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Rosetta Stoned Bass

(ver. 2)
Tool
(:17)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----------------3-5-| x7
|--0-3-5--0-3-5------|

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--0-3-5--0-3-5--3-1-|


(:34)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--------3-5--|x8
|--0-3-5------|

(:45)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----------------3-5-| x4
|--0-3-5--0-3-5------|


(:53)Justin follows Danny's double kick below

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--------------------3-5-| x3
|--0-333-5--0-333-5------|

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--0-3-5--0-3-5--3-1-|

(1:02)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--------3-5--|x4
|--0-3-5------|

(1:07) This is tricky to hear but Justin plays that C to D (15-17) with Adam

|--7---------7---------7--------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0-3-5------|
|--5--15-17--5--15-17--5--15-17--------3-5--|
|--0---------0---------0--------------------|

(1:12)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----------------3-5-| x4
|--0-3-5--0-3-5------|


(1:21) chorus on
|-----2~--0----3~-------5---------------|
|--0-----------------5------------------|
|------------3--------------------------|
|------------------5-------/--8--8-8-8--|
chorus off

(1:30)
|--7----7---|
|--0----0---|
|--5----5---| x8
|--0----0---|

Thick Chorus and delay
This is verified live!

(1:40)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12---15--15-15-15---10-10-10-10-----------|
|-------------------------------------------(8)/10---| x4
|----------------------------------------------------|

This part is realy hard to hear on the album but saw JC do it
(1:51)
|-----10-------17--------------|
|--12-----/15-------12-10-12---|
|------------------------------| x4
|------------------------------|

chorus off (delay still on)

(2:02)*- accent for the delay
|-----10*-------17*------------|
|--12-----/15-----------10-12--|
|------------------8-10--------| x3
|------------------------------|
Delay off

(2:09)
|-----------------------|
|--0-3-5----------------|
|-------------------3-5-|
|--------3-5--0-3-5-----|

(2:12)

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-------------------3-5--|x4
|--0-3-0-3-5--0-3-5------|

(2:23)-tricky riff here
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------3---0-----3----------3---0-----3---------3---0-----3---------3---0-----3--------//-|
|--0-3---0---0-3---5h7--0-3---0---0-3---5h7-0h3---0---0-3---5h7-0-3---0---0-3---5h7-0h3---|

(2:33) Verified live...Justin is following Maynard..."You had better listen"
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----17------------------------|x3
|--19----19-17-15-17-15-14-15---|

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----17-----------------------------------|
|--19----19-17-15-17-15-14-15--12-17-15-14-|

(2:43) last time on riff hit open d and hold
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| x4
|--0-3////10-0-12--0-3////10-0-10h12--|


Rest for a few seconds...


(2:56) Delay on
Here you are slowly pickscr*ping on the high d string
 over the pickups then hit a hard open d and g

|-----------0-|
|--x\\\\\\--0-|
|-------------|
|-------------|
delay off

(3:10)-
*- hold note

|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------5-7-5---------|
|---------0-----------|---------0------------|---------0-------------|--------7-------7-5-----|
|-------3-------------|-------3--------------|-------3---------------|---------------------8--|
|--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3------0*---8-8---|--0--3------------------|


|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------5-7-5---------|
|---------0-----------|---------0------------|--------------------|--------7-------7-5-----|
|-------3-------------|-------3--------------|--------------------|---------------------8--|
|--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3//12---0-0--8-|--0--3------------------|


|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|x2
|--0--3-/////12-12-15-15-|


|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0-0-0--3-3-3//12-12-12--15-15--|

(3:48)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|x3
|--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|


|-------7----7--|
|-----0-0--0-0--|
|-----5-5--5-5--|
|--0--0-0--0-0--|


|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------5-7-5---------|
|---------0-----------|---------0------------|---------0-------------|--------7-------7-5-----|
|-------3-------------|-------3--------------|-------3---------------|---------------------8--|
|--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3------0*---8-8---|--0--3------------------|


|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------5-7-5---------|
|---------0-----------|---------0------------|--------------------|--------7-------7-5-----|
|-------3-------------|-------3--------------|--------------------|---------------------8--|
|--0--3------0*---8---|--0--3------0*---8-8--|--0--3//12-12-12--8-|--0--3------------------|



|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|x2
|--0--3-/////12-12-15-15-|

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0-0-0--3-3-3//12-12-12--15-15--|


|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|x3
|--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|


|-------7----7--|
|-----0-0--0-0--|
|-----5-5--5-5--|
|--0--0-0--0-0--|

(4:51) Suprise suprise JC is follwoing Adam's guitar part if you listen very close!

|-------------------------|
|------2-----0-----2------|
|----0-----3-----0-----3--| x3
|--0-----3-----0-----3----|

|--------------5-7-5--------|
|------2-----7-------7-5----|
|----0-------------------8--|
|--0-----3------------------|

