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This Cold Black tab by Slipknot

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Band:   Slipknot
Song:   This Cold Black
Album:  All Hope Is Gone
Tuning: Drop A tuning: (A,E,A,D,F#,B)(LOW TO HIGH)
        (Drop D, tuned down 2 and 1/2 steps)

BPM: 210b

right, before you say that the solo is wrong, i found this tab
in the all hope is gone album tab book, published by hal. leonard
so it should be perfect. it looks really hard and if you want to learn
it you are going to have to throw in a lot of practise time like i did
when i was learning it

Guitar 1: Mick Thompson
Guitar 2: Jim Root
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
🏷Legend:
slide up:     /
slide down:   \
hammer on:    h
pull off:     p
vibrato:      ~~~
palm mute:    PM
bend up:      BU(?)
return bend   BR(?)
tremelo pick: Tr---
whammy bar
slack:        WBS\


intro
guitar 1
                  PM-----------------------------
E||-----------||-----------------------------------||
B||-----------||o----------------------------------||
G||-----------||-----------------------------------||
D||microphone-||--0-0-1-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-0-0-3-4--||
A||feed-back--||o---------------------------------o||
E||-----------||-----------------------------------||

    PM-----------------------------------------------
E||---------------------------------|-----------------|
B||---------------------------------|-----------------|
G||---------------------------------|-----------------|
D||-0-0-1-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-0-3-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-1-0-3-0-0-0-|
A||---------------------------------|-----------------|
E||---------------------------------|-----------------|

both guitars
    PM---
E||-----------------|
B||-----------------|
G||-------0-1-0-----|
D||-0-1-3-------3-1-|
A||-----------------|
E||-----------------|

guitar 2
E||------------13/15----------13/15----------13/15----------|
B||-9/15~~~~~~-------16~~~~~~-------15~~~~~~-------13~~~~~~-|
G||---------------------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------|

E||-13/15----------13/15----------13/15----------13/15-------13/15-------|
B||-------15~~~~~~-------16~~~~~~-------15~~~~~~-------13~~~-------11~~~-|
G||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------|


pre verse
guitar 1
    PM-         PM  PM                 PM-         PM  PM
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A||-----1---3-----1----------3-------|-----1---3-----1----------3-2-----|
E||-0-0-1---3---0-1-0--0-3h4---4-3h4-|-0-0-1---3---0-1-0--0-3h4-----4-3-|

guitar 2
    Tr----------------------------------------------------
E||--------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------------|
G||-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
D||--------------------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------|


verse
for the first two boxes guitar 1 plays this riff
but then the last two boxes both guitars play this riff
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-----6p5---------|---8p3-------3---|-----6p5---------|---8p3-------3---|
E||-5h7-----0-0-0-0-|-0-----4-3h4---4-|-5h7-----0-0-0-0-|-0-----4-3h4---4-|


pre-chorus
guitar 1
    PM-                         PM-
E||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
B||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
G||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
D||-----8p7-|-----------------|-----8p7-|-----------------|
A||-5h7-----|-----------------|-5h7-----|-----------------|
E||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|

guitar 2
    PM-       PM     PM     PM-----       PM     PM     PM
E||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
B||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
G||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
D||---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
A||-----6p5-|----5\4----4\3---|-----6p5-|----5\4----4\3---|
E||-5h7-----|-8------5------0-|-5h7-----|-8------5------0-|


pre-chorus 2
guitar 1
    PM-     PM-----------      PM     PM
E||-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|--------------------|
G||-----------------|--------------------|
D||-----8p7---------|------7\6-0--6\5-0--|
A||-5h7-------------|---8----------------|
E||---------0-0-0-0-|-0------------------|

guitar 2
    PM-     PM-----------      PM     PM
E||-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|--------------------|
G||-----------------|--------------------|
D||-----------------|--------------------|
A||-----6p5---------|------5\4----4\3----|
E||-5h7-----0-0-0-0-|-0-8------5------0--|


chorus
both guitars
            PM              PM            PM      PM      PM
E||---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
B||---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
G||---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
D||-6---6---------|-6---6---------|------------------------------|
A||-5---5------0--|-5---5------0--|--2/3-----3/5-----5/6-----6\2-|
E||---------0--0--|---------0--0--|--2/3--3--3/5--5--5/6--6--6\2-|

