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Song

Five by Machine Head

Guitarist: Robb Flynn + Ahrue Luster

Album: The Burning Red

Dif.: 6

Tabbed by TWIGGy5

NOTE: Tune to Drop B (B F# B E G# C#)

NOTE: * = strum 8x

Fill 1/Verse (Gtr. 1) - Just do muted strings 16x and gradually

get cresendo

Fill 1 (Gtr. 2) (Gradually Cresendo)

E |-7--------------------(7)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-^---------(7)--(7)~~~~~~~-

^ hold note then here ^ start to vibrate then bend 1/2 step up

then back down to bracketed 7 then vibrate again.

Fill 1 (Gtr. 2) (cont.)

G#|-4--------|-%-|
E |-7-7(15x)-|-%-|

Intro (Gtr. 1)

E|-X(6x)-5/14-14*-12(3x)-14(7x)-14^--14^(3x)-14(11x)------|
B|--------------------------------------------------0-0-0-| -- LOw B

^ 1/4 ^ 1/2

Intro (Gtr. 2)

G#|-------5---------------------------------------------------------|
E |-7(4x)-7(4x)-7(7x)-7^--7(6x)-(7)-7p5-7-7-7-7~~7~~7~~7~~7~~-------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------XX////|

^ hold bend till bracketed 7 pik slide ^

Intro P2/Chorus (Both Guitars)

B |-12-3--1--4-8/13--13-10-|
F#|-12-3--1--4-8/13--13-10-|
B |-12-3--1--4-8/13--13-10-|

Verse (Gtr. 1) (hold note)

B |-12-----------------------------------(12)~~~~~~~~~~~-Feedback-(12)^---(12)-|

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

Verse (Gtr. 2)

F#|-12\\\\\\\\\\\\\\---------------|
B |-12\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-----(GTR-OUT)-|

Verse P2 (Gtr. 1)

E|-7*-|-%-|-%-|-%-|-%-|-%-|-7~(8x)-7~-----------------|

Verse P2 (Gtr. 2)

E|--------|---------|--------|------5/14-14*-12(4x)-14(3x)-

Verse P2 (Gtr. 2) (cont.)

E|-14^---14(7x)-(14)------|

^ gradually bend 1/2 step while piking then bring back down to

bracketed 14

Verse 2 P2 (Gtr. 2)

E|-X-X--X-X--X-X-|--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|-X-X--X-X--X-X-|-X-X-X-X-X-

Verse 2 P2 (Gtr. 2) (cont.)

E|-5/14-14*-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-15-15-17-17-19-19-20-20\-|

Bridge (Both Guitars)

B |-0-0--3-3--1-1----1-1-0-1-3-3-4-|
F#|-0-0--3-3--1-1----1-1-0-1-3-3-4-|
B |-0-0--3-3--1-1----1-1-0-1-3-3-4-|

Bridge (Gtr. 3) (trem pik all)

E|--14-17---15----------|-%-|-14-12---10-------14-17---15-|

Fill 2 (Gtr. 2) (w/ wah)

B|-0---------------------------0-0-----------------------| -- Low B

Fill 2 (Gtr. 1) (PM ALL)

B |-------------------------------6-|-%-|
F#|---7-5---8---7-5---8-----5-7-8---|-%-|
B |-0-----7---0-----7---0-7---------|-%-|

Interlude (Both Guitars) - Do Fill 2 w/o PM's

Fill 3 (Gtr. 1) (clean)

C#|--------------------------------------------15-------|
G#|--------------------------------------------15-------|
E |-----0------0----------------------------------------|
B |---3------7----5-------------------------------------|
F#|-5-----/8------6-------------------------------------|

Fill 4 (Gtr. 2)

B |-XXX----XXXX--XXXX----XXXX--XX-XX-|

F#|-XXX----XXXX--XXXX----XXXX--XX-XX-|

B |-XXX----XXXX--XXXX----XXXX--XX-XX-|

Fill 5 (Gtr. 1)

B |-21(7x)----21-21(4x)--21-21-21--21-21-21-21-21-21----------------|

F#|-21(7x)----21-21(4x)--21-21-21--21-21-21-21-21-21-XX\\\\\\\\\\\\-|

B |-21(7x)----21-21(4x)--21-21-21--21-21-21-21-21-21-XX\\\\\\\\\\\\-|

Song Structure: -

HEAVY BREATHING

Intro (BASS)/PIK SCRAPES AD LIB

Fill 1 (Gtr. 1)/Fill 1 (Gtr. 2)

Intro (Gtr. 1)/Intro (Gtr. 2)

Intro P2 (Both Guitars) ("GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")

Verse (Gtr. 1)/Verse (Gtr. 2) ("I remember was a.....")

Verse P2 (Gtr. 1)/Verse P2 (Gtr. 2) ("I could smell your....")

Chorus (Both Guitars) ("For all of the times...")

Verse (Gtr. 1)/Verse (Gtr. 2) ("I remember words....")

Verse P2 (Gtr. 1)/Verse 2 P2 (Gtr. 2) ("If you tell I'll kill...")

Chorus (Both Guitars)

Bridge (Both Guitars)/Bridge (Gtr. 3) ("AHHHHHHH........ and I feel..")

Interlude (Both Guitars) 4x (on 4th time lift pm)

Bridge (Both Guitars) ("Ahhhhhhh and I feel it...")

Fill 3 (Gtr. 1)

Fill 4 (Gtr. 1)/Fill 4 (Gtr. 2) ("for all the times i've been losing my god damn mind...")

Fill 5 (Gtr. 1/Fill 1 (Gtr. 2) ("You.... make you suffer....")

Chorus (Both Guitars)

End on open B5

FIVE!!!!!!!!! FIVE!!!!!!!!!! FIVE!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH

RANDOM NOISES

There ya go.. Nice deep dark song by are friends in Machine Head. Any

comments, corrections or suggestions email me at toxic345x@yahoo.ca

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