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/ Tool / Beneath Keenan's weird complex lyrical style, I think this
/ Lateralus / song is about trying to let yourself go and follow your
/ Lateralus / impulses and see where they take you. It's about letting go
/____________/ of whatever is holding you back from being free.
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* Check out my Guitar Pro-version of the song, just follow the link: *
* http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/tool/lateralus_ver3_guitar_pro.htm *
* *
* and check out my guitar text-tab for it as well: *
* http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/tool/lateralus_ver6_tab.htm *
* *
* ...and if you need a great drum tab in .pdf, just mail me ask! ;) *
* *
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Tuning: Drop D (D A D G)
Bass w/whammy pedal (lifting one octave)
The feeling of the intro is rather tricky as it can be notated two ways:
straight 4/4 and shuffled 4/4 (12/16 is just another way of writing shuffled
4/4). The bass and drums play shuffled, and the guitar plays straight, which
makes it confusing to notate.
Intro:
Q=86
12/16
Crescendo
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E 17x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
But don't think about counting 17 rounds!
First count 4 rounds as for the guitar's first riff,
then count 4 rounds 3 times for the second guitar figure,
and finally count 1 last round.
1st Chorus:
Q=88
9/8 8/8
E. e S E. e S S S S S S S E. e S E. e S S S S S
||--------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------|
||--0---0----0---0----5-5-5-3-3-0-|-3---3----3---3----5-5-3-0-|
1.,2. 3.
7/8 7/8
S E E S E E E E S E E S E E S S E
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|--------------------------o||------------------------|
|--------------------------o||------------------------|
|-3-5--5----5--3--/10--12---||-3-5--5----5--3--3h5-3--|
1st Verse:
5/8
E H Q. Q 7x
|-------------||-------------||
|-------------||o-----------o||
|-------------||o-----------o||
|-0-----------||-------------||
" Black then white are all i see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be
Reaching out to me
Let's me see "
Verse-Interlude:
Q. E E Q. E E 4x
||------------5--|-----------7---||
||o-0------3-----|-0------5-----o||
||o--------------|--------------o||
||---------------|---------------||
2nd Verse:
Similar to Verse-Interlude.
" As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason
Push the envelope
Watch it bend "
Pre-Chorus:
5/8 3/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|----------------------||------------|------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||------------|------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||------------|------------|
||--7-5-3-0---0-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0---0-5-5-5-5--||----5-5-5-5-|----5-5-5-5-|
2nd Chorus:
Similar to 1st Chorus.
" Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition
Missing opportunities
And I must feed my will to feel my moment
Drawing way outside the lines "
3rd Verse:
Similar to 1st Verse.
" Black then white are all i see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be
Reaching out to me
Let's me see "
4th Verse:
E. E. E E E. E. E E 4x
||------------5-|-----------7--||
||o--------/3---|--------/5---o||
||o-5\--0-------|-5\--0-------o||
||--------------|--------------||
" There is so much more and beckons me
To look through to these infinite possibilities"
5th Verse:
Similar to 4th Verse.
" As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason
Push the envelope
Watch it bend "
Pre-Chorus:
Similar to previous, but the first 3/8-bar at the end is cut out.
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* The syllables of Keenan's lyrics in the verses form parts of the Fibonacci *
* sequence. The number of syllables progress from the 1st to the 6th step of *
* the sequence, descends down to the 1st step, up to the 7th step, and *
* finally back down to the 4th step. By the way did you notice how the time *
* signatures of the chorus relates to the 16th step of the sequence, which *
* is the number of "987"? *
* *
* The Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, *
* 377, 610, 987... *
* *
* [1] black *
* [1] then *
* [2] white are *
* [3] all I see *
* [5] in my infancy *
* [8] red and yellow then came to be *
* [5] reaching out to me *
* [3] lets me see *
* [2] there is *
* [1] so *
* [1] much *
* [2] more and *
* [3] beckons me *
* [5] to look through to these *
* [8] infinite possibilities *
* [13] as below so above and beyond I imagine *
* [8] drawn outside the lines of reason *
* [5] push the envelope *
* [3] watch it bend *
* *
* The Fibonacci sequence shares some mathematical relations with Phi (it's a *
* bit complex...!), which is a mystic number that many structures in nature *
* are designed from. It is somehow used to describe the introvert progression *
* of a spiral. Maynard mentions spirals a couple of times later, doesn't he? *
* Another theory is the order of colours seen on an LSD trip. Alex Grey *
* (the Rather spiritualistic artist who did the album artwork) stated when *
* he closed his eyes on an LSD trip, he saw a black and white spiral, *
* and when he tried it a few more times it became a red and yellow spiral. *
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3rd Chorus:
Similar to the other choruses, just quit the first round.
