Song: Epic Artist: Faith No More Album: The Real Thing Standard tuning (EADG) PERFORMANCE NOTE: Slap all verses, choruses and bridges. The interlude and guitar solo are played with heavy distortion, and get as sloppy as you'd like because Gould rarely, if ever, plays them the same way twice anyway. 🏷Legend: r = rest / = slide up \ = slide down * = staccato r = rest R = release bend ^ = full bend v = release bend p = pull off s = 16th note (appears above bar) t = 32nd note (appears above bar) vf = volume fade (appears above bar) vo = volume out (appears above bar)
INTRO: sss ss s sss ss ss sss ss s sss ss ss G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r-12\| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & VERSE 1: (x3) s s s ss s s s ss s s s ss s s s ss G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| A |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| E |-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---||-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r-12\| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & CHORUS 1: sss ss s sss ss ss sss ss s sss ssssss G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------7--7r7-| E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00-00----| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & VERSE 2: s s s ss s s s ss s s s ss s s s ss G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E |-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r-12\| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & CHORUS 2 (x2): sss ss s sss ss ss sss ss s s s s ssss G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-0r--0r--0r--3323| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & VERSE 3: s s s ss s s s ss s s s ss s s s s G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------7\-\-\| E |-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r0------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & CHORUS 3 (x2): sss ss s sss ss ss sss ss s s s s ssss G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-0r--0r--0r--3323| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & BRIDGE 1: s s s ssss s s s ssss s s s s (start distortion) G |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| E |-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r-2/12-\-| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & INTERLUDE (cont. distortion): s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D |---------------------------------|-----------------------------5---| A |---------7---------------7---7---|(7)7-----7-------7-------5-7---7-| E |-0-------------0-0-0-0-0---0-----|-----0-0-------0---0-5-7---------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s tt G |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D |---------------------------------|---------------------------5-7-7^75| A |(7)\-r---7---------------7---7---|-------------------5-7-5-7---------| E |---------------0-0-0-r-0---0---0-|-3-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & t s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D |---------5-----------5-----------|---------5-----------5-----------| A |-75--5-7---7---7-5-7---7---7-5-7-|-----5-7---7---7-5-7---7---7-5-7-| E |---------------------------------|-0-r-----------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D |---------7-----------7-----------|---------7-----7-7v---/9-\-/14\--| A |-0-r-5-7---7---7-5-7---7---7-5-7-|-0-r-5-7---5---------------------| E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & GUITAR SOLO (cont. distortion): ( x3 ) s s s s s s s s s G |----------------------------12-r-12*-14^---Rp12 ||--------------------------12-14^------R-^-R-\---| D |------------------------/14---------------------||----------------------/14-----------------------| A |-------------7----------------------------------||------------7-----------------------------------| E |-0----------------------------------------------||-0----------------------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & s s s s s s s G |----------------------------12-r-12*-14^---Rp12 |--------------------------12-14^----------R--\--| D |------------------------/14---------------------|----------------------/14-----------------------| A |-------------7----------------------------------|------------7-----------------------------------| E |-0----------------------------------------------|-0----------------------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s G |----------------------------12-r-12*-14^---Rp12 |------------------------------------------------| D |------------------------/14---------------------|-14-13-12---------------------------------------| A |-------------7----------------------------------|----------14-13-12-10---------------------10----| E |-0----------------------------------------------|----------------------12-11-10-0-10-11-12-------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & BRIDGE 2 (end distortion): s s s ssss s s s ssss s s s ssss s s s G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E |-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--12\-| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & CHORUS 4: ( x3 ) sss ss s sss ss ss sss ss s sss ssssss G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| A 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sss sss ss ss ssssssss G |-----------------|-------4/7-----54|-5---------------|-----------------| D |-------------4-5-|--------------0--|-------545---\---|---545----545----| A |-----------------|-7---------------|------0--------32|-3-----323---323-| E |-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & sss sss ss ss ss ss vo G |-----------------|-------4/7-----54|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-------------9---|--------------0--|-------545---\---|-----5---4---2---|-----------------| A |-7---------------|-7---------------|------0--------32|-3-33--33--33----|-7---------------| E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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