Artist: Deftones
Song: Battle - Axe
Self-titled album
Tabber: c0z187
email: [email protected]

^ = Bend
. = slight mute of strings

I'm going to tab this 2 ways, in straight C and
also in C# tuning.


Tuning: Drop C (C,G,C,F,A,D)

INTRO (Clean)			      
D|------------------------------------------------|                 
A|-------------4-----6-4--------------------------|                 
F|------------------------------------------------|                  
C|----5---6-5-----5--------6-5-6-5-6-5-65---------| x4
G|--3---3-----------------------------------------|                 
C|-----------------------------------------1--1---|                 
  
VERSE: (Distorted) Bend notes 1 full step, then down
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
F|--5^-5.-55-5^-5.-55-5^-5.-55-5^-5-5--------|
C|--5^-5.-55-5^-5.-55-5^-5.-55-5^-5-5--1~----|
G|--3^-3.-33-3^-3.-33-3^-3.-33-3^-3-3--1~----|
C|-------------------------------------1~----|

CHORUS: Listen for exact strums and chord changes
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|--55555555-------------------------------------|
C|--55555555---444444444--11111111--333333333----|
G|--33333333---444444444--11111111--333333333----|
C|-------------444444444--11111111--333333333----|



Now, for the C# G# C# F# A# D# version of this song, which
is probably the way they have it tuned for this song.

Tuning  C# G# C# F# A# D#

INTRO (Clean)			      
D#|------------------------------------------------|                 
A#|-------------3-----5-3--------------------------|                 
F#|------------------------------------------------|                  
C#|----4---5-4-----4--------5-4-5-4-5-4-54---------| x4
G#|--2---2-----------------------------------------|                 
C#|-----------------------------------------0--0---|                 
  
VERSE: (Distorted) Bend notes 1 full step, then down
D#|-------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------|
F#|--4^-4.-44-4^-4.-44-4^-4.-44-4^-4-4--------|
C#|--4^-4.-44-4^-4.-44-4^-4.-44-4^-4-4--0~----|
G#|--2^-2.-22-2^-2.-22-2^-2.-22-2^-2-2--0~----|
C#|-------------------------------------0~----|

CHORUS: Listen for exact strums and chord changes
D#|-----------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------|
F#|--44444444-------------------------------------|
C#|--44444444---333333333--00000000--222222222----|
G#|--22222222---333333333--00000000--222222222----|
C#|-------------333333333--00000000--222222222----|

There is also a bridge guitar that is overlapped on the cd,
one is playing the chorus and 1 is playing octaves, which i'm
not entirely sure about yet, if anyone knows, post a correct and i'll
post it.

It sounds 100% correct to me when i play it with the CD.