E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
                             Parabola - Tool
E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Tuning: BEDGBE


Note: Most Tool songs are in Drop D. This one is not however.
E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--

[Hook/Chorus 1]
(0:00)
Tempo: ~101bpm
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------| x4
D|-0h2--2-3p2-2-2---2----2-2p0-|
A|-0------0-----3p0------------|
E|--------------------3--3-3-3-|

[Solo 1]
(0:12)
[Heavy Delay, Wah.]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12h14---14---14--14-14--14-x-x-19h21---21-21---21--21-21\--(21\)-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12h14---14-14---14--14-14--14-14-19h21-19--19^-19^--19\-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
(0:31)
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-x---------x-x---------x-x---------x-x---x-x---x-x-x-0-|
A|-x-x---------x-x---------x-x---------x-x---x-x---x-x-8-0-|
E|-x-x---------x-x---------x-x---------x-x---x-x---x-x-8-0-|

[Pre-Chorus 1]
(0:42)
e|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
E|-10--10-10-10-10-10-12---12-12-12-12--12-12-/-19---19--19--19--19---19--19--19--17-\-|
B|-8---8--8--8--8--8/-10---10-10-10-10--10-10-/-17---17--17--17--17---17--17--17--15-\-|

e|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
E|-10----10-10-10-10-12---12-12-12-12--12-12-\-7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--5---5--5--|
B|-8-----8--8--8--8/-10---10-10-10-10--10-10-\-5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--3---3--3--|

e|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
E|-10-----10-10-10-10-12---12-12-12-12--12-12-/-19---19--19--19--19---19--19--19--17-\-|
B|-8------8--8--8--8/-10---10-10-10-10--10-10-/-17---17--17--17--17---17--17--17--15-\-|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-----10-10-10-10-12---12-12-12-12--12p0-3----3----10---10---5-|
E|-8------8--8--8--8/-10---10-10-10-10--10p0-1----1----8----8----3-|

[Hook/Chorus 2]
(1:01)
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------| x7
D|-0h2--2-3p2-2-2---2----2-2p0-|
A|-0------0-----3p0------------|
E|--------------------3--3-3-3-|

E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-5/7---5/7---5-|
E|-3/5---3/5---3-|

[Post-Chorus 1]
(1:20)
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|---------------2--2-0p2-2h4-4-| x3
A|---------5p3p0-0----0---------|
E|-0h3-3-3----------------------|

E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------------2-|
A|---------5p3p0-0-|
E|-0h3-3-3---------|

[Verse 2]
(1:29)
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| x4
A|-5/7--7-8\7-7-10-\-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
E|-3/5--5-6\5-5-8--\-3-3--3-3-3-3-|

[Solo 2]
(1:35)
[Heavy Delay, Wah.]
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12h14--14-14~--14--14-14~--14-14-14-x-19h21---21-21--21--21-21---21-19-21-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------19-18--19-------18-18-|
D|-12h14--14-14~--14--14-14~--14-14-19h21-19---19^-------------18h19-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(1:44)
[Less Delay]
E|------------10--9-------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----11--12---------12/14-12~-----14-14/16\14--12--11--12-/9^--9~-----9\-|
D|-9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(1:54)
e|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
G|----11--12*------------------11*-12*-----------------------------9*\-------------|
D|-9*---------12--11*---11*-9----------12--11*---11*-12*--12*--11-------7T8-8---7\-|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--|

[Hook/Chorus 3]
(2:03)
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------| x7
D|-0h2--2-3p2-2-2---2----2-2p0-|
A|-0------0-----3p0------------|
E|--------------------3--3-3-3-|

E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-5/7---5/7---5-|
E|-3/5---3/5---3-|

[Post-Chorus]
(2:22)
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|---------------2--2-0p2-2h4-4-| x3
A|---------5p3p0-0----0---------|
E|-0h3-3-3----------------------|

E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------5p3p0-7-|
E|-0h3-3-3-------5-|

[Interlude]
(2:33)
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-------------7---7-------------7---7-------------7--|
E|-0---5-------------0---5-------------0---5-------------0--|

(2:52)
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------| x4
A|-7----5---/---12----10--\---|
E|-5----3---/---10----8---\---|
   x    x        x    x

(3:12)
e|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------|x2
E|-7---7---7--5---5xxxxxxx10/12---12---12--10---10-----5/7---7---7--5---5xxxxxxx10/12---12---12--10---7-|
B|-5---5---5--3---3xxxxxxx-8/10---10---10--8----8------3/5---5---5--3---3xxxxxxx-8/10---10---10--8----0-|

[Bridge A]
(3:32)
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------0-----------------------| x3
A|----5--3-----------------3--------|
E|-5-----------3-----5--3-----0--3~-|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------0-------------------------|
A|----(12)-10----------------10---------|
E|-12-----------10----12-10-----0--10-\-|

[Bridge Bridge]
(3:52)
e|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-|
B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-|
D|-2p0----------------2p0-------------------2p0----------------2p0----------------|
E|-----3p2p0--------------3p2p0-------5--3------3p2p0--------------3p2p0----5/7---|
B|-----------3--3--3------------3---5-----------------3--3--3------------3--3/5---|

[Bridge B]
(4:04)
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------0-----------------------|
A|----5--3-----------------3--------|
E|-5-----------3-----5--3-----0--3~-|
   x  x  x  x  x     x  x  x  x  x

(4:09)
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------| x3
A|--------------5h7-7-7-10h12p10~-----|
E|-3/5--5-5-5-5-------------------0-0-|
        x x x x     x x           x x

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-----0-5/7-0-10/12-0-5/7-0----|
E|-3/5-----------------------3*-|

[Chorus Variant]
(4:19)
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------| x6
A|---------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
     x x x x x   x x x x x x

E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---3h5-----3h5---5/7----5/7----5--------/7-|
E|-5-------3-------3/5----3/5----3--------/5-|
   x       x

[Outro]
(4:40)
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2----2--------------| x6
A|-0p2--0h2-0h2-0h2--2^-2^--0-----0----0----5--5p0-|
E|---0--0---0---0-------------------------0-3--3p0-|

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-0p2--0h2-0h2-0h2--2^--p0-0-|
E|---0--0---0---0-------------|

(Around 5:36- Clean, Delay)
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-7h9---------------0h2------------------|
A|-0-----------------0--------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

(5:50- Adam plays this a bit differently live)
E|--------------------------------------------------[12]---------|
B|-------------------------------------------[12]----------------|
G|-4---2h4p2-0-------0-----------------[12]----------------------|
D|---------------4------4------0--2------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------[12]----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
END


****************************
             KEY
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| *   artificial harmonic
|[ ]  natural harmonic
| ^   Bend
| ~   vibrato
| x   palm mute (when below)
| T   trill