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Ok here is the Intro…it is ALL verified from great vids…..It is The Whammy
that is giving
The echoing chorus type effect..that’s one of the cool features of the digitech
bass whammy. A great
Vid of this Intro is Wilkes Barre 2001, so check it out to see where I am coming
from.
Whammy on... set to Harmonizer 5thUp/1Up
whammy back
As you strike the 5th fret harmonic rock whammy forward, the rock back making
“whale sound”
g-----------------
d------<7>-------- x8
a--<7>-----^<5>*--
d-----------------
Whammy rocked back but still on
(0:47)
g-----------------------------
d--14--14--14--14--14h15--12-- x2
a-----------------------------
d-----------------------------
now...notice the variation...listen close to hear it...it’s there...
g-------------------------------------------------------15---
d--14--14--14--14--14h15--12-----14--14--14--14--14h15------- x13
a------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------
Whammy off...
(2:08)
x4
g------------------------------------------------------15----|-----------------------------
d--14--14--14--14--14h15--12-----14--14--14--14--14h15-------|---14--14--14--14--14h15--12-
a------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
g--------------------------
d--14--14----14--14--------
a--------------------------
d--------------------------
(2:37)
g-------------
d-------------
a-------------
d--7--7-7--9--
(2:39)
g------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------ x3
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-5-5-5-5-x-9---0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-7-7-7-7-x-9-
(3:09)
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
d--0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-5-5-5-5-x-9---0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0--2-2-2—14\\-
(3:12) saw on vid..
g---------------------------------
d--------------------------------- x12
a---------------------------------
d--2-2-2-2--/10--5-5-5h6-0-0-0----
(3:46)
g---------------------
d--------------------- x3
a---------------------
d--2-2---2-2---2h3p0--
(3:55)
g-------------
d-------------
a-------------
d--2-2---2-2--
(3:58)
g-------------
d-------------
a-------------
d--7--7-7--9--
(4:00)
g------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-5-5-5-5-x-9---0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-7-7-7-7-x-9-
g------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-5-5-5-5-x-9---0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-7-7---x-7-9-
g------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------ x2
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-5-5-5-5-x-9---0h2-2--0-0h2-2--0-0h2--0-7-7-7-7-x-9-
(4:34)
g---------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------- x3
a---------------------------------------
d--5--5--5--5--5--9---7--7--7--7--7--9--
g---------------------------
d---------------------------
a---------------------------
d--5--5--5--5--5--9--7--5-0-
(REST)
(4:47)
g----------------------------
d---------------------------- x2
a------------3---------------
d--0--2-2-X----5-5--0-5h6-0--
g-------------------------
d-------------------------
a------------3------------
d--0--2-2-X----5-5--0-6b--
(5:09) *Thanks to some of my tooltabs friends for help here
(Justin variates the album and live hitting
extra and leaving out notes here and there)
x3
g----------------------|---------------------|
d----------------------|---------------------|
a----------------------|---------------------|
d-0h2-22-000-333-555-1-|-0h2-22-000-333-55-1-|
(5:20)
x3
g-----------------------|---------------------|
d-----------------------|---------------------| x4
a-----------------------|--------------5h7-77-|
d-0h2-2--3-5-5--0h1-1-1-|-0h2-2--3-5-5--------|
(6:02)
g------------------------|
d------------------------| x4
a------------------------|
d-0h2-22-000-333-555-111-|
(6:12)
g-------------------------------
d------------------------------- x4
a-------------------------------
d--0-2--x-0--x-3--x-5--x-2-0-2--
(6:23) vids..
