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Tool - The Grudge

Transcribed by PimpOil (LandosDarksaber@aol.com)
Version 1.1 [June 18, 2001]
Here's my first form of The Grudge by Tool, transcribed 100% by my own ears. 

Dropped D Tuning

Intro:           X16                    X8
e||-----------------|---------------------|
b||-----------------|---------------------|
g||.---------------.|.-------------------.|
D||.---------------.|.--------0----------.|
A||-----------------|---------------------|
D||--0h1p0-0--------|--0h1p0-----0h1p0-3--|
  (Slight palm mute)

                 X36
e||-----------------||
b||-----------------||
g||.---------------.||
D||.---------------.||
A||-----------------||
D||--0h1p0-0--------||
 
e||---------------------------------||
b||---------------------------------||
g||.-------------------------------.||
D||.-------------------------------.||
A||---------------------------------||
D||--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0--||
(Repeat a few times, listen to recording for the rhythm)

e||----------------------------------||
b||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--15--13--||
g||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--14--12--||
D||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--12--10--||
A||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--12--10--||
D||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--12--10--||

Pre-Chorus Verse Riff:
e||-------------------------------||
b||-------------------------------||
g||-------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------||
D||-0--0--0--3-0-0--0-0--0--3-0-0-||
(Palm Mute entire riff)

"Saturn ascends" Riff:
e||---------------------------||
b||---------------------------||
g||---------------------------||
D||---------------------------||
A||---------------------------||
D||-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-||
(Palm mute entire riff, listen to recording for timing)

Mini-Solo 1:
e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
b||---------------------------------------------------------------||
g||---------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-------7=====-------7==/5==------7=====-------7===\5====\p0===-||
A||-5h6p5--------5h6p5--------5h6p5--------5h6p5------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------||

                          Repeat X8
e||--------------------------------||
b||--------------------------------||
g||.-7-------10------5------------.||
D||.-7-------10------5--0-3-5p3p0-.||
A||--5-------8-------3--0-3-5p3p0--||
D||-----0-0-----0-0-----0-3-5p3p0--||

                         Repeat X2
e||-------------------------------||
b||-------------------------------||
g||.-7---------5---------7-----8-.||
D||.-7---------5---------7-----8-.||
A||--5---------3---------5-----6--||
D||----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----||

e||-----------------------------------||
b||-----------------------------------||
g||--7---------5---------5/7-----7/8--||
D||--7---------5---------5/7-----7/8--||
A||--5---------3---------3/5-----5/6--||
D||----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----0-0------||

e||--------------------------------------------||
b||--------------------------------------------||
g||.-5/7---------5---------7-----8--5(/7\5)---.||
D||.-5/7---------5---------7-----8--5(/7\5)---.||
A||--3/5---------3---------5-----6--3(/5\3)----||
D||------0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---------------||

e||---------------------------||
b||---------------------------||
g||---------------------------||
D||-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-||
A||-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-||
D||-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-||
(Same as "Saturn ascends" Riff, but with full chords)

                          Repeat X2
e||-------------------------------||
b||-------------------------------||
g||.-----------------------------.||
D||.-10p0-0---------0-0--0-0--0--.||
A||--10p0-0---------0-0--0-0--0---||
D||--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--0-0--0---||

e||------------------------------------------------------||
b||------------------------------------------------------||
g||------------------------------------------------------||
D||--10p0-0---------0-0--10-10--10p0-0---------0-0--5-5--||
A||--10p0-0---------0-0--10-10--10p0-0---------0-0--5-5--||
D||--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--10-10--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--5-5--||

e||-----------------------------------||
b||-----------------------------------||
g||-----------------------------------||
D||--10p0-0---------0-0--10-10--5-5---||
A||--10p0-0---------0-0--10-10--5-5---||
D||--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--10-10--5-5---||

Bridge:
e||----------------------------------------------------------||
b||----------------------------------------------------------||
g||.---------------------------------------------------------||
D||.-10p0-0---------0-0--X-X-10\-10p0-0---------0-0-X-X-5-5--||
A||--10p0-0---------0-0--X-X-10\-10p0-0---------0-0-X-X-5-5--||
D||--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--X-X-10\-10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0-X-X-5-5--||

e||-------------------------------------||
b||-------------------------------------||
g||-------------------------------------||
D||--10p0-0---------0-0--X-X-7-7--3-10--||
A||--10p0-0---------0-0--X-X-7-7--3-10--||
D||--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--X-X-7-7--3-10--||

e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
b||---------------------------------------------------------------||
g||.--------------------------------------------------------------||
D||.-10p0-0---------0-0--X-X-10\-10p0-0---------0-X-X-X-X-X-X-5-5-||
A||--10p0-0---------0-0--X-X-10\-10p0-0---------0-X-X-X-X-X-X-5-5-||
D||--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--X-X-10\-10p0-0-12p10p0-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-5-5-||

e||--------------------------------||
b||--------------------------------||
g||.-------------------------------||
D||.-10p0-0---------0-0--7-7--3-3--||
A||--10p0-0---------0-0--7-7--3-3--||
D||--10p0-0-12p10p0-0-0--7-7--3-3--||

