Band: Tool
Song: Vicarious
Album: 10,000 Days
Released: 2006
Written By: Maynard James Keenan
Tuning: Drop D
(Intro) (Guitar 1)
E|--------------------|----------------|--------------|
B|--------------------|----------------|--------------|
G|-5----7--5----7/9\7-|-5--7--5-7/10\9-|-5--7--5/7/9\7|
D|---00--00--00------0|--00-00--------0|--00-00-------|
A|--------------------|----------------|--------------|
D|--------------------|----------------|--------------|
*Palm Mute Open Notes
(Guitar 2)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----------7-------5-----------------------5---------5---------5-----------7--|
D|---7-----7---7---5-----7------7--7---5---------7-----7---7-----7---7-----7---7---5----|
A|-5---8-----5---5-----5---5-----5---8---7-----5---5-----5---5-----5---5-----5---8------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Palm Mute (Except For The 'G' String)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----------7-------5-----------------------5---------5---------5----------------|
D|---7-----7---7---5-----7-----7---7---5---------7-----7---7-----7---7-----7---7---5------|
A|-5---8-----5---5-----5---5-----5---8---7-----5---5-----5---5-----5---5-----5---8---7~---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Palm Mute (Excpet For The 'G' String) Release Palm Mute --------------|
(Main Riff)
E|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|-------Part One---------|-Part-Two---------------------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------15|-13/12x-12-12-13-----15-------------------------|
D|-0-0-12-0-0-10-0--0h15--|-0--0-x-0--0--0--0h15---------------------------|
*On This Part Do An Upward Strum On The A String*.
(Before Verse)
E|----
B|-3--
G|-2--
D|-0--
A|-0--
D|-0--
*In The First Verse There Is Only Feedback That Builds Up To 'Main Riff Part Two'*
("Its No Fun 'Til Someone Dies")
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B|-------------|----------------------------|
G|-------------|----------------------------|
D|-----15----10|-0----3-0----5-0----3-0-----|
A|-----15----10|-0-xx-3-0-xx-5-0-xx-3-0-----|
D|-0h15--0h10--|-0-xx-3-0-xx-5-0-xx-3-0-5b--|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|---|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-3-|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-2-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-0-|
A|---------------------15|---------------------15|-------------------15|-0-|
D|-0-0-12-0-0-10-0-0h15--|-0-0-12-0-0-10-0-0h15--|-0-0-12-0-10-0-0h15--|-0-|
......
(Verse 2)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----------7-------5-----------7-<7>------5-----------7-------5---------5------|
D|---7-----7---7---5-----7-----7---7---5--------7-----7---7---5-----7-----7---7-----7~---|
A|-5---5-----5---5-----5---5-----5---5--------5---5-----5---5-----5---5-----5---5--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*PM Release Palm Mute -----------------|
(Pre Chorus)
E|-----------------------|---------------|
B|-----------------------|---------------|
G|-----------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------|
A|-13/12x-12-12-13-----15|-----15----10--|
D|-0--0-x-0--0--0--0h15--|-0h15--0h10----|
*On This Part Do An Upward Strum On The A String*.
(Chorus)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------0000-3-5-0----------------5-0-----------------------|
A|-777-888--777-10-10-10-0000-3-5-0------3-------5-5-0-----------------------|
D|-333-333--555-10-10-10-0000-3-5-0-0h3h5---0h3h5--5-0-----------------------|
*Main Riff Part One*
(Bridge 1)
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
D|-0000-000-00--|
*Palm Mute
*Chorus*
(Bridge 2)
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-0000-000-00-|
D|-0000-000-00-|
*Palm Mute
E|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-555555555/66666666/15-15-15-15-15-15\13-13-13-13-13-|-/17b--------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
*Tremelo Pick
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3-----5-----3-----8-----3-----5----8----7----3----7----3----5--|
D|--0000--0000--0000--0000--0000--0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000---|
*Palm Mute Open Notes
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3----5-----0h3h5----8----3-----0h3h5----8----7-----0h3h5----7----3-----0h3h5-|
D|-0000-0000-0h3h5-----0000-0000-0h3h5-----0000-0000-0h3h5-----0000-0000-0h3h5------|
*Intro (Both Guitars)*
E|--------------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------------|------------------------|
G|-------5------------------|-------5---------<5>----|
D|---7-----7---7-------5h7--|---7-----7---7-------7--|
A|-5---5-----5---5-5h7------|-5---5-----5---5--------|
D|--------------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12-0000-10-0000-12-0000-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-00-10-00--|
*Palm Mute Open Notes
E|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|-16-15------13------15-16-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|-15-14------12------14-15-----------|
D|-12-0000-10-0000-12-0000-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-00-10-00|-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-13-----------|
A|-12-0000-10-0000-12-0000-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-00-10-00|-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-13-----------|
D|-12-0000-10-0000-12-0000-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-00-10-00|-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-13-----------|
*Palm Mute Open Notes *Ending of Bridge 2
*Main Riff Part Two*
(Outro)
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-0----3-0----5-0----3-0---------------------|
A|-0-xx-3-0-xx-5-0-xx-3-0---------------------|
D|-0-xx-3-0-xx-5-0-xx-3-0---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-3-0----|
A|-777-888-777-10-10-10-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-3-0----|
D|-333-333-555-10-10-10-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-3-0----|
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-3-0----|
D|----------------------0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-3-0----|
A|-777-888-777-10-10-10-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-3-0----|
D|-333-333-555-10-10-10------------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-777-888-777-10-10-10--|
D|-333-333-555-10-10-10--|
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-00-0-3-0-00-0-2-0--------------|
A|-00-0-3-0-00-0-2-0-------0h3h5--|
D|-00-0-3-0-00-0-2-0--0h3h5-------|
*Palm Mute Open Notes
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0h3h5---------------0h3h5---------------0h3h5-----0h3h5-----------0-----|
A|------0h3h5-----0h3h5-----0h3h5-----0h3h5-----0h3h5-----0h3h5-----0h3h5------0-----|
D|-0h3h5---------------0h3h5---------------0h3h5-------------------------0h3h5-0-----|
*Palm Mute
Eye on the the TV
'Cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavor it happens to be, like...
"Killed by the husband"
"Drowned by the ocean"
"Shot by his own son"
"She used a poison
in his tea...kissed him goodbye"
That's my kind of story
It's no fun 'til someone dies
Don't look at me like
I am a monster
Frown out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother holds her child
Watches them die
Hands to the sky crying,
"Why, oh why?"
Cause I need to watch things die... from a distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
You all need it to, dont lie
Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
Nor brightest of story's told
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
I need to watch things die... from a good safe distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same, so...
Why can't we just admit it?
Blood like rain come down
Drum on grave and ground
Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and Voyeur
Stare at the transmittal
Sing to the death rattle
La, la, la, la, la, la-la-lie (x4)
Credulous at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men
Pull your head on out your hippy haze
and give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again
The universe is hostile, so impersonal
Devour to survive... so it is, so it's always been
We all feed on tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
Much better you than I
