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Messiah

Fear Factory
Tab
3.6(3)

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

Song

Author/Artist: Fear Factory

Title: Messiah

Album: Demanufacture (Import)

Transcribed by: Postal

Email: fearshock@hotmail.com

Notation Key:

*: palm muted note

h: hammer-on

p: pull-off

b: bend

r: release

/: slide up

\: slide down

v: vibrato

t: right hand tap

x: muted note (or rake)

n.h.: natural harmonic

a.h.: artificial harmonic

Special Thanks to JZ (My boy and bassist) for help on these tabs

Tuning: 7-string guitar on a 6-string with last string

remaining the same (B E A D G E).

Riff A

-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
-|-2222--3333--2222--3333--2222--3333--22223333333333333--|-------------------

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

Riff B

-|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------
-|-2--3333--2222--3333--2222--3333--22223333333333333--|----------------------

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

Riff C On this and the next riff there is a delay effect added.

-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-88888888888888889999999999999999--|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------

Riff D These are 10's and 11's and not 0's and 1's but count each number

as a pickstroke. Basically Dino plays it too fast to make room.

-|-10101010101010101111111111111111--|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------

Riff E Put middle finger on the 2nd fret to play E5 chord and hold first

finger on the 1st fret of B string.

-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
-|-2--------2--------2-----2--------2--------------------|--------------------
-|-0--------0--------0--3--0--------0--------------------|--------------------
-|----1111-----1111-----1-----1111-----1111111111111111--|--------------------

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

Riff F Put first finger on 3rd fret, middle finger on 4th, ring finger

on the 5th, and pinkie finger on 6th fret.

-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
-|-6--------6--------6-----6--------6--------------------|--------------------
-|-4--------4--------4--5--4--------4--------------------|--------------------
-|----3333-----3333-----3-----3333-----3333333333333333--|--------------------

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

Riff G Same as Riff E.

-|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
-|-2--------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----|--------------------------
-|-0--------0--------0--3--0--------0--------0--3--|--------------------------
-|----1111-----1111-----1-----1111-----1111-----1--|--------------------------

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

Riff G (cont.)

-|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------
-|-2--------2--------2-----2--------2--------2--------------------|-----------
-|-0--------0--------0--3--0--------0--------0--------------------|-----------
-|----1111-----1111-----1-----1111-----1111-----1111111111111111--|-----------

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

Riff H

-|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-3--|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-1--|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

*

Arrangement:

Riff A (x1)

Riff B (x12)

Riff C (x2)

Riff D (x2)

Riff B (x8)

Riff C (x2)

Riff D (x2)

Riff E (x4)

Riff F (x4)

Riff C (x2)

Riff D (x2)

Riff E (x4)

Riff G (x2)

Riff H (x1)

End.

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