Gtr I (C# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'JIm Root'
Gtr II (C# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Josh Rand'
Gtr III (C# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Lead Guitar (Josh Rand)'
Intro
Moderately slow rock Q=98
4/4
Gtr I
W H Q E S S
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|-----------x-x-|
|----------|-----------x-x-|
|----------|---------------|
D5 Bb/D Eb
a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S E. S S S E +Q Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)--7--|
|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)--6--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
D5 Bb/D Eb
Gtrs I, II
a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S E. S S S E +Q Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)--7--|
|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)--6--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
D5
a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5---|
|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-----------------------------------|
Bb/D Eb D5 Bb/D Eb
E. S S S E +H a E. S S S E +S S S S a E S S E. S S S E +H
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------||
|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)----|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)----||
|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)----|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)----||
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------||
Verse
$
N.C.
Gtr I
E. S +E a E +E Q E a E. S E a E +H E. S +E a E +E Q E
||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|---------------------7-|
||-----7-(7)-7s8-(8)-7----|---------------------|----7-(7)-7s8-(8)-7----|
||o-5-------------------5-|-5s6--3-3-3s6-(6)----|-5---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
D5
Gtr II
~~~~~~ PM-------------------------------
a E. S +E E +H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)----|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb5
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|----------------------------------|
D5
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
Eb5 D5
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
Bb/D Eb D5 Bb/D Eb
E. S S S E +Q Q a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S E. S S S E +H
|--------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)--7--|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)----|
|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)--6--|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)----|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|
D5 Bb/D Eb
a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S E. S S S E +Q Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)--7--|
|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)--6--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
D5
a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5---||
|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---||
|-----------------------------------||
Chorus
Bb/D Eb Ab5F5 G5 D5
PM----| PM----|
E. S S S E +Q S S S S E. S +E E +S E. S S S S
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)----------||---------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)----------||-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------|
|-----------------0-3-5-3-||-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-|
Ab5F5 G5 D5
PM----|
E. S +E E +S E. S S S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------|
|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-|
1.
To Coda
Ab5F5 G5 D5 Ab5F5 G5 D5
PM----| PM----|
E. S +E E +S E. S S S S E. S +E E +S E. S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------||
|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-||
Interlude
D5D5
a E. S S S E +S E S a E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|
|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|
Bb/D Eb D5
E. S S S E +H a E. S S S E +S S S S a E S S
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)----|-5h=7--7-7-5-7-(7)-7-7-5-5h=7--7-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)----|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
2.
Bb/D Eb Ab5F5 G5 D5
PM----|
E. S S S E +H E. S +E E +S E. S S S S
|--------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------o||-----------------------------|
|--------------------||-----------------------------|
|-8--8-8-5-7-(7)-----||-----------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-6-(6)----o||-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0------------|
|--------------------||-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3---|
Ab5F5 G5 D5 Ab5F5 G5 D5
Gtr III
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| a E. S +E E +S E. Q a E. S +E E +S E. Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)-------|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)-------|
|------------------7--7--|------------------7--7--|
|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x--x--|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x--x--|
|------------------7--7--|------------------7--7--|
Ab5F5 G5 D5 Ab5F5 G5 D5
W H Q E S S
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------12-12--||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| a E. S +E E +S E. Q a E. S +E E +S E. E E
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)-------|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)-------------||
|------------------7--7--|------------------7--7--7-----||
|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x--x--|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x--x--x-----||
|------------------7--7--|------------------7--7--7-----||
Guitar Solo
D5 Bb/D Eb
TP TP
E. S E S S +S S E Q S S S S S S E Q E. S
|--------------------------------|------------------------------13-|
|-15-----15----15-(15)----15-15--|-15----15----15----15-15--15-----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----12----12---------12--------|----12----12----12---------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stone_sour/blue_study_tab_ver_3.html ]