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|x2
|--0--3-/////12-12-15-15-|

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0-0-0--3-3-3//12-12-12--15-15--|

(5:17)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|x4
|--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|

(5:28) Justin does NOT do the variation that adam does

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|x4
|--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--|




(5:40) Tricky timing here

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0--x-3-3--0-0--x-3-3--0-0-3-3--|


(5:46) NOTE: This is played with a guyatone Bottom Rocker Auto Wah. It has a very synth 
like sound
to it. JC is hitting different stings at different times giving it a sound that makes 
the riff sound
more complex than it is. It is just the D octave. It is hard to tab what he is doing but 
I will attempt
to translate as best as I can. If you do not have an auto wah you can use a regular wah 
wah pedal but it
will sound different. The guyatone has a very distinct sound.

Follow Maynard's lyrics and let that last note ring!

|-----7----------------------|
|---0-0-----0---0-0---0------|
|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5----| x3
|-----------------------0----|

(6:03) I saw Justin play this live! Lots of crazy stuff going on
figure out the timing here- *ring out a little Left hand muting is very important here!
Those 3-5's  on the d and a strings are lightning fast. The x's I am denoting below are 
not a
played mute but simply an emphasis to mute the string with your left hand very quickly.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3---------------------------------------------|x3
|--0*---0--0h12p0-0--0*-0--3-5----0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0//////13-13-13-13-13-13---|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3---------------------------------|
|--0*---0--0h12p0-0--0*-0--3-5----0*---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--13\\---|

(6:27)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3--------------------------------15--|x2
|--0*---0--0h12p0-0-0--0*-0--3-5---0-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0-0--0-0-15-17-----|


|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|

(6:51)
|-------------------------------------|
|----7--------------------------------|
|----0--------------------------------| x4
|--7*---8*----10-10--10---5--5-5-5-5--|


(7:03) One of the baddest Tool bass riffs ever. Very tricky timing.


|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5----------3-----------------------------------------| x9
|----------------------------------6----------3------------------|
|--5-5--5-5---5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5---5-5--5-5--5/8\5--|

(8:13) Ok this part is a real b**ch to hear in the mix and JC is doing lots of variations.
These variations aren't perfect but they are damn close

chorus effect on

|----2~---2----3---3----------0-------7---7----|
|--0----0-------------------5-----------8---8--|
|------------3---3---3/5-----------------------|
|-------------------------5-----5---8----------|

|----2~---2----3---3--------------7----7----|
|--0----0-----------------5---5------8---8--|
|------------3---3--------------------------|
|-----------------------5---5---8-----------|


|----2~---2----3---3---------5-----7----7----|
|--0----0-----------------5----------8---8---|
|------------3---3---------------------------|
|-----------------------5-----5--8-----------|


|----2~---2----3---3--------5-5-----7----7-----|
|--0----0-----------------5-5-5--------8---8---|
|------------3---3-----------------------------|
|-----------------------5---------8------------|

chorus off

(8:38)

|----2~---2----3---3--------------------7-----|
|--0----0-----------------5---5----8--8---8---| x4
|------------3---3----------------------------|
|-----------------------5---5---8-------------|

(9:03) saw this live

|----2//14-----3-------------------------7-----|
|--0-----------------------5---5----8--8---8---|
|------------3---3//13-------------------------|
|------------------------5---5---8-------------|



|----2~---2----3---3--------------------7-----|
|--0----0-----------------5---5----8--8---8---|
|------------3---3----------------------------|
|-----------------------5---5---8-------------|


(9:16)- Strapped down...stay with lyrics on this. Adam(guitar) is doing off time

|--7----7---|
|--0----0---|
|--5----5---| x8
|--0----0---|

(9:40) Steady pick those G's (5) and then the next part follow's Maynard
"can't remember what they said"

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----15-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------13-10-12-13-12--|x2
|--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5- -5-5-5-------------------------|

..said...........to...........me...............they...

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----0----------------------------------------|x2
|--7---7-7-7-/-8-8-8-8-/-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-|


|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----15-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------13-10-12-13-12--|
|--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5- -5-5-5-------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----0----------------------------------------|x2
|--7---7-7-7-/-8-8-8-8-/-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-|


|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------15-----------------|
|------------------------------------------13-10-12-13-12--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------|


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----0----------------------------------------|x2
|--7---7-7-7-/-8-8-8-8-/-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-|

(10:22)
Tricky and fast...

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------0h3----------0h3----------0h3----------|
|--------------------------------------------0h3--|
|--0h3-0h3-----0h3-0h3-------0h3-0h3-----0h3------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------0h3----------0h3----------0h3----------|
|--------------------------------------------0----|
|--0h3-0h3-----0h3-0h3-------0h3-0h3-----0h3------|


(10:39)

|--7-7--7-7--|
|--0-0--0-0--|
|--5-5--5-5--| x13
|--0-0--0-0--|
            
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