Update 😀
I updated the tab ALOT everything should sound dead on now please rate and comment
the tab 08/28/2010

im only laying out the basic song riffs
tunning Standard B Seven-string Tune Everything to
F#,B,E,A,D,F#,B or use An 8 String Guitar
Or tune up 1 step 😀
Intro and verse Riff
B |——————————|
F#|——————————|
D |——————————|
A |——————————|4x
E |——————————|
B |——————————|
F#|4^-44–4^-44–4^-44-4^-4^-4^–|
.. .. ..
Chorus
B |———————————-|
F#|———————————-|
D |———————————-|
A |———————————-|3x
E |666–666–444-4——————-|
B |666–666–444-4——————-|
F#|444–444–222-2p1-1p0————-|

B |—————————–|
F#|—————————–|
D |—————————–|
A |—————————–|
E |666–666–444—————-|
B |666–666–444—————-|
F#|444–444–222—————-|
Verse
B |——————————|
F#|——————————|
D |——————————|
A |——————————|4x
E |——————————|
B |——————————|
F#|4^-44–4^-44–4^-44-4^-4^-4^–|
.. .. ..
Chorus
B |———————————-|
F#|———————————-|
D |———————————-|
A |———————————-|7x
E |666–666–444-4——————-|
B |666–666–444-4——————-|
F#|444–444–222-2p1-1p0————-|

B |—————————–|
F#|—————————–|
D |—————————–|
A |—————————–|
E |666–666–444—————-|
B |666–666–444—————-|
F#|444–444–222—————-|

Breakdown and Ending Riff
B |—————————————–|
F#|—————————————–|
D |—————————————–|
A |————————————9\8–|2x
E |————————————x-x–|
B |————————————7\6–|
F#|2p1-1p0–2p1-1p0–2p1-1p0–2p1-1p0——-|

Interlude
B |——————————|
F#|——————————|
D |——————————|
A |——————————|2x
E |——————————|
B |——————————|
F#|4^-44–4^-44–4^-44–4^-44—-|
.. .. .. ..
B |——————————|
F#|——————————|
D |——————————|
A |——————————|
E |——————————|
B |——————————|
F#|4^-4^-4^———————-|

B |——————————|
F#|——————————|
D |——————————|
A |——————————|2x
E |——————————|
B |——————————|
F#|4^-44–4^-44–4^-44–4^44—–|
.. .. .. ..
B |——————————|
F#|——————————|
D |——————————|
A |——————————|
E |——————————|
B |——————————|
F#|4^-4^-4^———————-|

Chorus
B |———————————-|
F#|———————————-|
D |———————————-|
A |———————————-|8x
E |666–666–444-4——————-|
B |666–666–444-4——————-|
F#|444–444–222-2p1-1p0————-|

Breakdown and Ending Riff
B |—————————————–|
F#|—————————————–|
D |—————————————–|
A |————————————9\8–|4x
E |————————————x-x–|
B |————————————7\6–|
F#|2p1-1p0–2p1-1p0–2p1-1p0–2p1-1p0——-|

Just figure Out Where Everything Goes And You Can Play
Diamond Eyes By Deftones. And Buy The Album Please :D.

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Royal – Deftones
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Tabbed by: Matt Maisel
Email: Rark0097@hotmail.com

Tuning: Drop-c (C-G-C-F-A-D)

Main Riff is like this…
Listen to the song for strumming patterns and timing.
D|———0—————–0—————–0—————–|
A|———0—————–0—————–0—————–|
F|———0—————–0—————–0—————–|
C|-2—2-2-2—–2—2—2-2-2—–2—2—2-2-2—–8—5–7—-|
G|-2—2-2-2—–2—2—2-2-2—–2—2—2-2-2—–8—5–7—-|
C|-3p2-2-2-2—–3p2-3p2-2-2-2—–3p2-3p2-2-2-2—–8—5–7—-|

Next Riff you’ll hear is like this…
Again, listen to the song for strumming patterns and timing.
D|——————————————————————|
A|——————————————————————|
F|——————————————————————|
C|-7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–8-8-8-8—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—-|
G|-7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–8-8-8-8—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—-|
C|-7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7–8-8-8-8—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—-|

