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MACHINE HEAD
A NATION ON FIRE
Hey this song is awesome i love playing it!
I've improved the tab a bit, this is how I always play it.
Intro: 1 2
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|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|------------9------|
|-------7h9p7--------------9---|--------8------------|---------8---------|
|----7---------7--------7----7-|-----6----6----------|------6------------|
|--0------------------8--------|--6------------------|----6--------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------7h9p7---9---------9------------8--------------7h9p7------10h7------
|----7--------7---------7----7-------6----6--------7---------7--------9----
|--0------------------8------------6-------------0-------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------9-------8----8\7--------7h5---------------------------|
|--9h10p9-7-----7----7-----------------------------7---6-----6-5---------|
|-------------8---------6-------6\5--5-------------0---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7h5----------------7h5----------------5h7p5---------------------|
|-------------7-----6~~----------7---6---6-5----------7----6-------------|
|-------------0------------------0--------------------0----5~------------|
|----0-----------0-------0---------0---------0-----------0---------------|
|-------11---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/8-------7---8---7----8------8------8--7--8--7--8-----8-----10--------|
|-----------0--------------9------9-------0----------9-----9-------------|
|----------------------------8------8------------------8-----8-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8/7--8--7--8-----8------8--7--8--7--8-----8-----8---------------|
|---------------9-----9------------------9-----9-------------------|
|-----------------8------8-----------------8-----8-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play this during the bass 3x 4th time
|----------------------|------------|------15--15------------------|
|----------------------|------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------|---13-------------------------|
|----------------------|------------|------------------------------|
|---3-----3----3-----3-|---10--10---|------------------------------|
|-0---00----00---00----|-0----0--0--|------------------------------|
3x 4th time play this
|----10-------10--------10-------|-10--15-----15----|-----------------|
|-------10-------10--------10----|-----xx-----------|-10--------------|
|-----------------------------10-|-----13--13----13-|-----16----16----|
|----------13-------12-----------|------------------|--------10----10-|
|--------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
Bridge
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------| 2x
|------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-0—5h6b-0-6-----|
|-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-0------0-6-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-1b-1-0-0-1b-1-0-0-—5h6b-0-6---------0-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-0----|
|-0-0-1b-1-0-0-1b-1-0-0-------0-6---------0-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-0----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------11--11-11-11--------|
|--9--9--9--10---10--10---9--9--9---10-10----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------8--8--8--8---------|
|--7--7--7---8---8---8----7--7--7----8--8----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: play this after the chorus
|----------------------------| |--------------------------14-14b--|
|----------------------------| |----------------------------------|
|----------------------------| |----------------------------------|
|----------------------------| |---------5h4-5h4-5h4-5b~----------|
|--/6-0-3-0-/6-0--0-3-0-1-3--| |--0--5----------------------------|
|--/6-0-3-0-/6-0--0-3-0-1-3--| |--0-------------------------------|
... (palm muted)
This is the hard part
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------10-10-10--6-6-6--|
|-------------------8--8--8--4-4-4--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------3-3-3--6-6-6--|
|-------------------1-1-1--4-4-4--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
|---------------||-------------------|
|---------------||-------------------|
|---------------||-------------------|
|---------------||-------------------|
|-----0--3-5-6--||----6--0----3--5---|
|--0x-0--3-5-6--||--0-6--0----3--5---|
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A Na-tion On Fire
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