I just count it in 4/4 :shrug:

Man my comp is sh!t, it took me 3 times refreshing for it to load :-/

I can't believe i'm not whoring the hell out of the song, i haven't listened to it more than 6/7 times. I hope it still feels fresh when i pop in the album when it leaks. Doesn't look like i'm gonna have funds to buy the bastard for a while :(

Vicarious - Tool

Tabbed by Pier-Philippe de Chevigny LeBlanc

Intro

Guitar 1

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-------5-----------7---7---5-------------
-0-7-0---7-0-7-0-5---0---0---7-0-7-3-5-2-
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-------5---------5---------5-----------7-
-0-7-0---7-0-7-0---7-0-7-0---7-0-7-0-5---
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Last time
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-------5---------5---------5-------------
-0-7-0---7-0-7-0---7-0-7-0---7-0-7-3-5-2*
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* = Let ring

Guitar 2 (similar to the bass riff, except for a few notes)

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-12-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-0-12-14-0-0-10-0-0-12-
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-0-0-0-15-0-0-10-0-0-10-0-0-12-14-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-10-12-
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Main riff 1

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----------------------------15---
-0---0-12-0---0--10-0--15h17----- x4

Main riff 2
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--------------------------10---
-13/12-12-12-12-12/13------8---
--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0------ x4
PM PM

Bridge to Chorus - Play main riff 2 twice than :

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--------------------------10-----10--
-13/12-12-12-12-12/13------8-----10--
--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0----0-0-10--
PM PM

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-0------3-0----5-0----3-0----1--
-0------3-0----5-0----3-0----1--
-0--00--3-0-00-5-0-00-3-0-00-1--
PM PM PM PM

Bridge back to chorus - Play main riff 1 once than:

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----------------------------15---
-0---0-12-0---0--10-0--0h15h17---
PM PM

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----------------------------15------
-0---0-12-0---0--10-0--15h17--h17---

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----------------------------15---
-0---0-12-0---0--10-0--0h15h17---
PM PM


Verse 2

Guitar one Repeat Intro

Guitar 2

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---7-----5-0---------7-------5---------7-
-----0-3-----0-7-3-5---0-7-0---7-0-7-0---
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-------5---------7-------5---------5---5---
-0-7-0---7-0-7-0---0-7-0---7-0-7-0---7---7-
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Second Bridge to Chorus - Play the Main riff 2 twice, than play the first mesure of the First Bridge
to Chorus, than repeat Main riff once.

Chorus

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-999101010999-------------------------------------------
--------------101010--0---3/55--0------------------5-0--
-777-8-8-8777-101010--0---3/55--0-------3--------5-5-0--
--------------101010--0---3/55--0--0h3h5--0-0h5h7--5-0--
PM-------------

Main riff 1 x 3

"Why can't we just admit it"
This is very easy... but anyway...

A------------------------
D-0000-0-00-00--000------
PM---------------

Break

A------------------------
D-0000-0-00----00--------
PM---------------

"Solo" - With tremolo and forced harmonics
*Only the last time
D-------10--8--//12//---
A-5--6------------------
D-----------------------
*******

****ed up part when you can't a single word from MJK

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--------5--------5----3-----5/7--------3----5--
PM-0000---0-00-0---00---0000----0-00-0---00----

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--------8-------7---3-----5/7-------3----5--
PM-0000--0-00-0--00---0000---0-00-0---00---- Play these 2 parts twice than


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--------5--------5------3h5------7--------3------3h5-
PM-0000---0-00-0---0h3h5----0000---0-00-0---0h3h5----

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--------8--------7------3h5------7--------3------3h5-
PM-0000---0-00-0---0h3h5----0000---0-00-0---0h3h5----


Repeat intro then

Intro variation

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-------5------------0h2--
-0-7-0---7-3-0-3-0h3-----
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Variation 2

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-7-----5-----7-----8-7------
---0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0--
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Build up 1

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----7-----5-----7------8-7------5------7----5-----
----5-----3-----5------6-5------3------5----3-----
PM---0000--0000---0000-----0000---0000---00---00--

Build up 2

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-12------10------12------13-12------10------12----10-----
-12------10------12------13-12------10------12----10-----
-12-0000-10-0000-12-0000-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-00-10-00--
PM ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -- --

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-15------13------15------16-15------13------15----13-----
-14------12------14------15-14------12------14----12-----
-12------10------12------13-12------10------12----10-----
-12------10------12------13-12------10------12----10-----
-12-0000-10-0000-12-0000-13-12-0000-10-0000-12-00-10-00--
PM ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -- --

Repeat the First Bridge to Chorus

Final Chorus

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-999101010999---------------------------
--------------101010--0---3-0-5-0-3-0-0-
-777-8-8-8777-101010--0---3-0-5-0-3-0-0-
--------------101010--0---3-0-5-0-3-0-0-

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--------------------------6---8---6-----
-999101010999-------------5---7---5-----
--------------101010--0---3-0-5-0-3-0-0-
-777-8-8-8777-101010--0---3-0-5-0-3-0-0-
--------------101010--0---3-0-5-0-3-0-0-

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-999101010999---------
--------------101010--
-777-8-8-8777-101010--
--------------101010--

Outro

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-------3--------2-------------
-------3--------2--------3h5--
--00-0-3-0-00-0-2-0-0h3h5----- x3
PM-- - - -- - - --------

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-------3--------2-
-------3--------2-
--00-0-3-0-00-0-2- x1
PM-- - - -- -

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-----------0h3h5-------
------0h3h5-----0h3h5--
-0h3h5----------------- x4
PM-------------------

Not my tab.

