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Pulse of the Maggots Guitar Tablature
Slipknot - Pulse of the maggots
Vol 3: the subliminal verses; 2004
Tune to (from low to high) B F# B E G# C#
Transcribed by Jonduss

h = hammer on 
p = pull of 
~ = vibrato
/= wide vibrato
/ = slide up
 = slide down
(#) = tied note
b = bend note
Ah = artificial harmonic

Intro gtrs 1 and 2		
			2x
C#|---------------------------	
G#|---------------------------
E |---------------------------
B |---------------------------		|-------------------------------------------
F#|---------------------------		|13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-13
B |-0-0---0-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-3/13~~~	|-------------------------------------------
							8x
|3-4-5------------------------------- |-----------------------------	
|3-4-5--------------------3-3-3-4-3-1 |-----------------------------
|1-2-3--1-1-1-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-1 |-----------------------------
|-------------------------3-3-3-4-3-1 |-0-0---0-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-3/13~~

|----6---5---3--5-3---
|----6---5---3--5-3---
|0-0-6---5---3--5-3-0-1-0

Verse						4x
|----------------------0-1-3-4-3-1-0----------------------
|----------------------0-1-3-4-3-1-0----------------------
|0-0---0-1-1-1-1-0-0---0-1-3-4-3-1-0--0-1-1-1-0-0-0-3/13~~

Chorus (Bunch of siren effects here)		2x
|----6---5---3--5-3-----------6---5---3--5-3------
|----6---5---3--5-3-----------6---5---3--5-3------
|0-0-6---5---3--5-3-0-1-0-0-0-6---5---3--5-3-0-1-0

Interlude (Tremolo picking) 2x (Mick) ßPlay at same timeà	(Tremolo Picking) Jim
|---------------------------------		G#|----------------------------------------
|3---2--3-0--2-0---3---2--3-0--2-0		E |10---9--10-7-9-7---------10---9--10-7--9-7
|---------------------------------		B |------------------9-10-9-------------------9-10-9

Solo (this is a very cool solo; jim and mick switch between rhythms and solos)
C#|-Y---------16-17h19-20--23-19h22---------19-19-19-22p19---16-16-20-17-17-20-16-16-19--------
G#|-E-------17----------------------19-22p19--------------21----------------------------------19
E |-S-16-16----------------------------------------------------------------------------17-16-16

|--------------------18-2013---------19--(19)---------23-23-23b2--------
|2018-----18---20p18--------18--20p18-------18--20p18--------------15-15
|-----16/18--20----------------20--------------20------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------------------
|17b1////------17b1~~~~~~------17b1////////---15h17
|-------------------------------------------------------------
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------
G#|15------15-----------------------------------------------------
E |---17p16--17-15-14---------------------------------------------
B |--------------------17-15-17p15-17p15-----17p16-12-14-10-12p9--
F#|-------------------------------------18p16-------------------10p8

C#|---------12h15-18p15---------------------/18-15--------------15-18/21p18----------
G#|-------14-----------17---------------14h17-----17-------17-17-----------20p17-----
E |--12h15---------------18p15--------15------------18-15-----------------------18---
B |14-------------------------17p15-17-------------------17------------------------20

|21p18-21p18-------------------------------------------18h21--------------------------
|-----------20p17----------20-------------------------------20p17-------20------------
|---------------------18h21--21p18--18h21b1--21b½--(21)------------18-21--21--18-21-19
|-------------------20------------20-----------------------------20---------20--------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------12-12-----12-12
|-------------------------------------------------------15-13-15-13-12------15-13----
|-----------------10---------10-10-12-12-14-14-12-10-12------------------------------
|8-8-10-8-10-10-11--11-10-11---------------------------------------------------------

C#|17-15-13-12-13-12----15-18-17-18-15-18-14-18-15-18-17-15-18-14-15-17-15-17------------
G#|------------------15-------------------------------------------------------17-15-14-12

Rhythm during solo					   2x
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------
E |3-5-3-6------------------------3-5-3-6----------------3----
B |3-5-3-6------------------------3-5-3-6------0-(0)-----3----
F#|1-3-1-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-3-1-4--4-4-0-(0)-----1-1-1
B |--------------------------------------------0-(0)-0-0------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5~~
|3-5-3-6---6--6---6--6---6---3-5-3-6------------------------3-5-3-6----------------3~~
|3-5-3-6-5---5--5---5--5---5-3-5-3-6------------------------3-5-3-6------0-(0)--------
|1-3-1-4---------------------1-3-1-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-3-1-4--4-4-0-(0)--------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------0-(0)-0-0----

Pre verse			8x
B |--1---------------------1-3-4
F#|--1---------------------1-3-4
B |0-1-0-3~~--0-0-0-0-3~~--1-3-4
         Ah           Ah


Verse						4x
|----------------------0-1-3-4-3-1-0----------------------
|----------------------0-1-3-4-3-1-0----------------------
|0-0---0-1-1-1-1-0-0---0-1-3-4-3-1-0--0-1-1-1-0-0-0-3/13~~

Chorus (Bunch of siren effects here)		2x
|----6---5---3--5-3-----------6---5---3--5-3------
|----6---5---3--5-3-----------6---5---3--5-3------
|0-0-6---5---3--5-3-0-1-0-0-0-6---5---3--5-3-0-1-0

Interlude (Tremolo picking) 2x (Mick) ßPlay at same timeà	(Tremolo Picking) 2x Jim
|---------------------------------		G#|----------------------------------------
|3---2--3-0--2-0---3---2--3-0--2-0		E |10---9--10-7-9-7---------10---9--10-7--9-7
|---------------------------------		B |------------------9-10-9-------------------9-10-9

Outro			2x
B |--1---------------------1-3-4
F#|--1---------------------1-3-4
B |0-1-0-3~~--0-0-0-0-3~~--1-3-4
         Ah           Ah
			                                                      3x
C#|15-18-17-18-15-18-14-18-15-18-17-18-15-18-14-18-15-18-17-18-15-18-14-15-17-15-14
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

C#|15-18-17-18-15-18-14-18-15-18-17-18-15-18-14-18-15-18-17-18-15-18-14-15-17-15-14-15-23--(23)
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Phew!
the rhythms are in.  Enjoy!
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