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Machine Head
Descend The Shades Of Night
By toolmachinehead
Tunning C# G# E B F# B
This is my first attempt at tabbing a song, Not completly sure on the acoustic, and need the solo to be worked out still. But rest pretty much right...
Gain/Feedback intro:
Intro- Acoustic : Guitar 1 |-----------------------------------------------------------| |---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------| |---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----| |---7--7--7--5----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----| |-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| |-----------------------------------------------------------| X 2 on its own
(then Acoustic Second Guitar Comes In, Guitar One Carries on) Guitar 2 : \ |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13-----13------| | |-----10-12-14---------14------10---| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | | |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13----13-------| | |-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | (quiet singing in back ground) |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13-----13------| | |-----10-12-14---------14------10---| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13----13-------| | |-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | /
Harmony: \ |--------------------------------| | |-------------17h18-17------17---| | |-----12-14-17--------17------14-| | |--14----------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | | |--------------------------------| | |-------------17h18--17-----17---| | |-----12-14-17---------17-----18-| | |--14----------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | /
Guitar 1 (on its own) Verse: (Acoustic) Starts singing
|-----------------------------------------------------------| |---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------| |---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----| X 2 |---7--7--7--5----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----| |-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| |-----------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus: Guitar One (Clean Quiet) : |----------------------------| |---6--6--6--6---------------| |---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5--| |---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--| |---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7--| |----------------------------|
Chorus: Guitar 1 & 2: Guitar 1: |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------| |--10--8-8-8------||-10-------8-------7----| |--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------| |--7--5-5-5-------||-10-------8-------7----| |--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------| |--5--7-7-7-------||-10-------8-------7----| |--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------| Guitar 1 & 2 :
|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| ( Let the last note ring) |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|
Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
|-----------------------------------------------------------| |---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------| |---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----| |---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----| |-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| |-----------------------------------------------------------| X 3 on its own then guitar comes in as well.
Guitar 2 : \ |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13-----13------| | |-----10-12-14---------14------10---| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | | |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13----13-------| | |-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13-----13------| | |-----10-12-14---------14------10---| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13----13-------| | |-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | / Harmony: \ |--------------------------------| | |-------------17h18-17------17---| | |-----12-14-17--------17------14-| | |--14----------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | | x1 |--------------------------------| | |-------------17h18--17-----17---| | |-----12-14-17---------17-----18-| | |--14----------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | /
A Bass Slide... then
Guitar 1: (Distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----------------------------| |---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5--------------| |---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7--------------| |-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--------------| X 2 |---------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2:Light Palm Muting :(plays with guitar one above,but queit and lightly)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pre Chorus: Guitar One (Clean Queit) |----------------------------| |---6--6--6--6---------------| |---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5--| |---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--| |---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7--| |----------------------------|
Chorus:
Guitar 1 & 2: Guitar 1 & 2 :
|-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------| |--10--8-8-8------||-10-------8-------7----| |--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------| |--7--5-5-5-------||-10-------8-------7----| |--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------| |--5--7-7-7-------||-10-------8-------7----| |--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------| Guitar 2 :
|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|
Guitar 1 Solo: Guitar 2:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |---7/-------10-9------------10-9------------10-9-------------------| |-------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8--------3---3--3-22-2---| |---5/--0--0--8-7---2---2--2--8-7---8---8--8--8-7---3---3--3-22-2---| |-------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8--------3---3--3-22-2---|
|------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |---7/-------10-9------------10-9------------10-9------| |-------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8-----------| |---5/--0--0--8-7---2---2--2--8-7---8---8--8--8-7------| |-------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8-----------|
Guitar 1 & 2 Solo:
Guitar 1: On its own firstly
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |--/10-10-1010-10-10/9-9-999-9-9/10\9-\7-7-777-7-7\5-5-555-5------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| X 1 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |--/10-10-1010-10-10/9-9-999-9-9/10\9-\7-7-777-7-7\5-5-555-5------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| X 1 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--/14-14-1414-14-14/12-12-121212-12-12/14\12-9/10-10-101010-10-10\9-9-999-9-| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--/14-14-1414-14-14/12-12-121212-12-12/14\12-9/10-10-101010-10-10\9-9-999-9-| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (whilst guitar 1 plays below)
Guitar 1 :
|------20-17-15----13------20--17--15----13------20--17--15----13------20--17| |-13-15--------------13-15-----------------13-15------------------13-15------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 & 2
|--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--------| X 3 |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--------| |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--2^----| - - - - - - - - - Guitar 1 & 2:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| X 1 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chorus:
Guitar 1 & 2: Guitar 1 & 2: |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-12------10-------9----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-10-------8-------7----| |-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------| - - - |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-15------14------12----| |--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------| |--10--8-8-8------||-13------12------10----| |--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-15------14------12----| |--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------| |--7--5-5-5-------||-13------12------10----| |--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-----------------------| |-----------------||-15------14------12----| |--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------| |--5--7-7-7-------||-13------12------10----| |--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------| Guitar 1 & 2 :
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0------0------0------0-----| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0------0------0------0-----| |-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0------0------0------0-----| Note rings for guitar 2
Guitar 1:
|-----------------------------------------------------------| |---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------| |---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----| |---7--7--7--5----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----| |-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| |-----------------------------------------------------------| X 2 on its own
Guitar 2 : \ |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13-----13------| | |-----10-12-14---------14------10---| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | | |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13----13-------| | |-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | (quiet singing in back ground) |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13-----13------| | |-----10-12-14---------14------10---| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | |-----------------------------------| | |-------------13h15--13----13-------| | |-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| | |--12-------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------| | | / Harmony: \ |--------------------------------| | |-------------17h18-17------17---| | |-----12-14-17--------17------14-| | |--14----------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | | |--------------------------------| | |-------------17h18--17-----17---| | |-----12-14-17---------17-----18-| | |--14----------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | |--------------------------------| | /
Fades Out..
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