Song: Days Turn Blue to Gray
Album: Through the Ashes of Empires
Band: Machine Head
Tabbed by: Trephinated
Email: alihafeez@gmail.com
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
HELP TIPS FOR THIS TAB:
Ok, so this is my interpretation of Days Turn Blue to Gray. I've seen some
versions of it around but even if they were right, none had all the parts
of the song. It might be a bit confusing to follow this tab since its a
longish song with many parts, so i've added some time references above each
section of the song. i'd advice just following the tab with the song playing
in the backgroun to know what each part is doing. Since i have some time on
my hands i'll make a key at the bottom of this tab of exactly which is played
how many times in terms of the song. Listen carefully to the intro guitars, as
far as i can tell its accurate haha, but *** if i can hear some parts. The
numbers in the ()'s are natural harmonics.
Intro
(this is actually only played by the bass as i saw in concert)
Fig 1.
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-------------------5^----
|---5-7-5-7--7h8--5-------
|-------------------------
Repeat 3x
Fig 2.
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|---------------8-8--7-7-------
|---5-7-5-7p5-5-----------10---
|------------------------------
Played every 4th time
Guitar Intro (clean tone)
(0:19) (0:28)
|---7~-----------7-7--------(12)----------------------(12)~-------(7)~---
|---7~-----8p5~------5~---------(12)(12)-8~----(7)-------------(7)-------
|---4~--------------------------------------------(7)--------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
(0:38)
|------------------(12)---------------------------------
|---(7)----(12)~-------(12)---------(5)-----------------
|------(7)-----------------(12)~-------(5)~--(5)~-(7)~--
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
(0:38)
|---(12)~--(7)~--(12)~--(7)~---(5)~----(7)-(5)~---
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
Heavy Intro (0:58)
Fig 1.
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|----------------9/10--7/12---
|---0--2--0--2----------------
|---0--2--0--2---7/8---5/10---
|---0--2--0--2----------------
Fig 2.
|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|--------------------15-1514-1412---
|---0--2--0--2--0-0-------------------
|---0--2--0--2--0-0--13-1312-1210---
|---0--2--0--2--0-0-------------------
Fig 3.
|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|------------------7/15-1514-1412---
|---2---------------------------------
|---2--0-0-0-0-0---5/13-1312-1210---
|---2--0-0-0-0-0----------------------
Verse 1 (1:23)
Fig 1.
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|---4~---7-7~---5~--7-7~--
|---2~---5-5~---5~--7-7~--
|---------------5~--7-7~--
Fig 2.
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|---4~--0-0~---5~--4-4~---
|---2~--0-0~---5~--4-4~---
|-------0-0~---5~--4-4~---
Pre-Chorus (1:40)
Fig 1.
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|---7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10--
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
Fig 2.
|------------------------------
|---1010101010101111111113-13--
|------------------------------
|---7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10--
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
Chorus (1:48)
Fig 1.
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|----------------9/10--7/12---
|---0--2--0--2----------------
|---0--2--0--2---7/8---5/10---
|---0--2--0--2----------------
Fig 2.
|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|--------------------15-1514-1412---
|---0--2--0--2--0-0-------------------
|---0--2--0--2--0-0--13-1312-1210---
|---0--2--0--2--0-0-------------------
Verse 2 (2:05)
Fig 1.
|----------------------------------
|-----3~--------0~------0~-----0~--
|-------4~----7~------7~-----7~----
|---4~-----7~------5~------7~------
|---2~-----5~------5~------7~------
|------------------5~------7~------
Fig 2.
|---------------------------------
|-----3~-----3~-------0~-----0~---
|-------4~-----4~---7~-----7~-----
|---4~-----0~-----5~-----4~-------
|---2~-----0~-----5~-----4~-------
|----------0~-----5~-----4~-------
Breakdown (2:48)
Fig 1.
|--------------------
|--------------------
|---10--10--10--10---
|---9---9---9---9----
|---8---8---8---8----
|--------------------
Fig 2.
|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|------------------7/15-1514-1412---
|---2---------------------------------
|---2--0-0-0-0-0---5/13-1312-1210---
|---2--0-0-0-0-0----------------------
Fig 3.
