SCHISM (Bassline)
As recorded by Tool
(From the 2001 Album LATERALUS)




 Words and Music by Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Daniel Carey and Justin Chancellor



Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Drop D'


 Intro
 5/4             6/4
  Gtr I
                                    |--3--|
  Q  Q  Q  H      Q  Q  Q  Q   Q.   S  S  S
|-3--2--5--7----|-3--2--5--7--(7)-----------|
|-0--3--5--8----|-0--3--5--8---0----0h10h12-|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|


    Moderately Q=106
             |--3--|               |--3--|
     E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S  8x
||--10---9-----------10---9---12------------||
||o----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-o||
||o----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------------||


     Verse
               |--3--|               |--3--|
       E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-||--10---9-----------10---9---12-----------|
|-||o----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|-||o----------------------------------------|
|-||-----------------------------------------|


          |--3--|              |--3--|
  E E E E S  S  S E E E E  E E S  S  S  4x
|-9---7-----------9---7---10------------||-|
|---0---0-0h10h12---0---0----0-0h10h12-o||-|
|--------------------------------------o||-|
|---------------------------------------||-|


   Verse
             |--3--|               |--3--|
     E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
||--10---9-----------10---9---12-------------||
||o----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12--o||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------||


           |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-10---9-----------10---9---12-----------|
|----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


           |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-10---9-----------10---9---12-----------||
|----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0---------||
|--------------------------------0h10h12-||
|----------------------------------------||


   Interlude
   13/8
               |--3--|               |--3--|
     E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S  3x
||--------------------------------------------||
||o-10---9-------------10---9---12-----------o||
||o----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-o||
||--------------------------------------------||


             |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|------------------------------------------||
|-10---9-------------10---9---12---0h10h12-||
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0---------||
|------------------------------------------||


   Verse
   6/4
             |--3--|               |--3--|
     E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
||--10---9-----------10---9---12-----------|
||o----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|


          |--3--|              |--3--|
  E E E E S  S  S E E E E  E E S  S  S  3x
|-9---7-----------9---7---10------------||
|---0---0-0h10h12---0---0----0-0h10h12-o||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||


           |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-10---9-----------10---9---12-----------|
|----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


          |--3--|              |--3--|
  E E E E S  S  S E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-9---7-----------9---7---10-----------||
|---0---0-0h10h12---0---0----0---------||
|------------------------------0h10h12-||
|--------------------------------------||


 Interlude
 13/8
             |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|------------------------------------------|
|-10---9-------------10---9---12-----------|
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|------------------------------------------|


             |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10---9-------------10---9---12---0h10h12--|
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0----------|
|-------------------------------------------|


             |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|------------------------------------------|
|-10---9-------------10---9---12-----------|
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|------------------------------------------|


             |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E  E
|-------------------------------------||
|-10---9-------------10---9---12---12-||
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0----||
|-------------------------------------||


 6/4
                            |-3-|                               |-3-|
  E S S E S S E E S S E E E S S S E   E S S E S S E E S S E E E S S S E
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-|---------------------------------3--|
|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5-0h3h5---|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5-0h3h5----|


                            |-3-|                                 |--3--|
  E S S E S S E E S S E E E S S S E   E S S E S S a E E S S E E E S  S  S  E
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------10--|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------0h10h12-----|
|---------------------------------3-|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5-0h3h5---|-0-x-x-3-x-x-3h5-3-x-x-3-5-5-------------|


 11/8
        |--3--|               |--3--|
  E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|---9-----------10---9---12-----------|
|-0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


   Verse
   6/4
             |--3--|               |--3--|
     E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
||--10---9-----------10---9---12------------|
||o----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12--|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|


          |--3--|              |--3--|
  E E E E S  S  S E E E E  E E S  S  S  3x
|-9---7-----------9---7---10------------||
|---0---0-0h10h12---0---0----0-0h10h12-o||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||


           |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-10---9-----------10---9---12-----------|
|----0---0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


          |--3--|              |--3--|
  E E E E S  S  S E E E E  E E S  S  S
|-9---7-----------9---7---10-----------|
|---0---0-0h10h12---0---0----0---------|
|------------------------------0h10h12-|
|--------------------------------------|


 Interlude
 13/8
             |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|------------------------------------------|
|-10---9-------------10---9---12-----------|
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|------------------------------------------|


             |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|------------------------------------------|
|-10---9-------------10---9---12---0h10h12-|
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0---------|
|------------------------------------------|


             |--3--|               |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E S  S  S
|------------------------------------------|
|-10---9-------------10---9---12-----------|
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0h10h12-|
|------------------------------------------|


 14/8                                   7/4
             |--3--|
   E E E E E S  S  S  E E E E  E E E E   Q.   E E E E E E Q  E Q
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10---9-------------10---9---12-------|--------7-----5--------7--|
|----0---0-0-0h10h12----0---0----0-0-0-|-7----5---0-3-----0--0-0--|
|--------------------------------------|----------------5---------|


  Q.   E E E E E E Q  E Q    Q.   E E E E E E Q  E Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------7-----5--------7--|-9------7-----5--------7--|
|-7----5---0-3-----0--0-0--|-7----5---0-3-----0--0-0--|
|----------------5---------|----------------5---------|


                                    Interlude
                                    12/8
  Q.   E E E E E a   +E  E +H        +W.
|---------------------------------||--------|
|-9------7------------------------||--------|
|-7----5---0-3---2b3-(2)-0-(0)----||-(0)----|
|--------------5------------------||--------|


 15/8                    12/8
  +W.            Q.       W
|---------------------||-------|
|---------------------||o------|
|-(0)-----------------||o------|
|---------------------||-------|


 15/8                12/8
  W                7x E Q  +Q.   +Q.   Q.
|------------------||---9--(9)---(9)--------|
|-----------------o||-7----------------7----|
|-----------------o||------------------0----|
|------------------||-----------------------|


 15/8                                   12/8
          |-3-|
  Q.   Q  S S S  Q.    Q   E  +E   E E   E Q  +Q.   Q.   Q.
|-------------------------12-(12)------|---5--(5)---5----5----|
|-7----7--7-8-9-10----10----------10---|-3----------3----3----|
|-0----0-----------------------------0-|----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------|


 15/8                           12/8
  Q.   a Q.   Q.   Q  E +E  Q    E Q  +Q.   +Q.   Q  E
|-5----5------5-------7-(7)----|------------------------|
|-3----3h5----5----0--------0--|---7--(7)---(7)---------|
|------------------------------|-0----------------0--0--|
|------------------------------|------------------------|


 15/8                                   12/8
          |-3-|
  Q  E Q  S S S  Q.    Q   E  +E   E E   E Q  +Q.   Q.   Q.
|-------------------------12-(12)------|---5--(5)---5----5----|
|---------7h8h9-10----10----------10---|-3----------3----3----|
|-0--0-0-----------------------------0-|----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------|


 15/8                           4/4
  Q.   a Q.   Q.   Q  E +E  Q    W
|-5----5------5-------7-(7)----|------|
|-3----3h5----5----0--------0--|-7----|
|------------------------------|-0----|
|------------------------------|------|


  +W           +W
|------------|--------|
|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|------------|--------|


                     2/4        4/4
            |--3--|
  H    Q  E S  S  S    E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|----------|-------9-(9)-------|
|-------------------|-10---9---|-7-----7-(7)-------|
|-----------0h10h12-|----0---0-|---0-0-------0-0-0-|
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


 9/8                                           10/8
                        |--3--|
  E  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  S  S  S  E E E  E E E    E E E  E E E  E E  E E
|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---10----5--5-5---|------------14-----17-----|-14-----17-----14---14----|
|-8-----3----5-5---|-0--0h15h17----0-0----0-0-|----0-0----0-0----0----0--|
|----------------2-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


 9/8                                           10/8
                        |--3--|
  E  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  S  S  S  E E E  E E E    E E E  E E E  E E  E E
|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---10----5--5-5---|------------14-----17-----|-14-----17-----14---14----|
|-8-----3----5-5---|-0--0h15h17----0-0----0-0-|----0-0----0-0----0----0--|
|----------------2-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


 9/8                13/8
  E  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---10----5--5-5---|---------------------------------------------|
|-8-----3----5-5---|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0--|


 9/8                       5/8       9/8
  E E S S E E S S E E S S   Q.   Q    E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|---------|---0-------------5-|
|-1-1-x-x---------3-3-4h5-|------5--|-0-------0-----3-3-|
|---------3-3-x-x---------|-0-------|-----0-5---0-3-----|


             1.,2.                  3.
   5/8       9/8                   6/8
    Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E
||----------|--------------------||-------------||
||o---------|---0-------------5-o||---0---------||
||o------5--|-0-------0-----3-3-o||-0-------0---||
||--0--0----|-----0-5---0-3------||-----0-5---0-||


 Outro
 6/4
  PM----------------|   PM--------------------|   PM
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------0---|
|---------------------0---|---------------------0---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5---0-|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5---0-|


  PM--|   PM--------|   PM----------------------|
                                                  |--3--|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E S  S  S
|-------0-------------0---|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------0h10h12--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-3-0-2---0-3-0-2-0-5---0-|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0----------||


                 |--3--|                     |--3--|
     E S S E S S S  S  S  E S S E S S  E S S S  S  S  4x
||--10-x-x-9-x-x---------10-x-x-9-x-9-12-x-x----------||
||o-10-x-x-9-x-x-0h10h12-10-x-x-9-x-9-12-x-x-0h10h12-o||
||o--------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------||


   4/4
      |-3-|     |-3-|   |-3-|
    E S S S E E S S S E S S S E  8x
||-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||
||o---------5---------6-------3-o||
||--0-0h3h5---0-0h3h5---0h3h5----||




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths