PISSCHRIST (guitar)

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Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Pisschrist"
Album:  "Demanufacture"
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1995, (The All-Blacks B.V.)



Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B)

LEGEND:
        
        *    -- palm-mute 
        H    -- hit-on
        P    -- pull-off
        ~~~~ -- vibrato
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
          /    -- slide up
                -- slide down

moderate speed

Intro:  5 or 6 seconds of atmospheric studio noise (sampled from the 
movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day if I'm not mistaken)

Riff A

Played over the backdrop of the eerie noise from Terminator 2

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|--444444444--|
   *********


Riff B 

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|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----5-------5-------5------------|
|--4---444-4---444-4---444444444--|
   *   *** *   *** *   *********

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----5-------5-------5-------------|
|--4---444-4---444-4---444-444-444-|
   *   *** *   *** *   *** *** ***

Riff C

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|------(3)------(3)------(3)--7-9--|
|--222------222------222------5-7--|
   ***      ***      *** 

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|-------------------------------------|
|------(3)------(3)------(3)--222222--|
|--222------222------222--------------|
   ***      ***      ***      ******

Riff D

Played over "So we lie.."

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|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------5-------5-------5-----7-9--|
|--444-4---444-4---444-4---(4)-5-7--|
   *** *   *** *   *** *    *

Riff E

Also played over "So we lie.." Let all notes ring 
loudly and clearly

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|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(7)----(11)----(5)----(9)----|
|--5------9-------3------7-----|
|------------------------------|

Riff F

The tremolo-picked notes must be picked pretty fast

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|-------------999999999999------------------999999999999-------|
|-777777777777-------------9757-777777777777-------------9757--|
  ************************ **** ************************ ****

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|-12-----12-----11-----11-----9-----9-----------------|
|-10-----10-----9------9------7-----7-----9-----------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0-7-0-0-9757--|
     * *    * *    * *    * *   * *   * *   * * ****

Riff G

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|-12-----12-----11-----11-----9-----9-----------------|
|-10-----10-----9------9------7-----7-----9-----------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0-7-0-0-9757--|
     * *    * *    * *    * *   * *   * *   * * ****

Riff H

This chord is played at the very end of the song, and Burton's
singing closes the song.  It is very staccato (does not ring
for very long).

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|-------|
|-(12)--|
|-(10)--|
|-------|

Song Structure

Riff A 5 times
Riff B 8 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff B 4 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff D 4 times
Riff E 3 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 6 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff D 4 times
Riff E 3 times
Riff F 4 times 
Riff G 8 times
Riff H 1 time