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Now We Die by Machine Head

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Band:  Machine Head
Song:  Now We Die
Album: Bloodstone & Diamonds (2014)
Tuning: Drop Chord diagramBB (B, F#, B, E, G#, Chord diagramC#C#)

Machine Head don't play in Drop Chord diagramBB precisely... They are tuned to
Drop Chord diagramBB but then tuned up 40 cents sharper... So even though not possible
it's kind of like they're playing in Drop Chord diagramB#B# (Between Drop Chord diagramBB and Chord diagramC majorC)


On a Korg tuner it would look something like this

Tuner:
50              x 50#
|--|--|--|--|-[-B-]-|--|--|--|--|

The 'x' indicates where your tuning should be

Also comment, correct, and please, please rate!!!

I have Bloodstone & Diamonds on Pre-order so expect another Machine Head
full album tab during the week of release!

I use Audipo for Android to slow down my tracks so I can hear the
closely placed notes such as in the main riff and the solo.
The quality diminishes if slowed down too much but the pitch stays
the same. I would highly recommend it.


Update: 30/09/14

Changed the triples in the beginning, Chord diagramA augmentedA became A#, Chord diagramC majorC became Chord diagramC#C#
Also changed the tapping in the solo as it was iffy in places


Acoustic Guitar: Robb Flynn
Guitar 1:    Robb Flynn
Guitar 2:    Phil Demmel
Guitar 3:    Harmony

Tabbing 🏷Legend
Hammer on:     h
Pull off:      p
Slide up:      /
Slide down:     \
Natural Harmonic:  NH
Pinch Harmonic:   PH
Bend:        BU(?)
Whammy Bar Rise:  WBR
Whammy Bar Lower:  WBL
Tremelo Pick:    Tr---
Tapped note:    T
Muted note:     M
Palm Mute:     PM---
Whammy bar flutter: Chord diagramFF
____________________________________________________________________________


Main Verse
Both guitars
|-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|o--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-6-||-7-----\-------------------13-----\-----------------7-6-3-----------|
|-------3-5-7-----||----------------------------------------------------------7-5-3-----|
|-4-5-7-----------|o---------------0-----------11-----\-----0-----------------------7-4-|
|-----------------||---------------0------------------------0---------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|-7-----\-------------------8-----\-----------------------------3-6-||
|---------------------------------------------------------3-5-7-----||
|-5-----\-------0-----------6-----\-----0-----------4-5-7-----------o|
|---------------0-----------------------0---------------------------||


____________________________________________________________________________


Break
Both guitars
  PM  PM PM
||---------------------||
|o---------------------o|
||-----------------5NH-||
||-------------5NH-----||
|o---3-3---2-----------o|
||-0-3-3-0-2-0---------||

____________________________________________________________________________


Verse 1
Both guitars
           PM      PM-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----\-----------------13-----\---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----\-----0-----------11-----\---------------------------------|
|-------------0--------0-----------0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

           PM      PM-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-----\-----------------8-----\---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-----\-----0-----------6-----\---------------------------------|
|--------------0-------0-----------0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

           PM      PM-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----\-----------------13-----\---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----\-----0-----------11-----\---------------------------------|
|-------------0--------0-----------0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

           PM      PM     PM   PM
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-----\-----------------8-----\---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-----\-----0-----------6-----\-----3---3-------2-------1-/-2---|
|--------------0-------0-----------0---3---3---0---2---0---1-/-2---|


____________________________________________________________________________


Verse 2
Both guitars
   PM----|   PM----|   PM----|   PM----|   PM-   PM-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------5-------|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
   PM----|   PM----|   PM----|   PM----|   PM-   PM-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------5-------|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|   PM----|   PM----|   PM----|   PM----|   PM-   PM-
|-6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-------6-------|
|-8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-------8-------|
|-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-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


____________________________________________________________________________


Chorus
Guitar 1
   PM-|               PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-1-------1-----------------------|-5-------5-----------------------|
|-1--1--1-1-----------------------|-5--5--5-5-----------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|  PM-|               PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-1-------1-----------------------|-5-------5-------1---1/3-1---0---|
|-1--1--1-1--------------/8---7---|-5--5--5-5-----------------------|

