Before I Forget Slipknot
As recorded by Slipknot
(From the 2004 Album THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES)
Words and Music by Slipknot
Transcribed by Ryan Abrey
Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Piano'
Gtr V (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Violin'
Intro
Q=125
[D5E5] [D5E5] [F5E5] [D5E5] [F5E5D5] [D5E5D5] [E5D5F5E5D5] [E5D5F5E5D5]
[4/4] Gtr I
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o-0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0-|-0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0-o|| ||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-|-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||
D5E5D5 E5D5F5E5D5 E5D5F5E5D5 D5E5D5 E5D5F5E5G5 D5 G5 D5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S E E S E. E E S E. H
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|---------------| ||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------|---------------| ||---------------------------------||--------------------------|---------------| ||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------| ||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------| ||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------|
[D5E5D5]Gtrs I, [E5D5F5E5D5]II, III[E5D5F5E5D5] [D5E5D5] [E5D5F5E5G5] [D5]
PM PM PM PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S E E S E.
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------|| ||---------------------------------||--------------------------|| ||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|| ||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|| ||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--||
Pre-Verse
$
[D5E5D5] [E5D5F5E5D5] [E5D5F5E5D5] [D5E5D5] [E5D5F5E5G5] [D5] [G5] [D5]
PM PM PM PM PM PM[2/4]
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S E E S E. E E S E.
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|----------|| ||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------|----------|| ||---------------------------------||--------------------------|----------|| ||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0--|| ||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0--|| ||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0--||
Verse
[E5] [F5] [E5] [F5] [E5] [F5] [E5] [F5]
[4/4]
PM------| PM----| PM------| PM----|
S S S S E. E S S S E. S S S S S E. E S S S E. S
||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----| ||--2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|
[E5] [F5] [E5] [F5] [E5] [F5] [G5] [D5]
PM------| PM----| PM------|
S S S S E. E S S S E. S S S S S E. S E E S E. 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------5-5-0-0-----|| |-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----5-5-0-0----o|| |-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----5-5-0-0-----||
Pre-Chorus
E5 F5 E5 N.C. F5 E5 N.C.
Gtr I
E. E. Q E. E S E. E. Q E. E S
|------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------| |-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------| |-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~ ~~
| H Q E E H Q E E
|--------------15s==16---|--------------9s==10---| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|------------------------|-3---------------------| |-5----------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------|
F5 E5 N.C. F5 E5 N.C.
E. E. Q E. E S E. E. Q E. E S
|------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------|| |-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------|| |-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------||
|
| ~~ ~~
| H Q E E H Q E E
|--------------15s==16---|--------------9s==10---|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| W W
|-2----------------------|-1---------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------||
Chorus
Gtr[E5]s I, [D5E5G5]II, III[D5E5G5] [D5BbA5] [E5] [D5E5G5] [D5E5G5] [D5BbA5]
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--| ||o----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--| ||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
1.
Q [E5]Q. [D5E5G5]E E E +E [D5E5G5]E E Q [D5Bb5]E Q [A5]Q Q E [Bb5]E E [C5] E +E [G5]Q E E [A5Bb5]E Q
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o|| |---------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8--|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8---|| |----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8--|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8--o|| |----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8--|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8---||
2.
D.S.
[A5]Gtrs I, [Bb5]III[C5] [G5] [A5Bb5]
Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--|| |-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--|| |-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--||
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-9--9--9-10-9-12-|-(12)-7--7-7-9s10--|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-7--7--7--8-7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--|| |-----------------|-------------------||
Interlude
N.C.
Gtr II
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |-5----5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5---5-5-5-5-5-4-| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H.. E +E H..
|------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |-3--------------5-|-(5)-0---------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-(4)-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5-4-| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|
|
| W H H
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|--2--------5-------| |--2----------------|-------------------|
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-(4)-5-5--5--5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-5-5--5--5-4-| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q. +H E +E H +Q.
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--3------(3)-------5-|-(5)-0-------(0)-----|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------7-| |-(4)-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5---| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|
|
| W H H
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|--2--------5-------| |--2----------------|-------------------|
+E Q Q Q E +E Q Q Q E +E Q Q E E E +E E E Q E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-(7)-5---4------5-|-(5)-4--2---0-----|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------7----|----------------9-|-(9)-7--5--5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5-4-| |------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Q. +H E +E H +Q. W H H
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------|--2--------5-------| |--3-----(3)-----5-|-(5)-0-----(0)----|--2--------------|-------------------|
[+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-(4)-5-5--5--5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-5-5--5--5-4-| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q. +H E +E H +Q.
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--3------(3)-------5-|-(5)-0-------(0)-----|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E Q
|-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-(4)-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5--| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|
|
| W H H
|-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|--2--------5------| |--2----------------|------------------|
[F5]Gtr II[G5] [D5] [E5] [B5] [D5] [F5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-0-2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| PM------| PM--------| PM--------| PM| PM|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------4-|-(4)-----7---------| |-3-------------5-|-(5)-------------2-|-(2)-------------4-|-(4)-4-4S7---7-7-3-| |-3---3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2S5---5-5-3-| |-3---3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-----------------3-|
[F5] [G5] [D5] [E5] [B5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||o--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-| ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------4-| ||--(3)-------------5-|-(5)-------------2-|-(2)-------------4-| ||o-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ||--(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
1.,2. 3.
[D5] [F5] [B5] [D5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|--------------------||-----------------|| |-------------------o||-----------------|| |--------------------||-----------------|| |--------------------||-----------------|| |--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-o||-0-2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|| |--------------------||-----------------||
|
| Gtrs I, II, III
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| +E E E Q E E E E E E Q E Q
|--------------------||-----------------|| |-------------------o||-----------------|| |-(4)-----7----------||-4-----7---------|| |-(4)-4-4S7---7-7-3--||-4-4-4S7---7-7---|| |-(2)-2-2S5---5-5-3-o||-2-2-2S5---5-5---|| |-----------------3--||-----------------||
Chorus
Gtr[E5]s II,[D5E5G5] III[D5E5G5] [D5BbA5] [E5] [D5E5G5] [D5E5G5] [D5BbA5]
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------| ||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--| ||o----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--| ||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
Q [E5]Q. [D5E5G5]E E E +E [D5E5G5]E E Q [D5BbA5]E E E [A5]Q Q E [Bb5] E E [C5] E +E [G5]Q E E [A5Bb5]E Q 4x
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o|| |---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8---|| |----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--o|| |----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8---||
|
| Gtr I
| W W Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E Q 4x
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o|| |---------------|------------------|-9--9--9-10-9-12-|-(12)-7--7-7-9s10---|| |---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |---------------|------------------|-7--7--7--8-7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--o|| |---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Breakdown
[D5E5D5] PM [E5D5F5E5D5] PM PM [E5D5F5E5D5] PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 7x
||---------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------o|| ||---------------------------------|| ||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--|| ||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o|| ||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||
D5E5D5 E5D5F5E5G5 D5 G5 D5 N.C.
<
PM PM
S S S S S S S S E E S E. E E S E. q e e
|--------------------------|---------------------|| |--------------------------|----------15--15-15--|| |--------------------------|---------------------|| |-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------------|| |-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------------|| |-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------------||
Outro
N.C.
q e e e q e q e e e q e
|---------------------|---------------------| |-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| <
| Q Q H H H
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--2---2-----4--------|---------------------| |---------------------|--0---------0--------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
q e e e q e q e e e q e
|---------------------|---------------------| |-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q Q H H H
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--2---2-----4--------|---------------------| |---------------------|--0---------0--------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
q e e e q e q e e e q e
|---------------------|---------------------| |-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
|
| <
| Q Q H H H
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--2---2-----4--------|---------------------| |---------------------|--0---------0--------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
q e e e q e q e e e q e
|---------------------|---------------------*| |-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-*| |---------------------|---------------------*| |---------------------|---------------------*| |---------------------|---------------------*| |---------------------|---------------------*|
|
| Q Q H H H
|---------------------|---------------------*| |---------------------|---------------------*| |--2---2-----4--------|---------------------*| |---------------------|--0---------0--------*| |---------------------|---------------------*| |---------------------|---------------------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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