Song: Duality
Artist: Slipknot
Album: vol. 3 The subliminal verses
Tabber:Matt Tompkins
Tuning: Dropped B
Key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
. = Palm mute
* = pinch harmonic
b = bend
~ = hold note
This is one of the best songs on Slipknot's new album and im pretty sure this is one of
best tabs for this song.This is 99.9% accurate, so try it out.
Intro x4 (the first 2 times are real soft, last 2 are hard)
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|--000000000000000033333333/66\11111111-|
Pre-verse x2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3*b-------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3-------0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3--3*b---|
|--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3-------0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3--------|
|--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3-------0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3--------|
pm......................... ........................
Verse(tremolo pick whole verse)x8
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--77777101010107777733333336666111111111--|
pm.........................................
Pre-chorus x1
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|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--3-3-33--3-3-3-33--3-3-3-33--3-3-3----|
|--3-3-33--3-3-3-33--3-3-3-33--3-3-3-3*-|
|--3-3-33--3-3-3-33--3-3-3-33--3-3-3----|
pm..................................
I push my fingers in to my...
Chorus(hold note is quick)x2
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--0~000000000000000-3~333333-666-11111111--|
|--0~000000000000000-3~333333-666-11111111--|
|--0~000000000000000-3~333333-666-11111111--|
EYES....
Pre-verse 2 x1 tremolo pick
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------3-5-1-0--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------3-5-1-0--|
|--777777101010107777733333336661111111111-777771010101077777-3-5-1-0--|
pm...........................................................
verse x4
Pre-chorus x1
Chorus x4
Chorus Guitar 2 on 3rd and 4th times
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|---5-5--8-8--12-12-13/12b---|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slipknot/duality_tab_ver_6.html ]
Bridge x4
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3*b------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3-------0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3--3*b---|
|--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3-------0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3--------|
|--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3-------0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-1-3--------|
Pre-chorus x1
Fill 1 (add this on the end of the prechorus)
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|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--77777101010107777733333336661111111--|
Chorus x4
Outro light palm muting
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3*b------------------------------|
|--0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0010--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-|
|--0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0010--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-|
|--0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0010--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-|
pm..............................................................
with heavy palm muting
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------3*b------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-|
....................................... ...........................
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-3-3*b-
|-3-----|
|-3-----|
now with light palm muting again
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3*b-------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-3-3*b--|
|--0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-3------|
|--0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0--3------0-0-0--0000--0-0-0--0-0-1-0-3------|
.............................. ...........................
song order:
intro x4
pre-verse x1
verse x8
pre-chorus x1
chorus x2
pre-verse2 x1
verse x4
pre-chorus x1
chorus x4
bridge x
pre-chorus x1
fill 1 x1
chorus x4
outro x1
NOTE:
for the bends following the pinch harmonics im not sure if they are bends or if he is
the whammy bar. you can try it out both ways and just use the one that sounds best to you.
If you have any questions, comments, criticizims, and/or confessions you can e-mail me
Badboy4life316@msn.com
or
IM me at DKMguitarplayer3
thanks for taking the time to read my tab.... ENJOY!!!
