Cult of Personality Living Colour
CULT OF PERSONALITY
As recorded by Living Colour
(From the 1988 Album VIVID (EPIC EK 44099))
Words and Music by V. Reid, C. Glover, W. Calhoun, M. Skillings
Arranged by V. Reid, C. Glover, W. Calhoun, M. Skillings
N.C.
0 0 0 0 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Solo Sound'
Intro
Q=92
N.C.
[4/4] Gtr I
W S S S S E S S S S E Q
|----------||------------------------| |----------||------------------------| |----------||------------------------| |----------||---3-----2---3-----2----| |----------||-----5---------5--------| |----------||-3-----3---3-----3------|
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----| |-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5---------| |-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------|
S S S S E S S S S S S Q [3/4] S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------2---------| |---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----5-3-0---3-------| |-----5---------5----------|-----5-------------5-3-2-| |-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3-----------------|
[4/4] S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2------|| |------5---------5--------|-----5---------5------------|| |-/3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3----------||
Verse 1
$
Gtr I[Bb] [F]
H. Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------| |-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-3---------| |-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-3----2----| |----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|-3----3----| |------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|-1----3----| |-3------3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3--------|------1----|
S S S S E S S S S E Q
1.,2. 3.
N.C. Bb C
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q 3x H H
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------| ||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-3----5----| ||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3----5----| ||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----5----| ||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----| ||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|-----------|
1. 2.
N.C. Bb5 F5
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------| ||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-----------| ||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3---------| ||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----3----| ||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----| ||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|------1----|
N.C. Bb C
S S S S E S S S S E Q H H
|------------------------|-----------| |------------------------|-3----5----| |------------------------|-3----5----| |---3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5----| |-----5---------5--------|-1----3----| |-3-----3---3-----3------|-----------|
N.C.
[3/4] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|----------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|---------------------------o|| ||----------------2---------|----------------5-4---------|| ||----3-----5-3-0---3-------|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0---|| ||o-----5-------------5-3-2-|------5--------------------o|| ||--3-----3-----------------|-/3-----3-------------------||
Chorus 1
[Bb] [F/A] [C/E] [G/D]
[4/4] Q +E E +E E E E E E E E +E E S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------| |-15--(15)-13-(13)-------13-|-------13-12-(12)----13p12-------| |-15--(15)-14-(14)----14----|----12----12-(12)----------12----| |-15--(15)-15-(15)-15-------|-14-------12-(12)-12----------12-| |-13--(13)--0--(0)----------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------|
[D] E E E [A/C#] E E E +E +E [F] Q +E [C/G] E +Q S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-13--(13)---------------------| |-------14-------14-(14)-(14)-|-14--(14)-12-(12)--14p12------| |----16-------14--------------|-15--(15)-14-(14)--------14---| |-17-------16-----------------|-15--(15)-15-(15)-------------| |-----------------------------|-13--(13)-15-(15)-------------|
[Bb] Q +E [F/A] E +S E. Q [C/E] E E E [G/D] E +E E E E
|--------------------------17----|---------------------------| |-15--(15)-13-(13)---------------|-------13-12-(12)-13-12----| |-15--(15)-14-(14)-15b17==(15)r--|----12------------------12-| |-15--(15)-15-(15)---------------|-14------------------------| |-13--(13)--0--(0)---------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------------|
To Coda
[D] [A/C#] [F] \1__[C/G]_/
E E E E E E +E +E Q E +S S +E +Q.
|------------------------------|------------------------------|| |------------------------------|-13--13-(13)------------------|| |-------14-------14-(14)-(14)--|-14--14-(14)--12-(12)-(12)----|| |----16-------14---------------|-15--15-(15)--14-(14)-(14)----|| |-17-------16------------------|-15--15-(15)--15-(15)-(15)----|| |------------------------------|-13--13-(13)--15-(15)-(15)----||
Out-Chorus
Gtrs I, II
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E a T T T T S S S S +E T T T T T T T T T T S
|-(15)-15h17p15-------15-15-15------------15-----------------------------------| |---------------17p15----------18b20-(18)----18p15-18-15h18-15h17-15-----------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------17-17b19==| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\0.5/
+T +T S S S E S S S S S S +E +E
|--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------15-18-15----------------------------| |-(17)r(17)-15----15-17b19----------17b18-17-15-(15)-(15)------| |--------------17----------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~
+E +E +S S +E E +S S +Q
|---------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------21b26==(21)--| |-(15)-(15)-(15)-19b22-(19)-21b24-(21)--------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
\1.5/ \1.5____/ \1.5
S +S +E S +E +S +Q. +T S.
|-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-(21)r(21)b27==(21)-(21)----(21)----(21)-(21)-----(21)r----|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 2
D.S. al Coda
N.C.
Gtr I
H. Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------| |-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------| |----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|----3-----2---3-----2----| |------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|------5---------5--------| |-3------3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-/3-----3---3-----3------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q
&
[F] [C/G]
[2/4] \0.5___[4/4]__/
H W
|------------------|---------------| |-13--13-13-13-----|---------------| |-14--14-14-14-----|-12----(12)----| |-15--15-15-15-----|-14----(14)----| |-15--15-15-15-----|-15----(15)----| |-13--13-13-13-----|-15----(15)----|
Q E S S H +H
Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~
|---4----| |---4----| |---4----| |---4----| |-----4-----|
Q T T T T T T T T S S T T T T T T T T T T T T
|---------15-----------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--18b20-----18p15-15-15h18-15-17-15-------x-15-18p15-17p15----15-------15-18p15---|| |-(12)-------------------------------17b19------------------17----17b19------------|| |-(14)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
+W
Guitar Solo
~~~~~~~~~~
|-----4-----| |-----4------| |-----4-----| |---4---|
T T a T T T T T T T T T +T +T T S T S T T T T T T T T T +E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-17p15----------------------15-18-15-17-15--------------------15-------15-------------15-18p15-17p15-x------------| |-------17pb18r(17)p15-17b19----------------17b18r(17)b19-(17)----17b19----17-15-17b19------------------17b19-(17)-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---4---| |---4---| |---4----| |---4----| |---4----| |---4----|
+S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------17-15------15----------------15h17-15----------15h17-15----------15h17-15-| |-(17)-17b18-17-15---------17-x----17-15-------------------------------------------------------| |------------------x---------------------17-15-17----------17p15h17----------17p15h17----------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---4----| |---4----| |-----5-----| |---3----| |---4---|
T T T T T T T T T T T X X T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E..
|----------------------------------------15---------------------------------------------------| |----------15-17-15-15-------17-17-15-------15-15-------------15-18-15-17-15-15-x----15-------| |-17-------------------17-15----------17----------17-17-17b19---------------------17----17b18r| |----15h17------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\1.5_____/
~~~~
+E +S S S S +E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------| |---------------------------3-5-3-----------| |-(17)-(17)-xsx-----3-(3)-5-------5b6-5-3---| |-----------xsx---------------------------5-| |-----------xsx-----------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
~~
|----6-----| |------6------| |--3--| |3-|
S a E. S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------x---11-15-13-11-15-13-11-10---------------11-13-15-13-11----11-| |-3-5s7--9-7-9-x-x-------------------------12-9-10-12-12----------------12----| |----------------x------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\1/
|--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |------6-------|
S S S S E S T T S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-14-10-14-12---14-------------------------------9-12-9-------10-13-12---| |------------------14-14p12-14p12-14-12-10-11-12--------10-12------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------6-------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T S a S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------10s12-----------------------------------/13-0-------15-------18-17-| |-10-12-------12-10h12p10-9----9-10-13-12-9s8-x----------16----17-15-------| |---------------------------12----------------x-------17-------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~
|--3--|
T T T T E Q S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------| |-15----------18-18--18-17-15-18-17-15----15-15--| |----18-17-15--------------------------17--------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
\1.5___/
~~~~ ~~~~
+E +E S E. +Q S E.
