Triad Lyrics

Tool - band
TRriad - song
Legend
nh - natural harmonic
ph - pinch harmonic
pm - palm mute
x - muted string
h - hammer on
p - pull off
// - slide down
\\ - slide up
b - bend
~~ - vibrato
- natural harmonic
x/// - pick scrape (directions same as slide)
(distortion)
(fades in slowly)
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--2h3-2p0-0--| x16
a--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--2h3-2p0-0--|
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--2h3-2p0-0--|
solo (w/wah, delay)
tone is generated somehow by his synth, (all I saw was this roady
run out on stage before the song started and change a patch in the
back of the synth's footswitch midi controller). Then, when Adam
wasn't muting his strings he would get almost instant feedback from
his guitar. It was similar to hooking up several distortion pedals
in a row into a high volume amp... I will not speculate as to how
his setup was changed. All I know is that Adam didn't do any pick
scrapes to get those sounds...
However, for those of us without an intimate knowledge of Adam's
setup and access to a Virus synth, I have tabbed it out so the
rest of us can play it.)
(with wah closed, and slight delay)
start at middle
of neck pickup
end at middle
of bridge pickup
quick scrape over
start inbetween the bridge pickup
pickups
end at middle
of bridge pickup
start inbetween
pickups
quick scrape
towards bridge
(wah open)
move wah from
from open to close
d-----------------*slight feedback*--|
d--14~~------------------------------|
d------16--14------12h14p12h14--12~~---14-12-14-12-14-15-14~~--|
wwah
oclosed
*rest*
swwah near
bcopend end at
bridge pickup
*rest*
wah
closed
d-------------*slight feedback*-------------15-14-----15~~~---|
d--15--14~~---------------------------------------------------|
g-----16---14---13-------*slight feedback*-----------|
d--14--------------14~~---------------------x\\\\\\--|
wah opclose wah
end of solo
2:54
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--2h3-2p0-0--| x6
a--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--2h3-2p0-0--|
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--2h3-2p0-0--|
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-3\5-5-5--5-0-0-0--0-3-3-3---| x2
a--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-3\5-5-5--5-0-0-0--0-3-3-3---|
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-3\5-5-5--5-0-0-0--0-3-3-3---|
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7-0----5---------------0-------------------|
a--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7-0----5---------------0-------------------|
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7-0----5---------------0-------------------|
d--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-7-7-x-5-5--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-8-8-x-7-7--|
a--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-7-7-x-5-5--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-8-8-x-7-7--|
d--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-7-7-x-5-5--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-8-8-x-7-7--|
d--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7--0--0-0-x-7-7--|
a--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7--0--0-0-x-7-7--|
d--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7--0--0-0-x-7-7--|
(left hand tapping)
d-h2p0-h2h3p2p0--|
(fades in over the bar)
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--|
a--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--|
d--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0---x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--|
d--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-7-7-x-5-5--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-8-8-x-7-7--|
a--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-7-7-x-5-5--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-8-8-x-7-7--|
d--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-7-7-x-5-5--x-2-2--x-2h3-2p0-0--x-8-8-x-7-7--|
d--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7--0--0-0-x-7-7--|
a--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7--0--0-0-x-7-7--|
d--x-2-2--x-8p7-8p7--0--0-0-x-7-7--|
(guitar 1)
(guitar 2, with vibrato and delay)
g----------------|-----0h2-2h3p2-0---2--------|----------------|
d--0-2h3p2-2~~---|-0h2-------------2---2-x-2--|--0-2h3p2-2~~---|
(guitar 1, wah closed slowly moving to open over the 12 times)
(wah goes from open to closed over the 8 times)