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Scumgrief

Fear Factory
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SCUMGRIEF

As recorded by Fear Factory

(From the 1992 Album SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE)

Transcribed by erikthestupid@hotmail.com

Words by Burton C Bell Music by Fear Factory

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

Intro

Q=180

E5 C5 G/B G5

4/4

Gtr I

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

W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E

||-----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------|
||o----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------|
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------|
||--2--------|-5----5----|----------|--------------------------------|
||o-2--------|-3----2----|-5--------|--------------------------------|
||--0--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3--|

E5 C5 G/B G/B

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

W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x

|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------o||
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------------------||
|-2--------|-5----5----|-5--------|---------------------------------||
|-2--------|-3----2----|-2--------|--------------------------------o||
|-0--------|-----------|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3---||

Verse

G5E5 G5E5 G5 G5E5 G5E5 G5 E5 F5 G#5

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

E E E E E E E E E E Q H 3x E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q

||------------------|--------------||-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|-------------o||-----------------|--------------|
||------------------|--------------||-----------------|--------------|
||--5-------5-------|-5------------||-5-------5-------|-5---2--3--6--|
||o-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5-----------o||-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5---2--3--6--|
||--3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3------------||-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---0--1--4--|

G5E5 G5E5 G5 G5E5 G5E5 G5 E5 F5 G#5

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

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

||------------------|------16---(16)----|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|-----(20)--(20)----|-----------------|--------------o||
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------||
||--5-------5-------|-5-----------------|-5-------5-------|-5---2--3--6---||
||o-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5-----------------|-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5---2--3--6--o||
||--3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-----------------|-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---0--1--4---||

G5E5 G5E5 G5 G5E5 G5E5 G5 E5 F5 G#5

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

E E E E E E E E E E Q H 3x E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q

||------------------|--------------||-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|-------------o||-----------------|--------------|
||------------------|--------------||-----------------|--------------|
||--5-------5-------|-5------------||-5-------5-------|-5---2--3--6--|
||o-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5-----------o||-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5---2--3--6--|
||--3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3------------||-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---0--1--4--|

G5E5 G5E5 G5 G5E5 G5E5 G5 E5 F5 G#5

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

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

||------------------|------16---(16)----|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|-----(20)--(20)----|-----------------|--------------o||
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------||
||--5-------5-------|-5-----------------|-5-------5-------|-5---2--3--6---||
||o-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5-----------------|-5-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-5---2--3--6--o||
||--3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-----------------|-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---0--1--4---||

Chorus

E5 C5 G/B G5

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

W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E

||-----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------|
||o----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------|
||-----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------|
||--2--------|-5----5----|----------|-------------------------------|
||o-2--------|-3----2----|-5--------|-------------------------------|
||--0--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-3-|

E5 C5 G/B G/B

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

W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E

|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------o||
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------------------||
|-2--------|-5----5----|-5--------|---------------------------------||
|-2--------|-3----2----|-2--------|--------------------------------o||
|-0--------|-----------|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-3---||

A5 A5 G5 E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5

PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM

Q. Q. Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x

||---------------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
||o--------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--2----2-------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
||--2----2----5--|-2--------|-5-----5-----5---|-5-----5-----5----||
||o-0----0----5--|-2--------|-5-2-2-5-2-2-5-2-|-5-2-2-5-2-2-5-2-o||
||------------3--|-0--------|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0--||

Interlude

F#5 F#5

E E Q H W W H E E E E

|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-4-----------|----------|----------|------4-4-4-4--|
|-4-----------|----------|----------|------4-4-4-4--|
|-2-----------|----------|----------|------2-2-2-2--|

F#5

W W W H E E E E 3x

||-----------|----------|----------|---------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|---------------||
||-----------|----------|----------|------4-4-4-4--||
||o----------|----------|----------|------4-4-4-4-o||
||-----------|----------|----------|------2-2-2-2--||

S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E

||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

F#5

S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E E E E E

|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------4-4-4-4-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--||

F#5

W W W H E E E E

||-----------|----------|----------|---------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|---------------||
||-----------|----------|----------|------4-4-4-4--||
||o----------|----------|----------|------4-4-4-4-o||
||-----------|----------|----------|------2-2-2-2--||

PM---------------------------------------------

S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E

||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

F#5

 ---------------------------------|

S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E E E E E

|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|-------------4-4-4-4-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--||

Chorus

E5 C5 G/B G5

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

W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E

||-----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------|
||o----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------|
||-----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------|
||--2--------|-5----5----|----------|-------------------------------|
||o-2--------|-3----2----|-5--------|-------------------------------|
||--0--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-3-|

E5 C5 G/B G/B

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

W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E

|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------o||
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------------------||
|-2--------|-5----5----|-5--------|---------------------------------||
|-2--------|-3----2----|-2--------|--------------------------------o||
|-0--------|-----------|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3---||

Outro

A5 A5 G5 E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5 G5E5

Q. E +Q Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x

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

A5 G5 E5

H. Q W +H H

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

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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