|-------------------------------------| |-(15)-(15)-x-----17--(17)-----20pb22r| |-----------------17--(17)--17--------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
+E +E +E E +S E. E S S
|----------------------------------------------------| |-(20)b22==(20)r(20)b22-20b22==(20)-20pb24==xr\------| |-------------------------------------------x\--4s16-| |-------------------------------------------x\-------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------|
\1 \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5___/ \0.5 \2____/1.5________
|-------------6-------------|
+E. +S S +E S +E. T T +S +S S S +S +S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(16)-(16)-17-----(17)-14-----(14)-16p====14-(14)---(14)-16p14---(14)----(14)-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
/1\ \2.5/ \0.5 | \1/ \1/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \1.5
~~~
S T T +T S. T T +T +T +S T T +T T T T +T S. Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----| |-14-14s==12-----(12)---12h16p14-(14)--(14)-(14)h16p14-----(14)h16p14h16-----(16)-14--------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------6------| |----5----|
Q +S E T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T
|-18b20===(18)pb20r18b20r18p15-18-15------------15--------------------------------| |------------------------------------18-x-17-18----x-16-19-x-17-15----15-15s14-15s| |------------------------------------------------------------------17-------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
S T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T S S S T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-17-15-------------15-18-15-17-15----------15-18-15-15----------18----------15-18-18p15h17----| |-------17-17-17-17----------------17-x\-16-------------17-15s17----15-17-17-------------------| |-------------------------------------x\-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------x\-------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T S T T E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------| |-15--------------------------------------------------------| |----17-15-17-x-17p15-x-17b19-17b19-17-15----15-17b19-15----| |-------------x-------x-------------------17-------------17-| |---------------------x-------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------|
~~[C/G] [Bb/F] [C/G] [Bb/F]
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S +E S S S S S S E S S
|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-------------| |-15-17-15----15-17b19-15----15-17-15-17-15-x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3---3-5b7-3---| |----------17-------------17----------------x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-0---------5-| |-------------------------------------------x\-||---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
[C/G]S S S [Bb/F]S S S S +T T Q E E
|-------------------------------| |-5-x-5-3-----------------------| |-5-x-5-3---3-5b7r(5)p3------x/-| |-5-x-5-3-0-------------5--5-x/-| |----------------------------x/-| |-------------------------------|
\2 \3.5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e E +E +E Q Q Q.. +S +H
|-/19-----------------------------|--------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------|| |-----/12-(12)-(12)-7tr10--7tr10--|-7tr10---(7)-(7)----|| |---------------------------------|--------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------||
Verse
Gtr I
H. Q
|-------------------------| |-3-----------------------| |-2-----------------------| |----3-----2---3-----2----| |------5---------5--------| |-3------3---3-----3------|
S S S S E S S S S E Q
1.,2.
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q 3x
||---------------------------|-------------------------|| ||o--------------------------|------------------------o|| ||---------------------------|-------------------------|| ||----3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----|| ||o-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5--------o|| ||--3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------||
3. 1. 2.
[Bb]H [F]H S S S S E S S S S E Q [Bb]H [C]H 4x [Bb]H [F]H
|-----------||-------------------------|------------||-|-----------| |-3---------||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|-3---------| |-3----2----||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|-3----2----| |-3----3----||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|-3----3----| |-1----3----||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-1----3----| |------1----||--3-----3---3-----3------|------------||-|------1----|
1. 2.
S S S S E S S S S E Q [Bb]H [C]H S S S S E S S S S S S Q
||-------------------------|------------||-|--------------------------| ||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|--------------------------| ||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|--------------------------| ||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|---3-----2---3-----2-2----| ||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-----5---------5----------| ||--3-----3---3-----3------|------------||-|-3-----3---3-----3--------|
Outro
Q=94
[3/4] W S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------||-------------------------| |--------||-------------------------| |--------||---------------2---------| |--------||---3-----5-3-0---3-------| |--------||-----5-------------5-3-2-| |--------||-3-----3-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------5-4-------|---------------2---------| |----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0-|---3-----5-3-0---3-------| |------5-------------------|-----5-------------5-3-2-| |-/3-----3-----------------|-3-----3-----------------|
[4/4] 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 S S S S e W
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*| |----------------5-4-----5-4-----|---5-4-------5-4-------5-4-----|------*| |----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-----5-3-|-------5-3-------5-3-------5-3-|------*| |------5-------------------------|-------------------------------|------*| |-/3-----3-----------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
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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