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Pain

Soulfly
TabTuningB Tuning

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Song

Pain

by Soulfly

From the album Primitive

Tabbed by imhated6sic6

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

LEGEND:

/ or \ - slide up or down

h - hammer on

p - pull off

r - ring out

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

_INTRO/VERSE_

B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------8------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------7------------------------------------------9-----| x1
E |-----------------------6--------------6---------------------------6--------------8-----|
B |-0-0---0--00--0---0-0-----00--0-00-0--------0-0---0--00--0---0-0-----00--0-00-0--------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----|
A |--------------------------------------7------------------------------------------9-----| x3
E |-----------------------6--------------6---------------------------6--------------8-----|
B |-0-0---0--00--0---0-0-----00--0-00-0--------0-0---0--00--0---0-0-----00--0-00-0--------|

(x4 in the 2nd, 3rd verses + excluding the first riff.)

_BASS INTERLUDE_

_2ND VERSE_

Same as VERSE 1

_CHORUS_

|*

B |----------------------------------------------------|       |--------|   |*for the last

F#|----------------------------------------------------| |--------| CHORUS only

D |----------------------------------------------------| x4    |---10r--|    loop the riff
A |----------------------------------------------------|  then |---9r---|    stopping at the
E |---9--------------8--------------9------------8-----|       |---8r---|    "|*" and x8,
B |---7--0---0-0--0--6--0---0-0--0--7--0--0-0--0-6-00--|       |--------|    not x4.

|*

_3RD VERSE_

Same as VERSE 1

_BASS INTERLUDE_

_CHORUS_

Don't play the "then" bit.

_BRIDGE_

B |-------------------3---------|
F#|----------------------3------|
D |-------------------------4---|
A |--4----6---------------------| x4
E |--2----4----5r---------------|
B |------------3r---------------|

_BASS INTERLUDE_

_CHORUS_

Start off with the "then" bit without ringing out.

_INTRO/VERSE_

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