Song - StinkFist
Band - Tool
Album - Aenima
Tabbed By Colin Oakes - 16th June 2001

~ = let ring
[~#] = harmonics
[#] = palm mute
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer on
p = pull off
b = bend
b# = bend to
FXb = Digtal FX bend
x = muted scratching

Intro

[start intro with gain at 1/2 [5/10] and on last note slowly bring it up to full]
[palm muted]

e]------------------------------------------------------
b]------------------------------------------------------
g]------------------------------------------------------
d]------------------------------------------------[~12]-
a]------------------------------------------------------
d]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]--[~12]-[~12]-[0]------- x3

e]--------------------------------------------------
b]--------------------------------------------------
g]--------------------------------------------------
d]-------------[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12~~~
a]--------------------------------------------------
d]-[~12]-[~12]--------------------------------------

time reference - 0:25/5:10

1st Verse

e]---------
b]---------
g]---------
d]---------
a]-------5-
d]-2b3b2--- x8

lyrics - "something, has to change..."


e]------------
b]------------
g]------------
d]------------
a]----------5-
d]-[2]-[2]---- x16

time reference - 0:58/5:10
lyrics - "its just.."

1st Bridge

e]-0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-------
b]-0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-------
g]-0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-------
d]---2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2-2-0-
a]---2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2-2-0-
d]---2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2-2-0-

time reference - 1:09/5:10
lyrics - just after "...to know im alive"

1st Chorus

e]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x----------------x-x-x------
b]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x----------------x-x-x------
g]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x----------------x-x-x------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2-3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3-
a]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2-3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3-
d]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2-3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3-

e]-------------------------------
b]-------------------------------
g]-------------------------------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-------------------
a]-2-2-10-10-0-------------------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]~

time reference - 1:25/5:10
lyrics - just after "...take my hand"

2nd Verse

e]---------
b]---------
g]---------
d]---------
a]-------5-
d]-2b3b2--- x8

lyrics - "know you've changed..."

e]------------
b]------------
g]------------
d]------------
a]------------
d]-[2]-[2]--0- x8

e]------------
b]------------
g]------------
d]------------
a]----------5-
d]-[2]-[2]---- x7

e]--------------
b]--------------
g]--------------
d]--------------
a]----------5b6-
d]-[2]-[2]------

time reference - 1:58/5:10
lyrics - "but..."

2nd Bridge

e]-0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-------
b]-0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-------
g]-0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-------
d]---2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2-2-0-
a]---2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2-2-0-
d]---2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2~~~--2~~~0-2~~~--2-2-0-

time reference - 2:10/5:10
lyrics - just after "...to know im alive"

2nd Chorus

e]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x------------------x-x-x------
b]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x------------------x-x-x------
g]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x------------------x-x-x------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0-xx-2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3-
a]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0-xx-2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3-
d]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0-xx-2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3-

e]-------------------------------
b]-------------------------------
g]-------------------------------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-------------------
a]-2-2-10-10-0-------------------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]~

time reference - 2:26/5:10
lyrics - "slip away..."

After 2nd Chorus

e]--------------------
b]--------------------
g]-9-9-5~~5/7---------
d]-9-9-5~~5/7---------
a]-7-7-3~~3/5--7-7-5--
d]--------------------

time reference - 2:32/5:10

[bass plays background while guitar messes around with harmonics on octive D]

time reference - 2:55/5:10

e]---------------------
b]---------------------
g]----9----9----9----9-
d]-12---12---12---12---
a]---------------------
d]--------------------- x3

[slide below immediately follows riff above]

e]----
b]----
g]----
d]-14\
a]-14\
d]-14\

time reference - 3:06/5:10

e]---------------------
b]---------------------
g]----9----9----9----9-
d]-12---12---12---12---
a]---------------------
d]--------------------- x2

e]------------------------------------------------------------
b]------------------------------------------------------------
g]----9----9----9----9b10b9--10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-
d]-12---12---12---12------------------------------------------
a]------------------------------------------------------------
d]------------------------------------------------------------

e]---------------------
b]---------------------
g]----9----9----9----9-
d]-12---12---12---12---
a]---------------------
d]--------------------- x3

time reference - 3:22/5:10

e]-------------------------------------------------
b]-------------------------------------------------
g]-------------------------------------------------
d]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
a]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
d]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-[2]-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

e]---------------------------------------
b]---------------------------------------
g]---------------------------------------
d]-2/14-14-16-14-14-12-14-14-16-14-14-12-
a]-2/14-14-16-14-14-12-14-14-16-14-14-12-
d]-2/14-14-16-14-14-12-14-14-16-14-14-12-

e]--------------------------------
b]--------------------------------
g]--------------------------------
d]-11-11-9-9/11-11-9/11-11-9/11\0-
a]-9--9--7-7/9--9--7/9--9--7/9-\0-
d]-9--9--7-7/9--9--7/9--9--7/9-\0-

e]--------------------------------------
b]--------------------------------------
g]--------------------------------------
d]-/14-14-16-14-14-12-14-14-15-14-14-12-
a]-/14-14-16-14-14-12-14-14-15-14-14-12-
d]-/14-14-16-14-14-12-14-14-15-14-14-12-

e]------------------------------
b]------------------------------
g]------------------------------
d]-11-11-9-9/11-11-9/11-11-9/11-
a]-9--9--7-7/9--9--7/9--9--7/9--
d]-9--9--7-7/9--9--7/9--9--7/9--

time reference - 3:50
lyrics - "something kind of sad about..."

Overdrive Bridge

e]--------------------------------------------------------
b]--------------------------------------------------------
g]--------------------------------------------------------
d]-12-12-14-14-11-2-2-2-2-2-2--12-12-14-14-11-2-2-2-2-2-2-
a]-10-10-12-12-9--2-2-2-2-2-2--10-10-12-12-9--2-2-2-2-2-2-
d]-10-10-12-12-9--2-2-2-2-2-2--10-10-12-12-9--2-2-2-2-2-2-

e]------------------
b]------------------
g]------------------
d]-12-12-14-14-11-9~
a]-10-10-12-12-9--7~
d]-10-10-12-12-9--7~

lyrics - "can my happiness..."

e]------------------------------------------------
b]-------------------12-12-12-12---13-13-15-15-12-
g]-------------------11-11-11-11---12-12-14-14-11-
d]-12-12-14-14-11-9~~9--9--9--9----10-10-12-12-9--
a]-10-10-12-12-9--7~~--------------10-10-12-12-9--
d]-10-10-12-12-9--7~~--------------10-10-12-12-9--

time reference - 4:17/5:10
lyrics - "i'll..."

Overdrive

e]----------------------------
b]----------------8-8-10-10-7-
g]----------------7-7-9--9--6-
d]-2-xx-2-xx-2-xx-5-5-7--7--4-
a]-2-xx-2-xx-2-xx-5-5-7--7--4-
d]-2-xx-2-xx-2-xx------------- x2

time reference - 4:30/5:10
lyrics - "elbow deep..."

3rd Chorus

e]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x---------------------------
b]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x----------------3-3-3~~----
g]-----------x-x-x----------------x-x-x----------------2-2-2~~----
d]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0~~2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0~~2h3-
a]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0~~2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0~~2h3-
d]-2-2-10-10-0-0-0xx2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0~~2h3p2-2-10-10-0-0-0~~2h3-

e]-------------------------------
b]-------------------------------
g]-------------------------------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-------------------
a]-2-2-10-10-0-------------------
d]-2-2-10-10-0-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]~

time reference - 4:48/5:10

Outro

[basically same as the intro]

e]------------------------------------------------------
b]------------------------------------------------------
g]------------------------------------------------------
d]------------------------------------------------[~12]-
a]------------------------------------------------------
d]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]--[~12]-[~12]-[0]------- x3

e]--------------------------------------------------
b]--------------------------------------------------
g]--------------------------------------------------
d]--------------------------------------------------
a]-------------[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]-[~12]~~
d]-[~12]-[~12]--------------------------------------

finish

if you liked this tab [and even if u didnt] please e-mail me at
spiderhawk2010@aol.com and state the name of your favourite tool album
[opiate, undertow, aenima or lateralus] cause im interested to see what
has inspired/affect people the most from tool's work.
also check out my other tabs on this site!
cheers