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Parabola Acoustic

Tool
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 x3
x3
We  barely remember who or  what came before
 this precious moment, We are choosing to be here
 Vamp on
 right now. Hold on, stay inside
This  holy  reality, this holy  experience.
 //Hit each chord just once except the last  (twice)
 Choosing to be here in
This  body. This  body holding me. Be my reminder  here that I am not  alone in
 This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All  this pain is an illusion.
 Around (2:30)
Twirling  round with  this familiar  parabol.
 Spinning, weaving round each new experience.
 Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this
 chance to  be alive and breathing.
 (Around 3:30)
 There's a riff here which you can try by playing
 Vamp (muted chords) (Around 4:06)
 Vamp on
 This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.
 Embrace this moment. Remember. we are eternal.
 All this pain is an illusion.
 Ends on harmonics ( )
 There are a million rhythmic variations in the song and though the chords
 work, the rhythm is something youre going to have to figure out on your own.
  As to some of the chord voicings, I play the main riff  at the 5th fret
 and hammer on to  at the 7th fret.
 The chords at 3:30 sound nice if you just strum them once playing the triads
  with the highest note on 7th  , 5th  and 10th  frets (two of these
 voicings are also used in stairway to heaven).
 PM me if you want something clarified.

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Readable chord sheet for Parabola Acoustic by Tool

[G] [Em7]
[D] [Em7] x3

[D] [Em7]x3
[D7] [Gmaj7]

[G]We barely remember who o[Am]r what came before      [Em]         [D]
this precious moment, We are choosing to be here

Vamp on [Em]
right now.  Hold on, stay inside

[G]This hol[Am]y reality, this [Em]holy experience.

[Em] [G]    [Am] [G]                            //Hit each chord just once except the last [G] (twice)
Choosing to be here in

[D]Th[Em7]is body. T[D]hi[Em7]s body holding me. Be my r[D]em[Em7]inder here that I am n[D]ot[Em7] alone in

This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal

[Em]All this pain is an illusion.

[Em] [D] [G]

Around (2:30)
[Bm7] [Em7]

[Em7]Twir[Fmaj7]ling round w[Em7]ith this familia[D7]r p[Cmaj7]arabol.
Spinning, weaving round each new experience.
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this

[D] chance [Em]to be alive and [G]breathing.

(Around 3:30)
[Em] [D] [Em] [D]

There's a riff here which you can try by playing [Em7] [D7] [Em7] [G]

Vamp (muted chords) (Around 4:06)
[Em7] [Am] [D7]

Vamp on [Em]
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.
Embrace this moment. Remember. we are eternal.

All this pain is an illusion.

[Em7] [D7] [Em7] [Cmaj7]

Ends on harmonics ([G] [B] [E])

There are a million rhythmic variations in the song and though the chords
work, the rhythm is something youre going to have to figure out on your own.
 As to some of the chord voicings, I play the main riff [D] at the 5th fret
and hammer on to [Em7] at the 7th fret.

The chords at 3:30 sound nice if you just strum them once playing the triads
 with the highest note on 7th  [Em] , 5th [D]  and 10th  [D]  frets (two of these
voicings are also used in stairway to heaven).

PM me if you want something clarified.

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