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Bass1

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

band: Slipknot

album: IOWA

tabbed by: Adam Kahn, funeralforafrie, james, dean, ben, sam

liam, scott, merik, raven, jimbo, "maggotleader1"

Thanks to everybody who sent their tabs in on time

we must get working on the new one soon!!!

People = Shit

Riff A - 216 bpm

* * * * * * * * * * * *

Riff B

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

Riff C

Guitar 2

+ +

1.5 1.5

Guitar 1

\ \ \ \

Riff D - 126 bpm

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

2.5

Riff E - Is Riff D Guitar 1 but with both Guitars

Riff F

Guitars 1 and 2

Riff G

Guitars 1 and 2

Riff H

Guitar 3 - This is Sampled but I tabbed it anyway.

\ \ \ \ \ \

Guitar 2

\ \ \ \ \ \ \

Guitar 1

Riff I

Guitars 1 and 2

Riff J

Guitar 1 and 2

Riff K

Guitar 1, then Guitar 2 starts second time.

Riff L

Guitars 1 and 2

Riff M

Riff N - As above but Palm Muted

Riff O

Song Structure

Riff A Intro\Outro

Riff B Intro 1

Riff C Interlude 1

Riff B Intro 1

Riff D Guitar 1 Pre-Verse

Riff F Guitar 1 and 2 Pre-verse

Riff G 1st Verse

Riff H Interlude 2

Riff I Pre-Chorus

Riff F Guitar 1 and 2 Pre-verse

Riff J Chorus

Riff K Pre-Verse 2

Riff L Verse 2

Riff M Pre-Chorus 2

Riff N Pre-Chorus 2 with Palm Mute

Riff O Pre-Chorus Intro

Riff J Chorus

Riff A Intro\Outro

Disasterpiece

Intro

Guitar 1:

|__tremolo picking__| |__tremolo picking__|

Guitar 2:

|____PM____| |____________PM_____________| |_______PM______|

|____PM____| |____________PM_____________| |____PM____|

|____PM____| |_PM_| |____PM____| |_PM_|

Riff 1:

|_PM_| |_PM_| |_PM_|

Riff 2

Part 1:

Part 2:

Riff 3:

|__tremolo picking__|

Riff 4

Guitar 1:

Guitar 2 (only played in the middle of second verse):

Riff 5:

Riff 6

Part 1:

|_tremolo picking_|

Part 2

Guitar 1:

|____PM____| |____PM____|

|____only played once____|

Guitar 2:

Riff 7:

|_tremolo picking_|

My Plague

*slowly hammer onto 2

PM---- ------ ------ ------

(0:12) ----- ----- -------

(0:17) ----- ----- -----

----- ----- ----- -----

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-17\\\\\\---------------------------------------------------------------------

----- ----- ----- -----

------ ------ (ignore these blank measures)

----- ----- ----- -----

(1:24)

-----(palm mute)

- -- -- -- --- ------ ------------------ ----------------- ---------------

------- Play this Riff 12 times -------

--------- - --------- --------- -

Flanger and Distortion until the end

Everything Ends

guitar 2:

riff 2:

riff 3:

|____________PM____________|

riff 4:

riff 5:

riff 6

part 1:

part 2

guitar 1:

|________play 3x_________|

guitar 2:

riff 7:

outro

guitar 1:

guitar 2:

|__________________tremolo picking___________________|

The Heretic Anthem

(Uncompleted David you really need to send this)

Gently

Riff 1:

Riff 2:

Riff 3:

Riff 4:

Riff 5:

|_PM__| |_PM__|

Riff 6:

|_PM__| |_PM__| |_PM__| |_PM__|

Left Behind (slipknot_133) thank you so fucking much :D

intro Gtr.1

Gtr1&2

Gtr.1 verse

---------------xxxx-------------------------xxxx--------|

Gtr.2

Gtr.1 chorus

Gtr.2

-------------/-\-----------------| |-xxxxxx----|

verse

chorus

interlude Gtr.1

---------

-x-------w/delay (next 24 meas.)

