Tool - Lateralis Bass

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Tuning (low to high): DADG ( like every other Tool song except Prison Sex )

I was looking around MX Tabs here and I didn’t see any tabs that were very close to how Justin plays this, so I decided to tab it.  It’s only my second tab, but it’s pretty darn close to perfect, so if you’ll take the time to actually listen to the song I think you’ll see that it’s right.

Intro ( fade in after Adam plays through the entire riff once ):
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5----------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus Part I:
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-0--0-0--0-0-0-5---3-2-0-3--3-3--3-3--3-5--3-2-3-5--5-5-5--3/10-12----------------

Chorus Part II:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-0--0-0--0-0-0-5---3-2-0-3--3-3--3-3--3-5--3-2-3-5--5-5-5--3--3h5p3-0-0

1st Verse ( after Maynard sings “ reaching out to me/lets me see” ):
G|---------5--------7-
D|-0----3---0----5----
A|--------------------
D|--------------------

Pre-chorus ( after Maynard stops singing ):
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------      On the fourth time through, stop on the G 
A|--0-----------------------------------------------      note (D|-5-) and play it with the rhythm 
D|----5-3-0---0-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0---0-5-5-5-5---------      and lead it into the chorus

2nd Verse ( starts in the same part as 1st verse ):
G|-------5--------7-
D|-----3--------5---
A|-5\0-----5\0------
D|------------------
After 1st Guitar Solo ( when Maynard sings “Reaching out to embrace the random…” ):
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------5--------3---5-
D|-0--10-12-0--10-12-0--10-12-0--10-12-0--3--0-0-3-0--3--3-5---5----

Interlude part I:
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Interlude part II ( when Maynard sings “to feel connected…” ):
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Part II Variation ( when Maynard sings “to feel inspired…”):
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---13-13-13-13---13-13-13-13---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5----------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G|---------
D|---------
A|-5-5-5-5-
D|---------

Interlude Part III ( when Maynard sings “to bathe in the fountain…”):
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---8-8-8-8---15-15-15-15---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---8-8-8-8---------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G|-----------
D|-----------
A|-8-8-8-8---
D|-----------

Interlude ending:
G|----------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---8-8-8-8---15--15-15---10------8------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------

2nd Guitar Solo:
G|-------------------------------7------------5-5-5--
D|-5--5-5-5--5-5-3--3-3-3h5p3-3-0-0-0-0h3-3-3--------
A|---------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------

Post-solo Riff (I think this is actually played with distortion and a chorus or whammy effect, but it sounds good sliding like this though):
G|---------------------------------------------------7\----5\----7\----10\----7\----5\----10\----7\--------
D|-5\----5\----5\----5\----5\----5\----5\----5\------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When Maynard sings “Spiral out…”:
G|-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------
D|-0---3---0-xxxx-0-0-0-3-3-3--------

Last solo ( played with bass whammy and light distortion ):
G|---------------
D|---------------
A|-------5-3----
D|-0--3------5--

Drums and bass stop, then when they start again:
G|---------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------
D|-0----3----5--------5-3----10-12-0-----