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Song
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OBSOLETE
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by rx aka. iskim86
Words and Music by Fear Factory
Arranged by Fear Factory
Gtr I (A D G C F A D) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Heaviness'
Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Heaviness'
Intro
Q=175
D
4/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV
PM------------|
W 7x H S S S S S S S S
||------------||----------------------| ||------------||----------------------| ||o----------o||----------------------| ||------------||----------------------| ||o----------o||----------------------| ||------------||----------------------| ||------------||------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C# D
PM---------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S
||----------------------|----------------------------||-| ||----------------------|----------------------------||-| ||o---------------------|---------------------------o||-| ||----------------------|----------------------------||-| ||o---------------------|---------------------------o||-| ||----------------------|----------------------------||-| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-|
C# D C#D C#D
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S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------------| ||--2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C# D
PM-------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------------o|| ||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------------o|| ||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
C# D
-------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3------|
Verse Pre-Verse
B C#
PM-----------------|
S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S E S E E S E S E E
||------------------------||-||----------------------| ||------------------------||-||----------------------| ||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------| ||------------------------||-||----------------------| ||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------| ||------------------------||-||----------------------| ||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D
S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
|----------------------------|| |----------------------------|| |---------------------------o|| |----------------------------|| |---------------------------o|| |----------------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Verse
C# D B
PM-----------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S Q. S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x
|---------------------|--------------------||------------------------|| |---------------------|--------------------||------------------------|| |---------------------|--------------------||o----------------------o|| |---------------------|--------------------||------------------------|| |---------------------|--------------------||o----------------------o|| |---------------------|--------------------||------------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3------||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||
Pre-Chorus
E5 Eb5 E5 Eb5 E5F#5
PM---------------------------
S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||------------------------------| ||------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------| ||------------------------------| ||o-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-| ||--7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-| ||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|
C# B E5 Eb5 E5 EbE5F#5
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------|| |----------------------------------||-||--------------------------|| |---------------------------------o||-||o------------------------o|| |----------------------------------||-||--------------------------|| |---------------------------------o||-||o-7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9--o|| |----------------------------------||-||--7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9---|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7---||
Chorus
F#5Eb5 A5 Eb5 F#5Eb5 A5B5
PM------------|
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|---------------------------|| ||--------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-------------------|--------------------------o|| ||-----------7--------|--------7------------------|| ||o-9--6-6-6-7--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-7-----------------o|| ||--9--6-6-6-5--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| ||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
F Eb G# Eb F Eb G# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
|-||----------------------|-------------------|| |-||----------------------|-------------------|| |-||o---------------------|------------------o|| |-||----------------------|-------------------|| |-||o---------------------|------------------o|| |-||------------4b5-------|---------4b5-------|| |-||--6b7-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-6b7-4-4-----0-----||
F Eb G# Eb F Eb G# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |-----------4b5-------|---------4b5--------| |-6b7-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-6b7-4-4-----0------|
Breakdown
D
PM----------------------------|
W 7x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------||---------------------------------| ||------------||---------------------------------| ||o----------o||---------------------------------| ||------------||---------------------------------| ||o----------o||---------------------------------| ||------------||---------------------------------| ||------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C# D
PM-------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------------o|| ||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------------o|| ||----------------------|----------------------------|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
C# B
---------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-0------|
Verse Pre-Chorus
B E5 Eb5 E5 Eb5 E5F#5
PM--------------------------------------------------------
S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||------------------------||-||------------------------------| ||------------------------||-||------------------------------| ||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------------| ||------------------------||-||------------------------------| ||o----------------------o||-||o-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-| ||------------------------||-||--7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-| ||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|
C# B E5 Eb5 E5 EbE5F#5
-------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------|| |----------------------------------||-||----------------------------|| |---------------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o|| |----------------------------------||-||----------------------------|| |---------------------------------o||-||o-7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9----o|| |----------------------------------||-||--7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9-----|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7-----||
Chorus
F#5Eb5 A5 Eb5 F#5Eb5 A5B5
PM------------|
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 8x
||--------------------|---------------------------|| ||--------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-------------------|--------------------------o|| ||-----------7--------|--------7------------------|| ||o-9--6-6-6-7--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-7-----------------o|| ||--9--6-6-6-5--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| ||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
F Eb G# Eb F Eb G# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 4x
|-||----------------------|-------------------|| |-||----------------------|-------------------|| |-||o---------------------|------------------o|| |-||----------------------|-------------------|| |-||o---------------------|------------------o|| |-||------------4b5-------|---------4b5-------|| |-||--6b7-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-6b7-4-4-----0-----||
Out-Chorus
F#Eb5 A5Eb5 F#Eb5 A5B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
||------------------|---------------|| ||------------------|---------------|| ||o-----------------|--------------o|| ||----------7-------|-------7-------|| ||o-9-6-6-6-7-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-7-2----o|| ||--9-6-6-6-5-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-5-2-----|| ||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||
F#Eb5 A5Eb5 F#Eb5 A5D5 C#5
PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E H Q.
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------*| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------*| |---------7-------|-------7-----------|-------------*| |-9-6-6-6-7-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-7-x-x-x-x-x-|-4-----------*| |-9-6-6-6-5-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-----------*| |-7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----------*|
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
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| - 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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