The Grudge by Tool

The Grudge tab by Tool

Guitar tabs

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     Artist : Tool
     Title : The Grudge
     Album : Latearlus

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'The Grudge' is in 5:4 time (mostly).

Counting a 5:4 bar is the same as counting a 4:4 bar, except there are 5
beats, so it goes "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 1 and 2 and 3" etc...

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

I learnt to play this song using the TAB submitted to toolshed.down.net by
Ryan (Lateralus5432@aol.com). I used his TAB as a starting point for this
one, so credit to him is due.

Each riff is tabbed in the order it appears in the song, which will be
enough for most people to work it out. Following that is a list of the
exact order the riffs are played, and the number of repeats for each.
Drop me an email if you want a copy with full lyrics.

'The Grudge' is played in Drop D tuning. Tune your low E string down to D.

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Notation used in this TAB:

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | ------------------- |
B | ------------------- |
G | ------------------- | This is a 5:4 bar.
D | ------------------- |
A | ------------------- |
D | ------------------- |

h = Hammer-on
p = Pull-off
~ = Let the note ring
/ = Slide up
\ = slide down

* = This means there is a comment about this note / section.
  Comments are underneath the riff they relate to.

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Riff 1:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | ------------------- |
B | ------------------- |
G | ------------------- |
D | ------------------- |
A | ------------------- |
D | 0h1p0-0---0h1p0-0-- |


Riff 2:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | ------------------- |
B | ------------------- |
G | ------------------- |
D | ------------------- |
A | ------5------------ |
D | 0h1p0-----0h1p0-3-- |


Riff 3:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | -------------------|------------------- |
D | 0---X-0---0---0-0--|0-0---0-----X-X-12\ | Quick slide down


Riff 4:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | 3-------3-------3--|----3-------3------ |
G | 2-------2-------2--|----2-------2------ |
D | 0-------0-------0--|----0-------0------ |
A | 0-------0-------0--|----0-------0------ |
D | 0-------0-------0--|----0-------0------ |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|---10------10------ |
B | 3-------3-------3--|---10------10------ |
G | 2-------2-------2--|----7-------7------ |
D | 0-------0-------0--|----0-------0------ |
A | 0-------0-------0--|----0-------0------ |
D | 0-------0-------0--|----0-------0------ |


Riff 5:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | -------------------|------------------- |
D | 0---X-0---0---0-0--|------------------- |
              *
NOTE
* This mark is where the little 'wirrr' sound comes in.
 Apparently this is played by moving a lady's electric
 razor across the strings. YMMV.

Riff 6:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | -------------------|------------------- |
D | 0---X-0---0---0-0--|--X-0---0---X-X-0-- |


Riff 7:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | ------7~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
A | 5h6p5--------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | ~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~5-------------- |
A | 5h6p5--------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | ------7~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
A | 5h6p5--------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | ------7~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~\5~~~~~~~~~~\\\\ | (Slide down to 0)
A | 5h6p5--------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |


Riff 8:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | 7----------10------|----5------10\\\7-- |
D | 7---0---0--10---0--|0---5---0--10\\\7-- |
A | 5---0---0---8---0--|0---3---0---8\\\5-- |
D | ----0---0-------0--|0-------0---------- |


Riff 9:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | 7-----------5------|----7-------9------ |
D | 7-----------5------|----7-------9------ |
A | 5-----------3------|----5-------6------ |
D | ----X-X-X-X-----X-X|X-X-----X-X-----X-X |


Riff 10:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | 7-----------5------|----5/7-----7/8---- |
D | 7-----------5------|----5/7-----7/8---- |
A | 5-----------3------|----3/5-----5/6---- |
D | ----X-X-X-X-----X-X|X-X-----X-X-----X-X |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|-------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|-------------------|------------------- |
G | 5/7---------5------|----7-------8------|5------------------ |
D | 5/7---------5------|----7-------8------|5------------------ |
A | 3/5---------3------|----5-------6------|3------------------ |
D | ----X-X-X-X-----X-X|X-X----------------|------------------- |


Riff 11:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | ------------0---0--|----0---0-------0-- |
A | 3p0---5-----0---0--|----0---0-------0-- |
D | ----3---3p0-0---0--|----0---0-------0-- |


Riff 12:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------5---5-- |
D | ------------0---0--|------------5---5-- |
A | 3p0---5-----0---0--|------------3---3-- |
D | ----3---3p0-0---0--|------------------- |


Riff 13:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | ------------0---0--|------------5---5-- |
A | 3p0---5-----0---0--|------------5---5-- |
D | ----3---3p0-0---0--|------------5---5-- |


Riff 14:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E | -------------------|-------------------|--------------- |
B | -------------------|-------------------|--------------- |
G | -------------------|------------3---3--|--------------- |
D | ------------0---0--|------------3---3--|----3---3------ |
A | 3p0---5-----0---0--|------------1---1--|----3---3------ |
D | ----3---3p0-0---0--|-------------------|----3---3------ |

NOTE:
 Last bar is 4:4, not 5:4


Riff 15:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | 0-----0---0-----3--|----5-------------- |
A | 0-----0---0-----3--|----5---3p0---5---- |
D | 0-----0---0-----3--|----5-------3---3p0 |


Riff 16:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | ------------------- |
B | 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
G | 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
D | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
A | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
D | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |


Riff 17:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
G | 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
D | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
A | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
D | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |