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---
|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9----
|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8----
|------------------------------------
Fig 4.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------7/15-1514-1412---
|---2--------------2--------------2---------------------------------
|---2--0-0-0-0-0---2--0-0-0-0-0---2--0-0-0-0-0---5/13-1312-1210---
|---2--0-0-0-0-0---2--0-0-0-0-0---2--0-0-0-0-0----------------------
Interlude (3:09)
Fig 1.
|------------------------
|------------------------
|---------------12-11----
|---14-12-14-12-------12-
|------------------------
|------------------------
Fig 2.
|------------------------
|---------------12-10----
|---12-11-12-11-------11-
|------------------------
|------------------------
|------------------------
Fig 3.
|------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|---2-0-2-0-5-4-0--
|------------------
|------------------
Fig 4.
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|---2--0--5--3~--2--0--5-4-0--
|---2--0--5--3~--2--0--5-4-0--
|---2--0--5--3~--2--0--5-4-0--
Post Interlude (4:31)
Fig 1.
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|---2----------------2---2---
|---2----------------2---2---
|---2----------------2---2---
Fig 2.
|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------
|---2-0-2-0-5-4-0----2-0-2-0-5-4-0-
|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------
Fig 3.
|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------
|-----------4----------------4-----
|---5-4-5-4---7-4----4-5-4-5---7-4-
|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------
Fig 4.
|------------------------
|------------------------
|---------------12-11----
|---14-12-14-12-------12-
|------------------------
|------------------------
Fig 5.
|------------------------
|---------------12-10----
|---12-11-12-11-------11-
|------------------------
|------------------------
|------------------------
Fig 6.
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|---2--0--5--3~--2--0--5-4-0--
|---2--0--5--3~--2--0--5-4-0--
|---2--0--5--3~--2--0--5-4-0--
Fig 7.
|------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|---2-0-2-0-5-4-0--
Background Guitar (5:01)
Fig 1.
|------------
|------------
|---12p11p9--
|------------
|------------
|------------
Fig 2.
|------------
|------------
|---17p16p14-
|------------
|------------
|------------
Outro (5:11)
Fig 1.
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|------(6.75)-(6.75)-(6.75)-(6.75)-(6.75)-
|---2-------------------------------------
|---2-------------------------------------
|---2-------------------------------------
Fig 2.
|--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------
|---------(6.75)-(6.75)-(6.75)-(6.75)-(6.75)-
|---2--2-------------------------------------
|---2--2-------------------------------------
|---2--2-------------------------------------
SONG PROGRESSION KEY:
INTRO BASS:
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 2. - 1 time
(This keeps repeating in the background for quite a while -
but the thrid time it starts, the clean guitar intro comes in)
Guitar Intro (clean tone)
The whole sequence is played only once.
Heavy Intro
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 3. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 2. - 1 time
Verse 1
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Pre Chorus
Fig 1. - 2 times
Fig 2. - 2 times
Chorus
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 2. - 1 time
Verse 1
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Pre Chorus
Fig 1. - 2 times
Fig 2. - 2 times
Chorus
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 3 times
Fig 2. - 1 time
Breakdown
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 3. - 1 time
Fig 4. - 1 time
Interlude
Fig 1. - 44 times
Fig 2. - 4 times
Fig 3. - 8 times
Fig 4. - 4 times
Post Interlude (this is where it gets complicated!)
(guitar 1 plays) Fig 1. - 4 times
at the same time
(guitar 2 plays) Fig 2. - 2 times and then Fig 3. - 2 times
at the same time
(guitar 3 plays) Fig 4. - 4 times and then Fig 5. - 4 times
after this
(guitar 1 plays) Fig 2. - 2 times
then
(guitar 1 plays) Fig 2. - 2 times again
at the same time
(guitar 2 plays) Fig 4. - 2 times and then Fig 5. - 2 times
then
Fig 6. - 4 times
then
Fig 7. - 8 times
at the same time
(guitar 2 plays background guitar) Fig 1. many times and then Fig 2. many times
this part is too fast too count so i'm not going to...
Outro
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time
Fig 1. - 1 time
Fig 2. - 1 time (ending before the harmonics)
F*cking hell...and those harmonics are near the middle of the 6th fret, but slightly closer
to the 7th fret, natural harmonics...play around in that area and you'll get the exact sound
Demmel gets...
Thank you and good night.
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