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 &
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-13\-|0-------13\-----0---1---0---1---|0-------13\-----0---6---5---6---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|--------------------------------|5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---|
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|0-------13\-----0---1---0---1---|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|0-------13\-----0---1---0---1---|0-------13\-----0---6---5---6---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & End Riff 1
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|--------------------------------|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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Verse (5/4)Rhy Fig2
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &
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|0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|
|0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|
|0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|0---1---2---3-------0---1---2---3-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &
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|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---|
2nd time:
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-------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &
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|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
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|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 &
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|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
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|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 &
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|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 &
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|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
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|13B(15)-------------------(15)R13-----|
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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.
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|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|
|------------------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|-------------------5h6p5-3h5p3------------|
|0--0--0--0--0--0--5h6p5-3h5p3------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
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|------------------------------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:
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|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------------|
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|-----------------------------------(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------------------------|
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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
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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..):
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||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--------------------------|
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|------------------------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-||
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||.-----------------------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--------------------------|
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|------------------------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:
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|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:
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|PM_________------------------------------|PM----------------------------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------5h6p5-3h5p3|
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|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
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|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:
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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.