Riff 18:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | -------------------|------------------- |
D | 0~~~~~~~~~~10~~~~~~|\\\\5~~~~~~~3///5-- |
        *
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | -------------------|------------------- |
D | 0~~~~~~~~~~10~~~~~~|///12~~~~\\\3///5-- |


Riff 19:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | 6~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~3---4-- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | 6~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~|~~~~8~~~~~~~3---4-- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | 6~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~|~~~~56565~~~3---4-- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
              *
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | 6~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~|~~~~8~~~~~~~3---4-- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |

NOTE:
* Only pluck the first note of this bit. Close up this looks like:
      2  +  3  +
    E | ------------- |
    B | ------------- |
    G | ------------- |
    D | ------------- |
    A | 5h6p5h6p5~~~~ |
    D | ------------- |


Riff 20:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | ------7------------|------7------------ |
D | 0h1p0-7---0h1p0-3--|0h1p0-7---0h1p0-3-- |
A | 0h1p0-5---0h1p0-3--|0h1p0-7---0h1p0-3-- |
D | 0h1p0-----0h1p0-3--|0h1p0-----0h1p0-3-- |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
E | -------------------|----------------------- |
B | -------------------|----------------------- |
G | ------7------------|------7---------------- |
D | 0h1p0-7---0h1p0-3--|0h1p0-7---0h1p0-1p0-3-- |
A | 0h1p0-7---0h1p0-3--|0h1p0-5---0h1p0-1p0-3-- |
D | 0h1p0-----0h1p0-3--|0h1p0-----0h1p0-1p0-3-- |

NOTE:
 Last bar is 6:4, not 5:4.


Riff 21:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | ------------------- |
B | ------------------- |
G | ------------------- |
D | 0-0-0-0---X-0---0-- |
A | 0-0-0-0---X-0---0-- |
D | 0-0-0-0---X-0---0-- |


Riff 22:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | 7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -------------------|------------------- |
B | -------------------|------------------- |
G | 5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5//|///10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
D | -------------------|------------------- |
A | -------------------|------------------- |
D | -------------------|------------------- |


Riff 23:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G | 14---14-14----14----14-14----|15---14----14-15----12----12-|
D | 12---12-12----12----12-12----|13---12----12-13----12----10-|
A | 12---12-12----12----12-12----|13---12----12-13----12----10-|
D | 12---12-12----12----12-12----|13---12----12-13----12----10-|

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G | 12---12-12----12----12-12----|12---17----17-17----17-17\\\\|
D | 10---10-10----10----10-10----|10---15----15-15----15-15\\\\|
A | 10---10-10----10----10-10----|10---15----15-15----15-15\\\\|
D | 10---10-10----10----10-10----|10---15----15-15----15-15\\\\|
                              *

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G | -----------------------------|---------------------------7-|
D | 0-----0--0-----0-----0--0----|1-----0-----0--1-----1-----5-|
A | 0-----0--0-----0-----0--0----|1-----0-----0--1-----1-----5-|
D | 0-----0--0-----0-----0--0----|1-----0-----0--1-----1-----5-|

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B | -----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G | 7-----7--7-----7-----7--7----|7-----5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D | 5-----5--5-----5-----5--5----|5-----3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A | 5-----5--5-----5-----5--5----|5-----3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D | 5-----5--5-----5-----5--5----|5-----3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

NOTE:
* Very scratchy, distorted slide down to 0

Riff 24:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | ------------------- |
B | ------------------- |
G | ------------------- |
D | 0h1p0-0---0h1p0-0-- |
A | 0h1p0-0---0h1p0-0-- |
D | 0h1p0-0---0h1p0-0-- |


Riff 25:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
E | ------------------- |
B | ------------------- |
G | ------------------- |
D | 0---0-0---0---0-0-- |
A | 0---0-0---0---0-0-- |
D | 0---0-0---0---0-0-- |


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Riff 1 x 8
Riff 2 x 8
Riff 1 x 18
Riff 3 x 4
  Wear your grudge ----> scarlet lettermen.
Riff 4 x 1
Rest for 8 bars (5:4)
Riff 5 x 3
Riff 6
  Clutch it like a ----> humbled again.
Riff 7
  Humbled again.
Rest for 4 bars (5:4)
Riff 8 x 8
  Clutch it like a ----> comes round again.
Riff 9 x 2
  Saturn ascends...
Riff 10
  Ignorant to...
Riff 6 x 4
Riff 11 x 4
  Wear your grudge ----> scarlet lettermen.
Riff 12
  Wear the grudge...
Riff 13
  Desperate...
Riff 14
  Unable to forgive....
Riff 12
  Defining,
Riff 13
  confining,
Riff 14
  sinking deeper.
Riff 12
  Controlling,
Riff 13
  defining,
Riff 14
  and we're sinking deeper.
Riff 15 x 4
Riff 11
  Saturn comes ----> and innocent.
Riff 12
  Saturn comes back around.
Riff 13
  Lifts you up like a child
Riff 14
  Or drags you ----> till you
Riff 16 Hold for 16 bars of 5:5
  Choose...
Riff 17 x 4
Riff 18 x 2
Riff 19
Riff 17 x 4
Riff 18 x 4
  Give away ----> grudges into gold.
Riff 4
Riff 1 x 8
Riff 2 x 8
Riff 1 x 2
Riff 20 x 4
  Aaaaaahh...
Riff 21 x 16
  Let go, Let go...
Riff 22 x 2
Riff 23
Riff 24 x 8
Riff 25 x 4

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