Guitar 1
   PM-|               PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-----------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|-0-------0-----------------------|-3-------3-----------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-----------------------|-3--3--3-3-----------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|  PM-|               PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-----------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|-0-------0-----------------------|-3-------3-------1---1/3-1---0---|
|-0--0--0-0--------------/8---7---|-3--3--3-3-----------------------|

Guitar 1
   PM-|               PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-1-------1-----------------------|-5-------5-----------------------|
|-1--1--1-1-----------------------|-5--5--5-5-----------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|  PM-|               PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-1-------1-----------------------|-5-------5-------1---1/3-1---0---|
|-1--1--1-1--------------/8---7---|-5--5--5-5-----------------------|

Both guitars
   PM-|               PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-----------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|-0-------0-----------------------|-3-------3-----------------------|
|-0--0--0-0--------------/8---7---|-3--3--3-3-----------------------|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3-6-|
|-----------------------3-5-7-----|
|-(3)-------------4-5-7-----------|
|-(3)-----------------------------|

Violins
(Transcribed to guitar)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15----------15-------|
|-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-|
|-13----------13----------13----------13----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15----------15-------|
|-12----14-15-12----14-15-12----14-15-12----14-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15----------15-------|
|-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15-------------------|
|-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-17-15-14----|
|-15----------15----------15-------------------15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


____________________________________________________________________________


Repeat Main Verse

Repeat Break

Repeat Verse 1

Repeat Verse 2

Repeat Chorus


____________________________________________________________________________


Bridge
Guitar 1
  NH-  NH-  NH-  NH-  NH----|
||---------------------------------||
|o---------------------------------o|
||---------------------------------||
||-5-----5-----5-----5-----5---5---||
|o---5-----5-----5-----5-----5---5-o|
||-----5-----5-----5-----5---------||

Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-------\---------------------------------------7-6-3-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------7-5-3-----|
|-----------------0-------------------------------------------7-4-|
|-----------------0-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------3-6-|
|-------------------------------------------------------3-5-7-----|
|-5-------\-------0-------------------------------4-5-7-----------|
|-----------------0-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-------\---------------------------------------7-6-3-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------7-5-3-----|
|-----------------0-------------------------------------------7-4-|
|-----------------0-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------\-------0---------------1-M-----------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------1-M-----------------------------|


____________________________________________________________________________


Breakdown part 1
Both guitars
      PM    PM-----------|       PM   PM-----------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-\---------13-\-----------------|-13-\---------8-/-----------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-\---0-----11-\---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-11-\---0-----6-/---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------0---0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------0---0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

      PM    PM-----------|       PM    PM-|  PM-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-\---------13-\-----------------|-13-\---------8-/-----------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-\---0-----11-\---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-11-\---0-----6-/-1--2--3-1--2--3-|
|-------0---0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------0---0-----1--2--3-1--2--3-|

Breakdown part 2
Both guitars
      PM   PM-----------|      PM   PM-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-\-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------6-\-----------------|-6-\---------1-/-----------------|
|-5-\---0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------0---0-6-\---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-\---0---0-1-/---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

      PM    PM----------|      PM    PM-|  PM-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-\-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------6-\-----------------|-6-\---------1-/-----------------|
|-5-\---0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0---------1--2--3-1--2--3-|
|-------0---0-6-\---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-\---0---0-1-/-1--2--3-1--2--3-|


____________________________________________________________________________


Solo (Phil Demmel)
|-----10-----12------13-----15----|
|---------------------------------|
|-5/7----7/9----9/10----/12----12-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12BU(13)-----------12BU(13)-------------------------------------------------|
|-12BU(13)-----------12BU(13)--------10-12-10----10-12-10----10-12PHBU(14)~~~-|
|---------------------------------12----------12----------12------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramFF
|-/13p12-------------------------------------------|
|--------13----------------------------------------|
|-----------12\10-9h10-10PHBU(12)~~~-10-9-10~~~~~~-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----15-17BU(18)~~~----15-17BU(18)~~~----15-17BU(18)~----15-18p15h18p15h18p15----15-|
|-17----------------17----------------17--------------17----------------------17----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