            PM-             PM---         PM---         PM-----
E||---------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
B||---------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
G||---------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
D||-6---6-------6-|-6---6-----------|-------------|-------------|
A||-5---5-------5-|-5---5---------2-|--2--------3-|--3----------|
E||---------0-0---|---------0-0-0-2-|--2--5-3-2-3-|--3--6-5-3-0-|


solo 1
mick thompson
E||-17BU(20)~~~~~(17)-17~~~~~~~-|-17-20-17-19-17----17--13-16p13-------|
B||-----------------------------|----------------20--------------13----|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------15-|
D||-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

E||-12h15p12-----------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------|
G||----------14h16h17p14--14-14-14BU(17)~~~~~--|
D||--------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------|

E||-------------15----------------------------------|
B||-15-15-16-18----18-16-15-------------------------|
G||-------------------------17-19-20-19-------------|
D||-------------------------------------19-20-19-17-|
A||-------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------|

E||-------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------------------------|
D||-19-20-19-17-------------------------------------|
A||-------------20-19-17-17-16-17-19-17----16----13-|
E||-------------------------------------------------|

E||-------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------0-WBS\------|
A||-10-12-13-10-8-8-10-10-5-7-8-7-5-5-3-------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------|


solo 2
jim root
E||-15BU(18)~~~~~~~~-|-13h15p13p12-13p12----12-------------------------|
B||-15BU(17)~~~~~~~~-|-------------------15----15BU(18)~~~~~-13--15~~~-|
G||------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D||------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

E||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|-10~~~-------------------------------|
G||-11h12-9-9-9-7-5-9h10p9-7-5-5p0-9-|-------10p9~~-12~~-9h12p9~~~-9-------|
D||----------------------------------|-------------------------------10h12-|
A||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E||-----------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|
G||-9~~~~~----------------------------|
D||--------7~~~~~-9p5~~~~~-3h5-2~~~~~-|
A||-----------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|

    PM-------
E||-------------------------|-8h10p8p7-----------------------|
B||-------------------------|----------10p8-11p8-------------|
G||-----------5---------4h5-|--------------------7-5p4-------|
D||-5-----5h7---9p7-5h7-----|--------------------------7p5h6-|
A||---8-7-------------------|--------------------------------|
E||-------------------------|--------------------------------|


bridge
both guitars
    PM---------------------------------------------------------------
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A||-3-3-2-2--6---5---0--1-1-3-3-2-2-|-3-3-2-2--6---5---0--1-1-3-3-2-2-|
E||-3-3-2-2--6---5---0--1-1-3-3-2-2-|-3-3-2-2--6---5---0--1-1-3-3-2-2-|

    PM---------------------------------------------------------------
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A||-3-3-2-2--6---5---0--1-1-3-3-2-2-|-3-3-1-1-6-6-5-5-1-1-0-0-6-6-5-4-|
E||-3-3-2-2--6---5---0--1-1-3-3-2-2-|-3-3-1-1-6-6-5-5-1-1-0-0-6-6-5-4-|

guitar 1
E||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E||--3--2--6--5-|--0--1--3--2-|--3--2--6--5-|--0--1--3--2-|

guitar 2
E||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D||--------6--5-|-------------|--------6--5-|-------------|
A||--8--7-------|--5--6--8--7-|--8--7-------|--5--6--8--7-|
E||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


outro
guitar 2
E||-----------------------------------------------------|
B||--------8--------8--------8------8-------------------|
G||-7~~~~~---8~~~~~---7~~~~~---5~~~---------------------|
D||-----------------------------------8~~~--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A||-----------------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------|

song in order:
intro
pre-verse
verse
pre-chorus
pre-chorus 2
chorus
pre-verse
pre-chorus
pre-chorus 2
chorus
solo 1
solo 2
bridge
chorus
outro

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