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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
Transcribed by Richard J. Soto  & Andy Aledort
 
         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
e|----------||------------------------|
B|----------||------------------------|
G|----------||------------------------|
D|----------||---3-----2---3-----2----|
A|----------||-----5---------5--------|
E|----------||-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
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----|
A|-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5---------|
E|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------|
 
 
                             3/4
   S S S S E S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|---------------2---------|
D|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
A|-----5---------5----------|-----5-------------5-3-2-|
E|-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
e|-------------------------|----------------------------||
B|-------------------------|----------------------------||
G|-------------------------|----------------------------||
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2------||
A|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5------------||
E|-/3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3----------||
 
 
 [Verse]
                             $
                                                        Bb   F
   Gtr I
   H.                   Q    S S S S E S S S S S S Q    H    H
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
B|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-3---------|
G|-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-3----2----|
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|-3----3----|
A|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|-1----3----|
E|-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
e||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
B||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-3----5----|
G||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3----5----|
D||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----5----|
A||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
E||--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
e||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
B||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-----------|
G||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3---------|
D||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----3----|
A||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
E||--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
e|------------------------|-----------|
B|------------------------|-3----5----|
G|------------------------|-3----5----|
D|---3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5----|
A|-----5---------5--------|-1----3----|
E|-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
e||--------------------------|----------------------------||
B||o-------------------------|---------------------------o||
G||----------------2---------|----------------5-4---------||
D||----3-----5-3-0---3-------|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0---||
A||o-----5-------------5-3-2-|------5--------------------o||
E||--3-----3-----------------|-/3-----3-------------------||
 
 
 [Chorus]
   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
e|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-15--(15)-13-(13)-------13-|-------13-12-(12)----13p12-------|
G|-15--(15)-14-(14)----14----|----12----12-(12)----------12----|
D|-15--(15)-15-(15)-15-------|-14-------12-(12)-12----------12-|
A|-13--(13)--0--(0)----------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   D        A/C#                 F        C/G
    E  E  E  E  E  E  +E   +E     Q   +E   E  +Q    S  S  E
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-13--(13)---------------------|
G|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)-|-14--(14)-12-(12)--14p12------|
D|----16-------14--------------|-15--(15)-14-(14)--------14---|
A|-17-------16-----------------|-15--(15)-15-(15)-------------|
E|-----------------------------|-13--(13)-15-(15)-------------|
 
 
   Bb       F/A                     C/E      G/D
    Q   +E   E  +S   E.      Q       E  E  E  E  +E   E  E  E
e|--------------------------17----|---------------------------|
B|-15--(15)-13-(13)---------------|-------13-12-(12)-13-12----|
G|-15--(15)-14-(14)-15b17==(15)r--|----12------------------12-|
D|-15--(15)-15-(15)---------------|-14------------------------|
A|-13--(13)--0--(0)---------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
                        To Coda
   D        A/C#                  F            C/G
                                           \1___/
    E  E  E  E  E  E  +E   +E      Q   E  +S    S  +E   +Q.
e|------------------------------|------------------------------||
B|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)------------------||
G|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)--|-14--14-(14)--12-(12)-(12)----||
D|----16-------14---------------|-15--15-(15)--14-(14)-(14)----||
A|-17-------16------------------|-15--15-(15)--15-(15)-(15)----||
E|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)--15-(15)-(15)----||
 
 
 [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
e|-(15)-15h17p15-------15-15-15------------15-----------------------------------|
B|---------------17p15----------18b20-(18)----18p15-18-15h18-15h17-15-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------17-17b19==|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
                                                        \0.5/
    +T   +T   S  S  S  E     S  S  S  S     S  S  +E   +E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------15-18-15----------------------------|
G|-(17)r(17)-15----15-17b19----------17b18-17-15-(15)-(15)------|
D|--------------17----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
          ~~~~~~~~
    +E   +E   +S   S     +E   E     +S   S      +Q
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------21b26==(21)--|
G|-(15)-(15)-(15)-19b22-(19)-21b24-(21)--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
 
 
                        \1.5/   \1.5____/    \1.5
     S   +S       +E    S      +E      +S   +Q.      +T   S.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-(21)r(21)b27==(21)-(21)----(21)----(21)-(21)-----(21)r----||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
 
