Tabs
Machine Head – Descend The Shades Of Night (Solo)
Tabbed by Bloodtaster
P.M. = Palm Mute
/ = Slide Up
= Slide Down
^ = Pitch Bend
Tuning low to high: B, F#, B, E, G#, 
C#C#
I decided to have a go at tabbing this solo.
I think that most of it is right, but some of it is
guesswork, I’m not really a lead player.
Play at the end of the chorus
|----------------------------------12--|
|-------------------------12-13-15-----|
|-------------------12-14--------------|
|----------12-14-15--------------------|
|-12-13-15-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------12-13-15-13-12--------|
|--------12-13-15----------------13-14--|
|--12-14--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|------------14---------------------------|
|-/14-----------13------------------------|
|------------------12109/10/12109/10--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
[3/4] [1 tone] [1 tone]
|-1817----1817----1817-15--15^(15)----15^---19--15^(15)----------|
|-------15-------15-------------------18------------------17-18-17--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-17h18p17h18p17h18p17h18--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x 4
|-------------15-------------------|
|-17-15-17-18----18-17-15-17-15----|
|-------------------------------17-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
[1 tone]
|------------------------------------|
|-15---------------------------------|
|---17-15-14-15-14----14-------------|
|------------------17----15-17^(17)--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--/15--18--15--20--15--22--15--23--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------| x 2
I’m not sure but this bit could be finger tapping
Guitar 1
|------------------------3-5-6-5-3--|
|------------3-5-6-3-5-6------------|
|------2-3-5------------------------|
|--3-5------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|P.M - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------|
|----------------3-------3-5-6-5-3--|
|--------0-2-3-5---2-3-5------------|
|--0-2-3----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
P.M.- - - - - - - - - - -
Guitar 1
|--8-6-5---5--------8-6h8p6-5---5--------|
|--------8---8-6-5------------8---8-6-5--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|
|Guitar 2
|--5-3-1-0-1-0------5-3h5p3-1-0-1-0------|
|--------------3-1------------------3-1--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| x 2
Guitar 1
|--10-8-6----6---------10-8h10p8-6----6---------|
|---------10---10-8-6--------------10---10-8-6--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|
|Guitar 2
|--6--5-3----3---------6--5h6p-5-3----3---------|
|---------6----6--5-3--------------6----6--5-3--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------15-17-18-17-15--|
|----------------15-17-18-15-17-18-----------------|
|-------14-15-17-----------------------------------|
|-15-17--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|P.M.- - - - - - - - - - -
|
|Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------15----------15-17-18-17-15--|
|----------12-14-15-17----14-15-17-----------------|
|-12-14-15-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
P.M.- - - - - - - - - - -
Guitar 1
|--20-18h20p18-17----17-----------|
|-----------------20----20-18-17--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
|
|Guitar 2
|--17-15h17p15-13----13-----------|
|-----------------17----17-15-13--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| x 4
Guitar 1
|--22-20h22p20-18----18-----------|
|-----------------22----22-20-18--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
|
|Guitar 2
|--18-17h18p17-15----15-----------|
|-----------------18----18-17-15--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| x 2
Guitar 1
|--22^----22^----22^----22^----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
|
|Guitar 2
|--18^----18^----18^----18^----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Well that’s as good as I can get it, feel free to correct anything.
