Schism Tab

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Tuning:	D A D G B E
Key:	D
Capo:	no capo

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[Intro]
e|--------------------------|  e|------------------------|
B|--------------------------|  B|------------------------|
G|-3--2--5--7----3--2--5--7-|  G|------3-2-------3-2-5---|x4
D|-0--3--5--8----0--3--5--7-|  D|---3h5-0-0---3h5-0-0-0--|
A|--------------------------|  A|------------------------|
D|--------------------------|  D|------------------------|
                                 PM-------------------PM
 
(listen to song to know when to play notes)
e|----------------3----------5-------------------|
B|---3--------------3----------3-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|x1
D|-----0-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------5-4-------5-4-7---|
D|---5h7-------5h7--------|x4
A|-------0-0-------0-0-0--|
D|------------------------|
  PM-------------------PM
 
 
[Interlude 1]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--------10-9---------10-9-12--|x4
A|---10h12--0-0—--10h12--0-0--0-|
D|------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------5-4-------5-4-7---|
D|---5h7-------5h7--------|x8
A|-------0-0---------0-0--|
D|------------------------|
  PM-------------------PM
 
[Interlude 2]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--------10-9---------10-9-12--|x4
A|---10h12--0-0—--10h12--0-0--0-|
D|------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5------|
A|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5----5-|
D|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5—3h5--|x4
 
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------5-4-------5-4-7---|
D|---5h7-------5h7--------|x8
A|-------0-0-------0-0-0--|
D|------------------------|
  PM-------------------PM
 
[Interlude 3]
**do same as first interlude 4x then do this
end part whole lots of times until
interlude 4
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-----------10-9-12--|
A|---—--10h12--0-0--0-|
D|--------------------|
 
[Interlude 4]
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-14----17---14---19---12---14---10---12--10--12--|
A|---0-0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0---0---0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|        (PM all notes on A sting)
 
At end of interlude #4 play this while slowly going from
e|----------------------------------|PM to open strings
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-14----17-----14----17----14--14--|
A|---0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-|
D|----------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------9-----12-----9-----12-----9---9---|
D|-10---5----7---7---x------x-----x------x-----x---x---|x3
A|---8---3--5----7---7-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-7-0-|
D|---------------7-------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-10--5----7--5------|x1
A|---8--3--5---5------|
D|-------------5------|
 
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-7/8\7-7/8\7--10-8-10--5-3-5--5-5-----0-|x1
A|-7/8\7-7/8\7---8-8-8---3-3-3--3-3-------|
D|-7/8\7-7/8\7---8-8-8---3-3-3------0-0---|
 
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--------------------7---|
D|---0----------------7---|x3
A|--0-----0----3------5---|
D|-----0-5--0-3--0-0------|
 
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|---0--------|x1
A|--0-----0---|
D|-----0-5-0--|
 
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0-----------|x4
A|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0-----------|
D|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0-----------|
PM-----------------------PM
 
e|----------------------------------------------|x4
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-|
A|x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-|
D|x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-|
 
**hold last chord on the last time through this part
 
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|repeat this till end of song.
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|*lots of distortion here
A|----------5---------6-------3-|
D|--0-0h3h5---0-0h3h5---0h3h5---|
 PM-----------------------------PM
**(lightly PMed) 
 
 
***********************************
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| h   Hammer-on
|PM   Palm mute
| x   Dead note
***********************************
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Metalfreak you suck, the whole song is not only bass, go to one of their concerts, oh yeah, Great Tab man.

+13

Great Tab man. But there is one error that has been posted by everyone who tabs this song out. The backbone of the song is done on a bass, pretty much the song is all done on bass, there is a guitar in there though. Now if you want to get the full sound of a bass with guitar while playing the song, play the little lick on a string down. instead of |----------| and so on try it all |----------| a string down, instead of |------3-2-| on the D play it from the A |-0h3h5-0--| like this... |----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| |------3-2-| |-0h3h5-0--| |----------| that will give it the sound of both bass and guitar together, but the lick that is played through mainl the whole song, should be played like that on just guitar. Wel just try it, you may like it or ya may not. Just thought I'd offer advice. Thanks

wow, people who think this is a tab done on bass, u have NO ear for music...quit life, www.quitlife.co.uk