And then what I’ll call the chorus is like this…
Again, listen to the song.
D|—————————————————–|
A|—————————————————–|
F|—————————————————–|
C|-10-10-10-10–7-7-7-7—-10-10-10-10–12-12-12-12—-|
G|-10-10-10-10–7-7-7-7—-10-10-10-10–12-12-12-12—-|
C|-10-10-10-10–7-7-7-7—-10-10-10-10–12-12-12-12—-|

Every other riff you hear in the song, except for the part where you hear
Stephen’s version of a solo, being the bending of one note followed by a
bend release, is just a variation of one of the above noted riffs. The
timing on this song in particular can be tricky without listening to the
song and either playing along or knowing exactly how it sounds, and how Stephen strums
pattern.

Also keep in mind that these are just basic figures on what notes to play in
what order. You will have to listen to the song on your own to determine
strumming patterns as well as timing, and number of time each chord is
played.

All in all, this is one of my favorite songs on the Diamond Eyes album,
which at this point in time has just been released. I searched around for
hours to try and find a tab only to find to my dismay that the only tab that
existed was a Guitar Pro Tab. Seeing as how I have no interest in
purchasing this software, I decided to write up my own tab for it, so that
others who are frustrated in trying to find a tab for this song can rest
easy knowing that someone was willing to sit down and show you how.

Cheers everyone.

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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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CMND-CTRL – Deftones
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Tabbed by: Matt Maisel
Email: Rark0097@hotmail.com

Tuning: Drop-C (C-G-C-F-A-D)

OK, the first riff you hear is like this…
Listen to the song for timing and strumming patterns.

D|————————————-|
A|————————————-|
F|————————————-|
C|-9-7-6—9-7-6—9-7-6–9-7-6-7-9—-|
G|-9-7-6—9-7-6—9-7-6–9-7-6-7-9—-|
C|-9-7-6—9-7-6—9-7-6–9-7-6-7-9—-|

Next Riff is like this…
Again, Listen to the song for timing and strumming patterns.

D|————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————————————|
F|————————————————————————————|
C|-13–10-12-10-13-12-10–10-12-13–10-12-13—10-12-10-13-12-10–10-12-13–10-12-13–|
G|-13–10-12-10-13-12-10–10-12-13–10-12-13—10-12-10-13-12-10–10-12-13–10-12-13–|
C|-13–10-12-10-13-12-10–10-12-13–10-12-13—10-12-10-13-12-10–10-12-13–10-12-13–|

The rest of the Riffs in the song, aside from some finely placed power chord
slides during the breakdown, are just variations of the chord progressions
notated above. This song is VERY easy to play if you listen to the song and
know the correct timing. It can be tricky at first, but after about two
plays through you should have it down.

Keep in mind these are basic notations of the chords that Stephen uses. To
replicate his strumming pattern and play each note the correct number of
times, you will have to listen to the song to figure it out. I’m not going
to sit here and hit the same number over and over again just so you can see
the tediousness of playing the song, just listen to it and you’ll do fine.

Very cool song with interesting timing. I could not find a standard tab out
there for this one, considering that the album was just released recently.
Seeing as how I have no intention of purchasing Guitar Pro, I figured I
would sit down and tab it out so that other guitarists can rest easy knowing
that someone took the time to show them how.

Cheers everyone.

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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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You’ve Seen The Butcher – Deftones
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Tabbed by: Matt Maisel
Email: Rark0097@hotmail.com

Tuning: 7 string drop-A, or 6 string tuned Drop-A. (A-e-a-d-g-b-e)
If you are playing a 6 string, and you tune down for 7string drop-a, which
is the 7-string equivalent of drop-d for a 6 string, your strings will be
very loose, obviously, so when fingering each note, don’t push too hard on
the string or your note will be sharp and it won’t sound right. Loose
strings require a lot of finesse and a very slight amount of pressure in
order to sound proper. In other words, don’t bash my tab because you’re
holding your guitar like He-Man, or Whatever female counterpart you would
relate to when doing the same.

