Sic tab by Slipknot

Tabs (Ver. 2)

SLIPKNOT - (SIC)
tabbed by Raydawg

? = palm mute
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
* = harmonic
T = tremolo picking
t = tap the note
^ = bend the note
X = muffled note

Guitar 1: Mick Thomson
Guitar 2: Jim Root

INTRO RIFF 1 (both guitars)
C#C#|----------------------------|
G#G#|----------------------------|
E MajorE |----------------------------|
BB |----------------------------| x 4
F#F#|---0------0------0--------1-|
BB |-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-1-|
  ?  ? ?  ? ?  ? ? ?

INTRO RIFF 2 (both guitars)
C#C#|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------|
E MajorE |---------------------------|
BB |---------------------------| x 4
F#F#|---0------0------0-------1-|
BB |-0-0--000-0--000-0--0000-1-|
  ?  ???  ???  ????


"Here comes the pain!"


INTRO RIFF 3
C#C#|----------------|
G#G#|----------------|
E MajorE |----------------|
BB |----------------| x 8
F#F#|-3p2-----0------|
BB |-3p2-0-0-0-0000-|
    ? ?  ????

PRE-VERSE RIFF 1 (Guitar 1 plays it first, on the second time both guitars play)
C#C#|-------------------------------|
G#G#|-------------------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|
BB |-------------------------------| x 2
F#F#|-------------------------------|
BB |-1-0-0-1-0--1-0--1-0-1-4-3-0-6-|


VERSE RIFF 1 (both guitars)
C#C#|-------------------------------|
G#G#|-------------------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|
BB |-------------------------------| x 4
F#F#|-1-0-0-1-0--1-0--1-0-1-4-3-0-6-|
BB |-1-0-0-1-0--1-0--1-0-1-4-3-0-6-|
 Stop these chords from ringing out


PRE-VERSE RIFF 1 (both guitars)
C#C#|-------------------------------|
G#G#|-------------------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|
BB |-------------------------------| x 2
F#F#|-------------------------------|
BB |-1-0-0-1-0--1-0--1-0-1-4-3-0-6-|


Play VERSE RIFF 1 once, then play VERSE RIFF 2


VERSE RIFF 2 (both guitars)
C#C#|----------------|
G#G#|----------------|
E MajorE |----------------|
BB |----------------| x 1
F#F#|-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-|
BB |-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-|
 Stop these chords from ringing out


INTERLUDE (both guitars)
C#C#|------------------|
G#G#|------------------|
E MajorE |------------------|
BB |--5T--2T--4T--1T--| x 4
F#F#|------------------|
BB |------------------|
 T = Tremolo picking


PRE-VERSE RIFF 2 (Guitar 1)         (both guitars)
C#C#|-----------------------|         ||---------||
G#G#|-----------------------|         ||---------||
E MajorE |-----------------------|         ||---------||
BB |-----------------------| x 1, then play: ||---------|| x 1
F#F#|-----------------------|         ||-4-3-0-6-||
BB |-1-0-0-1-0--1-0--1-0-1-|         ||-4-3-0-6-||


Play VERSE RIFF 1 four times


Then play VERSE RIFF 1 three times like this    VERSE RIFF 2
C#C#|-------------------------------|         ||----------------|
G#G#|-------------------------------|         ||----------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|         ||----------------|
BB |-------------------------------| x 3, then play: ||----------------|
F#F#|-1-0-0-1-0--1-0--1-0-1-4-3-0-6-|         ||-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-|
BB |-1-0-0-1-0--1-0--1-0-1-4-3-0-6-|         ||-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-|
 Let the chords ring out              Stop these chords from ringing out


Play the INTERLUDE tremolo picking section four times again


INTERLUDE 2 (both guitars)
C#C#|-------------------|
G#G#|-------------------|
E MajorE |--7----/8-----/10--|
BB |-------------------| x 4; slide that 8th fret octave chord back to the 5th to restart the section.
F#F#|--5----/6-----/8---|
BB |-----7~----8~~-----|


INTERLUDE 3 (both guitars, played with wah pedal)
C#C#|------------------------|
G#G#|------------------------|
E MajorE |-7/8\7---8--------------|
BB |------------------------| x 4; on the fourth time, Guitar 1 plays the same riff, while Guitar 2
F#F#|-5/6\5-0-6-0--6--6-h8-6-|   moves the octave chord up, as shown in the section below
BB |-------0---0--6--6-h8-6-|

(Guitar 2)
C#C#|------------------------|
G#G#|------------------------|
E MajorE |-7/8\7---8---12-12--15--|
BB |------------------------|
F#F#|-5/6\5-0-6-0-10-10--13--|
BB |-------0---0------------|


BUILDUP RIFF (both guitars)
C#C#|----------------------|
G#G#|----------------------|
E MajorE |----------------------|
BB |----------------------| x 4
F#F#|--------------------1-|
BB |-0---0---0---0---0--1-|
  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?


PRE-CHORUS RIFF (both guitars)
C#C#|-------------------|
G#G#|-------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------|
BB |----------3--------| x 4
F#F#|-0--3--2--1--0-3-2-|
BB |-0--3--2-----0-3-2-|


Play BUILDUP RIFF 4 times again


CHORUS RIFF (both guitars)
C#C#|-------------------------------|
G#G#|-------------------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|
BB |-------------------------------| x 8
F#F#|-------------------------------|
BB |-5-2-1-2-1-0-5-2-1-2-1-5-2-1-0-|


OUTRO RIFF (both guitars)
C#C#|-------------------------------|
G#G#|-------------------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|
BB |-------------------------------| till the end
F#F#|-5-2-1-2-1-0-5-2-1-2-1-5-2-1-0-|
BB |-5-2-1-2-1-0-5-2-1-2-1-5-2-1-0-|


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