D5
|------6-------| |---------6---------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S
|-----------13-15b17-10-------10------------------------------|
|-15--------------------13-13----13-13-13b15r(13)-10h13p10----|
|-----13---------------------------------------------------12-|
|--------12---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb/D Eb
~~
|----3-----|
S +S S S S S +S S S Q E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-12b14r(12)p10----10-12b14r(12)-10-----------------|
|---------------12------------------12-12--12\------|
|----------------------------------------------/10\-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
D5
S E S S S S S a E E S +S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------12b13r(12)--------|
|--------------------------10-12b13r(12)-10-12--|
|------------10-12---10-12----------------------|
|-8-10-11-12-------8----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb/D Eb D5
~~~ TP TP TP TP TP TP
E S S +Q Q E E Q S S E S E. E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-12--------------------------/13S|=15--15----15----14--13-10-|
|----10-12b14==(12)--12r--12\-----|----------------------x----|
|---------------------------------|--------15----11-----10----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Bb/D Eb
~~~~~~~
|--3--|
S S S S S S +S S S +Q Q
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------10----10-12b14r(12)-10---------------||
|-10h12----12------------------12-(12)--12\--||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
&
Ab5F5 G5 D5 Ab5F5 G5 D5
Gtrs I, II Gtr II
PM----| PM----|
E. S +E E +S E. S S S S E. S +E E +S E. S S S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------|
|-6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-|
|
| Gtr I
| W a E. S +E E +S E. Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)------------|
|---------------------------|------------------7--7-------|
|---------------------------|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x--x-------|
|---------------------------|------------------7--7-------|
Ab5F5 G5 D5 Ab5F5 G5 D5
PM----| PM----|
E. S +E E +S E. S S S S E. S +E E +S E. S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0-----------|
|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3--|
|
| a E. S +E E +S E. Q a E. S +E E +S E. Q
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)------------|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)-------------|
|------------------7--7-------|------------------7--7--------|
|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x--x-------|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x--x--------|
|------------------7--7-------|------------------7--7--------|
Bridge
Ab5F5 G5 D5 Eb5/D
PM----| ~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~~ ~
E. S +E E +S E. S S S S E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E E
|-----------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------||-8--------8-(8)----8---|-8--------8-(8)----8---|
|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0----------||-7--------7-(7)----7---|-7--------7-(7)----7---|
|---6--3-(3)-5-(5)-0--0-3-5-3-||----0-(0)-------0----0-|----0-(0)-------0----0-|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~~ ~
| a E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E E
|-----------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7s8--5-(5)-7-(7)------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------7----------||-8--------8-(8)----8---|-8--------8-(8)----8---|
|-5s6--3-(3)-5-(5)-x----------||-7--------7-(7)----7---|-7--------7-(7)----7---|
|------------------7--0---0---||----0-(0)-------0----0-|----0-(0)-------0----0-|
Gtrs I, II
~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~~ ~
E. S +E E +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E E 3x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--8--------8-(8)----8---|-8--------8-(8)----8----||
||o-7--------7-(7)----7---|-7--------7-(7)----7---o||
||-----0-(0)-------0----0-|----0-(0)-------0----0--||
Outro
D5 C5 D5 C5 EbD5C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 EbD5C5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E S S +S S E S E S S S E E S S +S S E S E S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7---5-(5)---7---5---8s7-5-|-7---5-(5)---7---5---8s7-5-|
|-5---3-(3)---5---3---6s5-3-|-5---3-(3)---5---3---6s5-3-|
|---0-------0---0---0-------|---0-------0---0---0-------|
D5 C5 D5 C5 EbD5C5
PM PM PM PM
E S S +S S E S E S S S E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7---5-(5)---7---5---8s7-5--|
|-5---3-(3)---5---3---6s5-3--|
|---0-------0---0---0--------|
D5 C5 D5 C5 EbD5C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 EbD5C5
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E S S +S S E S E S S S E E S S +S S E S E S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7---5-(5)---7---5---8s7-5-|-7---5-(5)---7---5---8s7-5-|
|-5---3-(3)---5---3---6s5-3-|-5---3-(3)---5---3---6s5-3-|
|---0-------0---0---0-------|---0-------0---0---0-------|
F5 E5 F5 E5 G5 F5 E5
PM PM PM PM
E S S +S S E S E S S S E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-10---9-(9)---10---9---12s10-9--|
|--8---7-(7)----8---7---10s=8-7--|
|----0-------0----0---0----------|
H.=H
F5 E5 F5 E5 G5 F5 E5 D5 C5 D5 C5 EbD5C5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM----|
|-3-|
E S S +S S E S E S S S E E S S +S S E S E S E E E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10---9-(9)---10---9---12s10-9-|-7---5-(5)---7---5---8-7-5-|
|--8---7-(7)----8---7---10s=8-7-|-5---3-(3)---5---3---6-5-3-|
|----0-------0----0---0---------|---0-------0---0---0-------|
Q=98
D5
H +Q. +E Q Q H
|------------------|------------*|
|------------------|------------*|
|------------------|------------*|
|-7----(7)b9---(7)-|-7----------*|
|-5----(5)b7---(5)-|-5----------*|
|------------------|-0----------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
