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Crash Test

Fear Factory
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

song:Crash Test

artist:Fear Factory

transcribed by Brian Van Maurik (vanmaurik@hotmail.com)

tune all strings down aperfect fourth (B,E,A,D,F#,B)

* means palm mute

About thirty seconds of weird sound effects, then....

 |----|-----------------------|
 |----|-----------------------|
 |----|-----------------------|
 |----|-----------------------|
 |--2-|----5555555555555555---|
 |--0-|----3333333333333333---|

****************

Verse Riff

 |------------------|
 |------------------|
 |------------------|
 |------------------|
 |-----5/7----5-5/7-|
 |--00-3/5--003-3/5-|

** ***

Chorus Riff

 |-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|
 |--2---5-4----------------|
 |-(2)----------5/6----5/6-|
 |-(0)-------00-3/4-00-3/4-|

** **

crash te-est...

so wh-at...

This part repeats under "animals that die,animals that cry..."

 |-----|---------------------------|
 |-----|---------------------------|
 |-----|---------------------------|
 |-----|---------------------------|
 |--2--|--5-5/6\5--5/6\5-------2---|
 |--0--|--3-3/4\3--3/4\3--4-43-0---|

* * **

Riff A

 |-------------|------------------------|
 |-------------|------------------------|
 |----4-----4--|--7--6-7-4--7--6-7-4----|
 |--6-----6----|------------------------|
 |-------------|------------------------|
 |-------------|------------------------|
 |-------------------------------|		|
 |-------------------------------|		|
 |-------------------------------|		|

|-------------------------------| play Riff A |

 |--2-22-2-5-55-5-2-22-2-5-55-5--|		|
 |--0-00-0-3-33-3-0-00-0-3-33-3--|		|

Crash............................

Test.............................

This is the part played at the end when Burton yells Crash! for the last time.

 |---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|
 |-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7----5/7--|
 |--00-3/5--00-3/5--00-3/5-00-3/5--|

** ** ** **

That's it. Sorry I don't have a song structure for you, but once you get the riffs down,

you should be able to figure it out by listening to the song. I wrote this from memory,

so please let me know if there are any mistakes.

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