xSong: My Plague
Band: Slipknot
Guitarists: Mick Thomson and James Root
Album:Iowa
Tabbed by:Gary666
This is a really heavy song, and it is difficult to play. So I recommend playin' it
and then working,
your way up to the slipknot speed. So practice makes perfect. The tuning for this song
A E A D F# B.
Intro: This part is pretty simple but the open power chords have to be played really really fast. This
is a good excercise for your alternate picking.
Guitar 1- Good ol' Jimmy
B |----------------------|
F#|----------------------|
D |----------------------|
A |----------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
p.m|---------------------|
Guitar 2- Mr Micky
B |----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0--1h2-2p1---------|
p.m|---------------------------|
[Verse:] Pretty much the same as the intro, but the open power chords are played a little slower.
Both guitars
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|
[Chorus:] This is quite easy if you can change chords and you fast going up and down the fret board.
Micky's part.
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12-----------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666---|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666---|
p.m|-----| |-| |-----------------------|
Jimmy's part
B |-----------------------20\19---------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16---------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00--------------------|
p.m|-----| |-| |-----------------------|
[2nd verse:] Just the same as the first one.
Both guitars
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|
[Chorus:] Same as before
Micky's part.
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12-----------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666---|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666---|
p.m|-----| |-| |-----------------------|
Jimmy's part
B |-----------------------20\19---------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16---------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00--------------------|
p.m|-----| |-| |-----------------------|
[Interlude:] This part is extremely fast and I recommend learning it slowly and then pick up the speed.
Both guitars
palm muted through out
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |----------------3-2---4---|
E |-------4-3----------2---3-|
A |-0-3-2-----4-3------------|
The the heavy part:
B |------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
D |------------------------------|
A |------------------2h3p0----4--|
E |-0-3-2-0--4-3------------2---3|
A |-0-3-2-0------4-3-------------|
The back to the chorus:
[Chorus:] This is quite easy if you can change chords and you fast going up and down the fret board.
Micky's part.
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12-----------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666---|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666---|
p.m|-----| |-| |-----------------------|
Jimmy's part
B |-----------------------20\19---------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16---------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00--------------------|
p.m|-----| |-| |-----------------------|
Then there is a different chorus riff:
Both guitars
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------14----10---------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--12----8-----22222/666666-----|
A |-0-0-0-----00-------22222/666666-----|
p.m|-----| |--------------------------|
Then the verse is played again
Both guitars
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|
The verse is then played again with a flanger and a break in between the open chords
the hammer ons.
Then the intro is played with a flanger:
Guitar 1- Good ol' Jimmy
B |----------------------|
F#|----------------------|
D |----------------------|
A |----------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
p.m|---------------------|
Guitar 2- Mr Micky
B |----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0--1h2-2p1---------|
p.m|-------------------------|
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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