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Lateralus Tabs:

Parabol Bass Tab

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Lateralus

Drop B E tuning:
B E D G B E

Feedback fade in

Riff A x2

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------3p0--------------------3p0------------------------
b-3h5----5br--------3--3p0--3h5----5br-----3--3p0-----------------

w/ Delay

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------14h16-16-16-16--16-16---16--16-------
d-12h14--14---14-14-14-14-----------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------14-14h16-14--14b-r-14---------------
d-12h14-14-14-14--14--14-14---------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 1   ...We barely remember...
...here, right now...

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x----------x-x----x-x----x-x------
e-x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x----------x-x----x-x----x-x1010--
b-x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x----------x-x----x-x----x-x-8-8--

Pre Chorus   ...ho-ly, reality...

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-17-17-----
b-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-15-15-----

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-5-5-5-----------
b-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3-----------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-17-17-----
b-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-15-15-----

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e10-1010101010-12--12-12-12-12-3----3----10-----10----5-----------
b-8--8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-1----1-----8------8----3-----------

Chorus: Riff A x6
then

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------3p0----------5-7------5-7-------5-----------------
b-3h5----5br--------3--3p0---3-5------3-5-------3-----------------

Interlude:

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------0h2-2h4-4---------------------0h2-2h4-4-------
e---------5p0---0---0---0---0-----------5p0---0---0---0---0-------
b-0h3-3-3-----0-----------------0h3-3-3-----0---------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------0h2-2h4-4-------------------------------------
e---------5p0---0---0---0---0-----------5p0---0-------------------
b-0h3-3-3-----0-----------------0h3-3-3-----0---------------------

...Alive !...

x2
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-5/7-7-7-8-7-710----7-5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-8-7-710----7-5-5-5-5-----
b-3/5-5-5-6-5-5-8----5-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-6-5-5-8----5-3-3-3-3-----

Solo: Guitar One transcribed this wrong, 
so here is the “real way” of playing it

w/ delay

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------15-
g----------------------------------14-14h16--16-16---16--14-16----
d-12h14--12-14--14---14-14---14-14--------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------15--14--------14-15----
g------------------------------14h16-14------------14-14----------
d-12h14--14-14--14---14-14-------------------------------------12-
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-0-----------15-14-----------------------------------------------
g----11--12----------12h14----12~~~~-14-14b-14~~~-12-11--12-11-9b-
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------7--8------------------7--8-----------------------
g-9~~~~~~~~--------------9--7-6---6------------9--7-6---6---------
d------------9-----------------------9----------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-7----7----6----5------------------------------------------------
d---------------------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

after second bridge

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-7----------------14-7----------14-7------------14-7----------x--
b-5----------------12-5----------12-5------------12-5----------x--

2nd Verse   ...Twirling round with...

x2
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-7-----5------12----10-----7-----5-------12----10----------------
b-5-----3------10-----8-----5-----3-------10-----8----------------

...be, alive and breathing...

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-7---7---7-5----x-x-x-x-x-x--12---12--12-10------5---------------
b-5---5---5-3----x-x-x-x-x-x--10---10--10--8------3---------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-7---7---7-5----x-x-x-x-x-x--12---12--12-10----------------------
b-5---5---5-3----x-x-x-x-x-x--10---10--10--8------0---------------

Interlude: x3

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------0---------------------------------------------------
e-0---5---3-----------0--------3----------------------------------
b-----------------3-------3---------0--3--------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e------12---10---10---------------10------------------------------
b-12-----------------10--12--10----------0--10--------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e----0---3-2-0--------------0---3-2-0----0--5--3--0---3-2-0-------
b------3-------3--3--3--3-----3-------3-------------3-------3--3--

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------0--------------------
e---------0---3-2-0---7-------------0--5--3------0----3-----------
b-3--3------3-------3-5------------------------3----3-----0--3----

