Band: Deftones
Song: Rocket Skates
Album: Diamond Eyes
Tabbed by Jose Cruz Aramayo
Hi, this song has an amazing sound but as every Deftones fan should know Steph Carpenter
to a 8 strings guitars saddly not everybody can afford one of those guitars (me
so this is the closest i could get to his actual sound using a regular 6 strings guitar.
Tuning Drop B
1,1/2 steps down with the 6th string dropped.
(B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)
(6,5 ,4,3,2 ,1 )
Legend:
. = Palm Muted
p = pull off
Intro
C#—————————————————————-|
G#—————————————————————-|
E —————————————————————-|
B —————————————————————-|
F#—————————————————————-|
B -0–6p0–0–6p0–0–6p0-3p0-2p0———————————|
PM . . .
Verse
C#———-0—————————————0————–|
G#———-0—————————————0————–|
E -5575-578-0————————-/5575-578-2—2————–|
B -3353-356-0————————-/3353-356-0——————|
F#-3353-356-0————————-/3353-356-0——————|
B -3353-356-0————————-/3353-356-0——————|
^this part is played on the strings between the nut and the tuners
Verse
C#—————————————————————-|
G#—————————————————————-|
E -5—–5—–5—–5—–5—–5——————————–|
B -3—–3—–3—–3—–3—–3——————————–|
F#-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333—————————-|
B -3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333-5p0-2p0-3p0-6p0-2p0-3p0—-|
PM … … … … … …
Chorus
C#——————————– ——————————–|
G#——————————– ——————————–|
E ——————————– x4 ——————————–|
B ——————————– ——————————–|
F#——————————– ——————————–|
B -0–6p0–0–6p0–0–6p0-3p0-2p0- -0–6p0–0–6p0–0–6p0-2p0-3p0-|
C#——————————–|
G#——————————–|
E ——————————–| x3
B ——————————–|
F#——————————–|
B -0–6p0–0–6p0–0–6p0-3p0-2p0-|
Listen to the song for timing and structure, i think is pretty accurate not to a 100%
sounds good.
DEFTONES ROCKS!
