Artist – Deftones Song – Root Album – Adrenaline Performers – Chino, Chi, Abe, Stephen… All the tab I have ever found for this song sucks big donkey nuts, so I made this tab out of the way I play the song. This tab is right, and if you don’t think so, then you have obviously never heard the song. here’s some information to help you figure out my unusual tab style… ( ) = Palm mute ~ = Bend (< > around a fret number means that’s the note you bend up to) > = Slide up < = Slide down x = Deadened note Standard Tuning INTRO repeat 3 times E -0-0--12-12------------------------------------- B ------------12-12-13-13-15-15-13-13-12-12------- G ------------------------------------------12-12- D ------------------------------------------------ A ------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------ then play E -0-0--12-12------------------------------------- B ------------12-12-13-13------------------------- G ------------------------------------------------ D --------------------------(3)-(3)--------------- A --------------------------(3)-(3)--------------- E --------------------------(1)-(1)--------------- The part after that (the chords) goes as follows… E ------0-0------------------------------------------------ B ------0-0------------------------------------------------ G -1-1--1-1--4-4--5-5-->7-7--5-5--4-4--------------------- D -2-2-------4-4--5-5-->7-7--5-5--4-4--5-5---------------- A -2-2-------2-2--3-3-->5-5--3-3--2-2--5-5---------------- E -0-0---------------------------------3-3---------------- Repeat that something like 4 times… then, after the fourth time play this E -----x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x--------- B -----x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x--------- G -9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9------ D -10--x-x-x--10--x-x-x--10--x-x-x—-10--x-x-x--9------ A -8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--7---10- E -0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0------ This will sound strange, maybe even wrong, but, trust me, it’s right. The problem is, Stephen uses so much chorus and in such a strange way, that recreating the sound is a pain in the ass. VERSE E ----------------------------------------- B ----------------------------------------- G -----9-9--------------------------------- D ---------9-9-10-10-12-12-10-10-9-9------- A -7-7-------------------------------10-10- E ----------------------------------------- Play that 8 times. On the 8th time do this on the low E. E –10-<<<<<<<<<-1--------- Now go into the chords again… I’ll tab that again but only because some people are incredibly stupid. E ------0-0------------------------------------------------ B ------0-0------------------------------------------------ G -1-1--1-1--4-4--5-5-->7-7--5-5--4-4---------------------- D -2-2-------4-4--5-5-->7-7--5-5--4-4--5-5----------------- A -2-2-------2-2--3-3-->5-5--3-3--2-2--5-5----------------- E -0-0---------------------------------3-3----------------- You play that part 8 times, and after the 8th time play this… E ---------------------------------- B ---------------------------------- G -(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-- D –(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-- A –(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-- E ---------------------------------- Now play the verse again… after the verse go into the chorus, play the chorus riff 8 times and then play that little diddy right above there… but this time go into this right after… E -------------------------xxx-0-0-xxx-0------------ B -------------------------xxx-0-0-xxx-0------------ G -------------------------xxx-0-0-xxx-0------------ D –8<7-7<6-6<5-5<4-4<3-2-2-xxx-2-2-xxx-2-2~<3>-2---- A –8<7-7<6-6<5-5<4-4<3-2-2-xxx-2-2-xxx-2-2~<3>-2---- E -6<5-5<4-4<3-3<2-2<1-0-0-xxx-0-0-xxx-0-0~-0--0---- Play that 4 times then play this… E -----x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x-----x-x-x---- B -----x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x-----x-x-x---- G -9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9--x-x-x---- D -10--x-x-x--10--x-x-x--10--x-x-x—-10--x-x-x--9--x-x-x—-2- A -8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--7--x-x-x--2- E -0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0--x-x-x--0- Light Distortion, achieved by turning the volume knob on the guitar down when you have heavy distortion on… E -------------------------------------------------- B -------------------------------------------------- G -----------------------------9-----9-9------------ D -----6-7----------6-7--------9-2-2-9-9------------ A -7-8-----8-7--7-8-----8-7--7-7-2-2-7-7------------ E -----------------------------0-0-0-0-0------------ Play that something like 6 times… I’m not sure because I’m not listening to the song now but if you listen to the song you’ll know what part this is. But on the last time you play this crank up the guitar’s volume… then play the same thing with heavy distortion. Play this while Chino is doing the wailing part. The last time you play the riff end like this… E -----x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x-----x-x-x---- B -----x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x-----x-x-x---- G -9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9---x-x-x--9--x-x-x---- D -10--x-x-x--10--x-x-x--10--x-x-x—-10--x-x-x--9--x-x-x—-2- A -8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--8---x-x-x--7--x-x-x--2- E -0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0---x-x-x--0--x-x-x--0- Play that only one time, and then play this, the grand finale. E ------------------------------------- B ------------------------------------- G ------------------------------------- D -3-3--2-2-2-------------------------- A -3-3--2-2-2-------------------------- E -1-1—-0-0-0--------------------------