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Tribal

P.o.d.
TabTuningDrop D

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

Song

TRIBAL

As recorded by P.O.D.

(From the 1999 Album THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF SOUTHTOWN)

Words and Music by P.O.D.

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'REALLY heavy distorted'

Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'clean chorus'

Great song by POD.

Intro

Gtr I

Do random pick scrapes whenever needed cause im too lazy to put them on actually

The <7> is a harmonic played on the seventh fret

The bend is bent with a whammy bar I think, but you don’t need one to do the bend.

|--------------|------------|--------------|----------<7>-|-------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-5----5-------|------------|-5----5-------|--------------|-5----5------|
|-5-0--5-0--2--|-(2)--------|-5-0--5-0--2--|-(2)b3--------|-5-0--5-0----|
|-3-0--3-0--2--|-(2)--------|-3-0--3-0--2--|-(2)b3--------|-3-0--3-0----|
|---0----0--2--|-(2)--------|---0----0--2--|-(2)b3--------|---0----0----|

chorus

||------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5----5----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-0--5-0--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0--3-0--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|---0----0--|

verse

Gtr II

LET RING THROUGHOUT 5x

||-------------|------------|------------|---------------||
||o------------|------------|---7--7--7--|-7--8---------o||
||----------7--|-(7)--------|---7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7----||
||------9------|------------|------------|-------0--0----||
||o-7----------|------------|------------|--------------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|---------------||

chorus

Gtr I

4x

||------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

verse

Gtr II

LET RING THROUGHOUT 4x

||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|---7--7--7--|-7--8-------o||
||----------7--|-(7)--------|---7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--||
||------9------|------------|------------|-------0--0--||
||o-7----------|------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||

Bridge

Gtr I

||-------------|------------|---------------|------------||
||o---------3--|-(3)--------|-(3)--------3--|-------3---o||
||------4------|------------|---------4-----|----4-------||
||--2----------|------------|------2--------|-2----------||
||o------------|------------|---------------|-----------o||
||-------------|------------|---------------|------------||

Breakdown

||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------o||
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
||o-0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||--0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0---||

bridge

7x

||---------------||------------|
||o-------------o||------------|
||---------------||------------|
||--2--3--5--0---||-2--3--0----|
||o-2--3--5--0--o||-2--3--0----|
||--2--3--5--0---||-2--3--0----|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------5----5----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|------5-0--5-0--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--3-0--3-0--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----0----0--|

chorus

play a bunch of times

|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

outro

fade into cool little bass and drums thingy.

|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|---7--7--7--|-7--8--------|
|---------7--|-(7)--------|---7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-----9------|------------|------------|-------0--0--|
|-7----------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|

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