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Shock

Fear Factory
Bass Tab

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

Song

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Artist: Fear Factory

Song: "Shock"

Album: "Obsolete"

Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)

Nihilistic Automaton: Burton C. Bell

Hypercharged Detonator: Dino Cazares

Substatic Intensifier: Christian Olde Wolbers

Automodulated Groove Injector: Raymond Herrera

Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this.

My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any

others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at

martyr@fearfactory.com

I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.

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The bass guitar remains in the background of the guitar for the first

half of "Shock," but in the second half its influence starts to come

out. Play the first part of the song (Riffs A-E) conservatively; don't

do anything flashy. Just let the guitar take over for a while. Then,

starting with Riff F, begin to emphasize yourself a little more.

Your influence will be most felt in Riffs K and L, particularly in this

line...

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------|

Here, emphasize the open D string at the end of the phrase. That will

help create the illusion that the guitarist is playing a simple D5 chord

(see corresponding guitar tab). Have fun!

Tune all strings down a perfect fifth (A, D, G, C)

LEGEND:

H -- hit-on

P -- pull-off

~~~~ -- vibrato

A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic

N.H. -- Natural Harmonic

/ -- slide up

\ -- slide down

fairly fast speed

Riff A

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-32--2-2-232--2-2-2323232--2-2-232--2-2-2323232--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-232--2-2-2323232--2-2-232--2-233333333--|

Riff B

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-32--2-2-232--2-2-2323232--2-2-232--2-2-2323232--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-232--2-2-2323232--2-2-232--2-2-232--|

Riff C

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2-3-2---2---2-3-2-3-2--2-2---2-2-2-3-2---2-2-2-3-2-3-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2-3-2---2---2-3-2-3-2--3-4---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

Riff D

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2-3-2---2---2-3-2-3-2--2-2---2-2-2-3-2---2-2-2-3-2-3-2--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2-3-2---2---2-3-2-3-2--3-4---5-5---555-5-5---555-5-5--|

Riff E

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-333-333--2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-333-333--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-333-333--5-5555--555-555-555-555--|

Riff F

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------/7----\6--|
|-2-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-2-0--------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------/5----\2--|
|-2-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-2-0--------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------/7----\6--|
|-2-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-2-0--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--------------------------/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|
|-2-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-2-0--------------------------------------|

Riff G

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----4-----2--|
|---------------------------------------------------0-0---0-0----|

Riff H

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5-----4-----2------------------|
|-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-2-(0)---0-0---0-0---0-5-0-0-4-0-0-2--|

Riff I

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-32--2-2-232--2-2-2323232--2-2-232--2-233333333--|

Riff J

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-2--|

Riff K

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------0--------------|
|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------4---2---0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|

Riff L

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--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)-(5)-(5)--|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)--|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-5-----4-----2--|
|---0-0---0-0----|

Riff M

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(17)-\-2-2---2-2-2-3-2---2-(2)-/-(17)--|

Riff N

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(17)-\-32--2-2-232--2-2-232--|

Song Structure

Riff A 1 time

Riff B 1 time

Riff C 1 time

Riff D 1 time

Riff E 2 times

Riff F 1 time

Riff G 2 times

Riff H 1 time

Riff I 2 times

Riff D 1 time

Riff E 2 times

Riff F 1 time

Riff G 4 times

Riff J 1 time

Riff K 1 time

Riff L 1 time

Riff H 1 time

Riff C 1 time

Riff M 3 times

Riff N 1 time and end abruptly

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