Lateralus Lyrics

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion 1'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion 2'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Pick Scrape'
Q=114
N.C.
Gtr I
Q Q E E E E +E E +Q E E E E 4x Q H. Q H.
||o-----------------|--------------------o||-||o------------|----------|
||-----7--5h7p(5)---|-----7-(7)--5h7-5p0--||-||-----7-------|----7-----|
||o-----------------|--------------------o||-||o------------|----------|
Q Q E E E E +E E +Q E E E E 7x Q H. Q H.
|-----------------|--------------------o||-|------------|----------||
|----7--5h7p(5)---|-----7-(7)--5h7-5p0--||-|------------|----------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||-|------------|----------||
| Gtr II
| <
| W W 7x W W
|-----------------|--------------------o||-|------------|----------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||-|------------|-0--------||
Q=174
Gtr II
Q. q E Q. q E E E E E E E Q. q E
||o-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
||o-0----0--0-|-0----0--0-|-5-5-5-3-3-0-|-3----3--3-|
Q. q E E E E E E E E q E Q Q Q Q 3x
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------------o||
|-3----3--0-|-5-5-3-0-3-5-|-5-5--5-5--|-3--/10--12---o||
Verse Interlude
Q a Q Q q W Wx7 Wx8
N.C.
Gtr II
PM--------------------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
PM--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x Q E E E E Q E E E E
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-|------------|-------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-|------------|----5-5-5-5--||
Q. q E Q. q E E E E E E E Q. q E
||o-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
||o-0----0--0-|-0----0--0-|-5-5-5-3-3-0-|-3----3--3-|
Q. q E E E E E E E E q E Q Q Q Q
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------------o||
|-3----3--0-|-5-5-3-0-3-5-|-5-5--5-5--|-3--/10--12---o||
Q. Q E Q. Q E E E E E E E Q. Q E
Q. Q E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q A Q Q
Verse Interlude
q W Wx7 Wx8
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
PM--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x Q E E E E
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-|-------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-|----5-5-5-5--||
Q. q E Q. q E E E E E E E Q. q E
Q. q E E E E E E E E q E Q Q Q Q
Q. Q E Q. Q E E E E E E E Q. Q E
Q. Q E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q A Q Q
| Gtr III
| H. H. H. H A Q
Guitar Solo
q H H. H. 3x H.
|--------------||o---------------|---------------o||-|--------------|
|-0------------||o---------------|---------------o||-|--------------|
| Q Q E. +S Q Q E. +S Q Q E. +S 3x Q E E E E
|--------------||o---------------|---------------o||-|--------------|
|----5--7--(7)-||------5--7--(7)-|-----5--7--(7)--||-|-----9h10-9p7-|
|--------------||o---------------|---------------o||-|--------------|
N.C.
Gtr III
H. +H +E E E E E E E E H.
|-7-------|-(7)----(7)-0-|----------7S5-|-3-----|
+H +E E E E E E Q +E Q. E E H +Q
|--------------|-9h10p9-0-5--|-(5)-4----5p0-|-------------|
|-(3)----(3)-0-|-------------|--------------|-7----(7)s===|
H. +H +E E E E E E E E H +Q
|-12-------|-(12)----(12)-0-|----------7S5-|-3----(3)s===|
H. E E E E Q +E Q. E E H.
|-7-------|----------10--|-(10)-9----10p0-|-7-----|
+H. +H. +H. +Q. E E E
Q. E E E Q. E E E H Q Q E E E E
|-7----7-7-7-|-7----7-7-7-|-7----7s=|=12--10h12p10----|
Gtr II
Q Q Q E E Q Q 3x Q. E Q E E E E Q
|------------||o-------------o||-||o-3----3----|-3-3-3-3----o||
|-0--10--12--||o-0-0-10--12--o||-||o-0----0----|-0-0-0-0----o||
Q=124
N.C.
