BAND: Deftones ALBUM: White Pony SONG: Back to School By: ChIsUs >> RxMaScArArx@aol.com Complex of way of understanding the tuning: string 1. C# string 2. G# string 3. E string 4. B string 5. F# string 6. B More simply, from standard tuning, Drop the sixth string to D and then drop all strings down 1 1/2 steps. this gives you drop d tuning in the absolute pitch of B. If you don’t want to tune down to B, that’s fine. If you just drop your sixth string down to D, you’ll just be in dropped D tuning in the pitch of E, instead of the pitch of B. Into riff: 2x (slight dirty with high treble dist. strum pick on the bridge or over the treble (rear) pickup to get the scratchy strumming sounds.) ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------10-10-10-----10----10 10--10--10----10----10------------------------------- ---------------------------------7---7---7-------7-----7 8-----8----8-----8------8-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Chorus/bridge/coda: 8x -------------------------- -----------10---10---10 10-10---10---10---10 8----0-----7----7-----7 8----0-----0----0-----0 8----0-----0----0-----0 Verse: 4x (hit all the notes and especially the opens as hard as you can with your pick in order to achieve the "bwah" sound) ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------ 5--5-5--4--4--8--0--0-0--0--0-0 Chorus: 8x ---------------------------------------13---------------------- 11-11-11---11--------------------13------8-8-8---8-----7-7-7---4 10-10-10---10-----10-10-10---10------7-7-7---7-----6-6-6---4 8---8---8-----8-----10-10-10---10------5-5-5---5-----4-4-4---4 8---8---8-----8------0---0---0----0-------5-5-5---5-----4-4-4---4 8---8---8-----8------------------------------5-5-5---5-----4-4-4---4 ######################### # www.deftonesworld.com # #########################