JERK-OFF (LIVE) (Live)
As recorded by Tool
(From the 1992 EP OPIATE)
Words by Maynard James Keenan
Music by Tool
Arranged by Adam Jones, Paul D'Amour, Danny Carey
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Adam'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Adam Muted'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Pick Scrape'
Intro
Q=160
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q 4x
||-----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|------------------o||
||-----9---10p=9---|-----9----10p9-----||
||--7----7-------7-|-(7)----7------8---||
||o----------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|-------------------||
1.,2.,3.
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q 4x
|-||----------------|------------------||
|-||o---------------|-----------------o||
|-||----------------|------------------||
|-||----------------|------------------||
|-||o----7---8--7---|-----7----8p7----o||
|-||--7----7------7-|-(7)----7-----8---||
Verse
4.
Bb5 A5 Bb5
Gtr I
E Q E E E Q W +W +W +H. Q
|---------------||-----------|------------|------------|--------------||
|---------------||o----------|------------|------------|-------------o||
|---------------||-----------|------------|------------|--------------||
|------------8--||--7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)------8---||
|---7----8p7-8--||o-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)------8--o||
|-7----7-----8--||--7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)------8---||
D5 F5
|-3-|
Q S S Q S S Q S S E +E E E E E +E E 4x
||-------------------|---------------------------||
||o------------------|--------------------------o||
||--7------7------7--|-----7-(7)\----------------||
||--7------7------7--|-----7-(7)\----------------||
||o-5------5------5--|-----5-(5)\---3-3-3-(3)---o||
||-----0-0----0-0----|-0-0--------0-3-3-3-(3)-0--||
Pre-Chorus
G5 Bb5 F5
Gtr II
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S S S S 4x
||-----------------------|--------------------------------||
||o----------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------|--------------------------------||
||-----------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-5--------5--------5--|-------8--------3--------------o||
||--5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-8--8-8-8-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Chorus Interlude
1.,2.,3.
G5 D5G5 D5G5 D5Bb5D5F5 D5 N.C.
Gtr I
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E 4x Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q 4x
||---------------|-----------------||-||----------------|------------------||
||o--------------|----------------o||-||o---------------|-----------------o||
||---------------|-----------------||-||----------------|------------------||
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0--||-||----------------|------------------||
||o-5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0-o||-||o----7---8--7---|-----7----8p7----o||
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0--||-||--7----7------7-|-(7)----7-----8---||
Verse 2
4.
A5 Bb5/F
E Q E E E E E W +W +W +H. Q
|----------------||----------|------------|------------|--------------|
|----------------||----------|------------|------------|----------11--|
|----------------||----------|------------|------------|----------10--|
|--------8p7-----||-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)-------8--|
|---7--------8p7-||-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)-------8--|
|-7----7---------||-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----------|
A5 Bb5
W +W +W +H. Q
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)---------|
|--9--------|--(9)--------|--(9)--------|--(9)---------|
|--7--------|--(7)--------|--(7)--------|--(7)---------|
|--7--------|--(7)--------|--(7)--------|--(7)------8--|
|--7--------|--(7)--------|--(7)--------|--(7)------8--|
D5 F5
|-3-|
Q S S Q S S Q S S E +E E E E E +E E 4x
||-------------------|---------------------------||
||o------------------|--------------------------o||
||--7------7------7--|-----7-(7)\----------------||
||--7------7------7--|-----7-(7)\----------------||
||o-5------5------5--|-----5-(5)\---3-3-3-(3)---o||
||-----0-0----0-0----|-0-0--------0-3-3-3-(3)-0--||
Pre-Chorus
G5 Bb5 F5
Gtr II
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S S S S 3x
||-----------------------|--------------------------------||
||o----------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------|--------------------------------||
||-----------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-5--------5--------5--|-------8--------3--------------o||
||--5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-8--8-8-8-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tool/jerk_off_tab_ver_3.html ]
G5 Bb5 F5
Gtr I
PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S Q S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------8--------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-5--------5--------5--|-------8--8-8-8-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-8--8-8-8-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Chorus Bridge
G5 D5G5 D5G5 D5Bb5D5F5 D5 N.C.
Gtr I
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E 4x Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q
||---------------|-----------------||---------------|------------------|
||o--------------|----------------o||---------------|------------------|
||---------------|-----------------||---------------|------------------|
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0--||---------------|------------------|
||o-5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0-o||----7---8--7---|-----7----8p7-----|
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0--||-7----7------7-|-(7)----7-----3---|
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q Q E E Q E E
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||-----2---3--2---|-----2----3p2----|----3---4--3---|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||--2----2------2-|-(2)----2-----4--|-3----3------3-|
1. 2.
+E Q E E E Q +E Q E E E Q
|------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|
|-----3----4p3-----||-----3----4p3------|
|-----------------o||-------------------|
|-(3)----3-----3---||-(3)----3-----6----|
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|----5---6--5---|-----5----6p5----|----5---6--5---|-----5----6p5-8--||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------8--||
|-5----5------5-|-(5)----5-----6--|-5----5------5-|-(5)----5-----8--||
Interlude 2
Half Time Q=80
C5
W +W +W +W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----|
H=H
N.C.
Gtr III
TP
Wx7 H H
|------------|------------||
|------------|------------||
|------------|------------||
|------------|------------||
|------------|------x/----||
|------------|------x/----||
Double Time Q=160
G5 D5G5 D5G5 D5Bb5D5F5 D5
Gtr I
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E 4x
||---------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------o||
||---------------|-----------------||
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0--||
||o-5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0-o||
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0-8--0-3-3-3-0--||
Guitar Solo
G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|
||--19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
||--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
||o-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
||--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------------------------||
|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20--o||
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19---||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--o||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---||
G5 Bb5 F5 D5 F5 G5 Bb5
Q. Q. Q +E Q. E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------o||
||--12----15----10--|-(10)-7----10S12-12S15--||
||--12----15----10--|-(10)-7----10S12-12S15--||
||o-10----13-----8--|--(8)-5-----8S10-10S13-o||
||------------------|------------------------||
Outro
G5 D5G5 D5G5 D5Bb5 D5F5 D5 G5
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E 7x Q E Q E Q E Q E E E q
||---------------|------------------||--------------|----------------*|
||o--------------|-----------------o||-8----8----8--|---8------------*|
||--7----7----7--|---10----5-5-5----||-7----7----7--|---7--------7---*|
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0--8--0-3-3-3-0--||-5----5----5--|---5----5-5-5---*|
||o-5--0-5--0-5--|-0--8--0-3-3-3-0-o||-5----5----5--|---5----5-5-5---*|
||--5--0-5--0-5--|-0--8--0-3-3-3-0--||-5----5----5--|---5----5-5-5---*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
