/-------------------------------------------------------------------------- / The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used/ / for private use and studying / /-------------------------------------------------------------------------- downloaded from the Catacombs of Displacer's Death Tab Site at http://www.superlink.net/~ferris/deathtab.htm join the death/black tab emailing list by emailing ferris@saturn.superlink.net TABLATURE/GUITARNOTATION of the song "D.E.T.O.X" ('City') by Strapping Young Lad. Tabbed by P.D.A. de Haan - 16/11/98 0:00 'til 4:00 AM -yes, at night. Send your corrections to: Pieter@wjdehaan.demon.nl NOTE: If you wish to print this, copy the whole to another program, and reduce the fontsize, or else you get probs reading the shite. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TUNE DOWN TO: -D-G-C-F-A-D- (If the tuning is lower, every notation must be played X frets higher. I've set every bar in order of string, not by tone.) WHO THE HELL GIVES A FUCK?! IF THE SHIT SOUNDS COOL, WHO CARES ABOUT FUCKING TUNING ANYWAY?! - PalmMuting = * - Hold Tone = ~ - Slide In = < - Slide Out = > - Full Chord = F - Hammer On = H - Pull Off = P - Repeat number of times = rep#x ======================================================================= After the BOOMing intro start with: E|----- B|----- G|----- PLAY ON ! D|-2~-- A|-2~-- E|-0~-- * Riff 1a rep14x| 1b E|------------------|-------------------------------|Rep1a15x,endwith: B|------------------|-------------------------------| G|------------------|-------------------------------| 1c D|-----2~------2~---|-----2~------2~------2~--6~~-2-|-----2~------3-2-| A|-2-2-2~--4-4-2~---|-2-2-2~--4-4-2~--2-2-2~--4~~-2-|-2-2-2~--4-4-3-2-| E|-2-2-0~--4-4-0~---|-2-2-0~--4-4-0~--2-2-0~--4~~-0-|-2-2-0~--4-4-1-0-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * F * * * * * * * * Riff 2a E|-------------------------------------------------------- B|-------------------------------------------------------- G|-------------------------------------------------------- D|-6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--- A|-6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--6-6-6~>--- E|-4-4-4~>--4-4-4~>--4-4-4~>--4-4-4~>--4-4-4~>--4-4-4~>--- F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F E|------------------- B|------------------- G|------------------- D|-6-6-6~>--6-------- A|-6-6-6~>--6-------- E|-4-4-4~>--4-22110~- F F F F ***** Rep1a 8x Rep2a Riff 2c E|-------------|--- B|-------------|--- G|-------------|--- D|-6-5-4-3-3-4-|-2- A|-6-5-4-3-3-4-|-2- E|-4-3-2-1-1-2-|-0- F F F * * F * Riff 3a 3b E|---------------| |--------------------| Sequence: B|---------------| |--------------------| 3a - rep1a8x - G|-4~~~-4~~~-----| |-4~~~-4~~~-6~~~-----| 3a - rep1a8x - 3b D|-4~~~-4~~~--2~-| |-4~~~-4~~~-6~~~--2~-| A|-2~~~-2~~~--2~-| |-2~~~-2~~~-4~~~--2~-| E|-2~~~-2~~~--0~-| |-2~~~-2~~~-4~~~--0~-| F F * F F F * Riff 4 rep4x E|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|-7------------------------------| E|---0-0~-1~-2-2~-3-3-3~-4-4-5~---| * * * * * * * * * * * * Riff 5 E|-----------------------|------------------------------| B|-----------------------|------------------------------| Repeat riff, G|-9~----7~----9~----7~~-|-9~----7~----10~~-------------| 2nd time D|-9~-9~-7~-7~-9~-9~-7~~-|-9~-9~-7~-7~-10~~-8~~-5~-3~---| where A|-7~-9~-5~-7~-7~-9~-5~~-|-7~-9~-5~-7~--8~~-8~~-5~-3~---| PalmMuted = * E|-7~-7~-5~-5~-7~-7~-5~~-|-7~-7~-5~-5~--8~~-6~~-3~-1~---| 1: F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F. . . 2: * * * * * * * * * * * F F F F. . . Riff 6 rep7x| E|-------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-------------------------|-----------------------------| G|-8~>10~-10~~-8>10~-10~~--|-8~>10~-10~~-----------------| D|-8~>10~-10~~-8>10~-10~~--|-8~>10~-10~~-4-2~-4-2~-2-2---| A|-6~> 8~--8~~-6> 8~--8~~--|-6~> 8~--8~~-4-2~-4-2~-2-2---| E|-6~> 8~--8~~-6> 8~--8~~--|-6~> 8~--8~~-2-0~-2-0~-0-0---| F F F * F F F F F * * * * * * Riff 7 a - b rep2x E|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|-2~~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| A|-2~~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| E|-0~~-0~~-0>-4~-4~~-2~~-2~~-2>-6~~-6~~-6-6---| F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F rep2x E|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------| D|-2-2~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| A|-2-2~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| E|-0-0~-0~~-0>-4~-4~~-2~~-2~~-2>-6~~-6~~-6-6---| * F F F F F... repeat the whole again, so it'll be in total: - a - a - b - b - a - a - b - b - (in the last 'b', in the middle another PM) Riff 8 + E|---------------|---| Repeat 1st piece 9 times, on the 3rd & 8th time, B|---------------|---| add the + in the start of the first chord. G|---------------|---| Directly after the +, the chord must be given. D|-2~~~~-6~~~~---|-2-| A|-2~~~~-6~~~~---|-2-| E|-0~~~~-4~~~~---|-0-| F F * Riff 9 rep5x E|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|--------------------------2~------2~---| A|----------------------2-2-2~--4-4-2~---| E|-8>7>6>5>4>3>2-1~-0~--2-2-0~--4-4-0~---| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SubRiff 10: Repeat riff 8 three times, in a higher tempo, without the +. This one is followed by riff 9 (2x) and the following interludic riff: E|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| , repeated 8 times -PLAY IT AT HIGH TEMPO- D|-3-3-3~-3~-3~---| (This is what I could make out of it). A|-3-3-3~-3~-3~---| E|-1-1-1~-1~-1~---| Repeat riff 1a twelve times (including the *cool* action by Gene) Repeat riff 3b without the PM at the end of the riff. Continue with riff 4 and 5. The last riff is a copy of riff 7, this time a short outro is added, being a chord-slide down: part a rep2x E|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|-2~~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| A|-2~~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| E|-0~~-0~~-0>-4~-4~~-2~~-2~~-2>-6~~-6~~-6-6---| F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F part b E|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------| D|-2-2~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| A|-2-2~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-8---| E|-0-0~-0~~-0>-4~-4~~-2~~-2~~-2>-6~~-6~~-6-6---| * F F F F F... E|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-2-2~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-9-11>.....>-0-| A|-2-2~-2~~-2>-6~-6~~-4~~-4~~-4>-8~~-8~~-8-9-11>.....>-0-| E|-0-0~-0~~-0>-4~-4~~-2~~-2~~-2>-6~~-6~~-6-7--9>.....>-0-| * F F F F F... * * F . ALL RIFFS IN ORDER OF PLAYING: pre,1a,1b,1a,1c,2a,2b,1a,2a,2c,1a,3a,1a,3a,1a,3b,4,1a,3a,1a,3a,1a, 3b,4,5,6,7a,7b,8,9,sr.10,9,ir.,1a,3b-,4,5,7a,7b_out. That's all folks ! ======================================================================= This is my own interpretation of this exellent song, if you've noticed some bugs, please notify me at the upper e-mail address. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++