Band : Tool
Album: Undertow
Track: 4
Song : Bottom

Part : Bass
Tuning: drop D

Tabbed: Brad Haczynski
Email : nolan@tooltabs.net
Visit : Tooltabs.net

Legend

nh - natural harmonic

ph - pinch harmonic

pm - palm mute

x - muted string

h - hammer on

p - pull off

\\ - slide down

// - slide up

b - bend

~~ - vibrato

<7> - natural harmonic

x/// - pick scrape (directions same as slide)


(0:00)

g-------------------------------
d-------------------------------
a-------------------------------
d-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3-0-3p2-0-

g-------------------------------
d------------------------------- x2
a-------------------------------
d-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3---3p2-0-

g-------------------------
d-------------------------
a-------------------------
d-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3b--

(0:14)

g-------------------------------
d------------------------------- x4
a-------------------------------
d-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3---3p2-0-

(0:27) the guitar does like 6 mutes here...but the bass only does 2..

g---------------------------
d--------------------------- x8
a-----------------------3---
d-0-2-3---x-x---0-2-3-----3-

(0:54)

g-------------------------------
d------------------------------- x4
a-------------------------------
d-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3---3p2-0-

(1:08)

g---------------------------
d--------------------------- x8
a-----------------------3---
d-0-2-3---x-x---0-2-3-----3-

(1:35)

g-------------------------------
d------------------------------- x3
a-------------------------------
d-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3---3p2-0-

g------------------------
d------------------------
a------------------------
d-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3--

(1:48)

g-------------------------
d------------------------- x 16
a-----3-------------------
d--3-----0--5h6--5--0-----

(2:45)

g--------
d--------
a-----3--
d--3-----

(2:51)  Henry Rollins Part....
          x2                         x3                             x2
g-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------------
d-----------|--------------|-----------|--------(10)-------|-----------|--------(10)-------
a-----3-----|--------------|-----3-----|---(8)--------(5)--|-----3-----|---(8)--------(5)--
d--3-----0--|----13\\\-3---|--3-----0--|-------------------|--3-----0--|-------------------
                 slow slide                 this is a guess.....
                                            sounds like he's playing the
                                            f, c, d as harmonics??? its quiet
(3:40) Henry Rollins cont..
          x4                         x3
g-----------|--------------|-----------|---7----|-------------------------------
d-----------|--------------|-----------|---0----|-------------------------------
a-----3-----|--------------|-----3-----|---5----|-----3-------------------------
d--3-----0--|----13\\\-3---|--3-----0--|---0----|--3-----0--3--0--0--0--0--0--0-
                 slow slide                                   pm - - - - - - -|

(4:36)

g-------------------------
d------------------------- x 8
a-----3-------------------
d--3-----0--5h6--5--0-----

(5:05) Definitely on the high D here....not the low.

                   x4                        x4
g--------------------|-------------------------
d--0--0-3--0-5--0-3--|-------------------------  (x2)
a--------------------|-----3-------------------
d--------------------|--3-----0--5h6--5--0-----

(5:54)

g--------------------
d-------------------- x8
a--------------------
d--0--0-3--0-5--0-3--

(6:14)

g--------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------
d--0-1--0-1--0-1--0-1--0-13-13--0-13-13--0-13-13--0-13b--

(6:22)
                                                          x7
g----------------------------|-------------------------------
d----------------------------|-------------------------------
a----------------------------|-------------------------------
d--0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3-0-3p2-0-|-5---0-2h3-0-3p2-0-2h3-0-3p2-0-

(6:48)

g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--

(6:54)

g---------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------
d--5--0---------//----------\\---------//---------\\---0--
                various slides up and down the d strings....throw in a few harmonics.....