The Metal - Tenacious D
Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny
Tabbed by Captain Planet (email: deanpesani@hotmail.com)
Great song, had to tab it! Sounds pretty good to me,
please leave comments and suggestions and rate!!
Tuning: Everything up to the Breakdown/Outro is Standard (eadgbe), but the
is Drop D (dadgbe).
Intro/Main Riff
Bend the G note just a quarter bend
e|-----------------------------------------------------------x-----|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------x-----|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------x-----|
d|-2---------------------------------2-----------------------x-----|
a|-2------------3p2p0h2p0-2h3p2p0----2-------------3p2p0h2---x-----|
e|-0-00--3^p0-0----------------------0-00--3^p0-0------------x-----|
PM .. ..
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x1 Intro
d|-2---------------------------------3-3--5p3p2h3p2p0h2p0-2h3p2p0--| x4 Verse
a|-2------------3p2p0h2p0-2h3p2p0----3-3---------------------------|
e|-0-00--3^p0-0----------------------1-1---------------------------|
PM ..
then
e|----------------------------|
b|----------------------------|
g|----------------------------|
d|-2----------22--------------| x2
a|-2----------22--------------|
e|-0-00--3^p0-00--------------|
PM ..
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--9--7--9--7--9--10---9--7--9--7--12-11-10-----------------------|
d|--9--7--9--7--9--10---9--7--9--7--12-11-10-----------------------| x2
a|--7--5--7--5--7--8----7--5--7--5--10-9--8------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tenacious_d/metal_tab_ver_3.html ]
Bridge
I can't make out the picking pattern but here are the chords:
Em D C Em D C
e|--7----5----3-----7----5----3-------------|
b|--8----7----5-----8----7----5-------------|
g|--9----7----5-----9----7----5-------------|
d|--9----7----5-----9----7----5---4-2-0-2---|
a|--7----5----3-----7----5----3---5-3-2-3---|
e|------------------------------------------|
C Bm Em C Bm Em
e|--8----7----7-----8----7----0-------------|
b|--8----7----8-----8----7----0-------------|
g|--9----7----9-----9----7----0-------------|
d|--10---9----9-----10---9----2-------------|
a|--10---9----7-----10---9----2-------------|
e|--8----7----------8----7----0-------------|
[INTRO/VERSE RIFF] x5
Breakdown/Outro
This bit's in Drop D, so you could play the whole song in
Drop D (shifting everything on the E (well, D) string up 2 frets) but
I think this part is just played on a different guitar.
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------| x2
a|------------/3-2--/6-5--/9-8----|
d|--0-----------------------------|
(let ring)
e|---------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------|
d|--0-0-----10-9---0--0------------------------| x2
a|--0-0-----10-9---0--0------2h3p2p0-2p0-------|
d|--0-0--0--10-9---0--0--2p0-------------3p2---|
PM .
|3| |3| |3| |3| |3| |3|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------3-2-----------2-3-------------------------------------| x2
a|-----------3-2-----------2-3-----------/3-2--/6-5--/9-8----------|
d|--000-000--3-2--000-000--2-3--000-000----------------------------|
PM ... ... ... ... ... ...
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x2
a|------3p0-2p0-------------0---------------3p2p0-------0-----0----|
d|--2p0---------0-2-2h3p2p0-0---------0h2-3-------0-2h3---3p2-0----|
Or something like that anyway.
Enjoy, and please rate!
