My Plague Tab

Song: My Plague
Band: Slipknot
Guitarists: Mick Thomson and James Root
Album:Iowa
Tabbed by:Gary666
This is a really heavy song, and it is difficult to play.  So I recommend playin' it
and then working,
your way up to the slipknot speed.  So practice makes perfect.  The tuning for this song
A E A D F# B.
 
[Intro: This part is pretty simple but the open power chords have to be played really really fast.  This
      is a good excercise for your alternate picking.]
 
[Guitar 1- Good ol' Jimmy]
B |----------------------|
F#|----------------------|
D |----------------------|
A |----------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
p.m|---------------------|
 
[Guitar 2- Mr Micky]
B |----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0--1h2-2p1---------|
p.m|---------------------------|
 
[Verse:] Pretty much the same as the intro, but the open power chords are played a little slower.
[Both guitars]
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|
 
[Chorus:] This is quite easy if you can change chords and you fast going up and down the fret board.
Micky's part.
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12-----------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666---|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666---|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-----------------------|
 
Jimmy's part
B |-----------------------20\19---------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16---------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00--------------------|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-----------------------|
 
[2nd verse:] Just the same as the first one.
[Both guitars]
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|
 
[Chorus:] Same as before
Micky's part
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12-----------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666---|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666---|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-----------------------|
 
[Jimmy's part]
B |-----------------------20\19---------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16---------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00--------------------|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-----------------------|
 
[Interlude:] This part is extremely fast and I recommend learning it slowly and then pick up the speed.
[Both guitars]
[palm muted through out]
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |----------------3-2---4---|
E |-------4-3----------2---3-|
A |-0-3-2-----4-3------------|
 
B |------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
D |------------------------------|
A |------------------2h3p0----4--|
E |-0-3-2-0--4-3------------2---3|
A |-0-3-2-0------4-3-------------|
 
[Chorus:] This is quite easy if you can change chords and you fast going up and down the fret board.
[Micky's part.]
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12-----------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10--22222/666666---|
A |-0-0-0----00---00-----22222/666666---|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-----------------------|
 
[Jimmy's part]
B |-----------------------20\19---------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------7----10---12---17\16---------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--5----8----10-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----00---00--------------------|
p.m|-----|  |-| |-----------------------|
 
[Then there is a different chorus riff]
[Both guitars]
B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |--------14----10---------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--12----8-----22222/666666-----|
A |-0-0-0-----00-------22222/666666-----|
p.m|-----|   |--------------------------|
 
[Verse:] Pretty much the same as the intro, but the open power chords are played a little slower.
[Both guitars]
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|
 
[Both guitars]
B |--------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|
D |--------------------------|
A |--------------------------|
E |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
A |-0-0-0--1h2-2p1-----------|
p.m|-----|
 
The verse is then played again with a flanger and a break in  between the open chords
the hammer ons.
Then the intro is played with a flanger:
 
[Guitar 1- Good ol' Jimmy]
B |----------------------|
F#|----------------------|
D |----------------------|
A |----------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0------------|
p.m|---------------------|
 
[Guitar 2- Mr Micky]
B |----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
A |-0-0-0-0-0--1h2-2p1---------|
p.m|-------------------------|
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
 
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