     T    T       T    T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10h11h18p10h11h18p10h11p10h11h20p10h11h20p10h11-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

     PM--    PM---------       PM--
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10/12-12-12-15p12-12-12-12-12-14p12-16p12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 PM---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-19-19-12-12-17-17-12-12-15-15-12-12-14-14-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------10-12-10-12-|
|-10-12-10-12-12-14-12-14-14-15-14-15-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------17-18-|
|-12-14-12-14-14-15-14-15-15-17-15-17-17-19-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

                        Chord diagramFF
|---------------------------------------------/17h18p17---------------------------|
|-20BU(22)-20BU(22)-----20BU(22)-20BU(22)---------------18-18BU(20)-18BU(20)-(20)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-/22-18----------18-20/22~~~-|
|--------22-18-22-------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Solo rhythm
Guitar 1
                          PM-------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|o-----------------------------------------------------------------o|
||-7-----\-----------------7-----\---------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|o-5-----\-----0-----------5-----\-----0---------------------------o|
||-------------0-----------------------0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||

                          PM-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----\-----------------10-----\---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----\-----3------------8-----\-----3---------------------------|
|--------------3------------------------3-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

                         PM-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-----\-----------------8-----\---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----\-----1-----------6-----\-----1---------------------------|
|-------------1-----------------------1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
____________________________________________________________________________


Dual solo
Guitar 1
  T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-15p12p8p0h14p12p8p0h15p12p8p0h14p12p8p0h15p12p8p0h17p12p8p0h15p12p8p0h14p12p8p0-|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|  T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o-16p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h16p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h16p11p8p6h18p11p8p6h16p11p8p6h15p11p8p6-|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
  T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12p7p0h14p12p7p0h15p12p7p0h14p12p7p0h15p12p7p0h17p12p7p0h15p12p7p0h14p12p7p0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
| T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h16p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
  T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|-15p10p7p0h14p10p7p0h15p10p7p0h14p10p7p0h15p10p7p0h17p10p7p0h15p10p7p0h14p10p7p0-||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
|Guitar 2
| T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h16p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6-o|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

1st ending
Guitar 1
  T     T     T     T     T     T     T     T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p10p8p7h14p10p8p7h15p10p8p7h17p10p8p7h19p10p8p7h20p10p8p7h19p10p8p7h17p10p8p7-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
| T     T     T    T     T     T     T     T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h16p11p8p6h18p11p8p6h20p11p8p6h18p11p8p6h16p11p8p6-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd ending
Guitar 1
  T     T     T     T     T
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p10p8p7h14p10p8p7h15p10p8p7h17p10p8p7h19p10p8p7/20BU(22)~~~~~~~--------\---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
| T     T     T     T     T     T
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p11p8p6h13p11p8p6h15p11p8p6h16p11p8p6h18p11p8p6/20BU(22)~~~~~~~--------------\---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

____________________________________________________________________________


Pause
Acoustic Guitar
||---------------------------------||
|o---------------------------------o|
||-3-------7-------2-------5-------||
||-1-------5-------0-------3-------||
|o---------------------------------o|
||---------------------------------||

Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15----------15-------|
|-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-|
|-13----------13----------13----------13----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15----------15-------|
|-12----14-15-12----14-15-12----14-15-12----14-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15----------15-------|
|-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----15----------15----------15-------------------|
|-------14-15-------14-15-------14-15-17-15-14----|
|-15----------15----------15-------------------15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

____________________________________________________________________________


Repeat Main Verse

Repeat Break

Repeat Breakdown part 1


____________________________________________________________________________


Outro
Guitar 1
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
|--8------10---------10------13---|
|----11-------8---10------13------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

____________________________________________________________________________

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