Artist: Strapping Young Lad
Album: Alien
Song: Love?
Tabbed by: Andrew (theglorifiedmalcontent)
Tuning: 2 half-steps down, drop C - C, G, C, F
------------= Key =------------
/ slide up slide down
~ let ring * stop string
b bend to # PM palm mute on . notes
This song is really played on a 5-string, but it's best in drop C.
Intro I (0:00) (tab here is really spread out)
F |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------| x7 |------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-1b2---------------| |0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-1b2\slow slide\|
Intro II (0:21)
F |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-2~----------------|0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-0~----------------|
| | x2
F |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-2~----------------|0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-1~----------------|
Intro III (0:41)
F |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------| x2 |------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4-----| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----|
|
F |------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------|
C |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-----3-----|
Verse I (0:51)
F |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------| x3 |------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----1-1-1-1-----| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----1---1---1---|
PM . . .
Verse I (1:01) x3; x1
Verse II (1:11)
F |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------| x3 |------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
C |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----1-1-1-1-----| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----1~----------|
Verse III (1:21) (insanely fast part)
F |----------------------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------------------|________________________________
G |----------------------------------------------------------------| |
C |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-| |
| | x1
F |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----1-1-1-1-----|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----1--1*-------|
PM . .
Verse I (1:31) x3; x1
Verse II (1:41) x3; x1
Verse III (1:52) x1 (don't mute/stop last note)
Prechorus (2:02)
F |------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------|
C |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Intro II (2:07) x1
Chorus I (2:17)
F |----------------------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------------------|________________________________
G |----------------------------------------------------------------| |
C |5-----5-----5-------5---5---5---4-----4-----0-------0---0---0---| |
| | x3
F |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-2~----------------|0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-2~----------------|
Chorus II (2:47)
F |----------------------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------------------|________________________________
G |----------------------------------------------------------------| |
C |5-----5-----5-------5---5---5---4-----4-----0-------0---0---0---| |
| |
F |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-0~----------------|0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-0~----------------|
| |
F |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
C |0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-0~----------------|0-2-2-3-2-0-2-----0-2-2-3-2-0-0~----------------|
Interlude (3:02)
F |------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------|
C |------------------------| x4 |------------------------------------------------| x1 |------------------------| x2
G |------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------|
C |2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--------| |5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--------4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--------| |2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--------|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F |----------------------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------------------| x3
G |22222222------------2222----111111111111111111111111111111111111|
C |--------555500002222----5555------------------------------------| <- super-duper fast
|
F |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
C |5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------|
|"ones..." "are... here!" | x1
F |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------5-----1-1-1-1-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
C |5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-------------------4-4-4-3-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------|
"all... hail!"
F |------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------|
C |------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------| x1
G |------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------|
C |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rest (3:58)
Intro II (4:00) x1
Outro prechorus (4:10) Play first 3 bars of Intro II, then:
F |------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------| x1
G |------------------------------------------------|
C |0-2-2-3-2-0-2*----0-2-2-3-2-0-2*----1--1*-------|
Chorus I (4:21) x4 (4th time: JUST top line)
Verse II (4:56) x3; x1
Outro (5:06) (not sure about this, bass drum makes it hard to hear--last note especially)
F |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------------------| x4 |----------------| x1
G |22222222------------2222----111111111111111111111111111111111111| |1~~~-~~-~-------|
C |--------555500002222----5555------------------------------------| |----------------|
