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parabol/parabola - Tool
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Tabbed by:Garett Brown
Email:cramett_69@hotmail.com
Tuning:drop D
parabol
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------repeat like a million times--------|
G|--------2h4-----------2h4p2------------------------------------------------|
D|-0h2-----------0h2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2------2------2------2----------------------------------------------------|
parabola
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|play 2x
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------141414h16-1616-16-1616--------------------------14h16p14|
D|-12h14-1414-14-1414--------------------------121212h14-1414-14-1414--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-2----x-2----x-2----x-2--x-2--x-2-2-2------------------------------------|
A|-x-2----x-2----x-2----x-2--x-2--x-2-2-2------------------------------------|
E|-x-2----x-2----x-2----x-2--x-2--x-2-2-2------------------------------------|
...where not chosing to be here...
e|------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------play 3x----||-------------------play the last time------|
G|------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
D|-5-55--7-77--77--2-22--2-22---||-5-55--7-77--77--5-55--0-00-00-------------|
A|-5-55--7-77--77--2-22--4-44/5-||-5-55--7-77--77--3-33--0-00-00-------------|
E|-5-55--7-77--77--2-22--2-22---||-5-55--7-77--77--------0-00-00-------------|
...this hole in reality... ...choosing to beleive in...
e|---------------------------------------------------------||----------------|
B|---------------------------------------play 3 1/2x-------||----------------|last 1/2
G|---------------------------------------------------------||----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------||-x-2--x-2--0----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------||-x-2--x-2--0----|
E|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-||-x-2--x-2--0----|
...pain is an allusion...
e|----------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
B|------------------play 3x---||---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
D|-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2--0-0-2h4-||-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2---------------------------|
A|-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2--0-0-2h4-||-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2---------------------------|
E|-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2--0-0-2h4-||-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2---------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|play 2x
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-------------------|
A|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-------------------|
E|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-------------------|
solo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------141414h16-1616-16-1616--------------------------14h16p14|
D|-12h14-1414-14-1414--------------------------121212h14-1414-14-1414--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-14----15-----------15-14------------------------------|
G|--------12-----12-11-12-------12-14b12--14b-12-11-12-11b-9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------10+-9+-----------10+-9+--10+-10+-9+------------------------------|
B|-8+-7+-8+---------8+-7+-8+--------------------10+-8+~~~--------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
...choosing too beleive in...
e|---------------------------------------------------------||----------------|
B|------------------------------------------play 3 1/2x----||----------------|last 1/2
G|---------------------------------------------------------||----------------|
D|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-||-x-2--x-2--0----|
A|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-||-x-2--x-2--0----|
E|-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-0h2--2--2/3\2--5-2-0--0-0-0-||-x-2--x-2--0----|
...pain is an allusion...
e|----------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
B|------------------play 3x---||---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
D|-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2--0-0-2h4-||-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2---------------------------|
A|-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2--0-0-2h4-||-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2---------------------------|
E|-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2--0-0-2h4-||-2p0-0-0--2p0-0--2---------------------------|
e|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------||-----------------play softly---------|play 2x
G|-4----------4----------4----------4-||-------------------------------------|
D|-4--2-------4--2-------4--2-------4-||-2-2-0--7-7-5--2-2-0--7-7-5----------|
A|-2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2-||-2-2-0--7-7-5--2-2-0--7-7-5----------|
E|----2----------2----------2---------||-2-2-0--7-7-5--2-2-0--7-7-5----------|
twirling round in this formiliar parabol...
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|play 4x
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-xx-0-xxxxxxx-7-77-xx-5--5-xx------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-xx-0-xxxxxxx-7-77-xx-5--5-xx------------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-xx-0-xxxxxxx-7-77-xx-5--5-xx------------------------------------------|
...a chance too be~~~~..
e|----------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------play 3x--||---------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5--------------||-2-0-5-0----2-0-5----------------------------------|
E|-2-0-5--0--2-0-2-0-0--||---------0--------0-0------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
D|-2-0-------0-0-0--2-0-------2-0-2-7-5-||-2-0-------0-0-0--2-0-------2-0-2--|
A|-----------0-0-0------------2-0-2-7-5-||-----------0-0-0------------2-0-2--|
E|-----5-4-2-0-0-0------5-4-0-2-0-2-7-5-||-----5-4-2-0-0-0------5-4-0-2-0-2--|
e|----------------------||------------------||-------------------------------|
B|----------------------||--------play 3x---||-------------------------------|
G|----------------------||------------------||-------------------------------|
D|----------------------||------------------||-------------------------------|
A|-------5--------------||-------0h2x-5h7-5-||------0h2x-5h7x-0h2x-----------|
E|-2-0-5--0---2-0-5-0-0-||-0h2x-x-----------||-0h2x----------------0---------|
e|-------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------play 6x--||------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-xxxxxx-0-xxxxxx-||-------------2--2--0--/2--2h4-2h4-2h4-2h4-4b-b--------|
A|-2-xxxxxx-0-xxxxxx-||-----0----0--2--2--0--/2--2---2---2---2---2b-b--------|
E|-2-xxxxxx-0-xxxxxx-||-2-5----2--0-2--2--0--/2--4---4---4---4---4b-b--------|
this body holden'me... ...pain is an allusion...
