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Descent

Fear Factory
Tab
★4.8(6)

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

Song

Artist: Fear Factory

Album: Obsolete

Song: Descent

Tuning: A,E,A,D,F#,B

-Intro-

|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2--------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0----------------------------------|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0----------|

*

|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----------------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0-------------------------0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|

* * * *

Riff B

|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----2-------2----|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3-----3---3---3--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0--------------------------------------|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0-----2--------|

*

Riff C

Play chord and let it fade into the chorus

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|

Riff D

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|

*

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-------(2)---2-2-2--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4--------0----2-2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---(0)--0----2-2-2--|

* *

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|

*

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|

* * * *

Riff E

Play chord and then mute it (no sustain)

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|

Riff F

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2-----(2)-(2)-----7-7------2-2------2--|
|-2------0---0------5-5------2-2------2--|
|-2------0---0------7-7------2-2------2--|

Riff G

Riff under "I am nothing..." etc.

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2-----(2)---(2)-----7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------0-----0------5---5------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------0-----0------7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|

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