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Opiate

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Tool - Cold & Ugly
From the album Opiate
Volcano Records 31027-2
Submitted/transcribed by Matt Reese
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Dropped D tuning (low to high D-A-D-G-B-e respectively)

Notes: Play with overdrive/distortion

"Throw that Bob Marley wannabe mother-f*cker outta here!"

[Riff 1] X4
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------5-5--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-5-5--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-3-3--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0------|
    PM...     ...   ...             ...     ...   ...

[Fill 1] x1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0---/6-5~--|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0----------|
|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5---0---0-0-3p0-0-0----------|
    PM...     ...   ...             ...     ...

[Riff 1] Play w/out palm-muting x1

[Fill 2] x1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-4----7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1] x1
|-------------------------------7^-----------------------|
|-------6-5~-------------6-5~----------------------------|
|--7~---------5~--5/7------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 1] x2

[Riff 2] x4        
|--------------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--0---0-0----------------------3p0----------------------|
|--0---0-0------3---------3p0----------------------------|
|--0---0-0--3h5---5--3h5---------------------------------|

[Riff 1] play w/out palm-muting x1

[Fill 2] x1

[Verse 2] x1
|--------------------------------|------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------3-2~----------------3-2--|-Rest-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--5~----------5~----(1)/5~------|------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------------------|------|-----------------|
 
[Riff 2] x4

[Riff 3] x3
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--0---0-0--53--3-0--3-0---0--0-0--0-53--3-0-3-0-5-----|
|--0---0-0--53--3-0--------0--0-0--0-53--3-0-----------| 
|--0---0-0--53--3-0--------0--0-0--0-53--3-0-----------|
 PM.......                     ...

//Rest for a few measures while bass plays

[Riff 4] x6
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--3h5-3p0--3h5-3p0--0-0-0-------|
|--3h5-3p0--3h5-3p0--0-0-0-5-3-0-|
|--3h5-3p0--3h5-3p0--0-0-0-------|

[Solo] Break out the most insane overdrive you have!
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------10h12-12^-10-10-----------|
|-------10h12-10h12p10h12-----------------12p10-12^-|
|--10h12--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--Just improb here----------------------11----11--9-----|
|--it's too crazy to----12^^^^^-12^10----11----11--9-----|
|------tab out---------------------------9-----9---7-----|
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|--------------------------------------------------------|

|---10101010101010101010----|
|---10101010101010101010----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|  
|---------------------------|
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//Guitar rests here for a few measures

"Underneath her skin and jewelry..."

Come back in with a pick scrape on the low D string and then play...

[Riff 1] x2

[Riff 2] x7

[Outro] x1
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|-------------------------------6------------------------|  
|---------------5---------5--------7---------------------|
|--0--0-0--3-5-----5-3-5-----7----------7--10--12--10--7-| 
|--0--0-0-------------------------------5---8--10---8--5-|
|--0--0-0------------------------------------------------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture $~Andrew~$ Average	#1 by $~Andrew~$ at Mar 15, 1970 at 11:30 AM EST
	i think its about how some people get so caught up about being what every one else wants them to be, and eventualy they cant turn back and become "cold and ugly" inside; but thats just my opinion

No Picture Wacko Average	#2 by Wacko Jacko at Dec 4, 1971 at 10:06 PM EST
	wouldnt you hate to be that guy that maynard called a bob marley wannabe motherfucker. i mean everyone who buys this cd gets to hear about your stupidity.

No Picture nick Professional	#3 by nick Sutliff at Jul 1, 1974 at 8:16 PM EST
	My first impression: The song is from the viewpoint of a rapist/stalker. It keeps switching from the past (nothing seems to penetrate her) to present (trembling at the thought of feeling.) Now though I can see where it can be about a girl who is wearing a mask for everyone around her, including herself. Baaaaaaa!

No Picture Bassdude Average	#4 by Bassdude at Feb 7, 1975 at 7:16 AM EST
	"Underneath the skin and jewellery, Hidden in their words and eyes Is a wall that's cold and ugly It's a skeleton." This is what I thought the lyrics were. If you looked at it like this it can be a song about people that are so obsessed with their image that inside they're empty. So speaking from their viewpoint: "Wide awake and Keeping distance from my soul." And because of this he is scared like them--they are scared because they are empty inside. Just my interpretation

No Picture Average	#5 by Riqu - at May 1, 1975 at 10:39 AM EST
	this song fits perfectly with my current predicament. to me its about a girl who this person cares for deeply, but she has been hurt in the past or has hurt others and is afraid to open up and love again for fear of someone getting hurt. :\

No Picture Fat Man Goz Lead Player	#6 by Fat Man Goz at Mar 4, 1976 at 6:33 PM EST
	i think this song is about an adolescent girl who everyone loves and adores and admires because or her outer beauty and personality etc etc. she has gotten so used to that kind of stuff that she doesnt show her true emotions all the time and she has learned to not let herself get worked up about hardly anything. she hardly cries or gets mad about things that most people would react to. "the wall thats cold and ugly" doesnt exactly mean that she is a bad ugly person inside, its just that she doesnt really know how to open it up anymore.