e|-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
D|-2--2-2-2--2-2-0-0--2h4-2h4-2h4-2h4-4b-b-||-2------------------------------|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2-0-0--2---2---2---2---2b-b-||-2------------------------------|
E|-2--2-2-2--2-2-0-0--4---4---4---4---4b-b-||-2------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------12~-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------12~-------------------------------------|
G|-------4-2h4p2p0---0---------12~-------------------------------------------|
D|-0h2-------------4---4-0-2-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b bend note
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Lucas Average |
#1 by Lucas Lawrey at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:23 AM EST |
| Reassess; look back over songs like Third Eye, Forty-Six and 2, and even Reflction and you'll find a common theme between them and Parabol/Parabola. I think this song, and Parabola, ARE about birth--and rebirth. AS we enter again into the world, so fresh, so hopeful and hungry for experence and life to enrich our existence outside this plane. "Celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing/This body holding me remidns me of my own mortality, embrace this moment, remember, we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion." - Parabola. I think it's saying that each gift of life in this world is to be cherished, don't give in to the pain and strife you experience; learn from it, and remember that it's fleeting. Life is fleeting. Forgive any glaring typographical errors, my keyboard is oddly sticky o_O | |
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Johan Average |
#2 by Johan Soderberg at Oct 5, 2007 at 8:38 PM EST |
| parabol..i asked my math teacher about this, this morning, as i bought the album yesterday and was confused about why Parabol and Parabola are spelt similarily. i though Parabol was another math term.. but actually.. it's a bible story, at least that is what i was told about it. and when you think about it.. it's true. not the damned christian bible, but as Alex Grey was making real, the Human Bible. *Our* bible. the bible of life. the bible of creation. the bible of religion is a facade lie. but the feeling of being real and human and mortal is reason enough to write a "bible story" about us. we are the greatest thing that we have found so far on this planet. but so many of us have taken the feeling for granted. as Infirmo said, live each moment..to the truest, most purest form. live like each second is the last. this song could be.. a plea for each person listening to do this. it's difficult to do such, and in a sense, you must act like you have been reborn. experience the same things that you learned when you were a child. one way i have found this to be possible is.. if you know a familar wall.. continuously run your fingers over it.. touch it.. BECOME the wall.. it's a way to "re"-experience it. but, do this with everything. apply it to every day life. try to find the "lateral" of everything you do. find a new reason, a new belief... this comment went a lil long.. =/ but.. if you understand what i'm saying... try it sometime.. the feeling.. is... familar, yet overwhelming warm. | |
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Francis Average |
#3 by Francis Delongchamp at Oct 5, 2007 at 11:31 PM EST |
| I think infirmo has the right idea.Read things by alex grey and that will give you great understanding of the whole cd. | |
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jimmy Lead Player |
#4 by jimmy matthews at Oct 9, 2007 at 3:18 PM EST |
| This one's about sex too... about how sex is holy, and how you forget everytihng while doing it.. "Hold on, stay inside this body holding me" I dont think its about pure fucking tho... more "making love" | |
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can Wanna Be |
#5 by can sahin at Oct 9, 2007 at 8:40 PM EST |
| This song is perhaps about drugs, The addict is together with the drug, they are 'one'. We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment. Feeling eternal, all this Pain is an illusion He can take verything on, even when it hurts, the same what happens when you are on drugs(( I know, I'm Dutch :P)) You don't feel the pain until after you are sober again, and what is becomming of this person is his own morality. | |
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The Penguins Tr Professional Badass |
#6 by The Penguins Tried To Kill Me The Other Day at Oct 11, 2007 at 5:14 AM EST |
| hey harry! this is my interpretation as well, this is what i have always thought the song was about. | |
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h4c|< Average |
#7 by h4c|< ☺ at Oct 13, 2007 at 9:10 AM EST |
| This song remindes me of UK Ozzfest 2001. Tool played Parabola and I was so happy. I could feel the emotion welling up in me and when Maynard sang 'Celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing" it felt as if I had died and gone to heaven. | |
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SOCIETY DWELLIN Average |
#8 by SOCIETY DWELLIN MOTHER FUCKER! at Oct 13, 2007 at 6:49 PM EST |
| I think the song is talking about how life is a gift, it almost sounds like he's talking about reincarnation. Our souls are eternal and all the pain we feel while we're alive doesn't matter because our souls go back to heaven, or where ever, when we die and we feel no more pain. We choose to be alive and expirience life. Maybe, but then again, maybe not. | |
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Laurence Average |
#9 by Laurence Alam at Oct 14, 2007 at 5:22 PM EST |
| juss as peace for me said....i had the same thing in my mind....i think that this is also related to the astral projection that whiteout2 mentioned!maynard explains that when ur spirit leave ur body...u realize its not the spirit that feels the pain....its ur mind that makes up an illusion for u.....if u embrace this pain and accept it...U WILL NO LONGER FEEL IT....how many times have u seem ppl doing amazing thing e.g putting a 3000 pounds on them and nothing happens to them....cuz they embrace the pain...they kinda get so deep into their minds and clear out the illusion......i am lucky i share some inspirations wid maynard...infact we all dooo.... | |
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John Lead Player |
#10 by John Fitch at Oct 18, 2007 at 10:47 PM EST |
| This song is obviously about sex. Look at the lyrics. This is so describing a sexual encounter. | |
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