Gtr I
Wx8 Q H. Q H. Q H. +W
Q H. Q H. Q Q E E +Q +W
|----7-------|----7-------|----7--5h7-(7)--|-(7)----|
Q H. Q H. Q Q E E +E E +E E +H.
|----7-------|----7-------|----7--5h7-(7)---|-----7-(7)----|
Q H. Q H. Q Q E E +E E +E E +Q E E E E 5x
||o------------|------------|-----------------|---------------------o||
||-----7-------|----7-------|----7--5h7-(7)---|-----7-(7)--5h7-5-0---||
||o------------|------------|-----------------|---------------------o||
Q Q E E +E E +E E +Q E E E E Q H. Q H.
||o-----------------|--------------------o||-|------------|----------|
||-----7--5h7-(7)---|-----7-(7)--5h7-5-0--||-|----7-------|----7-----|
||o-----------------|--------------------o||-|-5----------|-3--------|
Q Q E E q Q Q E E E E Q H. Q H.
|-----7--5h7p5--|-----7--5h7p5-(0)-|-----7-------|----7-----|
|-!0------------|-!3---------------|-/5----------|-3--------|
|-!0------------|-!3---------------|-/5----------|-3--------|
Gtr IV
TP
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q W H H
|-!0-------------|-3--3--/10--10--|-5--------|-3----------|
|-!0-------------|-3--3--/10--10--|-5--------|-3----x\----|
Guitar Solo 2
N.C.
Gtr III
TP TP TP TP~~~~~~~TP~~~~~~~~~~~~~TP
W +W +H +H +W W 4x
|----------|------------|------------------|-------------||o------o||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)b8=====(7)----|-(7)r--------||--7-----||
|----------|------------|------------------|-------------||o------o||
TP TP TP TP ~~~~~~~~
W +Q H. +W +W Q Q Q Q
Q H S +S E Q H S +S E
|---------5pb6r(5)p3-|-5b5.5--3----5pb6r(5)p3-|
Q E E S E S +E E W H Q Q Q
|-5b5.5--3---3h5h6-(6)-5-|-5--------|-3----3-3-3--||
Q=84
E. E S E. E S E. E S E. E S E. E S E. E S E. E S E. E S 10x
|---------------|---------------||o---------------|---------------o||
|-0--0-x-0--0-x-|-0--0-x-0--0-x-||o-0--0-x-0--0-x-|-0--0-x-0--0-x-o||
Gtrs I, II
E. E. E. E. E. S +E E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E.
|-15--15--13--13--|-15--15-(15)S18--18--|-15--15--13--13--|-18--18--15--15--|
|-14--14--14--14--|-14--14-(14)S17--17--|-14--14--12--12--|-17--17--14--14--|
|-12--12--12--12--|-12--12-(12)S15--15--|-12--12--12--12--|-15--15--12--12--|
|-12--12--12--12--|-12--12-(12)S15--15--|-12--12--12--12--|-15--15--12--12--|
|-12--12--12--12--|-12--12-(12)S15--15--|-12--12--12--12--|-15--15--12--12--|
E. S E E. S S S E. S E E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S Q S S
Q=164
Q. Q. E E E E E E E. S E E E E E. S E E E E 4x
||o-----------|-------------|-3--3---------|--------------o||
||o-0----3----|-0-x-x-x-x-x-|-0--0-x-x-x-x-|-3--x-0-x-x-x-o||
Gtr III
Q. E +E E Q Q Q 8x Q. E +E E Q Q Q
||o---------------|---------------o||-|---------------|---------------|
||o-------8-(8)-8-|---------------o||-|-------8-(8)-8-|---------------|
| Gtr II
| Q. Q E Q Q E E 8x Q. Q E Q Q E E
||o---------------|---------------o||-|---------------|---------------|
||o--0------------|---------------o||-|--0------------|---------------|
Q. E +E E Q Q Q Q. Q E Q Q Q
| Q. Q E Q Q E E Q. Q E Q Q Q
Gtrs II, III
+H Q +E E +H. Q. Q. Q +W
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n
- artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths