Title: School of Hard Knocks
Band: Payable On Death (P.O.D.)
Music from the "Little Nicky" Soundtrack

Tabbed By: Spencer Reynolds (zerox4_sr@yahoo.com)
Date: 12.23.00 (Modified 5.31.01)


Tuning: D TUNING   (D A D F# A D)

Now, many people think that Marcos from P.O.D. uses dropped d tuning.  This is not true.  Although most of P.O.D.'s songs can be played using dropped d, D tuning itself is Marcos's true tuning.


Intro: (Light Distortion, Timing not shown)
D |-----------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--|
A |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--|
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--|



Chorus/Intro: (Heavy Distortion)
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---10-10-10-10---5-|
A |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---10-10-10-10---5-|
D |--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---10-10-10-10---5-|



Verse: (Clean, Chorus, Delay, Reverb, Etc...)
D |--------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--11--10h11h10--6--8~~----------10--10^11--10-----------------|
D |------------------------10--12-----------------12--10---------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------|

D |--3------------------|
A |-----0---------------|
F#|--------4------------|
D |-----------5---------|
A |---------------------|
D |---------------------|


D |---------------------|
A |---------------------|
F#|---------------------|
D |--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0---|
A |--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0---|
D |--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0---|


Bridge: (Heavy Distortion)
D |----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------|
F#|--11---10---11---10---13---11---10---8--------|
D |--x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x--------|
A |--8----7----8----7----10---8----7----5--------|
D |----------------------------------------------|

Closing: (Heavy Distortion)
D |----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------|
D |--0-0-0--3-3--0-0-0-0--3-3-3------------------|
A |--0-0-0--3-3--0-0-0-0--3-3-3------------------|
D |--0-0-0--3-3--0-0-0-0--3-3-3------------------|

Outro: (Heavy Distortion)
D |----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------|
D |--0---0---0----------0------------------------|
A |--0---0---0----------0------------------------|
D |--0---0---0---shhhh--0------------------------|
     (staccato) (Let Ring)

Song Order:

Intro
Chorus/Intro (x2)
Verse (x4)
Chorus (x2)
Verse (x4)
Bridge (x2)
Closing (x2)
Intro
Chorus (x2)
Bridge (x2)
Outro