Machine Head "Vim" Tabbed By: Dave (flowingglower17@cs.com) I figured this song out piece by piece, by ear, and I am very confident with the tab. If you have any questions about it leave a comment in the "corrections" section and I will try to answer it. Riff 1 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & -----|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| -----|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| -----|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| -13\-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| -13\-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| -13\-|0-------13\-----0---1---0---1---|0-------13\-----0---6---5---6---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---| |--------------------------------|5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---| |--------------------------------|3---3---3---3---6---6---6---6---| |0-------13\-----0---1---0---1---|--------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |0-------13\-----0---1---0---1---|0-------13\-----0---6---5---6---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & End Riff 1 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|5---5---5---5------PM________--.|| |--------------------------------|5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1--.|| |--------------------------------|3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---|| |0-------13\-----0---1---0---1---|----------------1---1---1---1---|| Pre-Verse: 5/4 time (chord gets held for 2 measures [10 quater note beats]) Rhy Fig.1 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 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|0---8---9---10------0---8---9---10------|0---8---9---10------0---8---9---10------| |0---6---7---8-------0---6---7---8-------|0---6---7---8-------0---6---7---8-------| |0---------------------------------------|0---------------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|0---1---2---3-------0---1--/6---5---3---| |0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|0---1---2---3-------0---1--/6---5---3---| |0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|0---1---2---3-------0---1--/6---5---3---| PreChorus (4/4) Riff2 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 2X |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------.|| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------.|| |PM------------------------------|--------------------------PM***-|| |6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6p3---6p3---6p3---6p3---6p3-3-3-|| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |PM------------------------------|-------(2)---------(2)----PM***-| |6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6p3---3-9---6p3---3-9---6p3-3-3-| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & End Riff2 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------8-\-----| |PM------------------------------|0-8---0-8---0-8---0-8---8-\-----| |6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|0h8---0h8---0h8---0h8---8-\-----| Chorus: Riff 1 (same as intro) then everything repeats itself again: PreVerse and Verse 2: Rhy. Fig 1 and 2 (same as before) PreChorus 2: Riff 2 (same) Chorus 2: Riff 1 Now for the tricky stuff: Bridge 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7-----------------------5-------|7---------------PM___________---| |5-------6-------3-------3-------|5-------6-------1---1---1---1---| |--------6-------3---------------|--------6-------1---1---1---1---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------.|| |7-----------------------5-------|7---------------PM___________--.|| |5-------6-------3-------3-------|5-------6-------1-----1----1----|| |--------6-------3---------------|--------6-------1-----1----1----|| Guitar 2 plays over those chords: 4 times |10-------(hold bend)-------10---------| |13B(15)-------------------(15)R13-----| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| Interlude: This is in triplets. Im not gonna write the beat on the top line because that would make it even more confusing, just count to yourself 1-trip-let 2-trip-let for the notes. |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------5h6p5-3h5p3| |------------------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|-------------------5h6p5-3h5p3------------| |0--0--0--0--0--0--5h6p5-3h5p3------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------3h4p3-1h3p1|------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------13--12--10-12--10-8-.|| |------------------5h6p5-3h5p3------------|----------------------X---X--X---X--X--X-.|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------11--10--8--10--8--6--|| |0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|| When the Vocals come in it switches to this: |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |PM-all-of-these--------------------------------|------------------------------------5h6p5-3h5p3| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5h6p5-3h5p3|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------(3h4p3-1h3p1)-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|------------------------13--12--10-12--10-8----| |------------------------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|-----------------------------------------------| |PM-all-of-these--------------------------------|------------------------11--10--8--10--8--6----| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------| ------------------------------|------------------------------| ------------------------------|------------------------------| ------------------------------|------------------------------| ------------------------------|------------------------------| 11-11-11-8-8-8-10-10-10-6-6-6-|11-11-11-8-8-8-10-10-10-6-6-6-|-0--//slide up for solos ------------------------------|------------------------------|-0--// Solo Rhythm Parts (yes, i will eventually connect the lead as well, but i am doing this with an acoustic guitar that only has five strings..): ||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| ||.----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| ||.-----------------------7---7---7--10--10--10--|------------------------7---7---7---5---5---5--| ||2---2---2---2---2---2---5---5---5---8---8---8--|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---5---5---3---3---3--| ||2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------.|| |------------------------7---7---7--10--10--10--|----------------------------------------------.|| |2---2---2---2---2---2---5---5---5---8---8---8--|2---2---2---2---2---2---0--8--8-8---0--8--8--8-|| |2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---0--8--8-8---0--8--8--8-|| ||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| ||.----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| ||.-----------------------9---9---9--12--12--12--|------------------------9---9---9---7---7---7--| ||4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7---7--10--10--10--|4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7---7---5---5---5--| ||4---4---4---4---4---4--------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------.|| |------------------------9---9---9--12--12--12--|----------------------------------------------.|| |4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7---7--10--10--10--|4---4---4---4---4---4---X-10-10-----X-10-10-10-|| |4---4---4---4---4---4--------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---X-10-10-----X-10-10-10-|| extended ending: |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |X-10-10-10--X-10-10-10--X-10-10-10--X-10-10-10-| |X-10-10-10--X-10-10-10--X-10-10-10--X-10-10-10-| then into this twice, it is arranged for one gtr but actually pans between the two on the recording: |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |PM_________------------------------------|PM----------------------------------------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------5h6p5-3h5p3| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------.|| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------.|| |PM---------------------------------------|PM----------------6---5---3---5---3---1---|| |0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----6---5---3---5---3---1---|| then after that it changes key to this: 3X |------------------------------------------------||--------------------------| |------------------------------------------------||--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------.||--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------.||--------------------------| |------------------------------------------------||-5---7---8---7---8---10---| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7h8p7-5h7p5-||-5---7---8---7---8---10---|repeat whole section again and then the final outro is: --------------------------|--------------------------| --------------------------|--------------------------| --------------------------|--------------------------| --------------------------|--------------------------| -5---7---8---7---8---10---|-5---7---8---7---8---10---| -5---7---8---7---8---10---|-5---7---8---7---8---10---| --------------------------|--------------------------|-------| --------------------------|--------------------------|-------| --------------------------|--------------------------|-------| --------------------------|--------------------------|-------| --------------------------|--------------------------|-2-----| 5-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-8-8-10-10-|5-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-8-8-10-10-|-2-----| Listen for the changes, and you should have it all right here. I will work out the solos as soon as I can.