Song: School of Hard Knocks Artist: P.O.D. (Guitar: Marcos Curiel) Tabbed by: Crusher (ChristophVIPER@aol.com) Dropped C Tuning (CGCFAD) Riff 1: d|------------------------------| a|-----8-------5h7---5--3-------| f|-5-------5---------------4----| C|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| C|------------------------------| There are too many effects in the intro to tab that part, but it must be something like that. Riff 2: (Distortion): d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| a|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| f|-------------------5-5-5--------------------7-7-7---------------------------| C|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--| G|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--3-3-3--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--| C|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--| d|-----------------| a|-----------------| f|-----------------| C|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--| G|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--| C|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--| Riff 3: (really light distorted, I always play it clean): d|-------------------------------------3~~~~~--------------------| a|------------------7--7-/2--------------0~~---------3--3h5--5---| f|-------9~~~-7--9------------------5~~~~~~~~------5-------------| C|----9~~9~~~--------------------5~~5~~~~~~~~---5~~5-------------| G|-7~~~~~~~~~-----------------3~~~~~~--------0~~~~~~-------------| C|---------------------------------------------------------------| Riff 4: d|-----------------| a|-----------------| f|-----------------| C|-2-2-2----2-2-2--| G|-2-2-2----2-2-2--| C|-2-2-2----2-2-2--| Riff 5: d|----------------12*--| a|-------7*-------12*--| f|-------7*------------| C|---------------------| G|---------------------| C<---------------------| Riff 6: d|-------------------------------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------------------------------| f|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-| C|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--| G|-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-| C|-------------------------------------------------------------| Riff 7: d|-----------------------------------------| a|-----------------------------------------| f|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| C|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| G|-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| C|-----------------------------------------| Riff 8: d|--------------------------| a|--------------------------| f|--------------------------| C|-2-----2-----2-2----------| G|-2-------1-------1--------| C|-2---------2-------2------| Riff 9: d|------------------| a|------------------| f|------------------| C|-2---2---2----2~~~| G|-2---2---2----2~~~| C|-2---2---2----2~~~| Riff 1 - 2 1/2X (riff 2 gets in at 1 1/2 - light distorted) Riff 2 - 2X Riff 3 - 4X Riff 4 & 5 - 1X Riff 2 - 2X Riff 3 - 4X Riff 4 & 5 - 1X Riff 6 - 3X Riff 7 - 1X Riff 6 - 3X Riff 7 - 1X Riff 8 - 2X Riff 2 - 1X (Riff 1 appears a bit later, Riff 2 light distorted) Riff 2 - 2X Riff 6 - 3X Riff 7 - 1X Riff 6 - 3X Riff 7 - 1X Riff 9 - 1X Riff 1 - until the song ends (2 1/2X I think) ~ = Hold the Note * = harmonic / = slide h = hammer on x = muted (at riff 6 & 7 with your index finger) Have fun :).