Cult Of Personality Chords & Tabs
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CULT OF PERSONALITY
As recorded by Living Colour
(From the 1988 Album VIVID (EPIC EK 44099))
Words and Music by V. Reid, C. Glover, W. Calhoun, M. Skillings
Arranged by V. Reid, C. Glover, W. Calhoun, M. Skillings
Transcribed by Richard J. Soto & Andy Aledort
N.C.
0 0 0 0 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Solo Sound'
Intro
Q=92
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W S S S S E S S S S E Q
|----------||------------------------|
|----------||------------------------|
|----------||------------------------|
|----------||---3-----2---3-----2----|
|----------||-----5---------5--------|
|----------||-3-----3---3-----3------|
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----|
|-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5---------|
|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------|
3/4
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------2---------|
|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
|-----5---------5----------|-----5-------------5-3-2-|
|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3-----------------|
4/4
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2------||
|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5------------||
|-/3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3----------||
Verse 1
$
Bb F
Gtr I
H. Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-3---------|
|-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-3----2----|
|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|-3----3----|
|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|-1----3----|
|-3------3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3--------|------1----|
S S S S E S S S S E Q
1.,2. 3.
N.C. Bb C
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q 3x H H
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-3----5----|
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3----5----|
||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----5----|
||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|-----------|
1. 2.
N.C. Bb5 F5
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-----------|
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3---------|
||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----3----|
||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|------1----|
N.C. Bb C
S S S S E S S S S E Q H H
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-3----5----|
|------------------------|-3----5----|
|---3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5----|
|-----5---------5--------|-1----3----|
|-3-----3---3-----3------|-----------|
N.C.
3/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------2---------|----------------5-4---------||
||----3-----5-3-0---3-------|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0---||
||o-----5-------------5-3-2-|------5--------------------o||
||--3-----3-----------------|-/3-----3-------------------||
Chorus 1
Bb F/A C/E G/D
4/4
Q +E E +E E E E E E E E +E E S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-15--(15)-13-(13)-------13-|-------13-12-(12)----13p12-------|
|-15--(15)-14-(14)----14----|----12----12-(12)----------12----|
|-15--(15)-15-(15)-15-------|-14-------12-(12)-12----------12-|
|-13--(13)--0--(0)----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
D A/C# F C/G
E E E E E E +E +E Q +E E +Q S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-13--(13)---------------------|
|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)-|-14--(14)-12-(12)--14p12------|
|----16-------14--------------|-15--(15)-14-(14)--------14---|
|-17-------16-----------------|-15--(15)-15-(15)-------------|
|-----------------------------|-13--(13)-15-(15)-------------|
Bb F/A C/E G/D
Q +E E +S E. Q E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------------17----|---------------------------|
|-15--(15)-13-(13)---------------|-------13-12-(12)-13-12----|
|-15--(15)-14-(14)-15b17==(15)r--|----12------------------12-|
|-15--(15)-15-(15)---------------|-14------------------------|
|-13--(13)--0--(0)---------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
To Coda
D A/C# F C/G
\1___/
E E E E E E +E +E Q E +S S +E +Q.
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)------------------||
|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)--|-14--14-(14)--12-(12)-(12)----||
|----16-------14---------------|-15--15-(15)--14-(14)-(14)----||
|-17-------16------------------|-15--15-(15)--15-(15)-(15)----||
|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)--15-(15)-(15)----||
Out-Chorus
Gtrs I, II
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E a T T T T S S S S +E T T T T T T T T T T S
|-(15)-15h17p15-------15-15-15------------15-----------------------------------|
|---------------17p15----------18b20-(18)----18p15-18-15h18-15h17-15-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------17-17b19==|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\0.5/
+T +T S S S E S S S S S S +E +E
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------15-18-15----------------------------|
|-(17)r(17)-15----15-17b19----------17b18-17-15-(15)-(15)------|
|--------------17----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~
+E +E +S S +E E +S S +Q
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------21b26==(21)--|
|-(15)-(15)-(15)-19b22-(19)-21b24-(21)--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
\1.5/ \1.5____/ \1.5
S +S +E S +E +S +Q. +T S.
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-(21)r(21)b27==(21)-(21)----(21)----(21)-(21)-----(21)r----||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 2
D.S. al Coda
N.C.
Gtr I
H. Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|----3-----2---3-----2----|
|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|------5---------5--------|
|-3------3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-/3-----3---3-----3------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q
&
F C/G
2/4 4/4
\0.5_____/
H W
|------------------|---------------|
|-13--13-13-13-----|---------------|
|-14--14-14-14-----|-12----(12)----|
|-15--15-15-15-----|-14----(14)----|
|-15--15-15-15-----|-15----(15)----|
|-13--13-13-13-----|-15----(15)----|
Q E S S H +H
Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~
|---4----| |---4----| |---4----| |---4----| |-----4-----|
Q T T T T T T T T S S T T T T T T T T T T T T
|---------15-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--18b20-----18p15-15-15h18-15-17-15-------x-15-18p15-17p15----15-------15-18p15---||
|-(12)-------------------------------17b19------------------17----17b19------------||
|-(14)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
+W
Guitar Solo
~~~~~~~~~~
|-----4-----| |-----4------| |-----4-----| |---4---|
T T a T T T T T T T T T +T +T T S T S T T T T T T T T T +E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17p15----------------------15-18-15-17-15--------------------15-------15-------------15-18p15-17p15-x------------|
|-------17pb18r(17)p15-17b19----------------17b18r(17)b19-(17)----17b19----17-15-17b19------------------17b19-(17)-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---| |---4---| |---4----| |---4----| |---4----| |---4----|
+S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------17-15------15----------------15h17-15----------15h17-15----------15h17-15-|
|-(17)-17b18-17-15---------17-x----17-15-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------x---------------------17-15-17----------17p15h17----------17p15h17----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/living_colour/cult_of_personality_tab_ver_4.html ]
|---4----| |---4----| |-----5-----| |---3----| |---4---|
T T T T T T T T T T T X X T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E..
