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The Virus of Life

Slipknot
Tab
★4.6(12)

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

Song

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The Virus of Life - Slipknot

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Tabbed by:thezohan

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Tuning:Drop B

I finally finished figuring out the whole entire album.I hope you like this tab

becausethe others were way off. Oh yeah, and a * means pinch harmonic.

Intro

C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff(Jim)

C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-111-1-1-111-1-1-111-1-1-111-1-1-333-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0------------|

xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x

Verse Riff(Mick)

C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------10-10-8-7-8-10-11-11-10-8-7------------|
E |-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge

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

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Other Riff(This is actually Tremolo Picked, I just couldn't fit it)

C#|-11------12------10-----11-----12----12b13b14b15b16b17b18\\\\\\------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

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

Hope you like it! Please comment/rate!

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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