"Ticks and Leeches" by Tool from the Lateralus album
Tabbed by Alec LaLonde (www.angelfire.com/ny4/cela)

A really sweet song from a kickass band.
Tool doesn't follow the standard rock song format (which makes them good)
so riffs will be called riff 1, riff 2, etc.
Play along with CD at first to get the feel...
Dropped D tuning

h=hammer on
p=pick off
*=palm mute

After drum solo bass comes in, then guitar fades in with
e----
B-3--
G-2--
D-0--
A-0-- w/ distortion and delay
D-0--

Guitar intro solo:
e---------------------------------10-
B----------------------------10------
G-9-7h9--9-9p7--9-7h9--9-9p7----7----
D------------------------------------

e-12-10h12--12-12p10--12-10h12--12-12p10-
B----------------------------------------

Riff 1
G--------------------------
D-------------------------- 5x
A-------0h2----------------
D-2-0h2-----3p2--2-3p2-0h3-

then:
G-------/9---------
D-2-----/9-------0-
A-2-----/7-------0-
D-2--------------0-

Riff 2 (1:20)
G-*-*-*---*-*-*---*-*-*---*-*-*-
D-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---0-0-0-
A-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---0-0-0- 4x
D-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---0-0-0-

Then Riff 1 4x
Followed by Riff 3:

G---*-*-5-*---*-4-*-*-*-*-
D-2-0-0-5-0-2-0-4-2-3-2-0-
A-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-2-0- 4x
D-2-0-0---0-2-0---2-3-2-0-

and Riff 4: (2:05)
G------------------------------------
D---2p0-----3-2--2p0---2p0-----3-2-0-
A-------3-2----------------3-2------- 2x
D-2------------------2---------------

followed by some weird distortion until 2:25
where guitar cuts out
until Riff 5:

G-----------------
D-2-0-2-2-0-2-2h3-
A-2-0-2-2-0-2-2h3- 4x
D-2-0-2-2-0-2-2h3-

then Riff 3 4x
followed by a sweet riff:

G-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-5- 4x
D-0h2-2-2-0-5-0-3-0h2-0h2-2-2-0-5-0-3-0h2-5-
A-0h2-2-2-0-5-0-3-0h2-0h2-2-2-0-5-0-3-0h2-3- 3rd and 4th times
E-0h2-2-2-0-5-0-3-0h2-0h2-2-2-0-5-0-3-0h2--- don't palm mute

followed by the soft section at 3:26

Repeat this riff 15x
w/ clean guitar:
e--------------
B-(5)--(8)-(3)-
G--4----7---2-- w/ D-E hammer-ons occasionally
D--2----5---0--
A--2----5---0--
D--2----5---0--

at 5:56 heavy part starts again:
w/ heavy distortion:

G-11--9---11--9---12--7-
D-11--9---11--9---12--7- 6x
A-9---7---9---7---10--5-
D-----------------------

Followed by Guitar solo: (6:49)
which is almost identical to the opening guitar solo,
starts with a D---2/14- slide.

Followed by loads of distortion and feedback
until 7:32 with

G-----5-------4-
D-2-0-5-0-2-0-4- 4x w/out palm mute
A-2-0-3-0-2-0-2-
D-2-0---0-2-0---

then 4x with vocals and pm

final riff, strumming really fast

G----------5---5---5---5---5---5---
D-0--------5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-
A-0--------3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-
D-0----------0---0---0---0---0---0-

end with:

D-0--2-
A-0--2-
D-0--2-