Song: School of Hard Knocks
Band: P.O.D.
Album: 'Little Nicky' Sound Track
Tabbed by: Alejandro D'Brot
alexd@terra.com
()= ghost note play softly
b= bend to indicated note
r= release to original note
PM. = palm mute
.= natural harmonic
x= muted note or chord
~= vibrato
/= slide up
Tuning: Low D - DADGBe
[ intro ]
Marcos uses some pretty freaky effects on this one. I don't know anything about effects pedals
and I have never used one, so I don't know what effect he is using.
The parts with effects are really hard to tab because they are all overlapped, but here's what
I could make of them, I guess with the right effects pedal it will sound close. Get the timing
right by hearing the song (if you can make out the notes!). If you can't, just leave the part out.
I:
(little distortion w/ effects)
e|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
B|-------------6----|-3-5b6rp3-5b6-r--3---3-----|--------------6--|
G|-5---3--2-3-------|-------------------5-------|-5---3--2-3------|
D|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
II:
(little distortion w/ up and down strokes, and w/ part I overlapped)
e|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
B|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-----------------|--------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-----------|--------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
A|-0--------0-------|-1-----0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
D|-0--------0-------|-------0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
e|-----------------------|------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------11b14r*-|
D|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5----------|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5----------|
[* put on distortion on this bend and release the bend slowly ]
[ chorus ]
(w/ heavy distortion)
..play two times:
e|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
B|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
G|------------------|-3-3-3-----------|--------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
A|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
e|-----------------------|---------|
B|-----------------------|---------|
G|-----------------------|---------|
D|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
D|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
^
...play this at the ^ symbol, the second time the chorus is played:
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-12.12.12.12.12.12.-|
A|-12.12.12.12.12.12.-|
D|--------------------|
PM.
[ verse ]
..play this four times:
e|---------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------|--------------------|-----------6----------------------|
G|------------7--|--------------------|------------------------5-7-5-----|
D|------------7--|--------------------|-------8-----7-8--8---8-------8---|
A|-------12.-----|--------------------|----8---------------8-----------8-|
D|-12.-----------|--------------------|-8--------------------------------|
...the verse is overlapped with this (it varies in the second verse):
e|---------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-9h10-9-7-5-7~-|-5--7--9--9b10r--7h9|-10-9-7-5-7~----------------------|
D|---------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
..at the end of the fourth time play this:
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0--7.------12.--|
A|-0-0-0-0--5.--0---12.--|
D|-0-0-0-0--5.--0--------|
..then play this: 'chorus'(x2)
'verse'(x4)
[ bridge ]
i:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-101010-9-9-9101010-9-9-9-12121212--|
D|--8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-10101010--|
A|--8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-10101010--|
D|------------------------------------|
ii:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-101010-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|--8-8-8-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|--8-8-8-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|--------------------------------|
Order(x2): i
i
i
ii
[ break ]
e|------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-12--0--------3/5-0-----5-----|-0--------3/5-0-----5-----|
D|-12-0--------------5-7---7~5-|-0--------------5-7---7~5-|
^ let ring ^ let ring
..then play: 'intro'
'chorus' (x2)
'bridge' (x2)
...end with this:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-0--0--0--0-----0-------|
A|-0--0--0--0-----0-------|
D|-0--0--0--0-----0-------|
^ let ring
...the outro is the same as part I of the intro.
...
