Descending Tab

by Tool
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This is a guitar tab from a live version of the song Descending by Tool, played by them in Halloween 2015. This song will probably appear in their new album.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: D A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author thanashs_kwst [pro] 668. Last edit on Nov 7, 2016
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Tool - Descending (Live Halloween 2015) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LvAPabwDGg
 
 
Adam Jones plays three times this:
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------------|
G|--5--------2-2----2-0-------------| x4
D|---------5------3-----0-----------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2-------2----2-0--| x2
D|--0-----2-----3-------5----3-----0|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
 
 
Then, he plays these chords(using the volume knob):
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------| x3
D|--0-------3------8----5-----------|
A|--0-------3------8----5-----------|
E|--0-------3------8----5-----------|
 
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--0-------3------8----17----------|
A|--0-------3------8----17----------|
E|--0-------3------8----17----------|
 
 
The next think we hear is something like that(with palm mute and delay):
 
  PM                                                         .
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10------------11----11-10--------------------11------------|
G|----10-10---------10-------10-10-----12-----------10--------|x6
D|----------12-12--------------------10---10-10--------12-12--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
At the end Jones plays(with palm mute only on the second chord):
 
     PM.
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|x15
D|--0-0--0--|
A|--0-0--0--|
E|--0-0--0--|
 
     PM.
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|--0-0-----|
A|--0-0-----|
E|--0-0-----|
 
 
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| PM  Palm mute
 
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