Tabs
Old by Machine Head Transcription by Jeff Davis Notation: nh - natural harmonic ah - artifical harmonic or pinch harmonic (same thing) ~ - virbrato p - pull off / - slide up these are used for normal \ - slide down and ghost note slides I have written the beat numbers under the notes on the down beats. In general I tried to keep one dash '-' equal to a thirty-second note. Thus, |-2---2---2---2--- are eight notes and |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- are sixteenth notes.
Tuning: 1 -E MajorE 2 -
BB 3 -
G+G 4 -
C#C# <---- *Notice* I know it's wierd but trust me, this is it. 5 -
A augmentedA 6 -
D MajorD In addition, tune all strings a 1/4 of a step lower to match the album. OOO L
FF This isen't written exactly but it should give you a good idea of how to play the beginning.
right before intro riff |------------------------------------| |-----bar-dive-----------------------| |------------------------------------| |-7-----\--/------nh-----------------| |--------\/--------------------------| |-6---------------2.9-%-%-%-%-%-%-%--| (% means repeat the 2.9) 1 2 3 4 intro riff ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7-------------------5/7-7\5--| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6-------0---3/5-5\3--| ||-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7----------------------------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6--------------------|| |-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 3rd time play this as the last measure (aproximate harmonics) |---------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------nh--nh---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh--|| |-5/8---7-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------1.7-2.0--2.4--2.9--3.1--3.6--4.0--4.5-|| |-3/6---5-------6-----------------------------------------|| |-----------0-0-6-----------------------------------------|| 1 2 3 4 verse riff ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||--p--------6---9-----------------|--p--------6---9---------------|| ||-6^3---6---3---6-----------------|-6^3---6---3---6---------------|| ||-----0-6-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-6-0---0---0-3~~~-0-3~~~-|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Chorus play 3 times 4th time ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||-------------------------4--------|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-------3---5-4-3--|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0---3-6------------|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 play 3 times again 4th time ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-3----------------|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-3----------------|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 play intro riff 2 times - 2nd time with harmonics at end. verse riff. Chours. Bridge ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||-2--------------------------------|-(2)------------------------------| ||-2--------------------------------|-(2)------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------------x-7-7/9-9\7--|-7/10--9-------3--------------------| |----------------------x------------|------------------------------------| |-(2)------------------x-5-5/7-7\5--|-5/8---7-------1--------------------| |-(2)-------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 2x ||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||---------nh-----------nh------nh---|---------nh-----------nh----------| ||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||---------4------------4-------4----|---------4------------4--------4--| ||-2---2-------2-2---2------2-2------|-2---2-------2-2---2-----2-2-2-1--| ||-2---2-------2-2---2------2-2------|-2---2-------2-2---2-----2-2-2----| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |---------nh-----------nh-----------|------------------------------------|| |--------------------------7/9-9\7--|-7/10--9-------3--------------------|| |---------4------------4------------|------------------------------------|| |-2---2-------2-2---2------5/7-7\5--|-5/8---7-------1--------------------|| |-2---2-------2-2---2---------------|------------------------------------|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 4x ||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||-0-----------0-2---1----------|| ||-0-----------0-2---1----------|| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 gtr1 plays this 8x gtr2 plays this 2x gtr2: 3rd and 4th time ||------------------------------| |------------------------------| ||------------------------------| |------------------------------| ||------------------------------| |-------------------------ah---| ||------------------------------| |------------------------------| ||------------------------------| |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1~~~-| ||-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1~~~-| |------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 gtr2 5th time 6th time ||------------------------------|------------------------------| ||------tremolo-pick------------|--------tremolo-pick----------| ||-9---/---/---/---/---/--------|-10--/---/---/---/---/---/----| ||-----/---/---/---/---/--------|-----/---/---/---/---/---/----| ||-7---/---/---/---/---/--------|-8---/---/---/---/---/---/----| ||------------------------------|------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 gtr2 7th time 8th time |------------------------------|------------------------------| |------tremolo-pick------------|--------tremolo-pick----------| |-11--/---/---/---/---/---/----|-15--/---/---/---/---/---/----| |-----/---/---/---/---/---/----|-----/---/---/---/---/---/----| |-9---/---/---/---/---/---/----|-13--/---/---/---/---/---/----| |------------------------------|------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 both guitars 8x |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1----| |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1----| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (pause) play 3 times 4th time ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||-------------------------6--------|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-2---3---6-3---2-------5---7-6-5--|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-2---3---6-3---2---5-8------------|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 play 3 times again 4th time ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||-----------------nh-----------------|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-0---1---4-1---0--------------------|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-0---1---4-1---0-2.3-%-%-%-%-%-%-%--|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 intro riff again ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7-------------------5/7-7\5--| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6-------0---3/5-5\3--| ||-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 |---------------------------------|------------------------------|-------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------------|-------|| |-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7----------------------|-------|| |---------------------------------|-----------%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-|-------|| |-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5---^-nh-slide-thing---|-6---0-|| |-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|------------------------------|-6---0-|| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 The nh (natural harmonic) slide thing starts at about 1.5 on the fretboard. These notes are played as sixtuplets. These means in one beat there are six notes played. *If you like Machine Head maybe you'll like my band.* **Check us out at: http://pigseye.kennesaw.edu/~jdavis3/sk.html
