Deftones - Rocket Skates Chords & Tabs

 

Rocket Skates Chords & Tabs

Deftones Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Rocket Skates Tab

   
Band: Deftones
Song: Rocket Skates
Album: Diamond Eyes
Tabbed by Jose Cruz Aramayo

Hi, this song has an amazing sound but as every Deftones fan should know Steph Carpenter 
to a 8 strings guitars saddly not everybody can afford one of those guitars (me 
so this is the closest i could get to his actual sound using a regular 6 strings guitar.


Tuning Drop B
1,1/2 steps down with the 6th string dropped.
(B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)
(6,5 ,4,3,2 ,1 )

Legend:

. = Palm Muted
p = pull off

Intro
C#----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#----------------------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#----------------------------------------------------------------|
B -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-3p0-2p0---------------------------------|
PM .       .       .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/deftones/rocket_skates_tab_ver_2.html ]
Verse
C#----------0---------------------------------------0--------------|
G#----------0---------------------------------------0--------------|
E -5575-578-0-------------------------/5575-578-2---2--------------|
B -3353-356-0-------------------------/3353-356-0------------------|
F#-3353-356-0-------------------------/3353-356-0------------------|
B -3353-356-0-------------------------/3353-356-0------------------|
            ^this part is played on the strings between the nut and the tuners

Verse
C#----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--------------------------------|
B -3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------------------------------|
F#-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333----------------------------|
B -3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-5p0-2p0-3p0-6p0-2p0-3p0----|
PM   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...


Chorus
C#--------------------------------    --------------------------------|
G#--------------------------------    --------------------------------|
E -------------------------------- x4 --------------------------------|
B --------------------------------    --------------------------------|
F#--------------------------------    --------------------------------|
B -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-3p0-2p0-    -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-2p0-3p0-|

C#--------------------------------|
G#--------------------------------|
E --------------------------------| x3
B --------------------------------|
F#--------------------------------|
B -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-3p0-2p0-|


Listen to the song for timing and structure, i think is pretty accurate not to a 100% 
sounds good.

DEFTONES ROCKS!