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