Deftones
Song: Rocket Skates
Album: Diamond Eyes
Tabbed by Jose Cruz Aramayo
Hi, this song has an amazing sound but as every Deftones fan should know Steph Carpenter
to a 8 strings guitars saddly not everybody can afford one of those guitars (me
so this is the closest i could get to his actual sound using a regular 6 strings guitar.
Tuning Drop B
1,1/2 steps down with the 6th string dropped.
(B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)
(6,5 ,4,3,2 ,1 )
Legend:
. = Palm Muted
p = pull off
Intro
C#----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#----------------------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#----------------------------------------------------------------|
B -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-3p0-2p0---------------------------------|
PM . . .
Verse
C#----------0---------------------------------------0--------------|
G#----------0---------------------------------------0--------------|
E -5575-578-0-------------------------/5575-578-2---2--------------|
B -3353-356-0-------------------------/3353-356-0------------------|
F#-3353-356-0-------------------------/3353-356-0------------------|
B -3353-356-0-------------------------/3353-356-0------------------|
^this part is played on the strings between the nut and the tuners
Verse
C#----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--------------------------------|
B -3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------------------------------|
F#-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333----------------------------|
B -3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-5p0-2p0-3p0-6p0-2p0-3p0----|
PM ... ... ... ... ... ...
Chorus
C#-------------------------------- --------------------------------|
G#-------------------------------- --------------------------------|
E -------------------------------- x4 --------------------------------|
B -------------------------------- --------------------------------|
F#-------------------------------- --------------------------------|
B -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-3p0-2p0- -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-2p0-3p0-|
C#--------------------------------|
G#--------------------------------|
E --------------------------------| x3
B --------------------------------|
F#--------------------------------|
B -0--6p0--0--6p0--0--6p0-3p0-2p0-|
Listen to the song for timing and structure, i think is pretty accurate not to a 100%
sounds good.
DEFTONES ROCKS
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