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Crawl Away Bass Tab

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Crawl Away Tab

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e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g---------3-----6-------3-----3---| X 3
D-2/4-4-4-----4-----4-4-----4---4-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------3-----6B(7)---P0--------|
|-2/4-4-4-----4-------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4(4)4---4----4--4--4--4-4-4-------------------------------------|
|-0H2-2-0-2--0-2--2--2--2-2-2-------------------------------------|


"Crawl Away"  by Tool     from _Undertow_
Transcribed by Brian G. Smith  

Notation:
s = slide, h = hammeron, p = pulloff, b = bend, r = release
~ = vibrato, x = muffle, * = pinch harmonic

Intro
   < Repeat this measure three times >
g |------|---------3-----6-------3-----3-0-|---------3-----6/7------0-------|
d |-0----|-2/4-4-4-----4-----4-4-----4-----|-2/4-4-4-----4--b----p-----------|
a |------|--s------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e |------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
           1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

Riff A:

g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d |--h------------------------------|--h------------------------------|
a |-4-4-----4-----4---4---4-----4---|-4-4-----4-----4---4---5-----5---|
e |-0/2-2-0-2---0-2---2---2---0-2-0-|-0/2-2-0-2---0-2---2-------------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d |--h------------------------------|--h------------------------------|
a |-4-4-----4-----4---4---4-----4---|-4-4-----4-----4---4-----5-4-2~--|
e |-0/2-2-0-2---0-2---2---2---0-2-0-|-0/2-2-0-2---0-2---2---0---------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

Repeat Riff A, then play Riff B:

g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d |-9-------9-----9---9---9---------|--h------------------------------|
a |-7-------7-----7---7---7---------|-4-4-----4-----4---4---5-----5---|
e |-----0-0-----0-------------0-0-0-|-0/2-2-0-2---0-2---2-------------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d |-9-------9-----9---9---9---------|-11------11-----b-----r----------|
a |-7-------7-----7---7---7---------|-9---9-9-9---9-9/10~----9~------|
e |-----0-0-----0-------------0-0-0-|---------------------------------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

Short lead over Riff A (played by bass):

g |-6---6~--6~--x-4~------------x---|-4/6-6~--6~--x-4~------------x---|
d |---------------------------------|--h------------------------------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

g |-4/6-6~--6~--4-6*/7-----6---x---|-4/6-6~--6~--x--b----r-----------|
d |--h--------------b---r-----------|--h------------4/5------4~------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

Verse:

Riff A, bass only

    Crawled away from me, slipped away from me
    Tried to keep you home, but there was nothing I could say

Guitar enters, playing root notes with bass

    Slid away from me, crept away from me
    Tried to keep you down, but there was nothing I could say

Riff A, full blast

    What you're tryin' to say is you don't want to play
    What you want and what you need don't mean that much to me

Chorus:

Riff C (time sig. changes to 9/8 - watch out!)

g |-------2-----5-----4-----------------|
d |-4-----2-----5-----4-----------------|
a |-4-----0-----3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|  <- 1st and 3rd times, lift finger 
e |-2-----------------------------------|     slightly to get muffled harmonic
    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9         sounds on single notes

    I     can   see   your
    Back  is    turn- ing
    If    I     could I'd 

   (time changes to 10/8 for last measure)
g |-------2-----5-----4---------------------|
d |-4-----2-----5-----4---------------------|
a |-4-----0-----3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
e |-2---------------------------------------|
    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10

    Stick a     knife in!


Bass plays Riff A again under this lead:

g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d |---------------------------------|-2/4-4-2-4~--2-4---4---4~--------|
a |--h------------------------------|--h------------------------------|
e |-0/2-2-0-2~--0-2---2---2---0-2~--|---------------------------------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

g |-9/11--9-11~-9-11--11--11--9-11~-|-9/11-11-11--9-11/12----11~-----|
d |--h------------------------------|--h--------------b---r-----------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

Verse 2:

Bass plays Riff A

    Crawled away from me, slipped away from me
    Tried to keep you home, but there was nothing I could say

Bass plays Riff A, guitar plays the following variation:

g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d |-----------------------------2/4-|-----------------------0-----0---|
a |--h----------------2---4~--4--h--|--h----------------2---0---------|
e |-0/2-2-0-2~--0-2-----------------|-0/2-2-0-2~--0-2-----------------|
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3       4

    Slid  away from me,               crept away from me

Then guitar and bass both play root notes as in first verse:

    Tried to keep you down, but there was nothing I could say

Riff A again, full blast:

    What you're tryin' to say is you don't want to play
    What you want and what you need don't mean that much to me

