Ticks And Leeches Tab by Tool

Ticks And Leeches tab by Tool

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Song: Ticks & Leeches
Artist: Tool
Album: Lateralus
Tabbed by: Dave Cunningham
e-mail: method_to_use@hotmail.com


This is my first time attempting to tab out a song. This is such
a great song and i couldn't find it tabbed out so I went ahead and
did the work.  The notes and chords are right for the most part i
just hope you can understand them. There is some fills and places
with feedback(in typical Tool fashion)here and there between parts
that i left out but this is basically the entire song.

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


Drop D tuning - DADGBE



Intro: (w/distortion) :32

E-------------------------------- --------------------------------
B-------------------------------- --------------------------------
G--9----------------7-9-7-9------ --9----------------9-7-9-7------
D-------------------------------- --------------------------------
A-------------------------------- --------------------------------
D-------------------------------- --------------------------------




E---------------------------------- --------------------------10-
B---------------------------------- -----------------------10----
G--9----------------7-9-7-9-7-9---- --9----------------9-7-------
D---------------------------------- -----------------------------
A---------------------------------- -----------------------------
D---------------------------------- -----------------------------


strum quicky on this next part:

E-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-12-12-12 -10-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--||
B-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-12-12-12 -10-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--||
G--------------------------------- ----------------------------------.||
D--------------------------------- ----------------------------------.||
A--------------------------------- -----------------------------------||
D--------------------------------- -----------------------------------||
(x2)


Prechorus #1:  :55

E--------------------------||
B--------------------------||
G-------------------------.||
D--2-0h2h3----2-0h2-0-2h3-.||  (x5)
A--2-0h2h3-2--2-0h2-0-2h3--||
D--2-0h2h3--3-2-0h2-0-2h3--||



E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------/7------------------
D--2-----------------------------/7---------------0--
A--2-----------------------------/9---------------0--
D--2----------------------------------------------0--



verse: (palm muted) 1:21

E------------------------------------------||
B------------------------------------------||
G-----------------------------------------.||
D--x2x2x2---x2x2x2---x2x2x2-------0-0-0---.||  (x4)
A--x2x2x2---x2x2x2---x2x2x2-------0-0-0----||
D--x2x2x2---x2x2x2---x2x2x2-------0-0-0----||

Prechorus #1 is played again here.
Chorus:     1:41


E--------------------||
B--------------------||
G----5---4----------.||
D--2-5-2-4-4x5x4-0--.|| (x4)
A--2-3-2-2-4x5x4-0---||
D--2---2---4x5x4-0---||



PostChorus #1    2:06

E-------------------- ---------------------||
B-------------------- ---------------------||
G-------------------- --------------------.||
D----2-0-------3-2--- ----2-0-------3-2-0-.||  (x2)
A--------3-2-0------- --------3-2-0--------||
D--2----------------- --2------------------||

The open D is held out with feedback

E------------------------------------12----
B---------------------------------------v12
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------


Prechorus #2:  2:36


E----------------------||
B----------------------||
G---------------------.||
D--2-0h2-2-0h2-0h2h3--.||  (x2)
A--2-0h2-2-0h2-0h2h3---||
D--2-0h2-2-0h2-0h2h3---||

Chorus is played again here.


Postchorus #2: (palm muted w/dist)  3:00
gradually release the palm mute on 3rd and 4th time


E----------------------------------------------||
B----------------------------------------------||
G-------------------------------------------5-.||
D--0h2-2-2-0h5-0h3-0h2--0h2-2-2-0h5-0h3-0h2-5-.||  (x4)
A--0h2-2-2-0h5-0h3-0h2--0h2-2-2-0h5-0h3-0h2-3--||
D--0h2-2-2-0h5-0h3-0h2--0h2-2-2-0h5-0h3-0h2----||


Bridge part#1: (clean tone with chorus) 3:26
you'll need to hear the song to get the rhythm right here.


E----------------------------------- -----------------||
B----------------------------------- -----------3-----||
G----------------------------------- -----------2----.||
D--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- --4--2--5--0----.||  (x15)
A--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- --2--2--5--0-----||
D--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- --2--2--5--0-----||

Pause (approx. 7 secs)

Bridge part#2: (w/heavy distortion) 5:57

E----------------------------------- -----------2----||
B----------------------------------- -----------3----||
G----------------------------------- -----------2---.||
D--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- --4--2--5--0---.||  (x6)
A--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- --2--2--5--0----||
D--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- --2--2--5--0----||


another guitar plays this over the 5th and 6th time

E----------------------------------- ----------------
B--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12- --12-12-15-10---
G--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11- --11-11-14-9----
D----------------------------------- ----------------
A----------------------------------- ----------------
D----------------------------------- ----------------


Intro is played again. An open D is held out with feedback.
Builds into the outro below.

Chorus (4x) 7:33
Outro: (muted after every chord)

E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G---- 5x----4x-4x-5x-------5x----4x--------
D--2x-5x-2x-4x-4x-5x----2x-5x-2x-4x-5x-4x--
A--2x-3x-2x-2x-2x-3x----2x-3x-2x-2x-5x-4x--
D--2x----2x-------------2x----2x----5x-4x--


E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G-----5x----4x-4x-5x-------5x----4x--------
D--2x-5x-2x-4x-4x-5x----2x-5x-2x-4x-4h5h4-0
A--2x-3x-2x-2x-2x-3x----2x-3x-2x-2x-4h5h4-0
D--2x----2x-------------2x----2x----4h5h4-0


E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
D--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---



E---------------------
B---------------------
G--5-5--5-5--5-5------
D--5-5--5-5--5-5--0-2-
A--3-3--3-3--3-3--0-2-
D-----------------0-2-


~FIN~

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