TRIBAL
As recorded by P.O.D.
(From the 1999 Album THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF SOUTHTOWN)
Words and Music by P.O.D.
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'REALLY heavy distorted'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'clean chorus'
Great song by POD.
Intro
Gtr I
Do random pick scrapes whenever needed cause im too lazy to put them on actually
The <7> is a harmonic played on the seventh fret
The bend is bent with a whammy bar I think, but you don’t need one to do the bend.
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------<7>-|-------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-5----5-------|------------|-5----5-------|--------------|-5----5------|
|-5-0--5-0--2--|-(2)--------|-5-0--5-0--2--|-(2)b3--------|-5-0--5-0----|
|-3-0--3-0--2--|-(2)--------|-3-0--3-0--2--|-(2)b3--------|-3-0--3-0----|
|---0----0--2--|-(2)--------|---0----0--2--|-(2)b3--------|---0----0----|
chorus
||------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5----5----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-0--5-0--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0--3-0--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|---0----0--|
verse
Gtr II
LET RING THROUGHOUT 5x
||-------------|------------|------------|---------------||
||o------------|------------|---7--7--7--|-7--8---------o||
||----------7--|-(7)--------|---7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7----||
||------9------|------------|------------|-------0--0----||
||o-7----------|------------|------------|--------------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|---------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pod/tribal_tab_ver_2.html ]
chorus
Gtr I
4x
||------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
verse
Gtr II
LET RING THROUGHOUT 4x
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|---7--7--7--|-7--8-------o||
||----------7--|-(7)--------|---7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--||
||------9------|------------|------------|-------0--0--||
||o-7----------|------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
Bridge
Gtr I
||-------------|------------|---------------|------------||
||o---------3--|-(3)--------|-(3)--------3--|-------3---o||
||------4------|------------|---------4-----|----4-------||
||--2----------|------------|------2--------|-2----------||
||o------------|------------|---------------|-----------o||
||-------------|------------|---------------|------------||
Breakdown
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------o||
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
||o-0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||--0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-0-2----3--|--5-0-0-0-0-0---||
bridge
7x
||---------------||------------|
||o-------------o||------------|
||---------------||------------|
||--2--3--5--0---||-2--3--0----|
||o-2--3--5--0--o||-2--3--0----|
||--2--3--5--0---||-2--3--0----|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------5----5----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|------5-0--5-0--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--3-0--3-0--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----0----0--|
chorus
play a bunch of times
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
outro
fade into cool little bass and drums thingy.
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|---7--7--7--|-7--8--------|
|---------7--|-(7)--------|---7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-----9------|------------|------------|-------0--0--|
|-7----------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
