School Of Hard Knocks by P.O.D.

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Song: School of Hard Knocks
Artist: P.O.D. (Guitar: Marcos Curiel)
Tabbed by: Crusher (ChristophVIPER@aol.com)

Dropped C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Riff 1:
d|------------------------------|
a|-----8-------5h7---5--3-------|
f|-5-------5---------------4----|
C|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
C|------------------------------|

There are too many effects in the intro to tab that part, but it must be something like that.

Riff 2: (Distortion):
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
f|-------------------5-5-5--------------------7-7-7---------------------------|
C|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--3-3-3--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--|
C|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--|

d|-----------------|
a|-----------------|
f|-----------------|
C|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--|
G|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--|
C|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--|

Riff 3: (really light distorted, I always play it clean):
d|-------------------------------------3~~~~~--------------------|
a|------------------7--7-/2--------------0~~---------3--3h5--5---|
f|-------9~~~-7--9------------------5~~~~~~~~------5-------------|
C|----9~~9~~~--------------------5~~5~~~~~~~~---5~~5-------------|
G|-7~~~~~~~~~-----------------3~~~~~~--------0~~~~~~-------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4:
d|-----------------|
a|-----------------|
f|-----------------|
C|-2-2-2----2-2-2--|
G|-2-2-2----2-2-2--|
C|-2-2-2----2-2-2--|

Riff 5:
d|----------------12*--|
a|-------7*-------12*--|
f|-------7*------------|
C|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
C<---------------------|

Riff 6:
d|-------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------------|
f|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-|
C|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
G|-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 7: 
d|-----------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------------------|
f|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
C|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
G|-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C|-----------------------------------------|

Riff 8:
d|--------------------------|
a|--------------------------|
f|--------------------------|
C|-2-----2-----2-2----------|
G|-2-------1-------1--------|
C|-2---------2-------2------|

Riff 9:
d|------------------|
a|------------------|
f|------------------|
C|-2---2---2----2~~~|
G|-2---2---2----2~~~|
C|-2---2---2----2~~~|


Riff 1     - 2 1/2X (riff 2 gets in at 1 1/2 - light distorted)
Riff 2     - 2X
Riff 3     - 4X
Riff 4 & 5 - 1X 
Riff 2     - 2X
Riff 3     - 4X
Riff 4 & 5 - 1X
Riff 6     - 3X
Riff 7     - 1X
Riff 6     - 3X
Riff 7     - 1X
Riff 8     - 2X
Riff 2     - 1X (Riff 1 appears a bit later, Riff 2 light distorted)
Riff 2     - 2X
Riff 6     - 3X
Riff 7     - 1X
Riff 6     - 3X
Riff 7     - 1X
Riff 9     - 1X
Riff 1     - until the song ends (2 1/2X I think)


~ = Hold the Note
* = harmonic
/ = slide
h = hammer on
x = muted (at riff 6 & 7 with your index finger)

Have fun :).