Cult Of Personality Chords & Tabs
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Artist: Living Colour
Tab: Cult Of Personality
Album: Vivid
Tabbed By: stonerpride4_20
It took me 3 1/2 hors to tab this
song so if there are any mistakes,
please correct them. Yo this is a
bad ass song to know, so have fun.
E-A-D-G-B-E
Legend
p - pull off ~ - vibrato (whammy bar) tr- trill bh - bend half note
h - hammer on t - tap string br- bend & rest bfh- bend full + half note
/ - slide up bf- bend full note lr- let note ring dw - depress whammy bar
\ - slide down bq- bend quarter note X - muted note
Riff 1 Riff 2
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|----3p0---2----3p0---2--|----3p0---2----3p0---2-2--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3-----3----3-----3----|--3-----3----3-----3------|
Riff 3 Riff 4
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------2----------|----------2-----5-4--------|
|----3p0---5-3-----3-0------|----3p0-----4-0-----5-3----|
|--------------5-------3-2--|------------------------5--|
|--3-----3------------------|--3-----3------------------|
Fill 1 Fill 2
|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|--3---5--|--3------|
|--3---5--|--3---3--|
|--1---3--|--1---3--|
|---------|------1--|
Bridge 1
|----------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--11--10-10----10-13--|--------13--12-------13p12--------|--------10------10-------|
|--10--10----10--------|-----12-----12-------------12-----|-----11-------9-------9--|
|--12--10--------------|--14--------12---12-----------12--|--12-------11------11----|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------|
|--10----------8--------8-----|
|--10------10--9-----------9--|
|--10--10------10---10--------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
Bridge 2 t ~~~~~
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------10---11bf(20)--|----------13---12---13--12-----12--|----------10-------------------|
|--15---10-------------|------12-------12-----------12-----|------11-----------9--12---11--|
|--15---10-------------|--14-----------12------------------|--12-----------11--------------|
|--13---8--------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Outro Riff
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
|--5--4---------5--4---------5--4--|---------5--4--------|
|--------5--3---------5--3---------|--5--3---------5--3--|
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------|
This solo is hard as hell so practice up or you might get confused...
Solo ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|-------------15---|--17p15-------15--15--15-------------------------------------------|
|--/10---8---------|--------17p15-------------18bf---18p15h18-15h18-15h17-15-----------|
|--/10---9---------|---------------------------------------------------------17-17bfr--|
|--/10---10--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
lr ~~~~~~ ~misc. bar raises~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------|---------------18----------------(18)--|
|------------------15-18-15---------------|--------18--15-------------------------|
|--15----15--17bf-----------17bf-17-(15)--|--(15)---------------------------------|
|-----17----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
~~~~
|-------------|--18bf--|--15-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10--10-8---|--------|-----18p15-18p15h17p15----------15h18p15h17p15----15------18p15--|
|--10--10-9---|--------|-----------------------17p15h17----------------17----17bf--------|
|--10--10-10--|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--17p15----------15h18p15h17p15-------15-------|--15----------15-18p15-17p15-15--------|
|--------17p15h17----------------17p15----17bf--|-----17p15h17-------------------17bfr--|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/living_colour/cult_of_personality_tab.html ]
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------17p15-----15------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17bf------15--------17-----17p15----------15h17-----------15h17-15---------15h17--15--|
|-----------------------------------17p15h17-0------------------------0------------------|
|--------15-----------------------------------------17-15h17------------15h17------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------15h17p15-------17-15----15----------15h18p15h17p15-15----15-------------|
|--17-------------------17-15-------17----17-15-17-------------------17----17bhr-17bf--|
|-----17p15h17-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~
|---------------------------------|--------------------6-10-8-6----6----------6-8-10-8-6-----|
|-------------3-5-3--6------------|--3-------5h6-6-8p6----------10---10-8-6-8------------10--|
|--15-0-0h3-5--------5bh---5-3----|--3-5/7---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5------------------5--|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----10-8-6-10-6-8-10---------------------------------9-------------9-----|
|---------------------10-9-7---10p9p7h10p9-7-----7-10----9-------10---10--|
|----------------------------0-----------------8-----------10-12----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----10-11-12----------10---------13-0----15-------18-17--|--15-----------18---18-17-15-18-17-15----15-17--|
|--10----------12----10----12----0------------17-15--------|-----17-15----------------------------17--------|
|-----------------12----------13--------17-----------------|-----------0-0----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~dw~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15--------------20bfr-20bf-20bh(20bfh)-0----------------------------------------------|
|---------17--17-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------X-15--15----------------------------14bfr-17--14--(14)--15-14-14--(14)-15-14-12--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
|-----------------------------------|--18bf---18bfr-p15-15-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------18p17h18-18p15-19-16-19-16-19p15----15----15--|
|--12h-15p12h-15p12h-15p12--15p12---|-------------------------------------------------------17----17-----|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17--15-----------15-18-15-18p15h17p15-0----15-18p15------------------------------15-18-15-17-18--|
|---------17--15-17------------------------17----------18-17-16-17bf--17------15-17-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------15-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----0-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--17---17----17bf--17-15-17bf--17bf--17-15----15-17bf-15-----|--15-17-15----15-17bf--15-17-15-17-18-15--|
|----------15-------------------------------17------------17--|-----------17-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
~dw~~~~~~~tr~~~~~~~tr~~~~~~~~~
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--5--5--3---------------3-5bhr-3----|--5---------------------------|--11-------------------------|
|--5--5--3-----5p3-5p3------------5--|--5---5-3---3-5bh--5-3-2/3-5--|-------12---9-(11)---8-(11)--|
|--5--5--3---5-5p3-5p3---------------|------5---5-------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------5---------5-------------|----5-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Well that should at least get you on the right track...