About 70% correct I think. Still, it's a start. People can work from this. I'm pretty sure the tremelo bit is Bass aswell. I think the main riff is;


[code]
---------------------------5
---------------------0h3---
-------5--------3-----------
-0--0---0---0---0--------- x4[/code]

Uhhhm. Add to this guys. I can't get it to all fit properly, grrr.

i'm too lazy to look through all the pages, but anyone have the new song ive been hearing all about that they could send me? my e-mail is [email]ska_lex@hotmail.com[/email] if you are sending it over e-mail, if not just post away in here
thanks in advance

[url]www.myspace.com/seehareis[/url]

it's on my profile, there.

Incubliss, that tab was pretty accurate.

[QUOTE=Zion Gates]i'm too lazy to look through all the pages, but anyone have the new song ive been hearing all about that they could send me? my e-mail is [email]ska_lex@hotmail.com[/email] if you are sending it over e-mail, if not just post away in here
thanks in advance[/QUOTE]

[url]http://download.yousendit.com/C31A898439CBEB53[/url]

Because i'm feeling generous. You're a lazy bastard for not looking back mebbe 4 pages though...

I dont know how you could miss any link. I cant avoid them across the net.

File is sitting on my desktop waiting for tommorrow. And I have a few friends that are desperately trying to get to the file

Why tommorow?

Why today?

Proper release day.

Ah, that's right. I still might not listen to it.

Hey it's already monday the 17th in Australia isn't it? So if you want to be 'legit' you could go ahead and give it a listen....And it's Maynards birthday too, and mine :) hb to me!

I really like the mixing/tones of the guitars in Vicarious. I love the bass just flapping in the first hard riff.

[QUOTE=DuncTheToolaphile]You can count it out like that... doesn't seem right at all though. I guess just cause all the downbeats are misplaced.
Edit: I feel more comfortable counting the whole riff out in 40/8 :lol:[/QUOTE]

The whole thing carries a solid 5/4 feel all the way through though, so counting it in anything else would be illogical

So, I was looking at the January 2006 Toolband newsletter (the one with the Ouija board) to see if, knowing what we all know now, any hidden information would come to light.

So far, we all already know about the anagram: "A or ET tests on D" can be switched around to mean "Rosetta Stoned". However, a couple other things might be of interest.

[QUOTE]Q: On what date will the single from the album be released in the US?

A: PORV

(NOTE: I've always thought there should be a REPHRASE spot on the board).

Q: On what date, exactly, will the single Tool's new record be released in the US?

A: VORP

(NOTE: Unfortunately, at the time I didn't realize that the entity was asking ME a question. There should have been a space, making it P or V... or V or P, meaning that it was asking me which single I was referring to. It should, however, be noted that the initials are correct, save for a letter omitted by Obelisong).[/QUOTE]

So there we go. Obviously, V stands for Vicarious, and P stands for The Pot, with the "T" in "The" being the initial that was left out of the answer. So, we've got two definite singles/videos to look forward to.

Next:

[QUOTE]Q: In one word, how would you describe the song that the band is currently mixing?

A: JAM[/QUOTE]
Jambi! Of course.

So hopefully as we get more information (namely the ability to listen to the album itself) we can look back on this crap and pick out those little tidbits of information that were supposedly right in front of us.


Oh, and Vicarious is in 10/8. No question. I would say it was 5/4, but there are two different rhythms that occur throughout the song, and because the meter doesn't change, it has to be in 10.

The two rhythms are:
1. one two THREE four five six SEVEN eight NINE ten
2. one two three FOUR five six seven EIGHT nine TEN

If you were to write down the music for, say, the drums, it would be awkward to divide the parts into quarter notes of five.

There's a self-victory. I told myself it was in 10/8 when I first heard it.

Score one for Scruples.

I'll keep counting it in 4 thanks.

/Flexes Metric modulation muscle.
[QUOTE]
So there we go. Obviously, V stands for Vicarious, and P stands for The Pot, with the "T" in "The" being the initial that was left out of the answer. So, we've got two definite singles/videos to look forward to.
[/QUOTE]Ah, good eye.

I'm a little late because I was out of town this weekend...listening to Vicarious now. Whoa....

[QUOTE=Futuro]I'll keep counting it in 4 thanks.

/Flexes Metric modulation muscle.
Ah, good eye.[/QUOTE]

:lol: Are you serious? That would give me a headache. The song's clearly in 5, or an overwhelming majority of it, at least.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]:lol: Are you serious? That would give me a headache. The song's clearly in 5, or an overwhelming majority of it, at least.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, its 5. Try counting it in a 16th variation like 17 or 19 or 21 etc etc.

good for teh mind.

I love how they throw in an extra beat now and again to spice it up, like when maynard sings "Hands to the sky crying".. And especially at the part where he adds "good safe" to the line "I need to watch things die from a distance "

Ah, I cannot get enough of this song.

There we have our Meshuggah influence we've heard so much about from Carey. :p

Man, I love the line "I need to watch things die from a good safe distance."

What do you all think of the TRUSTcompany-esque vocals during the verse?

I didn't really expect to be this hooked on the single... i haven't listened to anything else since I got it

I guess my Tool fast is officially over. :)

[QUOTE=Knifeboy]I didn't really expect to be this hooked on the single... i haven't listened to anything else since I got it[/QUOTE]

Same here, except I've also listened to Ænima. :lol:

I've felt the urge to dig out Ænema, and Lateralus too, but I'm so lazy that I just end up listening to Vicarious again instead :p

I don't know if you know already but there's a pretty long interview in GuitarWorld magazine with their guitarist. One of the things that shocked me was he said really only took them about a year to make the new record. Its a good read if you wanna pick it up.

I've decided to listen to the single.