 
 [Verse]
                                                                   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
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|----3-----2---3-----2----|
A|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|------5---------5--------|
E|-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                4/4
              \0.5_____/
    H                  W
e|------------------|---------------|
B|-13--13-13-13-----|---------------|
G|-14--14-14-14-----|-12----(12)----|
D|-15--15-15-15-----|-14----(14)----|
A|-15--15-15-15-----|-15----(15)----|
E|-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------|                  |
   T  T  a       T   T  T     T  T  T  T  T  T     +T      +T   T  S   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17p15----------------------15-18-15-17-15--------------------15------|
|-------17pb18r(17)p15-17b19----------------17b18r(17)b19-(17)----17b19|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
           |-----4-----|  |---4---|
  T  S  T  T     T  T  T  T  T T  T     +E
--------------------------------------------|
-15-------------15-18p15-17p15-x------------|
----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
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-5-3-----------|
G|-(17)-(17)-xsx-----3-(3)-5-------5b6-5-3---|
D|-----------xsx---------------------------5-|
A|-----------xsx-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
 
      ~~
         |----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.
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-(15)-(15)-x-----17--(17)-----20pb22r|
G|-----------------17--(17)--17--------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
 
 
                                      ~~~~~~~
    +E       +E   +E      E      +S   E.     E   S  S
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-(20)b22==(20)r(20)b22-20b22==(20)-20pb24==xr\------|
G|-------------------------------------------x\--4s16-|
D|-------------------------------------------x\-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
    \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
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----|
G|-14-14s==12-----(12)---12h16p14-(14)--(14)-(14)h16p14-----(14)h16p14h16-----(16)-14--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
                                |------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
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----17-15-17-x-17p15-x-17b19-17b19-17-15----15-17b19-15----|
D|-------------x-------x-------------------17-------------17-|
A|---------------------x-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
                                                   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
e|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-------------|
G|-15-17-15----15-17b19-15----15-17-15-17-15-x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3---3-5b7-3---|
D|----------17-------------17----------------x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-0---------5-|
A|-------------------------------------------x\-||---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 
 
   C/G   Bb/F
   S S S S S S S   +T  T Q  E E
e|-------------------------------|
B|-5-x-5-3-----------------------|
G|-5-x-5-3---3-5b7r(5)p3------x/-|
D|-5-x-5-3-0-------------5--5-x/-|
A|----------------------------x/-|
E|-------------------------------|
 
 
             \2             \3.5
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     e   E  +E   +E  Q      Q        Q..     +S  +H
e|-/19-----------------------------|--------------------||
B|---------------------------------|--------------------||
G|-----/12-(12)-(12)-7tr10--7tr10--|-7tr10---(7)-(7)----||
D|---------------------------------|--------------------||
A|---------------------------------|--------------------||
E|---------------------------------|--------------------||
 
 
 [Verse]
   Gtr I
   H.                   Q
e|-------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------|
G|-2-----------------------|
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|
A|------5---------5--------|
E|-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
e||---------------------------|-------------------------||
B||o--------------------------|------------------------o||
G||---------------------------|-------------------------||
D||----3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----||
A||o-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5--------o||
E||--3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------||
 
 
   3.                                    1.              2.
   Bb   F                                 Bb   C          Bb   F
   H    H        S S S S E S S S S E Q    H    H     4x   H    H
e|-----------||-------------------------|------------||-|-----------|
B|-3---------||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|-3---------|
G|-3----2----||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|-3----2----|
D|-3----3----||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|-3----3----|
A|-1----3----||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-1----3----|
E|------1----||--3-----3---3-----3------|------------||-|------1----|
 
 
                             1.              2.
                              Bb   C
     S S S S E S S S S E Q    H    H          S S S S E S S S S S S Q
e||-------------------------|------------||-|--------------------------|
B||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|--------------------------|
G||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|--------------------------|
D||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|
A||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-----5---------5----------|
E||--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
e|--------||-------------------------|
B|--------||-------------------------|
G|--------||---------------2---------|
D|--------||---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
A|--------||-----5-------------5-3-2-|
E|--------||-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
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------5-4-------|---------------2---------|
D|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0-|---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
A|------5-------------------|-----5-------------5-3-2-|
E|-/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
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
G|----------------5-4-----5-4-----|---5-4-------5-4-------5-4-----|------*|
D|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-----5-3-|-------5-3-------5-3-------5-3-|------*|
A|------5-------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
E|-/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
  - 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 -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X
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no offence but vernon reid's playing isn't too clean, and this was tabbed by andy aledort this is about the best you'll get
T is the time signature... Notice it goes T...S... lol. It's all good though.
only tab to show the skronky Gsus (or Dsus4/G)thank you.