x4
g-------------------------|-----
d-------------------------|-----
a-------------------------|-----
d--2-x-x---9-x-10---x-5-5-|--0--
(REST)
(6:46)
g-------------------- -----------
d-------------------- x5 -----------
a-------------------- -----------
d--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-- --2-2--5\--
(6:57)
g-------------------------------
d------------------------------- x4
a-------------------------------
d--0-2--x-0--x-3--x-5--x-2-0-2--
(7:07)
g---------------------------
d--------4b---------5--4--0- x4
a-----2---------0-----------
d--2---------0--------------
(7:28)
g------------------------
d------------------------ x3
a------------------------
d--0-222-000-333-555-111-
g----------------------
d----------------------
a-----------------5---
d--0-222-000-333-5---1- Its either two "5s" on the low D or this.
g------------------------
d------------------------
a------------------------
d--0-222-000-333-555-111-
g----------------------
d----------------------
a-----------------5--- same note as above
d--0-222-000-333-5---1-
g-----------------------
d-----------------------
a-----------------------
d--0-222-000-333-55-1-1-
(7:49)
g-------------------------------
d------------------------------- x4
a-------------------------------
d--0-2--x-0--x-3--x-5--x-2-0-2--
(7:59)
g-------------------------
d------------------------- x4
a-------------------------
d--2-x-x---9-x-10---x-5-5-
(8:10)
g-------------------------------
d-------------------------------
a-------------------------------
d------10---7-\\\---0-2----10---
g-----------
d----------- x7
a-----------
d--2-2-2-2--
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shayn Rhythm Player |
#1 by shayn janis at May 18, 2006 at 6:18 AM EST |
| Danny from the band eluded to the fact that Maynard wrote this as an attack upon L. Ron Rubbard. Although there are paralels to Jesus in this song and we know that Jesus isn't Maynard's hero, (Opiate), this song can very simply be anyone we want it to be... "think for yourself, question authority, strive to be different, strive to be unique, Never repeat things other people say"-Maynard's Non-Conformist's Pledge | |
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hollywoodgymnas Average |
#2 by hollywoodgymnast at Jun 18, 2006 at 8:43 PM EST |
| i think the song is very openminded. it has a voice to it its not about stupid shit like most songs these days. even if it about jesus or whatever the hell, it does a good job of describing him.good day | |
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techni-color wh Average |
#3 by techni-color whore™ at Sep 26, 2006 at 7:35 AM EST |
| It think it's martyrs in general | |
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Caitlin Rhythm Player |
#4 by Caitlin Carlisle at Nov 11, 2006 at 2:12 AM EST |
| This song, if you examine the lyrics on the surface, is about evangelistic preachers. He is complaining about the way the want all your money yet are not willing to suffer for you or commiserate. Maynard is basically saying if you're not willing to die for me get the fuck out of in front of the microphone. | |
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Eric Rhythm Player |
#5 by Eric at Dec 11, 2006 at 10:09 AM EST |
| Hey guys, i would tend to agree with schism86, but only on a surface level. It's pretty abundantly clear that it's about Martyrs, but we all know that Tool consistantly goes past the surface, for example, the point of Stinkfist wasn't about saying how cool analfisting is, the point of this song isn't just saying that martyrdom sucks. But it took me a long time to even form a theory about what this is about. For somereason, I remembered Maynard was at Westpoint for some time. With this view, this song could be about the people and the military. How that people only want people to do the work for them, do die for them. They can't step out of line. I don't know, much of the song seems to point exclusivly at religious martyrs,... i dunno. Im tired, peace and grease. | |
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Jonathan Average |
#6 by Jonathan at Dec 17, 2006 at 4:15 AM EST |
| to me, it is saying that Maynard doesnt understand why it is so much harder to be a Christian than to be an atheistic nothing. | |
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Black Rainbow Professional |
#7 by Black Rainbow at Dec 31, 2006 at 10:34 PM EST |
| I think you'll find that that is Timothy Leary's philosophy on life noy Maynard. Maybe Maynard adopted it, but he certainly didn't write it himself! | |
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Tom Average |
#8 by Tom Parton at Jul 28, 2007 at 9:22 PM EST |
| hey, i heard somewhere that its about tools good friend bill hicks. im only going on what i heard later | |
