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Tenacious D
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The Metal
Tenecious D
I�ve seen a lot of tabs for this floating around that are just plain wrong
or don�t even bother to include anything but the main riff. Wrong tabs
and lazy tabbers annoy me. Here�s how the whole song is actually played:
Guitar 1: Tuned to Drop D. Decently heavy distortion on this guitar, I
believe it�s with the neck pickup.
Guitar 2: Standard Tuning, same guitar as Guitar 3 but with heavy distortion and a phase shifter.
Guitar 3: Standard Tuning. Same guitar as Guitar 2 without the effects, Bridge Pickup,
with the tone about half way.
Main Riff/Verse 1
Guitar 1:
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-----2--------------------2---2-2-----2---------------|
A|-2---2-2-----2--3p2p0-2p0-2h3p2p0-2---2-2-----2--3p2p0-2------|
d|-2---2-2-5p2 2--------------------2---2-2-5p2-2---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-----2------------------------5p3p2-3p2p0-2p0-2h3p2p0-|
A|-2---2-2-----2--3p2p0-2p0-2h3p2p0---3-------------------------|
d|-2---2-2-5p2 2--------------------3---------------------------|
Play the main riff 5 times and go to the breakdown
Breakdown
Guitar 1:
Same guitar that was playing the main riff
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-5p2-2-2--x----2---2-2-5p2-2-2----|
A|-2---2-2-5p2-2-2--x----2---2-2-5p2-2-2----|
d|-2---2-2-5p2-2-2--x----2---2-2-5p2-2-2--*-|
*=Guitar 2 does a pick scrape across the bottom 3 strings.
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-7-9-7-9-10-9-7-9-7-12-11-10---------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-7-9-7-9-10-9-7-9-7-12-11-10---------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-5-7-5-7-8--7-5-7-5-10-9--8----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------4h5p4p2-4p2-4h5p4p2-------4h5p4p2-4p2-4h5p4p2-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------3-3-----------------------3-3-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-7-9-7-9-10-9-7-9-7-12-11-10---------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-7-9-7-9-10-9-7-9-7-12-11-10---------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-5-7-5-7-8--7-5-7-5-10-9--8----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------4h5p4p2-4p2-4h5p4p2-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------3-3-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge -- Why can't anyone get this part right?!?
Guitar 3:
Done using alternate "travis picking" technique where you play with
a flat pick and your middle finger. Takes a bit of practice, but it's
really easy, especially what's expected of one in this song.
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-------8---7-------7----5-------5----7-------7---|
G|-----9-----------7------------5------------7-------|
D|---9---9--9----7---7---7----5---5---5----7---7---7-|
A|-7-----------5------------3------------5-----------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-------8---7-------7----5-------5----7-5-4-5--|
G|-----9-----------7------------5-----------------|
D|---9---9--9----7---7---7----5---5---5-----------|
A|-7-----------5------------3------------5-3-2-5--|
e|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h1--------1---3-------3-----------------------------------|
G|--------2-----------2-------------0---------------0---------|
D|------2---2---2-0-0---0---0-----2---2-----------2---2-------|
A|-0----------------------------2-------2---2---2-------2---2-|
e|----------------------------0-----------0---0-----------0---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------(12)---|
B|-1-------1---3-------3-----------0-0---------0-----0-(12)---|
G|-----2-----------2-------------0-----0---------0------------|
D|---2---2---2-0-0---0---0-----2---------2---2-----2----------|
A|-0-------------------------2-------------2------------------|
e|-------------------------0----------------------------------|
where (12) is obviously the 12th fret harmonic...
Main Riff/Verse 2:
Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-----2--------------------2---2-2-----2---------------|
A|-2---2-2-----2--3p2p0-2p0-2h3p2p0-2---2-2-----2--3p2p0-2------|
d|-2---2-2-5p2 2--------------------2---2-2-5p2-2---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-----2------------------------5p3p2-3p2p0-2p0-2h3p2p0-|
A|-2---2-2-----2--3p2p0-2p0-2h3p2p0---3-------------------------|
d|-2---2-2-5p2 2--------------------3---------------------------|
play 5 times and go to ending.
Ending
Guitar 1:
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-4--8-7--11-10---------5-4--8-7--11-10-|
D|-0---0-5-4--8-7--11-10---0---0-5-4--8-7--11-10-|
A|-0---0-3-2--6-5--9--8----0---0-3-2--6-5--9--8--|
d|-0---0-------------------0---0-----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------5-4------------------------------------5-4---------------------------|
D|-0-0---0-5-4--0--0------------------------0---0-5-4--0-0----------------------|
A|-0-0---0-3-2--0--0------2h3p2p0-2p0-------0---0-3-2--0-0------2h3p2p0-2p0-----|
d|-0-0---0------0--0--0h3-------------3p2p0-0---0------0-0--0h3-------------3p2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--2---0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-0-4-3-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--2---0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2---------|
d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--2---0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--2---0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-0-4-3-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--2---0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2---------|
d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--2---0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0---------------------------0-|
A|-----3p0-2p0-------------0-------0h2p0---------------0-|
d|-0h3---------3p0-2h3p2p0-0---2h3-------3p2p0-2h3p2p0-0-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0---------------------------0-|
A|-----3p0-2p0-------------0-------0h2p0---------------0-|
d|-0h3---------3p0-2h3p2p0-0---2h3-------3p2p0-2h3p2p0-0-|
Jesus! It's not that hard people, there's just 2 guitars in it....
Any transcription errors are gonna stay there cos I don't feel like
registering an account.