Fear Factory - Flashpoint

      
 
 As recorded by Fear Factory
 (From the 1995 Album DEMANUFACTURE)
 
 Transcribed by erikthestupid@hotmail.com
 
 Words by Burton C Bell Music by Fear Factory
 
 Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Staff-3'
 
 Intro Verse
 Q=128
 D5 G#5D5 G#G#5 D5 G#5 G#5 
    
 4/4   
  Gtr I
 PM| PM| PM|
 Wx8 S E S Q S E S E E 4x S E S Q Q E E 4x

 |------------||----------------------||-||-------------------||
 |------------||o--------------------o||-||o-----------------o||
 |------------||--------6--------6-6--||-||--------6-----6-6--||
 |------------||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-||--5-----6-----6-6--||
 |------------||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-||o-5-----4-----4-4-o||
 |------------||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-||--3-3-3------------||
 

 
 Chorus (In Flames) Verse 2
 D5 G#5D5 G#5 G#5 D5   G#5D5 G#5 
      PM|  PM|
 S E S Q S E S E E 4x H Q E E 4x S E S Q S E S E E 4x

 ||----------------------||-||---------------||-||-----------------------||
 ||o--------------------o||-||o-------------o||-||o---------------------o||
 ||--------6--------6-6--||-||----------6-6--||-||--------6--------6-6---||
 ||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-||----------6-6--||-||--5-----6--5-----6-6---||
 ||o-5-5-5-4--5-5-5-4-4-o||-||o---------4-4-o||-||o-5-----4--5-----4-4--o||
 ||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-||---------------||-||--3-3-3----3-3-3-------||
 

 
 (Lies sink in like gasoline)
 D#5 D5 D#5E#5F#5 
    

 PM--------------------------------------------------|
 

 E E E E E E E S S 4x E E E E E E E S S E E E E E. E. E

 ||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
 ||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------|-----------------o||
 ||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
 ||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
 ||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||-||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--8--9-o||
 ||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4--6--7--||
 

 
 Chorus
 D#5E#5G5 D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5 
     
 2/4 4/4            
   PM| PM| PM| PM
 E. E. E S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S Q

 |----------||----------------------||-------------------|
 |----------||o--------------------o||-------------------|
 |----------||--------6--------6-6--||-------6-----------|
 |----------||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5--------|
 |-6--8--10-||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5--------|
 |-4--6---8-||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3------|
 

 
 D5   G#5D5 G#5 D5   G#5D5 G#D5 
  PM|  PM|   PM|  PM|
 S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S E E

 ||----------------------||--------------------|
 ||o--------------------o||--------------------|
 ||--------6--------6-6--||-------6--------6---|
 ||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5-----6-5-|
 ||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5-----4-5-|
 ||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3---3-|
 

 
 Bridge
 B5    E5 A5    E5 G#5   E5 G5 E#5 
 H +Q. E H +Q. E H +Q. E H H

 |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
 |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
 |-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----0----|
 |-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5---------|
 |-7----(7)---2-|-5----(5)---2-|-4----(4)---2-|-3----1----|
 |------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|-----------|
 

 
 B5    E5 C5     E5 A5 G5 E5         
 H +Q. E  H +Q. E W H E S S E S S

 |--------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
 |--------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
 |-9----(9)-----|-10----(10)-----|-7--------|-5-----------------|
 |-9----(9)-----|-10----(10)-----|-7--------|-5----x-x-x-x-x-x--|
 |-7----(7)---2-|--8-----(8)---2-|-5--------|-3----x-x-x-x-x-x--|
 |------------0-|--------------0-|----------|-------------------|
 

 
 Interlude
     B5    E5 A5    E5 G#5   E5 G5 E#5 
 Wx8 H +Q. E H +Q. E H +Q. E H H

 |------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
 |------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
 |------------|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----3----|
 |------------|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----3----|
 |------------|-7----(7)---2-|-5----(5)---2-|-4----(4)---2-|-3----1----|
 |------------|------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|-----------|
 

 
 B5    E5 A5 G#5 G5 E#5 
 H +Q. E W W H H

 |--------------|----------|----------|-----------|
 |--------------|----------|----------|-----------|
 |-9----(9)-----|-7--------|-6--------|-5----3----|
 |-9----(9)-----|-7--------|-6--------|-5----3----|
 |-7----(7)---2-|-5--------|-4--------|-3----1----|
 |------------0-|----------|----------|-----------|
 

 
 (Lies sink in like gasoline)
 D5 D#5 
   

 PM--------------------------------------------------|
 

 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E S S 4x

 |---------------------------------||---------------------||
 |---------------------------------||o-------------------o||
 |---------------------------------||---------------------||
 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||---------------------||
 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
 

 
 D5 D#5E#5F#5 D#5E#5G5 
   
 2/4 
  

 PM------------------------|
 

 E E E E E E E S S E E E E E. E. E E. E. E

 ||--------------------|------------------||----------|
 ||o-------------------|-----------------o||----------|
 ||--------------------|------------------||----------|
 ||--------------------|------------------||----------|
 ||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--8--9-o||-6--8--10-|
 ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4--6--7--||-4--6---8-|
 

 
 Out-Chorus
 D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5 
      
 4/4         
  PM| PM| PM|
 S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S E E

 ||----------------------||--------------------|
 ||o--------------------o||--------------------|
 ||--------6--------6-6--||-------6------------|
 ||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5-5-5-5-5-|
 ||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5-5-5-5-5-|
 ||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-|
 

 
 D5   G#5D5 G#G#5 D5 G#5 D5 
  PM|  PM|
 S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S e. S S E S S S S S

 ||----------------------||--------------------------*|
 ||o--------------------o||--------------------------*|
 ||--------6--------6-6--||-------6------------------*|
 ||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-5-5-6----5-5-5-5---5---*|
 ||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-5-5-4----5-5-5-5---5---*|
 ||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3------3-3-3-3---3---*|
 

 
 
 Duration Legend

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 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