Band: Marilyn Manson
Song: President Dead 
Album: Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)
Date: 21-12-2004
Tabbed by Mike van Driel

this is de tab of the rythm guitar part. and at the end the solo.

tuning is -normal-

intro  this part 3 times then...............this part after the first riff 
e-------------------------0-0-0-0----------|-------------
b-------------------------0-0-0-0----------|-------------
g--------/-15-15-15-15\--0-0-0-0-/-12--12-|-7--7-7-/-9--
d--5--2----x--x--x--x-\--x-x-x-x-/-x---x--|-7--7-7-/-9--
a--5--2--/-13-13-13-13\--7-7-7-7-/-10--10-|-5--5-5-/-7--
E--3--0-------------------0-0-0-0----------|-------------

then the fisrt verse is played only with the bassguitar

then the chorus
hit these powerchords a couple of times each, you can figure it out.
e-------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------
g-2--5--------------------------------
d-2--5--5--4--3-----------------------
a-0--3--5--4--3-----------------------
E-------3--2--1-----------------------

then after the chorus the intro again

then the second verse, this is played with bas and guitar.
in this part you've got to scratch the strings on the guitar.
this part 3 times and then... 
e----------------|----------------------------
b----------------|----------------------------
g----------------|--7~---7/-9-----------------
d--5-2-x--x-x-x--|--7~---7/-9-----------------
a--5-2-x--x-x-x--|--5~---5/-7-----------------
E--3-0-x--x-x-x--|----------------------------

then the chorus again
e-------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------
g-2--5--------------------------------
d-2--5--5--4--3-----------------------
a-0--3--5--4--3-----------------------
E-------3--2--1-----------------------

then interlude comes in with the solo
this part is also played during the solo
and the chorus is played later.
e-------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------
a-------2-----------------------------
E-0~-X----xx\-3~---------------------

the solo....(scroll down and you will see the solo there.)

then back to the chorus
play it a couple of times
e-------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------
g-2--5--------------------------------
d-2--5--5--4--3-----------------------
a-0--3--5--4--3-----------------------
E-------3--2--1-----------------------

and at the end...
e-------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------
d--5--7-\----------------------------
a--5--7-\----------------------------
E--3--5-\----------------------------

this was only the rythm guitar part. I didn't tab 
the high tones you can here during the chorus, I will
tab them later.


THE SOLO PART

This is the soloing part in President Dead, i'm sure this is 
the way that John 5 plays it. I didn't see any other 100% good tabs 
of this solo so I figured it out myself and here it is. 
play it fast and with lots of feeling, you can here in the song John 5
slides along the strings with lots of feeling and fast. you
can here John 5s Bluegrass influences in the solo.
 

Tuning is -normal-

this part is played 2 times in the song

e--------------------------10---------------------------------------
b-----------------------------10------------------h5~--0-h8~-bu-----
g------4--------/-7--------------7\-4------------------------------
d---------2/4--/-----7/9--------------4\2-p0-----------------------
a--0h2----------------------------------------h2--------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------

then John 5 plays this part.
he repeats this a couple of times, 
you can here it in the song.
                                      or you can play this it has the same sound                
e---11--------11--------11--------|---17--------17--------17-------------
b------10-10-----10-10-----10-10--|------16--------16--------16----------
g---------------------------------|---------14--------14--------14-------
d---------------------------------|--------------------------------------
a---------------------------------|--------------------------------------
E---------------------------------|--------------------------------------


play it a couple of times and your fingers slide along the strings. this 
sounds really cool!
I hope this is the right one and that you will rate it well! enjoy playing!!

mzzl mike