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Author/Artist: Bush
Title: Machine Head
Album: Sixteen Stone
Transcribed by: Justin
Email: JustMtnBk4@aol.com
Tune down half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
~ means let ring
x means rake
/ means slide down
h means hammer on
b means bend up to next note
I have yet to find a good version of this song, so here is one that my guitar teacher and I came up with.
I wasn't exact on timings or number of times to repeat everything, but
by listening to the song it is easy to follow along.
I guess the song could also be played in standard tuning, just move
everything down one fret, but for the intro and prechorus the way
I have them you need to tune down.
Also, there are two guitars in this song but I don't know all the little fills
and stuff that the other guitar plays, but this is all the main stuff you need to play it good.
Intro and Main Riff
----------------------|----|--------------------------------------------------- ----------------------|----|--------------------------------------------------- ----------------------|----|--7-7--9-9-9--10--12-12---------------------------- --0-0-2-2-2-3-5-5-----|-or-|--x-x--x-x-x---x---x--x---------------------------- ----------------------|----|--5-5--7-7-7---8--10-10---------------------------- ----------------------|----|---------------------------------------------------
Before Verse and verse riff "Tied to a wheel, a fingers go to feel..."
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
--6-6-x-x---6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x----------- --7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x----------- --7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x----------- --5-5-x-x---5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-----------
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
First part of verse
"Breathe in, breathe out..."
--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------- --6-/-3-------|---6-/-3------------------------------------------------------- --7-/-3-------|---7-/-3------------------------------------------------------- --7-/-3-------|---7-/-3------------------------------------------------------- --5-/-1-~-----|---5-/-1-~----------------------------------------------------- --------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
Prechorus "Gotta machine head..."
--1----------1-----------1----------1---------0-h1-1-1--0h1-1-1--0h1-1-1------ --1-------3--1--------3--1-------3--1------3--0---------------------------2b4- --2-------3--2--------3--2-------3--2------3--2------------------------------- --3-------3--3--------3--3-------3--3------3--3------------------------------- --3-------1--3--------1--3-------1--3------1--3------------------------------- --1-~~-------1-~~--------1-~~-------1-~~------0-------------------------------
First Chorus "I walk from my machine..."
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---4--4-4-4-4--6--7--7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------- ---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8---------------------------------------------- ---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8---------------------------------------------- ---3--3-3-3-3--5--6--6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------------
After First Chorus
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------|---6---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------|---7---------------------------------------------------- --0-0-2-2-2-3-5-5--x4-|---7---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------|---5-~-------------------------------------------------- ----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
along with verse riff
"Breathe in, breathe out..." Second Verse: "Deaf, dumb and thirty, started to deserve this..."
-----------|-----x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x --6-/-3----|-6-6-x-x---6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x --7-/-3----|-7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x --7-/-3----|-7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x --5-/-1-~--|-5-5-x-x---5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x -----------|-----x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x
Second Chorus "Gotta machine head..."
------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x--------- ------x-x-----x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x-6------- --2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x------|---2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7------- --3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x--x3--|---3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7------- --3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x------|---3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-~~---- --1-1-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|---1-1-x-x-----x-x---------
"I walk from my machine..."
-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------- -------------------------------------------|----------------------------------- ---4--4-4-4-4--6--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|-----2----------------------------- ---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8---x2------|-----3----------------------------- ---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-----------|-----3----------------------------- ---3--3-3-3-3--5--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|-----1-~---------------------------
Guitar Break, intro in background
"Breathe in, breathe out..."
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x---x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
--6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x----------- --7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x----------- --7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x----------- --5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-----------
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x---x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
Third Chorus "Gotta machine head..."
------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x--------- ------x-x-----x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x-6------- --2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x------|---2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7------- --3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x--x7--|---3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7------- --3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x------|---3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-~~---- --1-1-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|---1-1-x-x-----x-x---------
Outro "I walk from my machine..."
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--2-2--3-3--4-4--3-3--4-4--3-3--2---------------------------------------------- --3-3--3-3--5-5--3-3--5-5--3-3--3---------------------------------------------- --3-3--1-1--5-5--1-1--5-5--1-1--3---------------------------------------------- --1-1-------3-3-------3-3-------1-~--------------------------------------------
pm................................... (not correct number or timing on chords)
And thats it.
Any questions or corrections email me.
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