Parabol and Parabola - Written and Performed by TOOL
Tabbed by "José Antilabido" (Dragonss@yahoo.com)
Special Thanks: The Guitar Player article on Tool. Without it, this song would
still be in Drop D.
NOTICE: I recently learned that Adam plays this song with a very weird tuning,
BEDGBE. You can locate the BEDGBE tab of the part below the Drop D part. If you
are going to play this song live, I would suggest the drop D version unless you
have two guitars. The tuning is a bitch to execute and adds very little to the
song. You can play most of it with drop D. The only part that wont sound totally
correct is the very end.
NORMAL TUNING - DADGBE
Can also be executed in BEDGBE.
Parbol
G--------2h4-------2h4p2
D--0h2--------0h2-------
Parbola
Part 1 0:01
D-----------------------
A--0h2---2\3--2\5/2-2-0-0
D--0h2---2\3--2\5/2-2-0-0
Drop BE Version
E---5\7--7\8--7\10/7-7-5-5
B---3\5--5\6--5\ 8/5-5-3-3
Part 2 0:10
B------------------10h12--12-12-1212-[[[------------10h12p10
G--7h9--9-9-99-----------------------7h9--9-9-99---------
Part 3 0:20
A--0h2--0h2
D--0h2--0h2
--P.M-------
Drop BE Version
E--5\7--5\7
B--3\5--3\5
--P.M------
Part 4 0:58
D--5--5-5-555-7-7-777/2-2-222
A--5--5-5-555-7-7-777/2-2-222
D--5--5-5-555-7-7-777/2-2-222
Drop BE Version
E--10-1010-101010--12-12-121212/7-7-777
B---8--8-8--8-8-8----10-10-101010/5-5-555
If this sounds to weak to you, try this:
D--12-1212-121212--14-14-141414/9-9-999
E--10-1010-101010--12-12-121212/7-7-777
B---8---8-8---8-8-8--10-10-101010/5-5-555
Repeat part 1, end with part 3 and go into part 4, then do part 1 then goto the
solo.
Solo (Part 5) 1:35
E---------------------------------------------------------------------10-9--
B------------------10h12--12-12-1212-----------------10h12p10------------10
G--7h9--9-9-99-----------------------7h9--9-9-99------------------------
E--------------10-9----------------------------------
B---------8-----------8--10-8---10^--8-7--5--8-7^--5^/
G--7--9---------------------------------------------
I am not totally certain on this part. But it is very close.
I havn't gotten the 2nd part of the solo yet :(. But I promise I will. Make sure
to add in some Wah-wah to the bends, it will sound a lot better.
Part 6
D--0\7/2
A--0\7/2
D--0\7/2
Drop BE Version
D----------------------0
E----------------------0
B--0h3\10/5-5-5-5----
Again, if that sounds to weak to you, try adding in the D string. Slide to 7 and
back to 2 really fast.
Play Order: Part 1, part 3, part 4
Part 7
D--7-2
A--7-2
D--7-2
Drop BE Version
E--12-5
B--10-3
Part 8
D--2p0\7--5
A--2p0\7--5
D--2p0\7--5
PM---------
Drop BE Version
E--7-5\12--10
B--5-3\10-- 8
PM-----------
Part 9
D--0h2-----7--5
A--0h2-----7--5
D--0h2-xxxx7--5
PM---------
Drop BE Version
E--5\7------12--10
B--3\5-xxxx10-- 8
(After Adam plays this one or two times, he slides from G5 to B5)
Part 10
A-----------5-0-
D--2--0--5-----0
Drop BE Version
D---------------0--
E-------5---3-------
B--5---5-----------3
Part 11
A----------0--(Might be B, not A. Im not sure.)
D--2--0--5---0
Drop BE Version
E----------3--5--
B--5--3---3------3
Part 12 (Play it really fast)
A--5--------------
D------5--0--2-2-2
Drop BE Version
D--0-----------
E----3---------
B------3--5-5-5
Part 13
A--5--------------
D------5--0--2-5-2
Drop BE Version
D--0---------------
E----3------5------
B------3--5---3-3-3
(Check this one yourself. Im not too sure)
After this, Adam does a PM version of the 2 parts 10 and 11 before going into
the next part
Part 14
A-------------------5h7h5-
D--0h2-xxx-5h7-------
Drop BE Version
D-----------------0h2p0
E------------3h5------
B--3h5-xxx---------
Try throwing in a PM if it doesnt sound right to you.
Part 15 (Play it fast)
A-----------5h7h5---------
D--0h2-5h7-------5h7-0h2--
Drop BE Version
D----------0h2p0--------
E------3h5-------3h5----
B--3h5---------------3h5
Part 15
D-xxxx---
A-xxxx---
D-xxxx-0h2
Drop BE Version
E--xxxx----
B--xxxx-3h5
After a couple of times, it sounds like Adam takes away the hammer on and just
plays E (2 on Low D) by itself.
Part 16 (Try adding a PM to it if you don't think it sounds right)
A----------
D--0--2--7-
Drop BE Version
E--------7
B--3--5---
Part 17
A-------------------
D--0--2--5---0-2-0-2
Drop BE Version
E--------5----------
B--3--5-----3-5-3-5
Part 18
A-------------------------------------
D--0--2-2-2222-0-0-2h4-2h4-2h4-4\5-4\5
Drop BE Version
(Wow, this one will sound DRASTICALLY better.)
E--0--0--0-0-00--5-5-0h7-0h7-0h7-0h7\8/7\8
B--0--0--0-0-00--3-3-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5\6/5\6
I didn't have time to do the last few parts after the song that sound like
Parabol. Any help with that and the 2nd (Pitch Harmonics) part of the solo is
welcome.
Artist: Tool
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