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Self Bias Resistor

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SELF-BIAS RESISTOR

As recorded by Fear Factory

(From the 1995 Album DEMANUFACTURE)

Transcribed by M. Trenke

Words and Music by Fear Factory

Gtr I (B E A D G B E) - 'Dino'

Intro

Q=190

N.C.

4/4

Gtr I

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

|--3--| |--3--|

E E Q Q Q S E. E E Q Q Q S E.

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

2/4

 ---------------------------------------------|
         |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--|

E E Q Q Q S E. Q Q S E. Q Q S E. E E Q

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

4/4

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

|--3--| |--3--|

S S S S E S S +E E E E 7x Q Q S E. Q Q S E.

||---------------------------||-------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2----||-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
    PM--------------------|

S S S S E S S +E E E E 7x W

||---------------------------||------|
||---------------------------||------|
||o-------------------------o||------|
||---------------------------||------|
||o-------------------------o||------|
||---------------------------||------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2----||------|

Verse 1

N.C.

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

S S S S E S S +E E E E 8x

||---------------------------||-|
||---------------------------||-|
||o-------------------------o||-|
||---------------------------||-|
||o-------------------------o||-|
||---------------------------||-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2----||-|
 -----------------------------------------------|

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

S S S S S S S S Q Q S E. 7x Q Q S E. Q Q S E.

||----------------------------||--------------------|
||----------------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------------o||--------------------|
||----------------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------------o||--------------------|
||----------------------------||--------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---|
    PM--------------------|

S S S S E S S +E E E E 7x W

||---------------------------||------|
||---------------------------||------|
||o-------------------------o||------|
||---------------------------||------|
||o-------------------------o||------|
||---------------------------||------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2----||------|

Chorus 1

B5 F#5 A5

Q Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E

|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-9--9--9--(9)---|----------------7-|
|-9--9--9--(9)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-7-|
|-7--7--7--(7)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-5-|
|-0------------7-|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|

E5 N.C.

+Q Q Q +E E +Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|---------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)-7-|-(7)--7--------------------|
|-(5)--5--5--(5)-7-|-(7)--7--------------------|
|----------------5-|-(5)--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|

B5 F#5 A5

S S S S Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E

||----------------------|------------------|
||----------------------|------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------|
||----------9--9--(9)---|----------------7-|
||o---------9--9--(9)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-7-|
||----------7--7--(7)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-----------7-|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|

E5 N.C.

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

|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|---------------------------||
|-(7)--7--7--(7)-7-|-(7)--7-------------------o||
|-(5)--5--5--(5)-7-|-(7)--7--------------------||
|----------------5-|-(5)--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---||
    PM------------------------------------------|

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

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

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

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

|--3--|

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

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

Verse 2

 ---------------------------------------------|
  |--3--|  |--3--|

Q Q S E. Q Q S E. S S S S E S S +E E E E 8x

|-------------------||---------------------------||
|-------------------||---------------------------||
|-------------------||o-------------------------o||
|-------------------||---------------------------||
|-------------------||o-------------------------o||
|-------------------||---------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2----||

Chorus 2

B5 F#5 A5

Q Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E

|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-9--9--9--(9)---|----------------7-|
|-9--9--9--(9)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-7-|
|-7--7--7--(7)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-5-|
|-0------------7-|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|

E5 N.C.

+Q Q Q +E E +Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|---------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)-7-|-(7)--7--------------------|
|-(5)--5--5--(5)-7-|-(7)--7--------------------|
|----------------5-|-(5)--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|

B5 F#5 A5

S S S S Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E

|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------9--9--(9)---|----------------7-|
|---------9--9--(9)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-7-|
|---------7--7--(7)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-----------7-|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|

E5 N.C.

+Q Q Q +E E +Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|-------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)-7-|-(7)--7------------------|
|-(5)--5--5--(5)-7-|-(7)--7------------------|
|----------------5-|-(5)--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|

B5 F#5 A5

S S S S Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E

||--------------------|----------------|
||--------------------|----------------|
||o-------------------|----------------|
||----------9--9--9---|--------------7-|
||o---------9--9--9-9-|-(9)--9--9--9-7-|
||----------7--7--7-9-|-(9)--9--9--9-5-|
||--0-0-0-0---------7-|-(7)--7--7--7---|

E5 N.C.

+Q Q Q E E +Q Q S S S S S S S S

|----------------|---------------------------||
|----------------|---------------------------||
|----------------|--------------------------o||
|-(7)--7--7--7---|---------------------------||
|-(7)--7--7--7-7-|-(7)--7-------------------o||
|-(5)--5--5--5-7-|-(7)--7--------------------||
|--------------5-|-(5)--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---||

Interlude

B5 E5 D5 B5 E5F5 B5 E5 D5 B5 E5F5

PM| PM| PM----|

H Q Q Q E E E E Q H Q Q Q E E E E S S S S

||-------------|---------------|------------|---------------------||
||-------------|---------------|------------|---------------------||
||o------------|---------------|------------|--------------------o||
||-------------|---------------|------------|---------------------||
||o------------|---------------|------------|--------------------o||
||--2----7--5--|-2------7s8-8--|-2----7--5--|-2------7s8----------||
||--0----5--3--|-0--0-0-5s6-6--|-0----5--3--|-0--0-0-5s6-0-0-0-0--||

