Guitar Tab for Schism

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Transcribed by Dylan (dteyn@hotmail.com)
Added to toolshed.down.net: 07/21/01 07:24:44

Song: "Schism" by Tool
Album: Lateralus
Tabbed by: Dylan (dteyn@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Drop D, as always ;)
Key: pm = Palm Mute


Note: I'm pretty sure this is correct. I've played along with the song, 
and from what I can tell, these are the right notes. I looked at many a 
tab at TabCrawler, and not one of them satisfied me, so I decided to 
tab out what I was able to figure out by myself.
If you feel this tab is not correct, don't e-mail me complaining about 
it. Simply move along and look at another version of tablature for this 
song. I won't even open your e-mail (in fact it will be sent directly to 
my trash bin), so don't waste your time sending any.
On the other hand, if you think this tab is correct and would like to 
thank me, feel free to do so. ;)




This is the intro.. it's played along with the bassline.


e---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G--3----2----5----7----------3----2----5----7-------------------
D--0----3----5----8----------0----3----5----7-------------------
A------------------------------------------------0--------------
D------------------------------------------------0--------------








Main riff




e---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------repeat several times
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------8---7-----------8---7---10----------------------------
D---0h7h9---0---0---0h7h9---0---0----0--------------------------






"I know the pieces fit cause I watched them fall away"


e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------repeat as 
necessary
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------8---7-----------8---7---10------------7---5-----------7---5---8--
----
D---0h7h9---0---0---0h7h9---0---0----0----0h7h9---0---0---0h7h9---0-
--0---0----






After "Crippling our communicationnnnnn"


e---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------repeat several times
D----------------5-----------------------------------------------
A---------8---7--5---------8---7---10----------------------------
D---0h7h9---0--------0h7h9---0---0----0--------------------------






"The poetry that comes from the squaring off between"




e---------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------repeat as necessary
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D--0-xx-3-xx-5-xx-3-x-3-55--------------------------------------
A--0-xx-3-xx-5-xx-3-x-3-55-------3------------------------------
D--0-xx-3-xx-5-xx-3-x-3-55-0h3h5--------------------------------
 pm  ..   ..   ..   .






That's about all that I could work out. Hopefully this little bit will help 
you in playing this song correctly.