Deftones
Song: Root
Album: Adrenaline
Tab correction by: Stephen Short (sms_stylee@yahoo.com)
The old tab by Max Asare had some riffs right,
but he left parts out and the ending was wrong
Standard Tuning
Intro
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--O-O--O-O--
Riff 1
G|-----------------------------------
D|------2-2--------------------------
A|----------2-2-3-3-5-5-3-3-2-2------
E|--O-O-------------------------3-3--
Riff 2
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------
E|--O-------O-O-O-O--O-------O-O-O-O----O-------O-X--X-O---
Riff 3
G|------9-9----------------------------------
D|----------9-9-10-10-12-12-10-10-9-9--------
A|--7-7-------------------------------10-10--
E|-------------------------------------------
Riff 4
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/deftones/root_btab.html ]
G|--------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|--6\5-5\4-4\3-3\2-2\1/2--O-O-O-O-1---O-O-O--
Riff 5
G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------
A|--7-8--/11--12-11-8--7-8--/11--12-11-8---------------
E|---------------------------------------O-O-O--O-O-O--
Riff 6
G|------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------
E|--O-1--/4--5-4-1--0-1--/4--5-4-1--O-O-O--O-O-O--
Ending
G|--------------
D|--------------
A|--------------
E|--1-1-1--0--0-
Song Structure:
Intro---X1
Riff 1--X4
Riff 2--X1
Riff 3--X12
Riff 1--X8
Riff 3--X12
Riff 1--X8
Riff 4--X4
Riff 2--X1
Riff 5--X2
Riff 6--X2
Ending--X1
The two main riffs can be pretty tough, but the rest is pretty easy.
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