B5 E5 D5 B5 E5 F5 B5 E5 D5 B5 E5 F5

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S

||------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------o||
||--2-------7---5---|-2---7---7s8-8--|-2-------7---5---|-2---7---7s8----------||
||--0-0-0-0-5-0-3-0-|-0-0-5-0-5s6-6--|-0-0-0-0-5-0-3-0-|-0-0-5-0-5s6-0-0-0-0--||

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q

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

G5

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

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

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

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----|
  PM----------------|      PM----------------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2------------|
    PM----------------|      PM----------------|

S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q

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

G5

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

S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q

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

N.C. E5

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

S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E Q Q

|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------7--7--|
|-5-5-5-5-0-5-3-0-5-5-5-5-|-0-5-3-0-5--5--|

N.C. Eb5

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

S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E Q Q

|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------6--6--|
|-5-5-5-5-0-5-3-0-5-5-5-5-|-0-5-3-0-4--4--|

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q

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

G5

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

S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q

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

N.C. E5

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

S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E Q Q

||--------------------------|---------------|
||--------------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------|
||--------------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------|
||--------------------------|---------7--7--|
||--5-5-5-5-0-5-3-0-5-5-5-5-|-0-5-3-0-5--5--|

N.C. Eb5

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

S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E Q Q

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

Bridge

N.C.

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

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

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

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

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

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

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

2/4

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

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

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

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

Chorus 3

B5 F#5 A5

4/4

Q Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E

|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-9--9--9--(9)---|----------------7-|
|-9--9--9--(9)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-7-|
|-7--7--7--(7)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-5-|
|-0------------7-|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|

E5 N.C.

+Q Q Q +E E +Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|-------------------------|
|-(7)--7--7--(7)-7-|-(7)--7------------------|
|-(5)--5--5--(5)-7-|-(7)--7------------------|
|----------------5-|-(5)--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|

B5 F#5 A5

S S S S Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E

||----------------------|------------------|
||----------------------|------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------|
||----------9--9--(9)---|----------------7-|
||o---------9--9--(9)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-7-|
||----------7--7--(7)-9-|-(9)--9--9--(9)-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-----------7-|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|

E5 N.C.

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

|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|-(7)--7--7--(7)---|---------------------------||
|-(7)--7--7--(7)-7-|-(7)--7-------------------o||
|-(5)--5--5--(5)-7-|-(7)--7--------------------||
|----------------5-|-(5)--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---||

B5 F#5 A5 E5 N.C.

S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|---------9--9--9--|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-----------------------|
|---------9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7------------------|
|---------7--7--7--|-9--9--9--9--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|

B5 F#5 A5 E5 D5

PM--------|

|-3-|

S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q

|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|---------9--9--9--|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-----------------|
|---------9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9--|-7--7--7--7--|-7---------------|
|---------7--7--7--|-9--9--9--9--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7-7-7-5-5-5--|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-5--5-5-5-3-3-3--|

B5 F#5 A5 E5 N.C.

PM--|

S S E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S

|----------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------|
|-------9--9--9--|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|------------------------|
|-------9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7-------------------|
|-2-2-2-7--7--7--|-9--9--9--9--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7-------------------|
|-0-0-0----------|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--|

B5 F#5 A5 E5 N.C.

S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S

|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|---------9--9--9--|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-----------------------|
|---------9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7------------------|
|---------7--7--7--|-9--9--9--9--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|

Outro

B5 E5 D5 B5 E5F5 B5 E5 D5 B5 E5F5

PM| PM| PM----|

H Q Q Q E E E E Q H Q Q Q E E E E S S S S

||-------------|---------------|------------|---------------------||
||-------------|---------------|------------|---------------------||
||o------------|---------------|------------|--------------------o||
||-------------|---------------|------------|---------------------||
||o------------|---------------|------------|--------------------o||
||--2----7--5--|-2------7s8-8--|-2----7--5--|-2------7s8----------||
||--0----5--3--|-0--0-0-5s6-6--|-0----5--3--|-0--0-0-5s6-0-0-0-0--||

B5 E5 D5 B5 E5 F5

PM--| PM PM PM PM

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

||------------------|----------------|
||------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|
||------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|
||--2-------7---5---|-2---7---7s8-8--|
||--0-0-0-0-5-0-3-0-|-0-0-5-0-5s6-6--|

B5 E5 D5 B5 E5 F5 B5

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S 8x E E H.

|-----------------|----------------------||-----------*|
|-----------------|----------------------||-----------*|
|-----------------|---------------------o||-----------*|
|-----------------|----------------------||-----------*|
|-----------------|---------------------o||-----------*|
|-2-------7---5---|-2---7---7s8----------||-2---------*|
|-0-0-0-0-5-0-3-0-|-0-0-5-0-5s6-0-0-0-0--||-0---------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

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

----------------

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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