Artist: Slipknot Song: Gently Tuning: A,D,G,B ^= quarter bend p= pre bend /= slide up = slide down Riff 1: Out of all the tabs I have looked at for this song so far. None of the intros seemed to be right. It was like they were missing something. This missing something ended up being a higher note here and there. I tried to find this higher note for ages until I realized it wasn’t a semitone higher. It was only a quartertone higher (hence the bends only being quarter bends). Make sure you play these bends as quarter bends and don’t bend the string to a >too high< pitch. Also I have tried to show you the timing but you will have to listen to the CD if you want it perfectly. p p p p p p ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| B|--5-55-5-555-5555/9994-44-4-444-444/5/77--| Riff 2: This part is played in the section right before the singing. Make sure you let the notes ring. D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| B|--5-----4-----5-----4--| Riff 3: This is played during the singing. Hold the first note for about 4 counts. Then play all the notes that don’t have spaces in between them quickly except the last note that you hold a little longer. Then when playing the slide part after it, make sure you slide slowly from one note to the other. D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| B|--5-----22224--4---| Riff 4: This part is played in the first heavy part of the singing after the soft part of the singing (note that the song speeds up here). This riff is like a mix between riff 1 and 3. After playing the first part of the riff slide quickly to the next note. These notes are played quickly although they have spaces between them, and like riff 3 you hold the last note before the slide. The slide is still slow like in riff 3 but is obviously faster because the song speeds up. After sliding to the 4th fret hold for a couple of counts before playing the 3 last notes quickly. p p p ^ ^ ^ D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| B|--5-55-5-555-5555/14-14-14-14-16--164--777| Riff 5: This part is played after Corey stops screaming/growling after the first heavy singing part in the song. Let the notes ring. D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| B|--5-----5-----5-----5--| Riff 6: This is played after the guitar plays a similar a similar part a couple of times. The song speeds up even more and there is another verse sung over it. D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------| B|--0323-2421-010--| Riff 7: This part is played after the riff 6 verse. D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| B|--0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-010--| After riff 7, riff 6 is played a couple more times with another verse and until the song finish. Any questions or comments email me at plek_trum@hotmail.com