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