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Downstroy

Soulfly
TabTuningB Tuning

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

Intro

B |-----|
F#|-----|
D |-----|
A |-----|
E |-----|

B |-12\-|

Verse 1

B |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------| x8
E |---9-8-----9-8-6-|
B |-0-7-6-0-0-7-6-4-|
B |-------------|                    |----------|
F#|-------------|                    |----------|
D |-------------|                    |----------|
A |-------------| x15 times and then |----------|
E |-------------|                    |----------|
B |-2-1--1-1--1-|                    |-2-1--12\-|

Verse 2

B |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------| x8
E |---9-8-----9-8-6-|
B |-0-7-6-0-0-7-6-4-|
B |-------------|                    |----------|
F#|-------------|                    |----------|
D |-------------|                    |----------|
A |-------------| x15 times and then |----------|
E |-------------|                    |----------|
B |-2-1--1-1--1-|                    |-2-1--12\-|

Chorus

B |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------| x8
E |---9\8-----9\8-6-|
B |-0-7\6-0-0-7\6-4-|

. . .

Break

(feedback/noise)

Verse 3

B |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------| x8
E |---9-8-----9-8-6-|
B |-0-7-6-0-0-7-6-4-|
B |-------------|                    |----------|
F#|-------------|                    |----------|
D |-------------|                    |----------|
A |-------------| x15 times and then |----------|
E |-------------|                    |----------|
B |-2-1--1-1--1-|                    |-2-1--12\-|

Chorus

B |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------| x8
E |---9\8-----9\8-6-|
B |-0-7\6-0-0-7\6-4-|

. . .

Bridge

B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
D |------9-9-9-7-9~~~---------------|
A |------9-9-9-7-9~~~---------------|
E |------7-7-7-5-7~~~-(pick scrape)-|
B |-0~~~----------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
D |-9~~~-9-9-9-7-9~~~-------9-9-9-9-|
A |-9~~~-9-9-9-7-9~~~-------9-9-9-9-|
E |-7~~~-7-7-7-5-7~~~-------7-7-7-7-|
B |---------------------------------|
B |-------------|
F#|-------------|
D |-9v-9v-9v-9v-|
A |-------------| x16
E |-------------|
B |-------------|

After Max screams "Downstroy!!!" comes this six times:

B |---------------------------------|     |-----------------|
F#|---------------------------------|     |-----------------|
D |---------------------------------|     |-----------------|
A |---------------------------------| x3, |-----------------|
E |---------------------------------|     |-5-4-4-3-3-4-4-3-|
B |-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|     |-3-2-2-1-1-2-2-1-|

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Ending

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

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| \ Slide down

| . Palm mute

| ~ Let ring

| v Vibrato

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