---------

Gtr.2

-111111-666666-111111-666666-1111-6666-|

p.m. ---------------------------------

p.m.---------------------------------------------

Gtr.1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ let ring---------

let ring------ let ring----------

Take this a - way.____

Take this a -

way._________________

____ I can feel it on my mouth I can taste you on my fin-

----------------------------------------------------------

-x-------x----------x----------x--------------------x-----

----------------------------------------------------------

-gers I can hear you like the ho - ly ghost__ and

kill you if you get to close! Yeah! As I close

chorus

Gtr.1

Gtr.2

Uh, we let it all slip a - way________________

___ Uh, we let it all slip a -

outro Gtr.1

Half-time Feel We let it all slip a - way

We it all slip a-way!

Gtr.2

The Shape

intro

part 1:

part 2: (played by guitar 2 over part 1 after its played a few times)

|____________________tremolo picking_____________________|

|_tremolo picking_|

part 3:

riff 1:

|________tremolo picking__________|

riff 2:

riff 3

part 1:

part 2:

riff 4

part 1:

|_1x_|

part 2:

|________play 1x_________|

riff 5

guitar 1:

|________tremolo picking__________|

guitar 2:

|__________tremolo picking___________|

I Am Hated

Intro Riff (Gtrs. 1 & 2)

Verse Riff A (Gtr. 1)

pm |- - - - - - - -|

Verse Riff B (Gtr. 2)

Verse Riff B1 (Gtr. 2)

[Verse Riff B 2 times] <-- ALL

[Verse Riff B1 once] <-- ONLY

[Verse Riff 2 times] <--GUITAR

[Play Verse Riff B1 once more, but swap the last 5-6 for 7-6] <-- 2

Pre-Chorus Riff A (Gtr. 1)

Pre-Chorus Riff B (Gtr. 2)

Chorus Riff (Gtrs. 1 & 2)

Then there's a little solo (Gtr. 2)

[Verse Riff A / Verse Riff B/B1- ***repeat as arranged above***]

Chorus 8 times

Bridge Riff (Gtrs. 1 & 2)

E |----------------|------------5-5-|
B |--3-0-----------|--------3-0-5-5-|   Play 4 times
F#|--3-0-----------|--------3-0-3-3-|
B |--3-0-----3-6~~~|~~0-----3-0-----|

Extra Verse Riff (Gtrs. 1 & 2)

B |----------------------|

F#|----------------------| Play 20 times

B |--4-2-0-5-6-4-2-0-5-6-|
  pm |- - - - - - - - -|

Interlude Riff (Gtrs. 1 & 2)

(Gtr. 1)

F#|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------0-0-6-1-|
B |----0-0-6-1-0-0-0-6-1-|-0-6-1-0-0-0-6-1-|------0-6-1-0-0-0-6-1-|-0-6-1-0-0-0-6-1-|

(Gtr. 2)

F#|--2-1-0---------------|-----------------|--2-1-0---------------|---------0-0-6-1-|
B |--2-1-0---------------|-----------------|--2-1-0---------------|---------0-0-6-1-|

Chorus 8 times

Outro Riff (Gtrs. 1, 2 & 3)

(Gtr. 1)

B |--0-0-0-0-6-1---0---0---6---1-|
F#|--0-0-0-0-6-1---0---0---6---1-|   Play 7 times
B |--0-0-0-0-6-1---0---0---6---1-|

(Gtr. 2)

B |--0-0-0-0-6-1---0---0---6---1-|
F#|--0-0-0-0-6-1---0---0---6---1-|   Play 7 times
B |--0-0-0-0-6-1---0---0---6---1-|

(Gtr. 3)

E |--7-7-7-7-------7---7-7-------|
B |--x-x-x-x-------x---x-x-------|   Play 7 times
F#|--5-5-5-5-------5---5-5-------|
B |------------------------------|

