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FLASHPOINT

As recorded by Fear Factory

(From the 1995 Album DEMANUFACTURE)

Transcribed by erikthestupid@hotmail.com

Words by Burton C Bell Music by Fear Factory

Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Staff-3'

Intro Verse

Q=128

D5 G#5D5 G#G#5 D5 G#5 G#5

4/4

Gtr I

PM| PM| PM|

Wx8 S E S Q S E S E E 4x S E S Q Q E E 4x

|------------||----------------------||-||-------------------||
|------------||o--------------------o||-||o-----------------o||
|------------||--------6--------6-6--||-||--------6-----6-6--||
|------------||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-||--5-----6-----6-6--||
|------------||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-||o-5-----4-----4-4-o||
|------------||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-||--3-3-3------------||

Chorus (In Flames) Verse 2

D5 G#5D5 G#5 G#5 D5 G#5D5 G#5

PM| PM|

S E S Q S E S E E 4x H Q E E 4x S E S Q S E S E E 4x

||----------------------||-||---------------||-||-----------------------||
||o--------------------o||-||o-------------o||-||o---------------------o||
||--------6--------6-6--||-||----------6-6--||-||--------6--------6-6---||
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-||----------6-6--||-||--5-----6--5-----6-6---||
||o-5-5-5-4--5-5-5-4-4-o||-||o---------4-4-o||-||o-5-----4--5-----4-4--o||
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-||---------------||-||--3-3-3----3-3-3-------||

(Lies sink in like gasoline)

D#5 D5 D#5E#5F#5

    PM--------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E S S 4x E E E E E E E S S E E E E E. E. E

||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||-||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--8--9-o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4--6--7--||

Chorus

D#5E#5G5 D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5

2/4 4/4

PM| PM| PM| PM

E. E. E S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S Q

|----------||----------------------||-------------------|
|----------||o--------------------o||-------------------|
|----------||--------6--------6-6--||-------6-----------|
|----------||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5--------|
|-6--8--10-||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5--------|
|-4--6---8-||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3------|

D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5 G#D5

PM| PM| PM| PM|

S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S E E

||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||--------6--------6-6--||-------6--------6---|
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5-----6-5-|
||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5-----4-5-|
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3---3-|

Bridge

B5 E5 A5 E5 G#5 E5 G5 E#5

H +Q. E H +Q. E H +Q. E H H

|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----0----|
|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5---------|
|-7----(7)---2-|-5----(5)---2-|-4----(4)---2-|-3----1----|
|------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|-----------|

B5 E5 C5 E5 A5 G5 E5

H +Q. E H +Q. E W H E S S E S S

|--------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-9----(9)-----|-10----(10)-----|-7--------|-5-----------------|
|-9----(9)-----|-10----(10)-----|-7--------|-5----x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-7----(7)---2-|--8-----(8)---2-|-5--------|-3----x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|------------0-|--------------0-|----------|-------------------|

Interlude

B5 E5 A5 E5 G#5 E5 G5 E#5

Wx8 H +Q. E H +Q. E H +Q. E H H

|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|------------|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----3----|
|------------|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----3----|
|------------|-7----(7)---2-|-5----(5)---2-|-4----(4)---2-|-3----1----|
|------------|------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|-----------|

B5 E5 A5 G#5 G5 E#5

H +Q. E W W H H

|--------------|----------|----------|-----------|
|--------------|----------|----------|-----------|
|-9----(9)-----|-7--------|-6--------|-5----3----|
|-9----(9)-----|-7--------|-6--------|-5----3----|
|-7----(7)---2-|-5--------|-4--------|-3----1----|
|------------0-|----------|----------|-----------|

(Lies sink in like gasoline)

D5 D#5

  PM--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E S S 4x

|---------------------------------||---------------------||
|---------------------------------||o-------------------o||
|---------------------------------||---------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||---------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||

D5 D#5E#5F#5 D#5E#5G5

2/4

    PM------------------------|

E E E E E E E S S E E E E E. E. E E. E. E

||--------------------|------------------||----------|
||o-------------------|-----------------o||----------|
||--------------------|------------------||----------|
||--------------------|------------------||----------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--8--9-o||-6--8--10-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4--6--7--||-4--6---8-|

Out-Chorus

D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5

4/4

PM| PM| PM|

S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S E E

||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||--------6--------6-6--||-------6------------|
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5-5-5-5-5-|
||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5-5-5-5-5-|
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-|

D5 G#5D5 G#G#5 D5 G#5 D5

PM| PM|

S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S e. S S E S S S S S

||----------------------||--------------------------*|
||o--------------------o||--------------------------*|
||--------6--------6-6--||-------6------------------*|
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-5-5-6----5-5-5-5---5---*|
||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-5-5-4----5-5-5-5---5---*|
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3------3-3-3-3---3---*|

Duration Legend

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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

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h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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