P.O.D. - School Of Hard Knocks Tabs

Tuning: D TUNING   (D A D F# A D) 

Now, many people think that Marcos from P.O.D. uses dropped d tuning.  This is not true.  Although most of P.O.D.'s songs can be played using dropped d, D tuning itself is Marcos's true tuning. 


Intro: (Light Distortion, Timing not shown) 
D |-----------------------------------------------------------| 
A |-----------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--| 
A |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--| 
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--| 
  


Chorus/Intro: (Heavy Distortion) 
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---10-10-10-10---5-| 
A |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---10-10-10-10---5-| 
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---10-10-10-10---5-| 



Verse: (Clean, Chorus, Delay, Reverb, Etc...) 
D |--------------------------------------------------------------| 
A |--------------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|--11--10h11h10--6--8~~----------10--10^11--10-----------------| 
D |------------------------10--12-----------------12--10---------| 
A |--------------------------------------------------------------| 
D |--------------------------------------------------------------| 

D |--3------------------| 
A |-----0---------------| 
F#|--------4------------| 
D |-----------5---------| 
A |---------------------| 
D |---------------------| 


D |---------------------| 
A |---------------------| 
F#|---------------------| 
D |--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0---| 
A |--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0---| 
D |--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0---| 


Bridge: (Heavy Distortion) 
D |----------------------------------------------| 
A |----------------------------------------------| 
F#|--11---10---11---10---13---11---10---8--------| 
D |--x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x--------| 
A |--8----7----8----7----10---8----7----5--------| 
D |----------------------------------------------| 

Closing: (Heavy Distortion) 
D |----------------------------------------------| 
A |----------------------------------------------| 
F#|----------------------------------------------| 
D |--0-0-0--3-3--0-0-0-0--3-3-3------------------| 
A |--0-0-0--3-3--0-0-0-0--3-3-3------------------| 
D |--0-0-0--3-3--0-0-0-0--3-3-3------------------| 

Outro: (Heavy Distortion) 
D |----------------------------------------------| 
A |----------------------------------------------| 
F#|----------------------------------------------| 
D |--0---0---0----------0------------------------| 
A |--0---0---0----------0------------------------| 
D |--0---0---0---shhhh--0------------------------| 
     (staccato) (Let Ring) 

Song Order: 

Intro 
Chorus/Intro (x2) 
Verse (x4) 
Chorus (x2) 
Verse (x4) 
Bridge (x2) 
Closing (x2) 
Intro 
Chorus (x2) 
Bridge (x2) 
Outro