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Clown by Korn: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Clown" by Korn, from their self-titled debut album, features a heavy, downtuned guitar riff played by James "Munky" Shaffer. The song showcases the band's signature "nu-metal" sound, blending elements of hip-hop, funk, and metal. Fieldy's slapping bass technique adds a unique groove to the track, while Jonathan Davis's intense vocals and bagpipes give it a haunting edge. Produced by Ross Robinson, the song's raw energy and aggressive tone helped define Korn's early sound.
Clown-Korn
Transcribed by James Albers

Intro
d||------------------||
a||------------------||	Bend up 1/2 step
F||----------4^------||	Last time bend up full step
C||------------------||	--played by Gtr 1
G||------------------||	Open notes(Gtr 2) could be
D||------------------||	--0^1-0-- or --00-00--
A||--00--0-----------||

Riff 1a(Gtr 2)
D||---------------------------------||	After the bass riff.
A||--0^3-3-0^2-2-0^3-3-0^2-2-0^3-1--||  Quick sounding open notes.
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Riff 1(both gtrs)
G||---------------------------------||	Same as Riff 1a with
D||--2/5-5-2/4-4-2/5-5-2/4-5-2/5\3--||	Both guitars
A||--0^3-3-0^2-2-0^3-3-0^2-2-0^3\1--||

Riff 2
G||---------------------------------||	Right before the verse
D||----5----4----5----4----5--\3~~--||
A||--x-3--0-2--0-3--0-2--0-3--\1~~--||

Verse Riff(Gtr 2)   |......     |.....
F||--------------------------||--------|| Last part is a fill after
C||--------------------------||--------|| "my body"; "tried to hit me"
G||--555-444-555-444-55-4~~--||--------|| "within me"; and ""wannabe"
D||--------------------------||--5--4--||
A||--------------------------||--------||
     PM................|

Verse riff(Gtr 1--chicken sound)
F||-------------------------||	Pick scrapes denoted
C||-------------------------||	by "x" on that particular string.
G||-------------------------||	Rhythm corresponds to other verse riff.
D||-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xx--x/--||
A||-------------------------||
     *   #   *   #  *   %
*: Note equivalent to "C"
#: Note equivalent to "B"
%: Pick scrape with flange or chorus

Chorus Riff
C||-----------------------||
G||-----------------------||
D||--2----6\5-55-5\4-4\3--||
A||--0----4\3-33-3\2-2\1--||

Riff 3		   |....  |.....
d||--------8^-------8^--||-------||
a||---------------------||-------||		Higher notes played by Gtr1
F||--------5^-------5^--||-------||		Lower player by Gtr2
C||---------------------||-------||		both play open notes
G||---------------------||-------||		and fill
D||--2------------------||--3-4--||
A||--0--00-------000----||--1-2--||

End Riff
C||------------------||	Same as intro w/o gtr 1 part
G||------------------|| 	See notes for intro riff
D||--2---2-----------|| 	Gtr 1 does pick scrapes w/ a flange
A||--00--0-----------||

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This one was a bastard.  Transcribing the intro riffs were difficult, but
I think I got them down. Munky's pick scraping part is too hard to
transcribe exzactly because every guitar is different, and if I gave
location in inches or centimeters it would be different for everybody.
Lyrically, the chorus' first words may be wrong so I put what I thought
it would be. In the bridge "Hit me clown", he might be saying "Hate me
clown".  At the end of the bridge and at the end of the song, he switches
between lyrics.  Next up "Daddy"...

Laters--
James

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