OK, the Intro Riff you’ll hear is like this. It’s just a simplified version
of the main riff used throughout the song.
Listen to the song for timing and strumming patterns.
Palm mute the entire riff.
e|———————–|
B|———————–|
G|———————–|
D|———————–|
A|———————–|
E|———————–|
A|-0-6p0-0-0-0—-0-0—-|

When the drums kick in, the same basic riff as the intro is used, with some
small variations.
Again, listen to the song for timing and strumming patterns, but also for
palm muting, which is almost constant, given such low notes, but not
entirely…
It goes like this..
e|———————————————————-|
B|———————————————————-|
G|———————————————————-|
D|———————————————————-|
A|———————————————————-|
E|———————————————————-|
A|-0-6p0-0-9p0-0-0-0—-0-0—–0-6p0-0-6p0-0-0-0—-0-0—-|

What I will call the chorus goes like this…
Again, Listen to the song for timing, strum patterns, and palm muting.
Play the fill right at the beginning of the chorus, and then forget it
exists.
e|——–||————————————-|
B|——–||————————————-|
G|-FILL 1-||————————————-|
D|——–||————————————-|
A|——–||————————————-|
E|——–||————————————-|
A|-0-2h4–||-0-2h4–0-2-4–0-4-6–0-10-12-12—–|

After the second or so chorus, you’ll encounter this Riff. Again, it’s the
same basic riff played throughout the song, just with some small variations.
Once again, listen to the song for timing, strum patterns, and palm
muting…notice a pattern here?
Play the fill at the beginning of this riff, and then forget it exists. It
is however a crucial fill to include, though, because it is the actual
transition from the chorus to this riff.
e|———————-||————————————————-
B|———————-||————————————————-
G|——–FILL 2——–||————————————————-
D|———————-||————————————————-
A|———————-||————————————————-
E|———————-||————————————————-
A|-6p0-0-6p0-0-0-0–0-0-||–0-6p0-0-0-0–0-0—-0-6p0–0-6p0-0-0-0–0-0—-

e|—————————————————————-|
B|—————————————————————-|
G|—————————————————————-|
D|—————————————————————-|
A|—————————————————————-|
E|—————————————————————-|
A|-0-6p0–0-8p0–0-9p0-0-0-0–0-0——0-6p0–0-6p0-0-0-0–0-0—-|

And the last riff in the song, which I will refer to as the outtro, goes
like this.
Refer to the song for timing and strum patterns and palm muting.
e|———————————–|
B|———————————–|
G|———————————–|
D|———————————–|
A|———————————–|
E|———————————–|
A|-0-6p0–0-8p0–0-9p0-0-0-0–0-0—-|

Every Riff in the song is notated above in order of encounter. I do not
list the song progression, because on this album at least, you absolutely
have to hear the song to understand several key factors in the guitar lines;
timing, strum patterns, and palm muting. It’s easy to listen to the song
and scratch down on a piece of paper how many times each riff is played, and
what riff is played when, so you can do that while you listen in for
everything else.

Very cool song. I know for a fact that Stephen uses a 7-string on this one
though, just because it would be completely asinine to perform this song
with such a low tuning on a standard 6-string, however, just for the sake of
jamming out, it is easily a fun song to play, due to the simplistic nature
of single string riffs that sound cool. Out of all the songs on the Diamond
Eyes album, this is perhaps one of the easier songs to play, provided that
you own a tuner that can recognize such a low note as a tuned down A. If
not, tune your guitar to standard tuning, (E-A-D-G-B-e) and match your low-E
12th fret harmonic to your open string note, A. This should allow you to
tune down with decent enough precision, and if you are unable to do that,
just match it to the song’s intro with the track running. Not too hard.

I TABbed this out Mainly because when I purchased the album, I was already a
huge Deftones fan. And being a guitarist, upon hearing songs that I enjoy
listening to, I like to learn to play them as well, so I can jam out with
one of my favorite bands, via some speakers and my amp 🙂 However, at the
time of this post, the album is a very recent release, and the only TABs I
could find, even after hours of searching the net, were Guitar Pro TABs.
Since I am not interested in purchasing the Guitar Pro software, I figured I
would sit down and transcribe the songs that I was able to, so that other
guitarists in search of a standardized tab for this song could rest easy in
knowing that someone took the time to sit down and show them how.

