Song: Sober
Artist: Tool
Album: Undertow
Drummer: Danny Carey
Tabbed by: Atlas Creed
E-Mail: (Krow8721@aol.com)

     note: (this tab was transcribed by me, but parts were in reference to 
            chris pollina's (lemureface@aol.com) tab of the song.)

Key:

In Crash Line:       In Tom Line:         In Snare Line:       In Bass Line:
o - Normal Hit       o - Normal Hit       o - Normal Hit       d - 2 32nd Notes
* - Cymbal "Snatch"  O - Accented Hit     O - Accented Hit     g - ghost note
b - Bell                                  g - Ghost Note
% - "Trash"                               f - Flam
                                          d - 2 32nd Notes

In Hihat Line:       < - Crescendo
o - Closed Hit
x - Semi-Open Hit
X - Open Hit

Note:  Danny Carey is a god.  E-mail me if you spot a mistake.  Good luck.



     intro
t   |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----O-----dd---|
T   |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------O----d--|
S   |----------------|----------------|----------------|------dd-dd-----|
F   |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------dd|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

    |r       e        p       e        a       t        2       x       |
C   |x---------------|----------------|----------------|------------x---|
H   |-oX-ooX-ooX-ooX-|ooX-ooX-ooX-ooX-|ooX-ooX-ooX-ooX-|ooX-ooX-ooX--oX-|
S   |----O-------O---|----O-------O---|----O-------O---|----O-------O---|
B   |OO----OO--------|OO----OO--------|OO----OO--------|OO----OO--------|
Hf  |x---x---x---x---|x---x---x---x---|x---x---x---x---|x---x---x---x---|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

     verse
    |r=e=p=e=a=t=2=x=|                |r=e=p=e=a=t=2=x=|
C   |----------------|------------x---|----------------|----------------|
H   |ooX-ooX-ooX-ooX-|ooX-ooX-ooX--oX-|ooX-ooX-ooX-ooX-|ooX-ooX-ooX-X-X-|
S   |----O-------O---|----O-------O---|----O-------O---|----O-------O---|
B   |OO----OO--------|OO----OO--------|OO----OO--------|OO----OO--OO-OO-|
Hf  |x---x---x---x---|x---x---x---x---|x---x---x---x---|x---x---x-------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

     pre-chorus
C   |x-----------x---|------------x---|------------x---|----------------|
H   |--X-X-X-X-X---X-|X-X-X-X-X-X---X-|X-X-X-X-X-X---X-|X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|
S   |----O-------O---|----O-------O---|----O-------O---|----O---O---O---|
B   |O-OO---OOOOO---O|O-OO---OOOO----O|O-OO---OOOOO---O|O-OO-----OO--OOO|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

     chorus

    |r=e=p=e=a=t=6=x=|
C   |x---------------|x-----------xxx-|
R   |--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|--^^^^^^^^^^----|
S   |----OO------OO--|----OO------OOO-|
B   |O-OO---OO-OO---O|O-OO---OO-OO----|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

     pre-verse

    |r=e=p=e=a=t=2=x=|
H   |ooX-ooX-ooX-ooX-|ooX-------------|
t   |----------------|-----O---d------|
T   |----------------|----------d-----|
S   |----O-------O---|----O-ddd-------|
F   |----------------|-----------dOOOO|
B   |OO----OO--------|OO--------------|
Hf  |x---x---x---x---|x---------------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

     repeat verse

     repeat pre-chorus

     chorus
    |r=e=p=e=a=t=6=x=|
C   |x---------------|x--------------x|
R   |--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|--^^^^^^^^^^----|
S   |----OO------OO--|----OO------OOO-|
B   |O-OO---OO-OO---O|O-OO---OO-OO----|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

     interlude (note: when there's an "f" in the crash line, that means
                      flam on the bell.)

C   |------B--B--B--x|x-------B-B-B-B-B-B-|B-----s--B--B--B|B-oooof-ooooB-oB|
H   |dddddd-dd-dd-dd-|-dddddX-------------|--oooo-od-dd-do-|----------------|
B   |---------------O|O-------------------|O---------------|----------------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + a 4 + a |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

C   |B---oo%---ooB-oB|B---oof-ooo-f---|B----oB---ooB---|B-----B---ooB---|
H   |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

C   |B-----B---ooB---|f-----f-----B---|
H   |----------------|----------------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

     build-up  (note: start as ghost notes/ppp even, and build up to 
                      playing as hard as you can/fff.)