All guitars then play

B |--0-0-0-|
F#|--0-0-0-|
B |--0-0-0-|

Skin Ticket

Riff 1

Guitar 1:

B |------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|
D |------15--15-15--15--15--14---14~---|
A |-------x---x--x---x---x---x----x----|
E |------13--13-13--13--13--12---12~---|
A |-0--------------------------0-------|

Guitar 2

Part 1: random pick scrapes and slides

Part 2:

B |----------------|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-|
F#|-10---10---10---|--x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x--x-|
D |--x----x----x---|--7---7--7--7---7--7--7---7--7--7---7--7-|
A |--7----7----7---|-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |----------------|-----------------------------------------|

|___play 1x___|

Riff 2:

B |-------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------|
A |-0h2--0-0-1h2-0--0h2--0h2--0-0-1h2-0--0h2--|

Riff 3

Part 1:

B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |--------------------------|
A |-0------------------------|

Part 2

Guitar 1:

B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

|_______________PM______________|

Guitar 2

Part A:

B |-10--10--10-10--10-10--10-|
F#|--x---x---x--x---x--x---x-|
D |--7---7---7--7---7--7---7-|
A |--------------------------|
E |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|

Part B: scrape pick on strings

Riff 4:

B |-----------------------|
F#|-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|
E |-0h1---0---0-1--0--0h1-|
A |-0h1---0---0-1--0--0h1-|

Riff 5:

B |----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-14--------15----14--------14--------15---17----15-----14-------|
A |--x---------x-----x---------x---------x----x-----x------x-------|
E |-12--------13----12--------12--------13---15----13-----12-------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|

|_______________________tremolo picking________________________|

Riff 6:

B |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------3-4-3-|
E |-0-3-0-1-0-3-4-3-|
A |-0-3-0-1-0-------|

Riff 7

Part 1:

B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|
E |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|
A |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|

Part 2:

B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
D |---------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-|
A |-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-|
E |-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|
A |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|

part 3:

B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
A |-0-0-0-0-1b--->--0-0-0-0-0-0-----|

New Abortion

--------------------

-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----

riff 1

------------------------------

-0-1-2-0-2-3-0-1-2-0-2-3-0-7-6

----------------------------x/

----------------------------x/ after youve played this play

----------------------------- riff 1 again 4 times

-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--

------------------------------

-0-1-2-0-2-3-0-1-2-0-2-3-0-7-6

------------------------------

----------------------------------10-----hf9---
-----------------------hf8--13-----------------
-6--hf6----hf8-----10--------------------------

-----------------------------------------------

chorus gtr 1

------------------------------------------------

-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-3-0---------------------------
-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------

chorus gtr 2

------------------------------------------------

-5--hf5--hf5-----5-hf5--------------------------
---------------0--------------------------------

just gtr 2

------------------------------------------------

-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-4-4-4-4-4-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------

gtrs 1 and 2

--------------------------------------------------

-2--1--0--2--0--4--5--0--3--2--1--0--2--0--4--0--5
-2--1--0--2--0--4--5--0--3--2--1--0--2--0--4--0--5

-------------------------

3--2--1--0--2--0--4--0--5
3--2--1--0--2--0--4--0--5

-----------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------2-
---------------------------------------------------0-
-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-----------------6-6-6-5-5-5-3-0-
-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-0-

--------------------

-2-2-1-2-6-5-1-6/--2

------------------------------------------------------

-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-5-5-----------------------------
-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-5-5-2-2-6-1/7-------------------
-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-5-5-2-2-6-1/7-------------------

------------------------------------------------------

-2-2-1-2-6-5-1/7-2------------------------------------
-2-2-1-2-6-5-1/7-2------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------

-2-2-1-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-5-5-2-2-1-2-6-5-1/7-2-----
-2-2-1-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-6/h5-5-5-5-2-2-1-2-6-5-1/7-2-----

Metabolic

riff 1

part 1:

C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------4--------------5-----4--------------6--------------5/4-|
F#|-6--6--4--4--5--4--6--5--5--6--4--6--4--6--6--6--6--5--4--6--5/4-|
B |-6--6--4-----5--4--6--5-----6-----6--4--6--6-----6--5--4--6------|

|___PM__| |____PM____| PM PM

part 2:

C#|------------|
G#|------------|
E |------------|
B |----------6-|
F#|-4--6--6--6-|
B |-4--6--6----|

|___PM___|

riff 2

part 1:

C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-4--3--2--1--5-----4-----|
B |-4--3--2--1-----6-----5--|

|____PM____|

part 2:

C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------1-----0-----|
B |-3--2--1--0-----2-----1--|

riff 3:

C#|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---------|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
B |-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1/13~-|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|

|_____________play 3x_____________|

riff 4

part 1:

C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------|
E |------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4-8-8/7-7---1-1---2-2---3-3---4-|
B |------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4-8-8/7-7---1-1---2-2---3-3---4-|
F#|------------------------------------0---------------------|
B |-2*>------0-----0-----0-------------0-----0-----0-----0---|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-4/8-8/7-----1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4---|
B |-4/8-8/7-----1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4-0-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------0-0-----0-----0-----0-----2*>------0-----0-----0-------|

part 2

guitar 1:

C#|--7b--7b--------7b-----7b--------|
G#|-10b-10b-------10b----10b--------|
E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|

guitar 2

part 1:

C#|---------------------------------|
G#|-----------------5-5-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
E |-----------------4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-|
B |-1-1-1-1-3-1-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
F#|-1-1-1-1-3-1-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
B |-1-1-1-1-3-1-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|

part 2:

C#|-----------------|
G#|-5-5-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
E |-4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-|
B |-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
F#|-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
B |-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|

riff 5:

C#|-----------|
G#|-----------|
E |-----------|
B |-----------|
F#|-4-3-2-1---|
B |-4-3-2-1---|

|___PM___|

riff 6

part 1:

C#|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|
E |------------------------|
B |------------------------|
F#|-6----------------------|
B |----4--2--5----1-----6--|

|___tremolo picking___|

part 2:

C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------12*-|
B |---------------------------5*--x-----|
F#|-3*---3*--3*---3*-------3*-----------|
B |----------------------x--------------|

riff 7:

C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------6-6-------------------------------|
B |-0-0-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-5-1-1-1-6-6-----x-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-5-1-1-1-6-6-6-|

|______________________________PM_______________________________|

C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------6-----------------|
B |-1-1-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-5-1-1-1-6-6---x-1-4-4-2-2-2-5-|

|______________________PM_______________________|

riff 8

part 1:

C#|---------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------6---------------------|
B |-1--4--2--5----1----6-----4--2--5----1----6--|

|_____________tremolo picking______________|

part 2a:

(played only by guitar 2)

C#|-6--3------------------6---------------------|
G#|----------4---------------3-----4------------|
E |-------4-------3-------------4-------3-------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|

|_____________tremolo picking______________|

part 2b:

C#|-6~b---------|
G#|-------------|
E |-------------|
B |-------------|
F#|-------------|
B |-------------|

riff 9:

C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
E |----------------------|
B |-6/5------------------|
F#|-6/5-4--2--5---1--6---|
B |-----4--2--5---1--6---|

riff 10:

C#|----------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------|
B |-1-1-0-0-6-6-0-7-7-0-8-8-0-9-9-13-|

outro:

C#|------------------|
G#|------------------|
E |------------------|
B |-6/5--------------|
F#|-6/5-4--2--5---1--|
B |-----4--2--5---1--|

IOWA

Riff 1:

A |------------------|
E |-2----------------|
C |------------------|
G |----2/4-----------|
D |------------------|
A |---------0---/2---|

Riff 2:

A |---------------------|
E |---------------------|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|
D |-4b------4-----4--4--|
A |-2b------2-----2--0--|

Riff 3:

A |---------------------|
E |---------------------|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|
D |-4b------4-----4--2--|
A |---------------------|

Blah enjoy :d

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