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Down With the Sickness

Disturbed
TabTuningDrop Db
★4.6(123)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

intro

drums play then you just hit muffled strings a few times then you play this

Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------3 times then------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--7-10-7-8-7--7-10-7-8-7--7-10-7-8-----------------7-10-7-8-7--7-10-7-8-7-|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

then play this part however many times until the verse starts

Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|play this ending-right before verse--|
Db|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-2---2---2--2---2---2--2---2-------|-2222222-----------------------------|
Db|-2h5-2h3-2--2h5-2h3-2--2h5-2h3-----|-2222222-not sure how many times-----|

pm .......

verse

play the main riff 3 times then play the ending i listed

main riff 1.______

Eb|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------*5--------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------*5----------|
Db|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------------|
Db|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------------|

pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2._______

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-3333-------------|
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-3333-------------|
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-3333-------------|

. . . . . . . . . . .

for the second half of the verse just play this (the same pattern of play main riff

times then the ending)

main riff 1._________

Eb|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|-------------------------*5-------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------*5---------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-2h5-2h3-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-----2h5-2h3-2--2-2-2-2-2-------------------|

pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2._________

-|----------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
----2h5-2h3-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-3333----|

pm . . . . . .

chorus

Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------*5-*5------------------*5---------------------*5-*5------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------*5------------------------------------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2---2--2-3-2---------2-3-2-----|
Ab|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2---2--2-3-2---------2-3-2-----|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2---2--2-3-2---------2-3-2-----|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------*5-------------------------*5-*5-------------------*5---------|
Gb|-------------*5-------------------------------------------------*5-------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2------------2--2-3-2--------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2-|
Ab|-2--2-3-2-------2/12~~~~-----2--2-3-2--------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2-|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2------------2--2-3-2--------2-3-2---2--2-3-2------2-3-2-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------*5-*5-------------------*5-------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------*5-----------------------------------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----------------------------|
Ab|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----------------------------|
Db|-2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----2--2-3-2-------2-3-2----------------------------|

Bridge

this is the part where hes like screaming at his mom

play this until the vocals come in

Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--4~-x-x--10-11--11/14~~-x-x-11-10--x-x---2------------------------------|

no mommmy.... etc

Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------play this throughout the singing---------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--2-xx--10-11--2-2-x--10-11----------------------------------------------|
Ab|--2-xx--10-11--2-2-x--10-11----------------------------------------------|
Db|--2-xx--10-11--2-2-x--10-11----------------------------------------------|

you just play the above through the singing occasionally changing the rythm slightly but

can figure it out by ear

outro

Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----9-12-9-10-9--9-12-9-10-9--9-12-9-10----------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

play the above twice then the bass will come in for two more times then the final chorus where you play

Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------play this till the end---------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-4---4---4--4---4---4--4---4---------------------------------------------|
Db|-4h7-4h5-4--4h7-4h5-4--4h7-4h5-------------------------------------------|

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| b Bend

| / Slide up

| ~ Vibrato

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