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DESCENT
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by The Foreverlorn
Words by Burton C. Bell Music by Dino Cazares, Raymond Herrera, Christian Olde Wolbers
Gtr I (A E A D Gb B) - 'Dino I'
Gtr II (A E A D Gb B) - 'Dino II'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtrs I, II
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E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||----2--------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
1. 2.
D5 (xx023x@1) E5 (022xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) ~~ ~ ~~ PM PM PM
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +W E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EQ (022100@1) E. S E. S E. S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|---2--------------|-------------||---2------------|--------------------|
|-----3-----7------|------------o||-----3-----7----|--------------------|
|-------------7----|-------------||-------------7--|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|------------------|------------o||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)---------||-2------4-------|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|
Chorus
$
~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||----2--------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
To Coda
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E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|---2--------------|---------------2-----|| (022100@1)|-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o||
|-------------7----|-------7-------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||
Verse
E5 (022xxx@1) >
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
Pre-Chorus
E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) PM
Wx4 E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E|------------||-------------------------| (022100@1)|------------||o------------------------|
|------------||-------------------------|
|------------||--2-------2---4-(4)----4-|
|------------||o-2-------2---4-(4)----4-|
|------------||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|
G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)E5 (022xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) PM PM
E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E (022100@1) E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E|------------------------|-------------------------| (022100@1)|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0--|
|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0--|
|-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0--|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
A/C# (042220@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) A/C# (042220@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) PM PM PM PM
E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E (022100@1) E. S E. S E. S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-------------------------||--------------------|
|------------------------o||--------------------|
|-------------2-(2)-------||-----------2----2---|
|-7-------7---2-(2)----5--||-7----7----2----2-5-|
|-4-------4-0-0-(0)----5-o||-4--4-4--0-0--0-0-5-|
|----------------------5--||------------------5-|
Verse
&
E5 (022xxx@1) E.. H. T Wx9
|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------|
|-2-------------|--------|
|-2-------------|--------|
|-2-------------|--------|
Pre-Chorus
E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)E5 (022xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) PM PM PM
E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E (022100@1) E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E (022100@1) E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E||-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| (022100@1)||o------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||--2-------2---4-(4)----4-|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0-|
||o-2-------2---4-(4)----4-|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0-|
||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0-|
1. 2.
A/C# (042220@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) A/C# (042220@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) PM PM PM PM
E.. E.. ES (022100@1)E+T (022100@1) S. E (022100@1) E. S E. S E. S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-------------------------||--------------------|
|------------------------o||--------------------|
|-------------2-(2)-------||-----------2----2---|
|-7-------7---2-(2)----5--||-7----7----2----2-5-|
|-4-------4-0-0-(0)----5-o||-4--4-4--0-0--0-0-5-|
|----------------------5--||------------------5-|
Chorus
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E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||----2--------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
~ ~~ ~ ~~
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|---2--------------|---------------2-----|| (022100@1)|-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o||
|-------------7----|-------7-------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||
Instrumental Part
E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) Q +E. ES (022100@1)E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q +E. ES (022100@1)E+E (022100@1) E||---------------------|--------------------| (022100@1)||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|
||o-2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|
||--2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|
E5 (022xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A/C# (042220@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) Q +E. E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. Q E|--------------------|---------------------|| (022100@1)|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|------------2--2-----||
|-2--(2)-0--0--(0)-7-|-(7)-7--(7)-2--2--5--||
|-2--(2)-0--0--(0)-4-|-(4)-4--(4)-0--0--5-o||
|-2--(2)-0--0--(0)---|------------------5--||
Interlude
E5 (022xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A/C# (042220@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) Q E. ES (022100@1)EE. (022100@1)S +S S EE. (022100@1)ES (022100@1)E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)4x
||-------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------|----------------------o||
||-------------------|------------2-2-2-2----||
||--9--9--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-5--||
||o-7--7--5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-5-o||
||-------------------|--------------------5--||
E5 (022xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) A/C# (042220@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) Q E. ES (022100@1)EE. (022100@1)S +S S EE. (022100@1)ES (022100@1)E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)4x
||-------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------|----------------------o||
||-------------------|------------2-2-2-2----||
||--2--2--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-5--||
||o-2--2--5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-5-o||
||--2--2-------------|--------------------5--||
Break (Intro Riff)
4/4
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E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||----2--------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
1. 2.
D5 (xx023x@1) E5 (022xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) ~ ~~ ~ ~~ PM PM PM
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +W E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EQ (022100@1) E. S E. S E. S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|---2--------------|-------------||---2------------|--------------------|
|-----3-----7------|------------o||-----3-----7----|--------------------|
|-------------7----|-------------||-------------7--|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|------------------|------------o||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)---------||-2------4-------|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|
Chorus
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E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||----2--------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
~ ~~ ~ ~~
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|---2--------------|---------------2-----|| (022100@1)|-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o||
|-------------7----|-------7-------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||
Outro
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E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +E
||----2--------------|-----------------------|
||o-----3-----7------|-----7-------7-7b8r(7)-|
||--------------7----|-------7---------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7------------|
~ ~~ ~ ~~
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E. E. EE. (022100@1)S +E EE. (022100@1)E. E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +E
|---2--------------|-------------2-2b3r(2)---||
|-----3-----7------|-----7------------------o||
|-------------7----|-------7-----------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2--------------||
E5 (022xxx@1) >
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
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
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b (x24432@1) - 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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