No Picture dylan Average	#7 by dylan markus at Dec 29, 1979 at 2:25 AM EST
	Im suprised noone has picked up on the semi-abiguity of "frightened to"/"frightened too." I've seen versions with each form of to/o and I think this is one of Maynard's ways of allowing differing interpretations of his songs (a recurring theme of his lyrics seems to be any meaning you construct for yourself is more 'valid' then one you've been told). If you take it as frightend too, then this links in with the problem 'she' has opening up. He too is afraid of what she is gonna find when she lets it all out. Afraid he'll still want her, afraid he wont etc etc. Taking it as frightened to, you can still take the same meaning (he is frightened to help her open up) but it also gives you leeway to think of a certain act he is frightened of. This may be a way to get the rapist interpretation in there (he is frightened to do it etc etc), but I think that link is tenuous at best.

No Picture Kornowski - Wanna Be	#8 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Nov 1, 1980 at 11:59 PM EST
	MY CONFESSION: I was that Bob Marley wannabe Fucker, and yes i did get systematically removed like you would any kind of termite or roach, but hey it was my friends being the assholes, i was just there out of Art school trying out the whole Dread Lock thing.

No Picture Senour Average	#9 by Senour Dakota at Sep 11, 1981 at 1:30 PM EST
	This song....is my interpretation of me.

No Picture MetJustice Wanna Be	#10 by MetJustice at Nov 27, 1983 at 3:20 AM EST
	this song is so fuckin cool. its the first too; spng i ever heard and it is also my faavorite.

No Picture Kevin Average	#11 by Kevin Fournier at Jun 27, 1986 at 9:01 AM EST
	People put up facades and they are terrified people will see inside. This girl puts up a front of beauty and strength but inside shes ugly and scared. He's just telling her she's not the only one that does it. Many of Maynard's lyrics teach lessons. I think the lesson in this one is that we all do this to some extent. It's ok, everyone is scared.

No Picture Joe Average	#12 by Joe Miller at Apr 11, 1990 at 9:45 PM EST
	'cold and ugly' is about WALL not HER. This song is about all girls that didnt want to have sex with me and now are dead :)

No Picture Dylan Average	#13 by Dylan Ruiz at Feb 28, 1992 at 3:02 AM EST
	I love you, APoisonedChild. The idea of this as a song about raping someone is fucking beautiful on a level beyond beautiful. I still think it's pretty fucking simple, though. I mean, shit, how complicated is it? Chick hides behind mask. Guy can relate, but can't bring himself to tell her that he relates, because...NOTHING SEEMS TO PENETRATE HER. This isn't rocket science, kids.

No Picture David Average	#14 by David Turner at Oct 7, 1994 at 5:55 AM EST
	This song is about a young girl who has been hurt deeply (most likely sexual or emotional abuse from a family member or friend) and now will no longer open herself up to others. He sees this in her and wants her to know that he is just like her, he is cold and ugly too.

No Picture Drake Average	#15 by Drake Bergman at May 10, 1995 at 6:42 AM EST
	I agree completely with Joshthack. That is what i thoguht about the song when i heard it. About a girl whos afraid and hides from herself not really showing people who she really is, because shes afraid. ... one of my favorite tool songs.

No Picture brandon Rhythm Player	#16 by brandon q at Dec 25, 1998 at 7:18 AM EST
	I thinks it's the reality that people can dress however they want- but you cant hide that core thats cold and ugly. It talkes about underneath her skin and jewelry. There locked away where she thought no one could see. and she's so scared that it must have scared other people.

No Picture Josh Professional	#17 by Josh Wilson at May 24, 2001 at 9:10 PM EST
	I think this song is about a dysfunctional family. I tihnk it's being song from the son to the mother or/and about the mother. Often in families with child abuse the parent that is not commiting the abuse will shut down and distance themselves from the child, that is being abused. The non-abusive parent is terrified to admit to themselves or anyone else, including said child, that they know what is going on behind closed doors. I think the son is trying to say to his mother WAKE UP, SAVE ME, YOUR NOT THE ONLY SCARED AROUND HERE.

No Picture Abe Lead Player	#18 by Abe Watson at Aug 27, 2003 at 2:57 PM EST
	tool is the best damn band ever

No Picture josh Average	#19 by josh meador at Jan 23, 2007 at 12:15 AM EST
	Go MountainJew! I think its about a girl who was emotionally raped in the past, and therefore cuts herself off from romantic contact. She hides the fear of opening up under 'skin and jewelry', but her 'words and eyes' betray it. I believe this is about a man who has been similiarly hurt, and he is trying to coax her into being vulnerable, as he is. But that's my more mushy take of things :P