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Eye for an Eye

Soulfly
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EYE FOR AN EYE

As recorded by Soulfly

(From the 1998 Album SOULFLY)

Transcribed by Astrolux

Words and Music by Soulfly

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

Gtr II (B Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Untitled'

Intro

Q=170

BbE5 BbE5 Bb5

4/4

Gtr I

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

||--------------------||-----------------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||-------------------|
||o------------------o||-------------------|
||--------------------||-------------------|
||--------------------||-------------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|

Verse

BbE5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||-----------------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Fb5 BbFb5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||------------------|
||o------------------o||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Chorus

N.C.

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x

||-----------------|------------------||-|
||o----------------|-----------------o||-|
||-----------------|------------------||-|
||-----------------|------------------||-|
||o-7--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9-o||-|
||--9--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9--||-|

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x H H

||-----------------|------------------||-----------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------|
||-----------------|------------------||-----------|
||-----------------|------------------||-----------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------|
||--7--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9--||-9S===3----|

Pre-Verse

BbE5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||-----------------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||------------------|
||o------------------o||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Verse

BbE5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||-----------------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||------------------|
||o------------------o||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Chorus

N.C.

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x

||-----------------|------------------||-|
||o----------------|-----------------o||-|
||-----------------|------------------||-|
||-----------------|------------------||-|
||o-7--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9-o||-|
||--9--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9--||-|

|

| Gtr II

| W W 4x

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

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x Q E E Q E E

||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||--7--9-9-10--9-9--|
||--7--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9--||--9--9-9-10--9-9--|

|

| ~~

| W W 4x W

||-----------------|------------------||-14---------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
||-----------------|------------------||------------------|

Guitar Solo

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E

|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|--10---9-9-10--9-9-||o---7---9-9-10--9-9-|--10---9-9-10--9-9-o||
|--10---9-9-10--9-9-||----9---9-9-10--9-9-|--10---9-9-10--9-9--||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +W +W +W

|-(14)--------------||--(14)--------------|-(14)---------------||
|-------------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E

|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|--7---9--9-10--9---9--|--10---9-9-10--9-9-|
|--9---9--9-10--9---9--|--10---9-9-10--9-9-|

|

|~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q E H +E +W

|-16--14h16-------(16)-|-(16)--------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|

N.C.

Gtr II

~~

W Q E E Q E E Q E S S Q E S S 3x

|-16--------||------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------||o-7s=9-9-9s=10-10-|-10s=12-12-12-12s=10-10-10--o||
|-----------||------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------||------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------||o-----------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------||------------------|-----------------------------||

BbE5 BbE5 Bb5

Gtr I

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

||--------------------||-----------------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||------------------|
||o------------------o||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Verse

BbE5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||-----------------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E5 BbE5 Bb5

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

||--------------------||------------------|
||o------------------o||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||o-0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||--0-2-2-0-2-2-3-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

N.C.

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x W

||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|
||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
||o-7--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9-o||-----------------|
||--9--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9--||-----------------|

|

| Gtr II

| W W 4x Q E E Q E E

||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||-7s=9-9-9s=10-10-|
||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|
||-----------------|------------------||-4--6-6-6---7--7-|

W W

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

|

| Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S

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

|-10s=12-12-12-12s=10-10-10-|-10s=9-9-9-9s=7-7-7--|

|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--7---9--9--9--9---7--7--7-|--9--6-6-6-6--4-4-4--|

Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E W

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------*|
|-7--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9-|-7--9-9-7s6s5s4-|------*|
|-9--9-9-10--9-9-|-10--9-9-10--9-9-|-7--9-9-7s6s5s4-|------*|

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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