Swamp Song

Tool

INTRO (bass, then band)D|---(0)--------------------------/\---|| A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4 D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||VERSE (My warning...) ..................D|---------------------------/\--------|| A|--------------------------3--5-------|| X 4 D|-0---0--0--0-----0-----X-------------||PRE CHORUS (Why don't you...) .......... .... .... AH .... .... . .... AH D|--------------------------------/\--|--------------------------------/\--| A|-5-----------5--------5--------3--5-|-------5--------5-----5--------3--5-| D|-0--0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-------|-0--0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-------| ............................ AH AH ............ ... AH AH D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|| A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------|| D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| CHORUS (This bog is thick...)D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| X 3 D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-(0)-| D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-|| A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-|| D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|-5--3--3--5--3-|| Play the intro, but on the last bar, play this: ^hold bendD|---(0)------------------| A|-------------5--------5-|D|-0-----3--0-----3--0----| Play verse, then pre chorus, then chorus SOLO for four bars (this is just noise, so improvise...I normally just play with harmonics)ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) let ringE|-0----------|| B|-0----------||G|-2----------|| X 3D|-0----------||A|------------|| D|------------|| let ringE|-0--------------||B|-0--------------|| G|-2--------------||D|-0---------/\---||A|----------3--5--||D|----------------|| Play pre chorus then chorus, but on the 4th bar play: D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-|A|-3--5--0--3--5---3--5--0--3--0--3--5-| D|----5--0--3--5------5--0--3--0--3--5-| (I hope it sucks...) D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-| A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-| D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3--3--5-| D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-|| A|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-|| D|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-5--3--3--5-|-3-|| ..................... E|---------------------------------------------|| B|------3--------------------------------------|| G|------2----5---------------------------------|| D|-0----0----5----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| A|-0---------3----0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| D|-0--------------0---0--0--2----2--2--3--5--0-|| ................. D|-7--9--------------||A|-------7--X--10--7-|| X 8D|-------------------||Bridge ................ /\ D|----7--------5-----|| D|-0---/\---5--0--|| A|-0-----5--7-----7--|| X 8 then A|-0--5--0--------|| X 4 D|-------------------|| D|-0--------------|| Repeat the bridge 3 times, then play: SOLO (well, at least what the solo basically is. I haven't included the picking pattern, because it's felt more than heard. Also, the bar lines don't represent bars, but I included them for ease of reading. I have no idea what signature the solo is in.) let ring hold bend hold bend E|--------|------------------------/\---|---------------/\---| B|-3------|--(3)/(15)--15------(18)--15-|-10--------(13)--10-| G|-2------|--(2)/(14)--17^(19)----------|-12^(14)------------| D|-0------|-------(0)-------------------|--------------------| A|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------| D|-0------|-----------------------------|--------------------| hold bend (No...one...told...you to...) E|-0---------|-------------------------|B|-4^(5)-----|-/3--------3/15----------| G|-----------|-/2--------2/14----------|D|-----------|--0----------------------| A|-----------|-------------------------|D|-----------|-------------------------| (COME!!!!!!)D|------------------------------------| A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--3--3-| X 3 then D|------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------5-|| A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5--8--0--5-||D|-------------------------------5-|| ANOTHER ALTERED VERSE (My warning...) AH D|---(0)--------------------------/\---|| A|-------------5--------3--------3--5--|| X 4 D|-0-----3--0-----3--0-----3--0--------||(Why don't you watch...) .............................G|----------------------5--------5--7-| D|-------------------------7--5-------| X 2 very softly, then A|-0--5--8--0--5--8--0----------------|D|------------------------------------| AH ................ AH AH ............ /\ D|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|----0--3-----0--3--0-----5--0--3--5-|| A|-5--------5-----------3-------------|-5--------5-----------3-------------|| D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| There is another chorus with the repeated `I hope it sucks..' bit,then end on: D|-3^-| A|-3^-| D|-3^-|

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