   Slid away from me                 Crept away from me
 
 G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*|
 A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---*| x2
 D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x----------|
   Tried to keep a hold              But there was nothing I could say
   Tried to keep it down             But there was nothing I could say
 
Pre-chorus 1 [01:50]
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
  What you're trying to say         Is you don't want to play
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
  What you want and what you need   Don't mean that much to me
 
Chorus 1 [02:02]
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|     |----|
D|*------------|-------------|------------*|     |----|
A|*------------|-------------|------------*| x4  |----|
D|-4-----7-----|10-----9---9-|9-9-9-9-9-9--|     |9-9-|
   I can see your
   Back is turning
   If I could I'd
   Stick a knife in
 
Fill [02:17]
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
 
Verse 2 [02:29]
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|*----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|-2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
   Crawled away from me              Slipped away from me
   Slid away from me                 Crept away from me
 
 G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*|
 A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---*| x2
 D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x----------|
   Tried to keep a hold              But there was nothing I could say
   Tried to keep it down             But there was nothing I could say
 
Pre-chorus 2 [02:54]
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
  What you're trying to say         Is you don't want to play
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
  What you want and what you need   Don't mean that much to me
 
Chorus 2 [03:06]
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|*------------|-------------|------------*|
A|*------------|-------------|------------*| x4
D|-4-----7-----|10-----9---9-|9-9-9-9-9-9--|
   I can see your
   Back is turning
   If I could I'd
   Stick a knife in
 
Bridge 1 [03:20]
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*|
A|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*| x2
D|-2-5-5-2-4-------|----------------|2-5-5-2-4-------|-----------------|
                    This is love                      This is love
                    This is my love for you           This is my love for you
 
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*|
A|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*| x2
D|-2-5-5-2-4---xxxx|4---xxxx4---xxxx|2-5-5-2-4---xxxx|4---xxxx4---xxxx-|
                    This is my love for you           This is my love for you
                    This is my love for you           This is my love
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
D|2-5-5-2-|
 
Guitar solo [03:45]
G|------------------|     |------------------|
D|*----------------*|     |*----------------*|
A|*----------------*| x8  |*----------------*| x4
D|-2-4-4-4-2-4-4-4--|     |-2-4-4-4~--2-4~---|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|2-4-4-4~--2-4~--|2-4-4-4~--2-4-2-|4~--2-4~--2-4~--|/16~------------|
 
Bridge 2 [04:09]
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
  Say                               you
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
  won't                             go
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|2---x-x-2---x-2-|--2---2---2-2---|4---x-x-4---x-4-|--4---4---4-4---|
                               Get up                            Say
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2---x-x-2---x-2-|--2---2---2-2---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
              Say              Get up                    Say
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
  Got you in a strangle hold baby   Get up, get up, get up, now
 
Pre-chorus 3 [04:58]
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----/5~--5-5---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4-------------|
  What you're trying to say         Is you don't want to play
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-2-0---|
D|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---4---4-4---|2h4-4-2-4---2-4-|--4---x---------|
  What you want and what you need   Don't mean the fuck to me
 
Chorus 3 [05:10]
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|     |----------------|
D|*------------|-------------|------------*|     |----------------|
A|*------------|-------------|------------*| x4  |----------------|
D|-4-----7-----|10-----9---9-|9-9-9-9-9-9--|     |2-5-5-2-4-------|
   I can see your
   Back is turning
   If I could I'd
   Stick a knife in
 
 
Legend:
 
   h      Hammer on
   /      Slide
   x      Dead note
   ~      Let ring
|------|
|*----*|
|*----*|  Repeat section
|------|
 
 
Song structure:
 
00:18  Guitar intro  no bass
00:36  Intro         main riff x4
01:25  Verse 1       main riff x2
01:50  Pre-chorus 1  main riff x1
02:02  Chorus 1
02:17  Fill          main riff x1
02:29  Verse 2       same as Verse 1
02:54  Pre-chorus 2  same as Pre-chorus 1
03:06  Chorus 2
03:20  Bridge 1
03:45  Guitar solo
04:09  Bridge 2
04:58  Pre-chorus 3  same as Pre-chorus 1
05:10  Chorus 3
 
 
References:
 
* http://tooltabs.net/Tabs/Bass/Undertow/crawl_away.htm (bass; by Nolan Venhola, Brad Haczynski)
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aspsGSzwHw (London 2/23/97)
* https://genius.com/Tool-crawl-away-lyrics
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Yep, this it. Thanks muchly for complete song tab.