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------0h2-0--x-x---------------------0h2-0--x-x---
e-------------5h7----------------------------5h7------------------
b-3h5-x-x-x-x-----x-x------------3h5-x-x-x-x-----x-x--------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------0h2-0--x-x-------------0h2------------------
e-------------5h7----------------------5h7-0-----0-5h7-0----------
b-3h5-x-x-x-x-----x-x------------3h5-5-------------------3--------

Chorus

x5
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-0---3-5------3-5---5-7-----5-7-----5--------6-7-----------------
b------------3-------3-5-----3-5-----3--------4-5-----------------

Outro:

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-0h2---p0h2--0h2--0h2---2-3-2-3--0----0-------0------0-5---5-----
b-0-----------------------------------------------------3---3p0---

free time

e------------------------------------------------------------(12)-
b--------------------------------------------------------(12)-----
g--------------------4---4-2h4p2-0-------------------(12)---------
d---------2-------------------------4h5--4p2----------------------
e-0-------0---------------------------------------(12)------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------

that’s all
fuck, that’s too long, with too many odd time signatures
that sound like regular 4/4 any way.....

trevor jones
timmy91199@yahoo.ca

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Snap! Crackle! Average	#1 by Snap! Crackle! Josh!! waldenmaier at Mar 30, 1970 at 11:25 PM EST
	All there videos are crazy but nothing beats the stinkfist video. Adam was undoubtably tweaking when he thought up that video.

No Picture mike Rhythm Player	#2 by mike jordan at Jul 24, 1971 at 12:21 AM EST
	The song is about the existence of life. Everybody has a soul which is held by a body. The body and the soul together are life. You feel pain and happiness in the body, if you die in the body, your soul will still be around. Life is supposed to be happy and full of new exoeriments, not taken for granted, thats what I think the song is about.

No Picture Chris Average	#3 by Chris H... at Apr 24, 1974 at 3:30 AM EST
	I can really identify with Deminois. This was the first Tool album I picked up when I was going trough some tough changes in my life. This song was one of the many songs from various artists that gave me a reason to live when I listened to it. Harry Manback, I really like your interpretation. I didn't know that Maynard had a son and now that I do, I can see that your interpretation fits in well.

No Picture zach Wanna Be	#4 by zach lilly at Dec 16, 1974 at 1:55 AM EST
	Hey HarryManback, the low rumble at the end is just the guitar with distortion, because the song uses an BEDGBE tuning it sounds like an evil rumble. Yeah this song is about sex too...

No Picture Ultra Violet Average	#5 by Ultra Violet at May 19, 1977 at 6:14 AM EST
	To me this is a huge reminder of love... Everything in this song gives me some sort of vision of love in the future and the past......

No Picture calvin Wanna Be	#6 by calvin maynard at Nov 26, 1981 at 4:47 PM EST
	This whole album is entirely comprised of therapy concepts, concepts used in counseling and therapy to help people keep from freaking out. This is not about sex, although that is what I thought it was about when I first heard it. The concept here is the practice of living RIGHT NOW, which is very hard. It is about the difficulty and the reward of not living entirely in the past and in the future. The idea is to live without your preconceptions and your hopes and projections ruining the wonder of the immediate world. Try it sometime, and you will see why it is worth writing songs about. The pain metioned is the anguish of always worrying about the past and the future. Those things are not happening right now, so any pain you are feeling from the past and the future is illusionary. It is only you. Crucify the ego, and you find that there is not much that is worrisome that is happening RIGHT NOW. Try it.

No Picture Matt Wanna Be	#7 by Matt Sakrosky at Nov 19, 1982 at 7:01 PM EST
	first off i think the album lateralus has something to do with evolving into the Christ Consciousness or the 3rd level of Consciousness. this is beautifuly displayed in the new video for parabola. at the end it shows a guy with three eyes... anyways thats what i think...

