Birthmark Tab

by Deftones
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Author Stretchnutz00 [a] 30. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
Deftones
Birthmark
i've seen other tabs for this song, but they were all wrong,
here is the right way to play it. listen to song for timing.
\=slide  h=hammer on  x=mute string
^=bend   p=pull off   ~=let ring
 
Intro:(up-strokes)
e|--12------12----12--12----12|
B|----11------11--11----11--11|
G|------10------1010------1010|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
 
Verse:                              x2
e|-----|------------------------------|
B|-----|------------------------------|
G|-----|------------------------------|
D|-5~~~|---------5^----555555555-5^---|
A|-x~~~|-----------5h7-xxxxxxxxx---5h7|
E|-0~~~|000000000------000000000------|
 
Chorus:    x3   on 4th time
e|-----------|-------------|-----|
B|-----------|-------------|-----|
G|-----------|-------------|-----|
D|-2-55-44-44|-2-55-44-4444|-5~~~|
A|-2-55-44-44|-2-55-44-4444|-x~~~|
E|-0-33-22-22|-0-33-22-2222|-0~~~|
                         x2
Bass Line:
A|---7-----9\7--|
E|000-00000---78|
 
Verse
Chorus
 
Verse 2(all palm muted)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000|
 
Verse
Chorus
 
Bridge:
e|-0~~~-0-----0----|after this,
B|-0~~~-0-----0----|Steph playes alot of
G|-0~~~-0-----0----|scratches that i
D|-------7~~~--9~~~|have no idea how he does
A|-------5~~~--7~~~|it, but then breaks out
E|-----------------|into this:
 
Breakdown:       x4
e|-----------------|-------------------------------------
B|-----------------|-------------------------------------
G|-----------------|-------------------------------------
D|-22-999-77-------|-22---------------22-----------------
A|-22-777-55-54-5\4|-22-777-55-54-5\4-22-777-55-101010p9-
E|-00--------32-3\2|-00--------32-3\2-00-----------------
                                                          x3
e|----------------------------------------|-----------------|
B|----------------------------------------|-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------|-----------------|
D|-22----------------22-------------------|-22-999-77-------|
A|-22-777-55--54-5\4-22-777-55--101010h12-|-22-777-55-54-5\4|
E|-00---------32-3\2-00-------------------|-00--------32-3\2|
 
End on:
e|------------|-----|
B|------------|-----|
G|------------|-----|
D|-22-999-7~~-|-5~~~|(ring out)
A|-22-777-5~~-|-x~~~|
E|-00---------|-0~~~|
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allthatfails
Good tab! And to get the scratching near the end, just slide the top 3 strings with lotsa distortion on :)
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