Song: Parabola
Artist: Tool
Album: Lateralus
Tabbed by: Aaron Sharpes
Instrument: 6-string Guitar
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[Symbol Key]
----------------
 h = hammer on
 p = pull-off
 b = bend
 pm= palm muted
 % = repeat last measure
 > = accent (pick hard)
 ~ = flang/vibrato
 * = harmonic (real/pinch)
----------------

Tuning: Drop B/E tuning.. (BEDGBE)  
Time Signature: 4/4
======================================================

           >
||----------------------------------|---| |
||----------------------------------|---| |
||----------------------------------|-%-|o|
||-0h2---2-2---2-5p2-2--------------|---|o|
||-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-5-----5------|---| |
||---------------------3-----3------|---| |
 * note: playing the accented ('>') note causes 
    the lower E note to twang up to a F#, give or take.

|--------------------------5h7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7777------|
|-3h5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5555-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------5h7-5--5b6----|
|-3h5--5-5--5-5--5-5--55--------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

              pm==>                     pm================>
|------------|-----------------|---|---|---------------------|
|------------|-----------------|---|---|---------------------|
|- Rest for -|-----------------|-%-|-%-|---------------------|
|-4 Measures-|-----------------|---|---|---------------------|
|------------|-5-7-------------|---|---|-5-7----5-7----5-7---|
|------------|-3-5-------------|---|---|-3-5----3-5----3-5---|

                     _______________ ___________________
                    | 1.2.3         |4.
||------------------|---------------|-------------------| |
||------------------|---------------|-------------------| |
||------------------|---------------|-------------------|o|
||------------------|---------------|-------------------|o|
||-10------12-------|-7---------5---|-3--3--10--10--5---| |
||- 8------10-------|-5---------3---|-1--1-- 8-- 8--3---| |

                                             _____ ___________________
	   >                                |1.   |2.
||----------------------------------|---|---|-----|-------------------| |
||----------------------------------|---|---|-----|-------------------| |
||----------------------------------|-%-|-%-|--%--|-------------------|o|
||-0h2---2-2---2-5p2-2--------------|---|---|-----|-------------------|o|
||-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-5-----5------|---|---|-----|-5/7----5/7----5---| |
||---------------------3-----3------|---|---|-----|-3/5----3/5----3---| |

                              _____ ______________________
                             |1.   |2.
||---------------------------|-----|----------------------| |
||---------------------------|-----|----------------------| |
||---------------------------|--%--|----------------------|o|
||-----------------------4---|-----|----------------------|o|
||-2/5-5---5------7----------|-----|-2/5-5---5------7-----| |
||-0h3-3---3---p0-5----------|-----|-0h3-3---3---p0-5-----| |

           >
||----------------------------------|---| |
||----------------------------------|---| |
||----------------------------------|-%-|o|
||----------------------------------|---|o|
||-5/7---7-7---7/10-----5-----5-----|---| |
||-3/5---5-5---5/ 8-----3-----3-----|---| |

|---------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|-3h5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5555-10h12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12p10h12----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------10--9-------9--|
|-3h5--5-5--5-5--5-5--55-10h12-10~b-----------10-----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------10-9------------------------------------------|
|------------------10------10-10b12b10~------------------|
|----11-12------12----12~---------------12-11-12-11b-9~--|
|-*9-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|----------------|----------| 
|--------------------------------|----------------|----------|
|-*8-11-12-*7-*6-----11-12-*7-*6-|-*12-12-7-9-----|----------|
|------------------9-------------|------------7---|-7~----2-|
|--------------------------------|----------------|----------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|----------|

                                             _____ ___________________
  	   >                                |1.   |2.
||----------------------------------|---|---|-----|-------------------| |
||----------------------------------|---|---|-----|-------------------| |
||----------------------------------|-%-|-%-|--%--|-------------------|o|
||-0h2---2-2---2-5p2-2--------------|---|---|-----|-------------------|o|
||-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-5-----5------|---|---|-----|-5/7----5/7----5---| |
||---------------------3-----3------|---|---|-----|-3/5----3/5----3---| |

                              _____ ______________________
 Hold last chord..           |1.   |2.
||---------------------------|-----|----------------------| |
||---------------------------|-----|----------------------| |
||---------------------------|--%--|----------------------|o|
||-----------------------4---|-----|----------------------|o|
||-2/5-5---5------7----------|-----|-2/5-5---5------7-----| |
||-0h3-3---3---p0-5----------|-----|-0h3-3---3---p0-5-----| |

                               
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|--------------7----|-------------7----|
|----------|--5-4-7-4-5-4------|-5-4-7-4-5-4------|
|----------|----------------14-|-7-------------14-|
|----------|----------------12-|-5-------------12-|

                                                      ______ ________
pm=====================>                             |1.3.  |2.4.     
|----------------------|---|---|---||----------------|------|--------| |
|----------------------|---|---|---||----------------|------|--------| |
|----------------------|-%-|-%-|-%-||----------------|------|--------|o|
|------12--------------|---|---|---||-----12---------|------|--------|o|
|-7----10----12----10--|---|---|---||-7---10---10/12-|-10---|-10--14-| |
|-5----------10---- 8--|---|---|---||-5-------- 8/10-|- 8---|- 8--12-| |


* The riff below lays off-and-on 
 powerchords of the single notes.. it's hard to tell, it
 sounds like a tube amp's echo, so you can do either way..


|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------12-----|--------12-----------|
|------------10--5--|---------------5--|-7------10--10--5--|-7------10--14---12-|
|-5--10-- 8------3--|-5--3-- 8--12--3--|----10----------3--|----10------12---10-|

                       _____________________ ____________________
                      |1.                   |2.            
||--------------------|---------------------|--------------------| |
||--------------------|---------------------|--------------------| |
||--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|o|
||-2p0----------------|-2p0------------7--5-|-2p0----------------|o|
||-----3p2p0----------|-----3p2p0-----------|-----3p2p0---7------| |
||-----------3--3--3--|-----------3-5-------|-----------3-5------| |
                            hold this chord....-----------^

                                                               ___ ______________________
pm=====================================>                      |1. |2.
|-------------------|------------------||---------------------|---|----------------------| |
|-------------------|------------------||---------------------|---|----------------------| |
|-------------------|------------------||---------------------|-%-|----------------------|o|
|-------------------|------------------||---------------------|---|----------------------|o|
|------------10-----|------------------||------5h7--10h12-10--|---|-----5h7-10h12-5h7p0--| |
|-5--10-- 8------3--|-5--3-- 8--12--3--||-3h5-----------------|---|-3h5----------------3-| |

 pm  ==============  ==============>
||---------------------------------|---|---| |
||---------------------------------|---|---| |
||---------------------------------|-%-|-%-|o|
||---------------------------------|---|---|o|
||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---|---| |
||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---|---| |


|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-3h5-----3h5---|-5/7----5/7----5-|----------------|
|---------3-------|-3/5----3/5----3-|--------3/5-----|

                             _________________________ _______________
                            |1.2.3.4.5.6              |7.
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------| |
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------| |
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|o|
||--------------------------|-2---2----2---2----------|-2-------------|o|
||-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2--2b3b2b3-|-0------0-0------0-5--5--|-0-------------| |
||-0-------0----------------|-------------------3--3--|---------------| |
                         hold this chord....-----------^


* Play this slow and soft..
|-------------------------------*12-|
|---------------------------*12-----|
|-4--2h4p2p0---0--------*12---------|
|------------4---4-0-2--------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


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