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Bite the Bullet

Machine Head
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BITE THE BULLET

As recorded by Machine Head

(From the 2004 Album THROUGH THE ASHES OF EMPIRES)

Words and Music by Dave McLain, Robb Flynn

Transcribed by GuitarHeroJP

Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Robb Flynn'

Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Phil Demmel'

Drum Intro

Q=100

2/4 4/4

Gtrs I, II

H W H H

|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|------x\---|
|------|------|------x\---|
|------|------|------x\---|

Intro 2

W W W W

|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|

Gtr I

W W

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| H S S S S E H S S S S E

|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------11-11-11-11-11\--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|
|-8---------------------|-8---------------------|
|-6---------------------|-6---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

W W W

|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|

|

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

|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|------|
|-8---------------------|-8---------------------|------|
|-6---------------------|-6---------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|

Main Riff

Gtrs I, II

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

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

|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0---------0------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-[3]b5--|

$

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

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

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0----------0-----0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Verse

Gtr I

W W

||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E

||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|

Gtrs I, II

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

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

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

Chorus

H Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x

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

D.S.

Gtr I

W E +S E +S Q E E E

|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|--3-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|

|

| Gtr II

| E. E. Q. +Q E +S E +S Q E E E

|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------13----(13)---|-----------------------|
|-----12---------------|-----------------------|
|-10-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|

Bridge

Gtrs I, II

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

W W W +W

|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-/3--------|-3--------|-3b5r=======|=(3)----|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|

Gtr I

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
 ----------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
   PM------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----16-15-13-15-13----13----16-15-13-15-13----13-|
|-14----------------14----14----------------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Interlude

Gtrs I, II

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

Ending Chorus

H Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x

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

Gtr I

W E +S E +S Q E E E

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--5-------------------|----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|--3-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|

|

| Gtr II

| E. E. Q. +Q E +S E +S Q E E E

|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------13----(13)---|----------------------|
|-----12---------------|----------------------|
|-10-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|

Outro

Gtrs I, II

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

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

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-[3]b5---|

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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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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