No Picture Super Average	#8 by Super Q at Jun 17, 1996 at 8:22 AM EST
	We don't remember what we were before we were alive in this physical form. We choose to stay alive in this physical form. It is a great gift to be alive. We can look at all the other bodies around us and see that we are obviously not alone in this world. Other's share our pain and our joy. Just by being born we have an effect on the lives of other people. But this body, this physical form, is only a vessel for our "soul". Our soul is what makes us different from every other person. It is my personal belief that our soul is the same thing as our mind. Our body gives our soul a chance to experience life and what it means to be alive. To have memories. To love and to hate. To feel pain and joy. We have to remember that we are not a collection of memories. We are not our professions. We are not what others see when they look at us or even the way we try to project ourselves to the world. Inside we are a mind truly capable of anything, but limited by the body we are given. Even so, we should embrace this chance to be alive. Our body will die. Our soul will live on. Of course this is all just hope. But we need hope. I need hope. This body holding me can't be all that I am. My mind can't be just a series of synaptic connections and chemical reactions. There is more to us than science will ever even begin to explain. I highly recommend the Ender's Game book series by Orson Scott Card for anybody who like's this song and want to read an excellent book that gets deeper into what we are and what makes us human. Ending thought: Try and empathize with people. People act a certain way because their body is imperfect. There is a reason for everything, nomatter how irrational. Learn to love others nomatter how much they hate you. It is hard. I know. Damn do I ever know. I am imperfect, too. I hope you all find happiness without sacrificing the happiness of anybody else. Good tidings and Farewell.

No Picture James Wanna Be	#9 by James Pigott at Mar 6, 1997 at 5:32 PM EST
	To me, this song is about how, no matter how lonely we are, we aare never alone because we have ourselves. "This body, this body holding me, be my reminder here that i am not alone" Pain is nothing more then an emotion, and emotions can be controlled. And all emotions are are elevtrical impulses sent through our brains. "All this pain is an illusion" But thats just what i think.

No Picture †§ean† Average	#10 by †§ean† at Dec 21, 1999 at 2:35 AM EST
	Harry Manback: I see where you get that conclusion, but I have to disagree. What about "This body holding me" what does that have to do with his son? Not to flame on your opinion, to each his own, but I think that some of those lines are a bit out of context. Anyway, In my opinion, It's about life in general. About living and being alive. Sexual experience? Maybe, that's a definite possibility, but I've always just thought of it as a song about Life. Read the lyrics with that in mind and see watchya think. -That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

No Picture Nileppezdel Lead Player	#11 by Nileppezdel at Jan 19, 2003 at 7:54 PM EST
	I think this song talk about life . Human have to be happy to live . They have soul , they have body , they can do a lot of experience during them life . And when he says : All this pain is an illusion " , he talks to all psycho people that feel pain and want to say : " YOU HAVE A BODY , YOU HAVE SOUL , YOU ARE ALIVE DON'T DISTURB YOURSELF WITH PAIN, ENJOY !! " That's what i see in this song .

No Picture christian Average	#12 by christian parnell at Mar 5, 2004 at 8:26 AM EST
	This song is about the Spiritualist belief in the birth process; it has nothing to do with sex really. We are spirit forms until we will ourselves into a physical form. During the infant stage, our spirit (or second self as I call it) moves in and out of our body with ease, as it's not yet grounded in the physical world. The lyrics demand that we are alive because we chose to be, and we should cherish this opportunity. Pain is truly not an illusion, but can be manipulated into suck when one looks at the big picture. Our bodies are vehicles that carry our astral minds. We are eternal.

No Picture bob Average	#13 by bob bob at Feb 13, 2007 at 12:42 AM EST
	You know, I think I've worked it out. I think this song is about Maynard's son, Devo. Here's the explaination: "We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment" MJK can't remember what life was like before his son was born. "Feeling eternal" Through his son, MJK will live on because he has half his DNA "All this pain is an illusion" MJK will ignore any pain he has and never subject it on to his son because he loves him. "Spinning, weaving round each new experience" It's his first child and everything he experiences with him is new "Recognise this as a holy gift" His son is a 'holy gift' "Celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing" he worships everyday he has to spend with his son.