Artist: Slipknot
Song: Gently
Tuning: A,D,G,B

^= quarter bend
p= pre bend
/= slide up
\= slide down

Riff 1:

Out of all the tabs I have looked at for this song so far. None of the intros seemed to be right. It was like they were missing something. This missing something ended up being a higher note here and there. I tried to find this higher note for ages until I realized it wasn&#8217;t a semitone higher. It was only a quartertone higher (hence the bends only being quarter bends). Make sure you play these bends as quarter bends and don&#8217;t bend the string to a >too high< pitch. Also I have tried to show you the timing but you will have to listen to the CD if you want it perfectly.

    p    p     p        p    p     p
    ^    ^     ^        ^    ^     ^
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5-55-5-555-5555/999\4-44-4-444-444/5/77\--|

Riff 2:

This part is played in the section right before the singing. Make sure you let the notes ring.

D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|--5-----4-----5-----4--|

Riff 3:

This is played during the singing. Hold the first note for about 4 counts. Then play all the notes that don&#8217;t have spaces in between them quickly except the last note that you hold a little longer. Then when playing the slide part after it, make sure you slide slowly from one note to the other.

D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
B|--5-----22224--4\0---|

Riff 4:

This part is played in the first heavy part of the singing after the soft part of the singing (note that the song speeds up here). This riff is like a mix between riff 1 and 3. After playing the first part of the riff slide quickly to the next note. These notes are played quickly although they have spaces between them, and like riff 3 you hold the last note before the slide. The slide is still slow like in riff 3 but is obviously faster because the song speeds up. After sliding to the 4th fret hold for a couple of counts before playing the 3 last notes quickly.

    p    p     p
    ^    ^     ^
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|--5-55-5-555-5555/14-14-14-14-16--16\4--777|

Riff 5:

This part is played after Corey stops screaming/growling after the first heavy singing part in the song. Let the notes ring.

D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|--5-----5-----5-----5--|

Riff 6:

This is played after the guitar plays a similar a similar part a couple of times. The song speeds up even more and there is another verse sung over it.

D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
B|--0323-2421-010--|

Riff 7:

This part is played after the riff 6 verse.
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-0323-010--|

After riff 7, riff 6 is played a couple more times with another verse and until the song finish.

Any questions or comments email me at plek_trum@hotmail.com