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Tool, The Patient.
Tabbed by John, guitar_guy42986@yahoo.com.
hey, this song is by Tool off of their new cd
Lateralus. it's a really good song I might add.
Adam Jones plays it on a Gibson Les Paul, so that's
where you hear the smoothness of it's sound. well,
anyway, here's the tab. this is just the verse and
the chorus. I don't know the bridge. sorry.it's not
that hard to learn.
Intro/verse (not the song before it, just what's
played on track 3) all of this is palm muted.
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-----4-----4----4---4-----4-----4----4---4-----------
---2-----2--------------2-----2----------------------
-3-----0-----5---2----3-----0-----5---2--------------
This next part is played over what's already going on.
Adam uses a wah wah here. V means pull wah pedal up
with your heal,^ means push it down with your toes.
>means let ring.
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-----------2--------------4---2----
---4---2------4---4---2------------
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>^ ^ ^ V >^ ^ ^ ^
repeat until:
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---------4-----------4------------------------------
---2--------5---2--------5--------------------------
------3------------3--------------------------------
then start the verse again.
Chorus: (x means palm mute these notes)
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--5----2----7----9-------4-5-4-2-------------------
--5----2----7----9-------4-5-4-2-------------------
--3----0----5----7-------2-3-2-0-------------------
x x x x
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-----8------11------------------8------11----------
-----------------10------------------------10------
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That's it.
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TAMARA Musical Genius |
#1 by TAMARA at Jan 28, 1976 at 12:13 PM EST |
| Dude, didn't you know? Maynard doesn't ever have to worry about selling records again. He has two of the most awesome rock bands ever, Tool and A Perfect Circle. He said that, oddly enough, A Perfect Circle has become all about the music, because Tool will sell records no matter what. So that is way too shallow of an interpretation, whether or not he will sell records. | |
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albert Rhythm Player |
#2 by albert casualtie at Feb 5, 1976 at 7:39 AM EST |
| for me this song is about keeping faith, that you are on the right track and one day youll reach to the point of parabol/parabola. its about a special moment when u r as down as ever, but you have felt like this a million times before, and u are tired of still giving blood, givng your everything and getting nothing in return. and u remind yourself that u may allways walk away wich means killing yourself. you'll allways have that option and its the one thing you have, the only thing. and cuz the rewards are so tempting (parabol/parabola) then u remind yourself that you have got to be patient, you have to wait it out. | |
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floyd Lead Player |
#3 by floyd lloyd at Apr 8, 1978 at 3:28 PM EST |
| i do believe that this forum is for what WE think songs mean. and the whole record sales thing is what i think this song is about. It is a beautiful song and Maynard is god but I don't think we should feel guilty for wanting money. After all without money we can't buy food and without food we can't live! | |
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spencer Wanna Be |
#4 by spencer mccarthy at Dec 4, 1984 at 3:18 AM EST |
| No matter how deep the future seems. Sorry. | |
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Frank Wanna Be |
#5 by Frank at Nov 13, 1995 at 2:33 AM EST |
| I like the ideas everyone. But i have another view of this song. It seems to me that Maynard always uses metaphors in his songs to allow everyone to relate them to thier lives. In my case this song is about being close to someone but they aren't ready to go further. Bordem has set in "teduim" because the narrorator wants to go beyond where they are. But the other person is afraid, and is simply using that as an excuse "paranoid, paralyzed vampire." He keeps reminding himself that there is a reason he is still here, the love and possibility of moving further "if there were no reward..." if it wasnt for that he would have surely moved on to someone else, and he still may, regretfully. | |
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ben Lead Player |
#6 by ben Tee at Aug 30, 1997 at 8:07 PM EST |
| I apologise for just picking out Maynard when Adam, Justin and Danny are all fabulous musicians. Every song showcases their individual talent | |
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devon Average |
#7 by devon at Mar 6, 2004 at 4:39 AM EST |
| HarryManback, I think your description makes a lot of sense, the meanings you said really went well with the lyrics. Ive tried to figure the song out many times and though it probably goes deeper than that I agree with you. :) | |
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Devin Average |
#8 by Devin Moreno at Jan 4, 2006 at 6:24 PM EST |
| Who really cares what Tool do any way. They are a good band and could make a lot more money if they wanted to. I think theyve prooved they can make it big by actually being good rather than being marketed like every other band in the world. | |
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