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Bleed

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

Song

"Bleed" by Soulfly

Off their self titled debut album

Tabbed by Dom Alessio

Tune down to B (B E A D F# B)

LEGEND:

/ or \ - slide up or down

~~ - vibrato

p - pull off

h - hammer on

b - bend

N - natural harmonics

A - artifical harmonics

* - palm mute

trem. - tremelo pick

^ - arpeggiate

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Intro

 B|---------------------------------11-----------------------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------8p7p5-8p5----5------5----------------7p5-7-7p5-7-7p5-7-7p5-7-7b-7b----------|
 E|----------------7----7p5-----7--------------------------------------------7---7---|
 B|-0-0----------------------------------0-0-----------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|------5p3-5-5p3-5-5p3-5-5p3-5-----------------------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------4-4-4-----------------------------------------------|
 A|-------------------------------------------7p5-7-7p5-7-7p5-7-7p5-7-7b-7b----------|
 E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------7---7---|
 B|-0-0----------------------------------0-0-----------------------------------------|

"What goes around comes around" (backed by second half of Intro)

 B|--------------------------------|
 F|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
 D|--------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------|

Main Riff

 B|----------------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------------|
 D|----------------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------|
 B|-2p1p0--2p1p0--0-1--2p1p0--2p1p0--0-1---|

Repeat that a few times then play this

 B|----------------------|
 F|----------------------|
 D|----------------------|
 A|----------------------|
 E|-2--2-2-2-2-----------|
 B|-0--0-0-0-0-----------|

* * * * *

 B|----------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------|
 D|----------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------|
 E|-2-2----2-2--2---2-2-----2-2--2---|
 B|-0-0----0-0--0---0-0-----0-0--0---|

* * * * * * * * * *

Verse

 B|----------------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------------|
 D|----------------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------|
 B|-2-1-0--2-1-0--0-1--2-1-0--2-1-0--0-1---|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

 B|----------------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------------|
 D|----------------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------|
 B|-2p1p0--2p1p0--0-1--2p1p0--2p1p0--0-1---|

Chorus

 B|-----------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------------------------|
 A|-----------------------------------------------------|
 E|--8-x-x-x-x-8-x-x-x-x-8-x-x-x-x-8-8/11-11-11-11-11---|
 B|--6-x-x-x-x-6-x-x-x-x-6-x-x-x-x-6-6/-9--9--9--9--9---|

Bridge

 B|-------------------------------|
 F|-------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------|
 A|-------------------------------|
 E|-5-4-3--5-4-3--3/7--7----------|
 B|-3-2-1--3-2-1--1/5--5----------|

The Rap Part (listen for the timing)

 B|---------------|
 F|---------------|
 D|---------------|
 A|---------------|
 E|---------------|
 B|-3-2-1--3-2-1--|

* * * * * *

Pre-Solo/Backing Solo Riff

 B|-----------------------|
 F|-----------------------|
 D|-----------------------|
 A|-----------------------|
 E|-----------------------|
 B|1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2--------|

Solo (w/ wah as filter)

 B|-----------------------|
 F|-----------------------|
 D|-10----------11--------|
 A|----trem.-------trem.--|
 E|--8-----------9--------|
 B|-----------------------|

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