Artist: Machine Head
Album: Through the Ashes of Empires (2003)
Author: Robert Flynn
Transcribed By: Black_Statik ([email protected])
Ok people this is my first ever tab so if it seems a bit unprofessional please bear with me.
/ = slide
*= palm mute
b= bend
h= hammer on or harmonic
p= pull off
x= dead note
v= vibrato
>= let ring
Tuning: B, F, A#, D#, G, C
Riff 1 (After the music box intro) 2 guitars trading off
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{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0-/12-12h13-12
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
Riff 1 Continued.
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{————————-16——
{———————-19—–19–
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
Riff 2
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{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0-/12-12h13-12
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
*
Riff 2 Continued.
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{————————-16——
{———————-19—–19–
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
{-0-3-0–5-6-5–0-3-0————-
*
Riff 3 (Verse)
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{–9bv–8—3— -9bv–8b—
{————— X3 ———–
{————— ———–
{————— ———–
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Riff 3 (Pre Chorus) Trill pick.
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{-5——————————-
{-33333333333333333333333333333333
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Riff 3 Continued.
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{-5-4-3-2————————-
{-3-2-1-0-6-5–6-5-3-2–0-2——-
{———6-5–6-5-3-2–0-2——-
* * * *
Riff 4 (Chorus)
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{-0—–0–0—–3–0—–0——-
{-0-0-0-0–0-0-0-3–0-0-0-0–0-0–
{-0-0-0-0–0-0-0-3–0-0-0-0–0-0–
* * * * * * * *
Riff 4 Continued.
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{————3—–3–3—–3—–
{-0——3—3—–3–3—–3—–
{-0–0-0-3—1-1-1-1–1-1-1-1—–
{-0–0-0-3————————
* * * * * *
Riff 4 Continued.
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{–5—–5–5—–6—————
{–5—–5–5—–6—————
{–3-3-3-3–3-3-3-4—————
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* * * *
Riff 4a (2nd Guitar)
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{——-11—————-11——
{-14-10—-14-12-10-14-10—-14—
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Riff 4a Continued.
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{————13————–13-14
{-12-10-16-12–16-14-12-16-12—–
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Riff 5 (Solo Backing1)
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{—————– X3
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Riff 5 Continued.
Gradually Release Mute.
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Riff 6 (Solo backing2)
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{-7-10-7–12-13-12
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{-5-8–5–10-11-10
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Outro Lead Octaves.
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{-7-5—5-10-9-12–10-
{—–7—————
{-5-3—3-8–7-10–8–
{—–7—————
Everything except the solo
