Author/Artist: American Head Charge Title: Shutdown Album: The War of Art Email: john1645@msu.edu By: Alpha-Q Tuning: Drop D down a 1/2 step (Db,Ab,Db,Gd,Bb,Eb) (Low to High) natural harmonics p pull off h hammer on b bend ) tremelo pick while sliding / slide up slide down NOTE: A lot of this song is played in 5/4 timing so keep that in mind. Riff 1a GTR1 & GTR2 |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-5-------5--------5------| |-5-4-5-0-5-4-5--0-5-4-5--| |-3-4-5-0-3-4-5--0-3-4-5--| |---4-5-0---4-5--0---4-5--| PM . . on 5th time guitar 2 starts this while GTR1 keeps playing riff 1a Riff 1b |------------------| |------------------| |-9-11-9-11-12-12--| |-x-x--x-x--x--x---| |-7-9--7-9--10-10--| |------------------| vibrato on each one for 5 beats (or one measure) Riff 2 |------------------------------------------| |-15-------------15-----------15-----------| |----11-11-11-11----11-12-11------11-12----| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| Riff 3 |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| X3 |-0-0--0-0-0-0-| |-0-0--0-0-0-0-| PM. . . . . . |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------6-6-6-| |-------------------------x-x-x-| |-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-4-4-4-| |-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-------| pm. . . . . . . . . . Riff 4 |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-999999999999998/9777777777777776/766666666-| |-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-xxxxxxxx-| |-777777777777776/7555555555555554/544444444-| |----------------------------------------------| ******** *=strike each 4 times Riff 4b |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-999999999999-11--777777777777-9-| |-xxxxxxxxxxxx-x---xxxxxxxxxxxx-x-| |-777777777777-9---555555555555-7-| |---------------------------------| Riff 5 |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| X3 |----------------------| |-0-0-1000-100-1h2p1p0-| |-----1st-time---|------2nd-time---| |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------| |--------------1-|-----------------| |--------------1-|-----------------| |-0-0-1000-100-1-|-0-0-1000-100-1b-| Riff 6 GTR 1 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-| |-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-| |-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-| pm. . . . GTR 2 |---------------| |---------------| |-7-7-8-7-7-87-| |-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| |-5-5-6-5-5-65-| |---------------| Ending... |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0-0--0-| |-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0-0--0-| |-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0-0--0-| E-mail me any corrections