Chorus is played the same as before, fourth time Riff C leads into Riff D 
as follows:
                                         Riff D   repeat 4 times
g |-5-----4-------------------------|---------------------------------| 
d |-5-----4-------------------5-5---|-4-------------------------5-5---|
a |-3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5---|-4-------(pick scrape)-----5-5---|
e |-------------------------0-3-3-0-|-2-------( 4th time  )---0-3-3-0-|
    4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11    1       2       3       4
                                                  
                                              Is this love?  (2x)
                                              This is my love for you (2x)

Riff D, variation (measures stretched to accomodate the faster picking)

g |-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
d |-4---------------4---------------4-------------------5---5-------|
a |-4---------------4---------------2-------------------5---5-------|
e |-2-------x-x-x-x-2-------x-x-x-x-2-------x-x-x-x-0---3---3---0---|
    1               2               3               4

                    This    is      my      love    for     you  (3x)
                    This    is      my      love............

Switch to doubletime feel.  Bass and guitar play 16th notes on low F# for
six measures, then guitar switches to F# on D string 4th fret for next
two measures.  Next eight measures, bass stays on F# and guitar plays:

a |----|-4~-|-5~-|-2~-|-4~-|----|-----------------|-------b---r-----|
e |-2~-|----|----|----|----|-0~-|-0-2---0-2---0-2-|---0-2-/-3--2---|
                                  1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4

End doubletime feel
Riff A:
    Say   you   won't   go.....

Riff B  (actually, play last two measures of Riff B twice)
    (mumbled)  Won't go... won't go...  say it...

3rd "verse" - Bass plays Riff A once while guitar holds last F# of Riff B

Riff A, guitar plays root notes only:
    (Vocal rests first two measures)
    Get you in a strangle hold baby... Get it 'til you get it right

Riff A full blast once again:

    What you're tryin' to say is you don't want to play
    What you want and what you need don't make a fuck to me

Chorus - Riff C four times again, last time ends like this:

g |-------2-----5-----4-------------------------|---------|
d |-4-----2-----5-----4-------------------5-5---|-4-------|
a |-4-----0-----3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5---|-4-------|
e |-2-----------------------------------0-3-3-0-|-2-------|
    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11

Crawl Away Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sam Average	#1 by Sam at Apr 4, 2006 at 10:17 AM EST
	this sounds like Maynard is stalking somebody......I bet it is Steven Tyler from Aerosmith! LOL I am kidding....not really sure what this song is about, but it's one of the easier Tool songs to cover. I've heard 4 different local bands playing it before. I actually sang for one of them.

No Picture D.J Wanna Be	#2 by D.J Mortensen at Sep 22, 2006 at 10:49 PM EST
	just so you know the music at the start of this song is some sort of native meditation music (and it sounds incan w/ a panflute) {munsened} nothin gets past you!

No Picture Laurence Average	#3 by Laurence Alam at Jan 12, 2007 at 8:48 PM EST
	i think this song is about someone who turned thier back on someone who loved them. The person is hurt and want to get even but still loves them

No Picture Austin Wanna Be	#4 by Austin Skitowski at Jun 11, 2007 at 1:54 PM EST
	I think this song is about how he's pissed off because she turned her back on him, even when he tried to keep her and he's going to pay her back for what she did.

No Picture yomomma!! Wanna Be	#5 by yomomma!! at Jun 19, 2007 at 8:36 AM EST
	I took the song to be about a sort of abusive relationship in which the agressor is trying desperatly to hold on to thier abused lover who has decided they have had enough... and they crawl away. The fact that the word "crawl" is used instead of "walk" or something sudjests that the abused is still wounded by the whole ordeal... Then again, it sounds a bit sneaky ("you slid and crept away). Also, I know this could not have been the original inspiration for the song, but this song, word for word, describes a manga (that's Japenese comic book) called Deep Flower. It's creepy... >

No Picture Doolittle Lead Player	#6 by Doolittle at Sep 7, 2007 at 3:47 PM EST
	Crawl Away is my favorite Tool song. I feel it lacks lyrics, but the lyrics are so strong, it doesn't matter. I can relate to this song with my entire life. If you don't know what this song is about, it obviously never happened to you.

No Picture cinn Professional Badass	#7 by cinn mcrickson at Sep 29, 2007 at 6:22 AM EST
	I think this song is about how he's pissed off because she turned her back on him, even when he tried to keep her and he's going to pay her back for what she did.

No Picture Dylan Average	#8 by Dylan Donovan at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:27 AM EST
	yeah......i imangine the same thing Makoe. thats the best part of the song too.