As recorded by Fear Factory (From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE) Transcribed by rx aka. iskim86 Words and Music by Fear Factory Arranged by Fear Factory Gtr I (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar I' Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone I' Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone II' Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone III' Gtr V (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone IV (Guitar II)' Intro Q=160 4/4 Gtr I Wx8
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E E Esus2/F# W +W +W +H Q Q
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E W +W +W +W
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E E Esus2/F# W +W +W +H Q Q
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E E C C#m/Ab W +W H. Q W
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E Esus2/F# W +W +W +H Q Q
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E E E C C#m W W H. Q W
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Pre-Verse Q=165 N.C. N.C. Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V S S E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
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N.C. F#5C#5F#5C#5F#C#5 S S E E Q E E E 3x E. E. E. E. E E
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N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5 NN.C. S S E E S E. E E E 7x E. E. Q E E E
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Verse N.C. N.C. Q H. Q. Q. Q 7x Q H.
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Chorus N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5 S S E E S E. E E E 7x E. E. Q E E E
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Pre-Verse E E Esus2/F# Gtr I W +W +W +H Q Q
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E E C C#m W +W H. Q W
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Verse N.C. N.C. N.C. N.C. Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V
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Pre-Chorus N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5
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S S E E S E. E E E 7x Q Q Q Q
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Chorus B# D# E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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E D# C# E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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E D# C# E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
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Breakdown N.C. N.C.
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N.C. N.C.
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N.C. N.C.
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Bridge Q=80 N.C. T T S S +T T S S +T T S S +T T S S +T T S E
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D5 D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5
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D5 D#5 E5 F#5
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Q=160 D5 D#5 E5 D#5 E5 F#5 S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
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S S E +Q S S E +Q E E E E E E E E
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Pre-Chorus B#5 D#5 C#5 C#5D#5 W W W +H Q Q
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B#5 D#5 E5 D#5 C#5
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Chorus Q=165 B# D# E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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E D# C# E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
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Out-Chorus B# D# E E E S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
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E D# C# E E E S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
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Outro B#5 W +W +W +W
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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
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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
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| - 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
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