Mxc Theme tab by Television Music

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 MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) Intro / Theme song
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 as performed by Bumblefoot


 Tab written by Scott Inman
 June 5, 2004 - version 1.0ß

 Please email corrections/complaints/compliments to:
seinman@statestreet.com


 Greetings fellow X-heads!!!

 This is my first attempt at guitar tab, so please bear with me if it
isn't
 100% perfect. The song is played in standard E tuning. If you find this
tab
 helpful, please drop me an email and let me know. It's nice to know the
work
 involved in writing this is appreciated. Writing tab is harder than it
looks!


 Key:

 b = bend
 x = mute string
 ~ = bend back and forth quickly with finger like you would end a flashy
solo.


 Ok... L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-LETS GO!!!


  Riff #1:
  --------
  Play 3x

 E |------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |------------------------|--------------6---6---6--|
 G |------------------------|--------------5---5---5--|
 D |---------2-----------3--|---------4----3---3---3--|
 A |-0-3-0-3-----0-3-0-3----|-0-3-0-3-----------------|
 E |------------------------|-------------------------|
   x x x x ~~~ x x x x ~~~ x x x x ~~~


  Riff #2:
  --------
  Play 2x - play FAST and mute as shown

 E |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
 B |---------------------------------|--------------------6-6-6-----|
 G |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-----|
 D |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-----|
 A |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
 E |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x  x x X X X X X X


  Riff #3:
  --------
  Play FAST and THRASH them this time! (let ring, no muting)
  If you are playing with guitar alone, skip th last bar of this part
  and go into Riff #4.

 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 B |------------------|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
 G |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 D |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 A |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 B |------------------|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
 G |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 D |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 A |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
                               ^^^
                               skip if solo
guitar

  Riff #4:
  --------
  There are 2 guitars present on this part - the bass does the single
notes,
  and the guitar just does the power chords and harmonics. I tabbed this
so
  you can play both with one guitar (that's how I do it anyway).

  Be sure to let the power chords and harmonics ring as long as you can
  before switching back to the single note riff.

 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 B |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 G |---2-0------------|---2-0------------|---2-0------------|--2-0-------------|
 D |-------3-0--5-----|-------3-0--7-----|-------3-0--3-----|------3-0--5------|
 A |------------5-----|------------7-----|------------3-----|-----------5------|
 E |------------3-----|------------5-----|------------1-----|-----------3------|

 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 B |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 G |--5(h)------------|--2-0-------------|--2-0-------------|--2-0-------------|
 D |------5(h)--5-----|-------3-0--7-----|------3-0---3-----|------3-0--5/-17--|
 A |------------5-----|------------7-----|------------3-----|-----------5/-17--|
 E |------------3-----|------------5-----|------------1-----|-----------3/-15--|


 Riff #5:
 --------
 Play 2x

 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 B |------------5-6---|-6-7---7--6-6-6-6-|------------5-6---|-6-7---7--6-6-6-6-|
 G |---5--------4-5---|-5-6---6--5-5-5-5-|---5--------4-5---|-5-6---6--5-5-5-5-|
 D |---5--------2-3---|-3-4---4--3-0-3-0-|---5--------2-3---|-3-4---4--3-0-3-0-|
 A |---3--------------|------------------|---3--------------|------------------|
 E |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


 Solo:
 -----
 It's really hard to hear the note that is inbetween the first and last
note
 played in this solo piece. I'm pretty I got the right one, but don't
hold it
 against me if I wrote down the wrong one. This is how I play it live and
 nobody's complained... yet!


 E |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 B |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 G |-----------17------------------17----|-----------17--------17b19b17--------|
 D |--------16------------------16-------|--------16---------------------------|
 A |-15-15--------------15-15------------|-15-15-------------------------------|
 E |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
        ~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~

 E |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 B |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 G |-----------17------------------17----|-----------17--------17b19b17--------|
 D |--------16------------------16-------|--------16---------------------------|
 A |-15-15--------------15-15------------|-15-15-------------------------------|
 E |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
        ~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~


 Riff after solo:
 ----------------
 Play x4

 E |------------------------------------------------------|
 B |------------------------------------------------------|
 G |-12/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
 D |------------------------------------------------------|
 A |------------------------------------------------------|
 E |------------------------------------------------------|

 E |------------------------------------------------------|
 B |------------------------------------------------------|
 G |-12/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
 D |------------------------------------------------------|
 A |------------------------------------------------------|
 E |------------------------------------------------------|

 E |------------------------------------------------------|
 B |------------------------------------------------------|
 G |-12/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
 D |------------------------------------------------------|
 A |------------------------------------------------------|
 E |------------------------------------------------------|

 E |------------------------------------------------------|
 B |------------------------------------------------------|
 G |-12/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
 D |------------------------------------------------------|
 A |------------------------------------------------------|
 E |------------------------------------------------------|

 and end on this last note...

 E |------------------------------------------------------|
 B |------------------------------------------------------|
 G |-12---------------------------------------------------|
 D |------------------------------------------------------|
 A |------------------------------------------------------|
 E |------------------------------------------------------|
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


 Sound tip:
 ----------

 To get your guitar to sound like the MXC theme recording, I recommend a
lot
 of distortion with either an Overdrive or heavy metal pedal. I have a
Fender
 Cyclone II as well as an American Deluxe Stratocaster, and both sound
good
 using a tube amp with either setup:

 1. Amp distortion w/Boss Super Overdrive
 2. Clean amp with DOD's Death Metal pedal.

 Right you are Ken!

 and remember.........DON'T GET ELIMINATED!!!!!!!!!


 Scott Inman
 seinman@statestreet.com