Cheers everyone.

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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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Tabbed by: Daniel Frings
Email:Any errors or corrections feel free to comment or send me
an email at: daniel.frings@hotmail.com

Tuning:CGCFAd

Oh- and according to the GP5 version this song is in C#.
I’ve tabbed if for Drop C as its my preferred tuning.
If you want to play this song in C# simply
play each note one fret lower.

Intro 0.00-0.22

d|—-4–8—4—6———4–8—4—6—|X2 |—-4-4/|
A|-6——————–6—————6-| |-6——|
F|—————————————-| |——–|
C|—————————————-| |——–|
G|—————————————-| |——–|
C|—————————————-| |——–|

Verse (cont) 0.22-0.40

d|-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8———————————–| X7
A|—————————————————-|
F|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

Verse 0.40-0.49

d|-8-8-8-8-8\-3333/4-4444444/6-6666666/8-8[x16]——-|
A|—————————————————-|
F|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

Pre-chorus 0.49-0.58 (worked it out! read across the top
line for the rhythm)
^ ^ ^ ^ bend
d|-11–1111—11–1111—11–1111—11–1111———-|
A|–9—9-9—-9—9-9—-9—9-9—-9—9-9———-|
F|–8—8-8—-8—8-8—-8—8-8—-8—8-8———-|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

Chorus 0.58-1.29
d|—————————————————-|
A|—————————————————-|
F|–8-[x32] -5-[x16]–8-[x32]–10-[x32]—————|
C|–6——–3——–6——–8———————-|
G|–6——–3——–6——–8———————-|
C|–6——–3——–6——–8———————-|
[x##] <–denotes number of times to play that chord

Prechorus 1.29 – 1.38 ~~

Intro 1.42-1.52
Verse 1.52-2.09
Verse (cont) 2.09-2.19
Prechorus 2.19-2.28
Chorus 2.28 – 2.58
Intro 2.58- 3.07

Modified Chorus 3.07-4.11
Guitar 2 plays the ‘regular’ chorus section under this.

d|–8[x32]-6[x16]-8[x32]-6[x16]-6[x16]—————-| X2
A|—————————————————-|
F|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

Outro
4.11-4.44 ~~ updated; but still very rough~~~

4.11-4.14
d|—————————————————-|
A|—-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8———————————|
F|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

4.14
d|——8—8—8—8———————————|
A|–9-9—9—9—9—9——————————-|
F|———————–8—————————-|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

4.17
d|——–8—8—8—8——————————-|
A|—-9-9—9—9—9—9—————————–|
F|————————8–8-8-8-8——————|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

d|————-8—8—8—8————————–|
A|—————9—9—9—9————————|
F|-8–8-8-8-8—————————————–|
C|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-|
C|—————————————————-|

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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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This is my first tab I’ve submitted, so hopefully i
haven’t screwed it up to badly. The outro is far from perfect atm though.. Rate,
comment and cheers!

I know the Deftones use 8 strings now but since those are pretty expensive to get your
hands on I decided to transcribe this song to a normal six string guitar so that everyone
can play it.This is an awesome song one of the best on the new cd in my opinion.

Verse (Bass transcribed to guitar)
e|——————0|
B|——————6|
G|——————-|
D|—7—————|
A|-5—5-4-5-3-5-6—|
E|——————-|

Chorus
e|—————————————————————|
B|—————————————————————|
G|—————————–5-5-10\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–5-5-10\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–3-3–8\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1–3-3–8\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|

Verse

Chorus

Breakdown
e|—————————————————————-|
B|—————————————————————-|
G|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6——|
D|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6——|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–8\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4——|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–8\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–/13\|

End of Verse 3/Outro
e|—————|
B|—————|
G|5-5-5-5——–|
D|5-5-5-5——–|
A|3-3-3-3——–|
E|3-3-3-3–/13\10|

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!