Slipknot - Opium of the people

Opium of the People Tuning: B F# B E My First Tab! Disclaimer: This is how I play it, I don’t know how Paul played it but this way works good enough :) Intro: |-----|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------| |-----|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------| |-----|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------| |--5/-|-0------------------0--------------0-|--0-----------------0---------------0-|--0~~--| (Rest for guitar break) |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |--0-3-4-3-4-3-4-0--3-4-3-4-0-|-0-3-4-3-4-3-4-0-3-4-3-4-0~-| You can also move the 3 & 4s up a string to 8 & 9 on the F#, or even up the B string to 15 & 16 for octaves. Pre-Verse & Post Verses (Play after Verse Riffs) “The only way… Is all the way” ---|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------| ---|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------| ---|-------------5/-------|-------------5/-------|-------------5/-------|-----------| 12/|-0--4--1--0-----1-1-0-|-0--4--1--0-----1-1-0-|-0--4--1--0-----1-1-0-|4--1-04567~| |-------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------| |-------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------| |-------------|---------5/-------|---------5/-------|--------------------| |-0-0-1-1-1-0-|--4-1-0-----1-1-0-|--4-1-0-----1-1-0-|--4-1-0-4-5-6-7~~---| (Don't play 4-5-6-7--| after the verse) Verse Riff: |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7/-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-| Post-Verse (MINUS LAST 4 NOTES!!) Part after Post-Verse: Can also be played lower (sounds cool either way): |--------------------| |-------------------| |--77777--------8888-| |-------------------| |-------66665555-----| |-------------------| |--------------------| |--7777111100008888-| "It’s Judgement day and I’m not prepared..." |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-7\-------1----------0-----------8-| Chorus: "I won’t give ano - ther soul… to you” |------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-3----6\1-----0--0-0-3-3---6\1-----0--0-0~|-(let ring)---------------------1~~| In the chorus you can also play about with octaves or follow the line Jim plays |------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------| |-3----6\1-----0------------6\1-----0------|-12-----7------10-----5-----|5/7-7/8-8----| |-3----6\1-----0--0-0-3-3---6\1-----0--0-0-|----------------------------|-------------| |-3----6\1-----0--0-0-3-3---6\1-----0--0-0-|----12-----7-------10-----5-|5/7-7/8-8----| "Stop" |--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------| |-3--6\-1---0--|-3--3--6\1---0--|-3--6\-1---0--|-3--3--6\1---0~~| (let B string ring out for ages) During the duel guitar ‘soloing’ you simply hit the B string along the bass drum hits like the intro The bass doesn't play anything for a while until Joey hits the china then you follow the rhythm Mick(?) plays after the ‘soloing’. Be sure to mute the notes after playing for a tight sound. Play the pull-off after the 1 and then re-pick the string but immediately mute the string after it, turning the 1p0—0 almost into a triplet. Breakdown-ish: |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-0---1p0-0—--0---1h0-0------| Chorus "I won’t give ano - ther soul… to you” |------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-3----6\1-----0--0-0-3-3---6\1-----0--0-0~|-(let ring)---------------------1~~| Chorus Variation: |------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-3----6\1-----0--0-0-3-3---6\1-----0--0-0~|-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1\2\3-----| Repeat ‘Breakdown-ish’ Ending: |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-1--0--1--0--1--0----1--0---1--0--1--0---| (let all notes ring) Hope this works out for you, feel free to comment :)