• Song:

    Burning Flag

  • Artist:

    Marilyn Manson

  • Album:

    Holy Wood (In The Valle...

Marilyn Manson
Burning Flag
(Dropped-D Tuning) Quick lesson in drop tuning:
Drop D requires the lowest E string to be loosened (dropped) 
slightly to create a power chord with all 3 of the top strings.
EXAMPLE
 E------        E-----
 B------        B-----
 G------        G-----
 D--2---        D--2--
 A--2---        A--2--
 E--0---        D--2--
   Em			Em
In standard     In drop-D

Riff 1 	   
E----------X-X-X-X-X----------------------------
B----------X-X-X-X-X----------------------------
G----------X-X-X-X-X—you get the idea-----------
D--0-6-0---X-X-X-X-X----(really it’s a second---
A--0-6-0---X-X-X-X-X------guitar palm muted) ---
D--0-6-0---X-X-X-X-X----------------------------
Hit just the chords at first and later
The palm muting comes in a lot

Riff 2
E-----X-X---------X-X---------X-X--------
B-----X-X---------X-X---------X-X--------
G-----X-X---------X-X---------X-X--------
D-3-0-X-X-(0)-3-0-X-X-(0)-3-0-X-X-3/6----
A-3-0-X-X-(0)-3-0-X-X-(0)-3-0-X-X-3/6----
D-3-0-X-X-(0)-3-0-X-X-(0)-3-0-X-X-3/6----
Strum really fast
notes in parenthesis optional

Riff 3 (pre chorus)
E--------X-X-X-X------
B--------X-X-X-X------   
G--------X-X-X-X------
D--6-6-6/X-X-X-X------
A--6-6-6/X-X-X-X------
D--6-6-6/X-X-X-X------
So far lots of palm mutes

Chorus
E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G--7-7-7-5/8--7-7-7-7-3-3-3---
D--7-7-7-5/8--7-7-7-7-3-3-3---
A--5-5-5-3/6--5-5-5-5-1-1-1---
D-----------------------------
	3X   	    then once

Looks eerily a lot like “The Beautiful People.”
Hope that helped somewhat.
VampireLestat116
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