Song: My Plague
Band: Slipknot
Guitarists: Mick Thomson and James Root
Album:Iowa
Tabbed by:Piezy

Key:
P-pull off
h-hammer on
/-slide up
\-slide down

This is a really heavy song, and it is difficult to play.  So I recommend playin' it slowly and then working,
your way up to the slipknot speed.  So practice makes perfect.  The tuning for this song is A E A D F# B.


Intro: This part is pretty simple but the open power chords have to be played really really fast.  This
      is a good excercise for your alternate picking.

Guitar 1- Good ol' Jimmy
B |--------------------|
F#|--------------------|
D |--------------------|
A |--------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0----------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0----------|
p.m|---------|

Guitar 2- Mr Micky
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-------|
p.m|---------|



Verse: Pretty much the same as the intro, but the open power chords are played a little slower.

Both guitars

B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|




Chorus: This is quite easy if you can change chords and you fast going up and down the fret board.

Micky's part.

B |-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666-|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666-|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-|


Jimmy's part

B |-----------------------20\19-------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16-------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10---------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00------------------|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-|


2nd verse: Just the same as the first one.


Both guitars

B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|


Chorus: Same as before

Micky's part.

B |-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666-|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666-|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-|


Jimmy's part

B |-----------------------20\19-------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16-------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10---------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00------------------|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-|



Interlude: This part is extremely fast and I recommend learning it slowly and then pick up the speed.

Both guitars

palm muted through out

B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |----------------3-2---4---|
E |-------4-3----------2---3-|
A |-0-3-2-----4-3------------|

The the heavy part:

B |------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
D |------------------------------|
A |------------------2h3p0----4--|
E |-0-3-2-0--4-3------------2---3|
A |-0-3-2-0------4-3-------------|



The back to the chorus:

Chorus: This is quite easy if you can change chords and you fast going up and down the fret board.

Micky's part.

B |-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666-|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666-|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-|


Jimmy's part

B |-----------------------20\19-------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16-------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10---------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00------------------|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-|


Then there is a different chorus riff:

Both guitars

B |-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
D |--------14----10-------------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--12----8-----22222/666666---|
A |-0-0-0-----00-------22222/666666---|
p.m|-----|   |--|


Then the verse is played again


Both guitars

B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|

The verse is then played again with a flanger and a break in  between the open chords and the hammer ons.



Then the intro is played with a flanger:


Guitar 1- Good ol' Jimmy
B |--------------------|
F#|--------------------|
D |--------------------|
A |--------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0----------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0----------|
p.m|---------|

Guitar 2- Mr Micky
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-------|
p.m|---------|



Thats it if I have missed anythin' e-mail me at doris_ramirez6@ntlworld.com.