Slipknot
“Metabolic”

tuning: B F# B E G# C#

PM= palm mute
/ = slide
~ = vibrato
* = harmonic
b = bend
> = strum the note while its bent, and release to original note

riff 1
part 1:
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------4--------------5-----4--------------6--------------5/4-|
F#|-6--6--4--4--5--4--6--5--5--6--4--6--4--6--6--6--6--5--4--6--5/4-|
B |-6--6--4-----5--4--6--5-----6-----6--4--6--6-----6--5--4--6------|
   |___PM__|   |____PM____|    PM    PM

part 2:
C#|------------|
G#|------------|
E |------------|
B |----------6-|
F#|-4--6--6--6-|
B |-4--6--6----|
   |___PM___|

riff 2
part 1:
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-4--3--2--1--5-----4-----|
B |-4--3--2--1-----6-----5--|
   |____PM____|

part 2:
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------1-----0-----|
B |-3--2--1--0-----2-----1--|

riff 3:
C#|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---------|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
B |-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1/13~-|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
   |_____________play 3x_____________|




riff 4
part 1:
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------|
E |------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4-8-8/7-7---1-1---2-2---3-3---4-|
B |------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4-8-8/7-7---1-1---2-2---3-3---4-|
F#|------------------------------------0---------------------|
B |-2*>------0-----0-----0-------------0-----0-----0-----0---|

C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-4/8-8/7-----1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4---|
B |-4/8-8/7-----1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4------1-1---2-2---3-3---4-4-0-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------0-0-----0-----0-----0-----2*>------0-----0-----0-------|

part 2
guitar 1:
C#|--7b--7b--------7b-----7b--------|
G#|-10b-10b-------10b----10b--------|
E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|

guitar 2
part 1:
C#|---------------------------------|
G#|-----------------5-5-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
E |-----------------4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-|
B |-1-1-1-1-3-1-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
F#|-1-1-1-1-3-1-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
B |-1-1-1-1-3-1-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|

part 2:
C#|-----------------|
G#|-5-5-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
E |-4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-|
B |-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
F#|-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|
B |-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-|

riff 5:
C#|-----------|
G#|-----------|
E |-----------|
B |-----------|
F#|-4-3-2-1---|
B |-4-3-2-1---|
   |___PM___|









riff 6
part 1:
C#|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|
E |------------------------|
B |------------------------|
F#|-6----------------------|
B |----4--2--5----1-----6--|
   |___tremolo picking___|

part 2:
C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------12*-|
B |---------------------------5*--x-----|
F#|-3*---3*--3*---3*-------3*-----------|
B |----------------------x--------------|

riff 7:
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------6-6-------------------------------|
B |-0-0-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-5-1-1-1-6-6-----x-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-5-1-1-1-6-6-6-|
   |______________________________PM_______________________________|

C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------6-----------------|
B |-1-1-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-5-1-1-1-6-6---x-1-4-4-2-2-2-5-|
   |______________________PM_______________________|

riff 8
part 1:
C#|---------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------6---------------------|
B |-1--4--2--5----1----6-----4--2--5----1----6--|
   |_____________tremolo picking______________|

part 2a:
(played only by guitar 2)
C#|-6--3------------------6---------------------|
G#|----------4---------------3-----4------------|
E |-------4-------3-------------4-------3-------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
   |_____________tremolo picking______________|






part 2b:
C#|-6~b---------|
G#|-------------|
E |-------------|
B |-------------|
F#|-------------|
B |-------------|

riff 9:
C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
E |----------------------|
B |-6/5------------------|
F#|-6/5-4--2--5---1--6---|
B |-----4--2--5---1--6---|

riff 10:
C#|----------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------|
B |-1-1-0-0-6-6-0-7-7-0-8-8-0-9-9-13-|

outro:
C#|------------------|
G#|------------------|
E |------------------|
B |-6/5--------------|
F#|-6/5-4--2--5---1--|
B |-----4--2--5---1--|