|----------------------------------------15---------------------------------------------------|
|----------15-17-15-15-------17-17-15-------15-15-------------15-18-15-17-15-15-x----15-------|
|-17-------------------17-15----------17----------17-17-17b19---------------------17----17b18r|
|----15h17------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\1.5_____/
~~~~
+E +S S S S +E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-5-3-----------|
|-(17)-(17)-xsx-----3-(3)-5-------5b6-5-3---|
|-----------xsx---------------------------5-|
|-----------xsx-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
~~
|----6-----| |------6------| |--3--| |3-|
S a E. S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------x---11-15-13-11-15-13-11-10---------------11-13-15-13-11----11-|
|-3-5s7--9-7-9-x-x-------------------------12-9-10-12-12----------------12----|
|----------------x------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\1/
|--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |------6-------|
S S S S E S T T S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-10-14-12---14-------------------------------9-12-9-------10-13-12---|
|------------------14-14p12-14p12-14-12-10-11-12--------10-12------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------6-------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T S a S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------10s12-----------------------------------/13-0-------15-------18-17-|
|-10-12-------12-10h12p10-9----9-10-13-12-9s8-x----------16----17-15-------|
|---------------------------12----------------x-------17-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~
|--3--|
T T T T E Q S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|-15----------18-18--18-17-15-18-17-15----15-15--|
|----18-17-15--------------------------17--------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
\1.5___/
~~~~ ~~~~
+E +E S E. +Q S E.
|-------------------------------------|
|-(15)-(15)-x-----17--(17)-----20pb22r|
|-----------------17--(17)--17--------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
+E +E +E E +S E. E S S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-(20)b22==(20)r(20)b22-20b22==(20)-20pb24==xr\------|
|-------------------------------------------x\--4s16-|
|-------------------------------------------x\-------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
\1 \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5___/ \0.5 \2____/1.5________
|-------------6-------------|
+E. +S S +E S +E. T T +S +S S S +S +S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(16)-(16)-17-----(17)-14-----(14)-16p====14-(14)---(14)-16p14---(14)----(14)-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
/1\ \2.5/ \0.5 | \1/ \1/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \1.5
~~~
S T T +T S. T T +T +T +S T T +T T T T +T S. Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----|
|-14-14s==12-----(12)---12h16p14-(14)--(14)-(14)h16p14-----(14)h16p14h16-----(16)-14--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------6------| |----5----|
Q +S E T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T
|-18b20===(18)pb20r18b20r18p15-18-15------------15--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------18-x-17-18----x-16-19-x-17-15----15-15s14-15s|
|------------------------------------------------------------------17-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
S T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T S S S T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-15-------------15-18-15-17-15----------15-18-15-15----------18----------15-18-18p15h17----|
|-------17-17-17-17----------------17-x\-16-------------17-15s17----15-17-17-------------------|
|-------------------------------------x\-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------x\-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T S T T E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--------------------------------------------------------|
|----17-15-17-x-17p15-x-17b19-17b19-17-15----15-17b19-15----|
|-------------x-------x-------------------17-------------17-|
|---------------------x-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C/G Bb/F C/G Bb/F
~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S +E S S S S S S E S S
|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-------------|
|-15-17-15----15-17b19-15----15-17-15-17-15-x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3---3-5b7-3---|
|----------17-------------17----------------x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-0---------5-|
|-------------------------------------------x\-||---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
C/G Bb/F
S S S S S S S +T T Q E E
|-------------------------------|
|-5-x-5-3-----------------------|
|-5-x-5-3---3-5b7r(5)p3------x/-|
|-5-x-5-3-0-------------5--5-x/-|
|----------------------------x/-|
|-------------------------------|
\2 \3.5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e E +E +E Q Q Q.. +S +H
|-/19-----------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|-----/12-(12)-(12)-7tr10--7tr10--|-7tr10---(7)-(7)----||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
Verse
Gtr I
H. Q
|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|
|----3-----2---3-----2----|
|------5---------5--------|
|-3------3---3-----3------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q
1.,2.
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q 3x
||---------------------------|-------------------------||
||o--------------------------|------------------------o||
||---------------------------|-------------------------||
||----3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----||
||o-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5--------o||
||--3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------||
3. 1. 2.
Bb F Bb C Bb F
H H S S S S E S S S S E Q H H 4x H H
|-----------||-------------------------|------------||-|-----------|
|-3---------||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|-3---------|
|-3----2----||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|-3----2----|
|-3----3----||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|-3----3----|
|-1----3----||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-1----3----|
|------1----||--3-----3---3-----3------|------------||-|------1----|
1. 2.
Bb C
S S S S E S S S S E Q H H S S S S E S S S S S S Q
||-------------------------|------------||-|--------------------------|
||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|--------------------------|
||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|--------------------------|
||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|
||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-----5---------5----------|
||--3-----3---3-----3------|------------||-|-3-----3---3-----3--------|
Outro
Q=94
3/4
W S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------||-------------------------|
|--------||-------------------------|
|--------||---------------2---------|
|--------||---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
|--------||-----5-------------5-3-2-|
|--------||-3-----3-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------5-4-------|---------------2---------|
|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0-|---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
|------5-------------------|-----5-------------5-3-2-|
|-/3-----3-----------------|-3-----3-----------------|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e W
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
|----------------5-4-----5-4-----|---5-4-------5-4-------5-4-----|------*|
|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-----5-3-|-------5-3-------5-3-------5-3-|------*|
|------5-------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
|-/3-----3-----------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
