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Song
NECESSARY EVIL
As recorded by Napalm Death
(From the 2000 Album ENEMY OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS)
Words by M. Greenway
Music by J. Pintado, S. Embury, M. Harris
Arranged by Napalm Death
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Intro/Verse
Q=200
C5 G5F#5 G5F#5 C5 G5F#C5 G5 C5 G5F#C5 G5F#5 C5 G5F#F5A5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q. 4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o|| ||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|| ||--5------5------|-5------5------|-5------5------|-5--------------|| ||o-3--5S4-3--5S4-|-3--5S4-3--5---|-3--5S4-3--5S4-|-3--5S4-3-7----o|| ||-----3S2----3S2-|----3S2----3---|----3S2----3S2-|----3S2-1-5-----||
Pre-Verse
N.C. C5 B5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|---------2---2h3-|-----------------|---------5--4--3--| |-0-------2-------|-0---------------|-0-------2-------|-0-------3--2--1--| |---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1---1-----|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1----------|
Bb5B5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|---------2---2-3-|-----------------|---------3--4--5--| |-0-------2-------|-0---------------|-0-------2-------|-0-------1--2--3--| |---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1---1-----|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1----------|
Verse
C5 G5F#C5 G5F#5 C5 G5F#C5 G5 C5 G5F#C5 G5F#5 C5 G5F#F5A5
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q. 4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o|| ||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|| ||--5------5------|-5------5------|-5------5------|-5---------------|| ||o-3--5S4-3--5S4-|-3--5S4-3--5---|-3--5S4-3--5S4-|-3--5S4-3-7-----o|| ||-----3S2----3S2-|----3S2----3---|----3S2----3S2-|----3S2-1-5------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C. C5 B5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|---------2---2h3-|-----------------|---------5--4--3--| |-0-------2-------|-0---------------|-0-------2-------|-0-------3--2--1--| |---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1---1-----|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1----------|
Bb5B5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|---------2---2-3-|-----------------|---------3--4--5--| |-0-------2-------|-0---------------|-0-------2-------|-0-------1--2--3--| |---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1---1-----|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1----------|
Chorus
D Bm C Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||--7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|| ||--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-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
1.
G#5 F5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2--o|| ||--4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0---||
2.
G5 E5 N.C.
Gtr III Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-12-12-12-12--| |-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12--|
1.
G#5 F5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2--o|| ||--4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0---||
2.
G5 E5 N.C.
Gtr III Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-12-12-12-12--| |-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12--|
Verse
C5 G5F#C5 G5F#5 C5 G5F#C5 G5 C5 G5F#C5 G5F#5 C5 G5F#F5A5
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q. 4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o|| ||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|| ||--5------5------|-5------5------|-5------5------|-5---------------|| ||o-3--5S4-3--5S4-|-3--5S4-3--5---|-3--5S4-3--5S4-|-3--5S4-3-7-----o|| ||-----3S2----3S2-|----3S2----3---|----3S2----3S2-|----3S2-1-5------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C. C5 B5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|---------2---2h3-|-----------------|---------5--4--3--| |-0-------2-------|-0---------------|-0-------2-------|-0-------3--2--1--| |---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1---1-----|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1----------|
Bb5B5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|---------2---2-3-|-----------------|---------3--4--5--| |-0-------2-------|-0---------------|-0-------2-------|-0-------1--2--3--| |---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1---1-----|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1-1----------|
Chorus
D Bm C Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||--7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|| ||--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-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Outro Chorus
1.
G#5 F5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2--o|| ||--4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0---||
2.
G5 E5 N.C.
Gtr III Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-12-12-12-12--| |-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12--|
1.
G#5 F5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2-|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2--o|| ||--4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0---||
2.
G5 E5 N.C.
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|---------12-12-12-12-|------*| |-----------------|---------12-12-12-12-|------*| |-----------------|---------------------|------*| |-----------------|---------------------|------*| |-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-12-12-12-12-|------*| |-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|------*|
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
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| - 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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