The rest can be figured out by using the previous riffs but at the 
end of the segment, finish with the fill below:

Fill 1:
e||--------------------||
b||-----------------3--||
g||-----------------2--||
D||--10/12\10--5-5--0--||
A||--10/12\10--5-5--0--||
D||--10/12\10--5-5--0--||

Fade-In Riff:
e||------------------------------------------------------||
b||------------------------------------------------------||
g||------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-||
A||------------------------------------------------------||
D||-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----------------------------||
(Palm mute only the low D notes, high D notes are picked near bridge)

Repeat X4
e||-----||
b||--3--||
g||.-2-.||
D||.-0-.||
A||--0--||
D||--0--||
(This riff consists of open D chords with a pedal activated phaser effect)

e||---------------------------------------------------------------|
b||---------------------------------------------------------------|
g||--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--0------------------------------------------------------------|
A||--0--3-------------3--5----------3-------------3--5------/6--5-|
D||--0-----5--3h5--0--------3h5--0-----5--3h5--0--------3h5-------|

                                                    X4
|-------------------------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|--3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|.-2-.|
|-------------------------------------------------|.-0-.|
|-3/5--6--5-/8--3/5--6--5--5tr6-\3/5--6--5-/8---3-|--0--|
|-------------------------------------------------|--0--|
(The tr stands for trill)

                       Repeat X4
e||-----------------------------||
b||-----------------------------||
g||.---------------------------.||
D||.---------------------------.||
A||-----3-------------3--5------||
D||--0-----5--3h5--0--------3h5-||

e||----------------------------------||
b||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--15--13--||
g||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--14--12--||
D||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--12--10--||
A||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--12--10--||
D||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--12--10--||

          Repeat X16             Repeat X8
e||-----------------|---------------------|
b||-----------------|---------------------|
g||.---------------.|.-------------------.|
D||.---------------.|.--------0----------.|
A||-----------------|---------------------|
D||--0h1p0-0--------|--0h1p0-----0h1p0-3--|
  (Slight palm mute)

                     X3
e||--------------------|------------------------||
b||--------------------|------------------------||
g||.------------------.|------------------------||
D||.-0h1p0-0--0h1p0-3-.|--0h1p0-0--0h1p0-3p0-3--||
A||--0h1p0-0--0h1p0-3--|--0h1p0-0--0h1p0-3p0-3--||
D||--0h1p0-0--0h1p0-3--|--0h1p0-0--0h1p0-3p0-3--||

Repeat previous Riff X4

e||---------------------||
b||---------------------||
g||.-------------------.||
D||.-------------------.||
A||---------------------||
D||--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--||
(Palm mute entire riff)

Repeat previous riff a few times until the last mini-solo

Mini-Solo 2:
e||--------------------------------------||
b||--------------------------------------||
g||--7-----/5----/10----5-7----\5----/10-||
D||--------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------||
(Listen to recording to get the picking pattern down, mainly
 it consists of double picking the notes in almost a trill
 pattern.)

e||-------------------------------------------------------|
b||-------------------------------------------------------|
g||--7--7-7--7-7-8--7--8-7--5--5--5-5-5-5--/10--10-10-10--|
D||--7--7-7--7-7-8--7--8-7--5--5--5-5-5-5--/10--10-10-10--|
A||--5--5-5--5-5-6--5--6-5--3--3--3-3-3-3--/8---8--8--8---|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|--0--0-0--0-0-1--0--1-0--1-1-/5-5-5-5---0--3--||
|--0--0-0--0-0-1--0--1-0--1-1-/5-5-5-5---0--3--||
|--0--0-0--0-0-1--0--1-0--1-1-/5-5-5-5---0--3--||

             Repeat X8
e||--------------------||
b||--------------------||
g||.------------------.||
D||.-0h1p0-0--0-1p0-0-.||
A||--0h1p0-0--0-1p0-0--||
D||--0h1p0-0--0-1p0-0--||

    Repeat X8
e||-----------||
b||-----------||
g||.---------.||
D||.-0-0-0-0-.||
A||--0-0-0-0--||
D||--0-0-0-0--||


Here's what parts of the bass I've figured out:

  Bass (with Delay)
g||-14-(14)-12-(12)-17-(17)-14-(14)-|
D||--0--(0)--0--(0)--0--(0)--0--(0)-|
A||---------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|

Mini-Solo Bass Riff:
g||----------------17-||
D||-------15-14-------||
A||-17-15-------17----||
D||-------------------||
(Not entirely accurate yet)



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