" Over thinking, over analyzing
Separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind "
1st Guitar Solo:
9/8 8/8
E. e S E. e S S S S S S S E. e S E. e S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0---0----0---0----5-5-5-3-3-0-|-3---3----3---3----5-5-3-0-|
7/8
S E E S E E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-3-5--5----5--3--/10--12--|
9/8 8/8
E. E. E. E. S S S S S S E. E S E. E. S S S S
||------------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||--0---0---0---0---5-5-5-3-3-0-|-3---3--5-3---3---5-5-3-0-|
1. 2.
7/8 7/8
S E E. S S E S S E S E E. E E E E
|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------o||--------------------------|
|-------------------------o||--------------------------|
|-3-5--5----5-5-3--3h5-3---||-3-5--5----5--3--/10--12--|
1st Climax:
Play a first round of a Chorus, then this:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tool/lateralus_btab_ver_4.html ]
E. E. E E E E. S E E E E E. S E E E E E. E. E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------3--0--|-5---5-------3--0--|-------------3--0--|-5----------3--0--|
|-0---3---5--------|-------3--5--------|-0---0-3--5--------|-----3---5--------|
" Feed my will to feel this moment
Urging me to cross the line
Reaching out to embrace the random
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come "
Intro-Reprise:
Q=88 bpm
12/16
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E 8x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
The drums play in after 2 rounds, the guitar after 4 rounds.
The drums play in a poly-rhythmic feeling of 5/8, which means it
takes 5 bars for the drums to catch up with the rest of the band.
Intro-Reprise Verse:
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E 2x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E 2x
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3-----o||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
(Play the 8th fret instead
on the second round)
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-----|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
(and replace the last bar
with this the third round.)
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E 3x S S S E. E. E.
|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-----o|| |-3-3-3-3--/10---10\--|
|-----------------------|------------------------o|| |---------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------|
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. Q. E. E.
|-7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7--7--7--|-----------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|-0--0--0--0--|-3----/10---10\--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
6/8
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. Q. E. E.
||--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5--|-------------|----------------||
||o-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|-0--0--0--0--|-3----/10--10\-o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
H. H.
|-7-----------|-5-----------|
|-5-----------|-3-----------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
" I embrace my desire to...
I embrace my desire
To feel the rhythm
To feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow
To feel inspired
To fathom the power
To witness the beauty
To bathe in the fountain
To swing on the spiral, to swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral of our divinity
And still be a human "
2nd Guitar Solo:
E. E S Q S S E. E S S S S E. E. E. E. E. E. E. Q.
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
|-5---5--5-5----5p0-|-3---3--3-3h5-5-5---|-0---0-------0---|-3---3---/10-----|
E. E S Q E E. E S S S S E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E E E
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------5-------|-------------------|
|-5---5--5-5----5--|-3---3--3-3h5-5-5---|-0---0-------0---|-3---3---/10-10-10-|
E. E. E E S S E. E. S S S S S S E. E. S S S E. E. E. E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5--5--5p0-|-3---3---3-3h5-5-5-5-|-0---0---0-0-0-0--|-3--3--/10-10-10-|
E. E. E. E S E. E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5--------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-5---5-------5--0-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S E. S S S E. E. E S E E E E. E S E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---/10-10-10-10---|-5---5--5-5--5--5--|-3---3--3-3--3--3--|
Breakdown:
Q=86
12/8
W. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-^----^----^----^----|-^----^----^----^----|
|-----------------------|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|
I've indicated a ^ above all the notes you are to whammy.
On each note you are to strum it with the pedal down. Then Instantly
whammy the note up one octave and then slowly "pull" it back down.
2nd Climax:
1.,2.
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o--^---^---^---^--|--^---^---^---^--|-^---^---^---^---|-^---^---^---^---o||
||--12--10--12--15--|-12--10--15--12--|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5----||
3.
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------^-^-^-| (hold the last three
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--3-3-3-| notes whammy'ed up)
" With my feet upon the ground
I move myself between the sounds
And open wide to suck it in
I feel it move across my skin
I'm reaching up and reaching out
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me
What ever will bewilder me
And following our will and wind
We may just go where no one's been
We'll ride the spiral to the end
And may just go where no one's been "
Outro Verse:
6/8
E. E. E S S S S E. E S E. E. 4x
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o-7---10---7--x-x-x-x-|-7---x--x-10---10---o||
||o-5----8---5--x-x-x-x-|-5---x--x--8----8---o||
||----------------------|---------------------||
" Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going "
Outro:
E. E. E S S S S E. E S E E S S 3x
||----------------------|-----------------------||
||o-7---10---7--x-x-x-x-|-7---x--x-10--10--x-x-o||
||o-5----8---5--x-x-x-x-|-5---x--x--8---8--x-x-o||
||----------------------|-----------------------||
E. E. E E E H.
|-------------------|------------------|
|-7---10---7--x-----|------------------|
|-5----8---5--x-----|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
H. H. H. +Q. E. E. +Q Q Q
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------|-3---------|-5---------|-(5)-----5---3---|-(3)--/10---12---|
H. +H.
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-0-----------|-(0)---------|
- 30th /May /08
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