What If Tab

WARNING: You are trying to view
content from Ultimate-Guitar.com
in an unauthorized application,
which is prohibited.

Please use an official Ultimate
Guitar Tabs application for iPhone,
iPad or Android to access legitimate
chords, guitar, bass, and drum tabs
from Ultimate-Guitar.com database.

Type "ultimate guitar tabs" in Apple
App Store's or Android Market's
search to find the application.

                      CONTROL DENIED - WHAT IF...?    
                      From the Album THE FRAGILE ART OF EXISTENCE          
                      Copyright 1999 Nuclear Blast
  
                      Version 2.0 - April 2000                                    

Transcription Done by: Kerry Vick (control_denied@hotmail.com)
Corrections Done by: Manuel Caldas (manuelcm@yahoo.com)


Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
          b = bend              / = slide up            a.h. = artificial
          bf= bend full         br= bend release               harmonic
          h = hammer-on         \ = slide down          n.h. = harmonic       
          p = pull-off          . = palm mute(pm)          t = tapping
          " = tremolo picking   > = abrupt stop            ~ = vibrato


Tuning = D (D,G,C,F,A,D)

Bass Intro/Pick Scrape

 Riff A
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------8--|GTRS I
|--------9-8--------|--------9-8---------6--|  & II
|-6-7-6--7-6--9-10--|-6-7-6--7-6--9-10------|
|-4-5-4-------7--8--|-4-5-4-------7--8------|

Play Riff A three and 1/2 times

 Riff B.1
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|GTR I
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----7------------7------7------|-----7------------7--------7-|
|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8---8-7~-|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8-7-5-|
  . .          . .                 . .          . . 
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--\9~~-------9--11--12--11--9------9\11~~----9--7--7\9--9~~---|GTR II
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--\7~~-------7---9--10---9--7------7\-9~~----7--5--5\7--7~~---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


 Riff B.2
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|GTRS I
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|  & II
|-----7------------7------7------|-----7------------7--------7-|
|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8---8-7~-|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8-7-5-|
  . .          . .                 . .          . . 

Play Riff B.1 one time
Play Riff B.2 three times

 Riff C
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|GTRS I
|---------------------|-555--------------|  & II
|-777-555-666-2222222-|-333-555-66666666-|
|-555-333-444-0000000-|-----333-44444444-|
  ... ... ... ......   ... ... ........

 Riff C - Fill 1 (play one time, echo 3 times)
|------12----12\15----------|
|---10-------------15----17-|
|-9-------------------14----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


 Riff D
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-------------------------------------------------------------|  & II
|-7--------------7--------------6--------------6--------------|
|-5-444444444444-5-444444444444-4-000000000000-4-000000000000-|
  > ............ > ............ > ............ > ............


Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times
Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times


 Riff E - Solo 1(Chuck)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|  & II
|-2----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0--------------------------------------------|
       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 


Play Riff E four times

 Riff F - Bridge
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|GTR I
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-8-7-5------7--8-7-5------7-8-7-5------5-----------|
|---------8-7-----------8-7----------8-7----8-7-5-3-1-|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|--------------9-10-9-7-------------------------------|
|----------------------10-9--7-8-7-5------5-----------|
|------------------------------------8-7----8-7-5-3-1-|

Play Riff F one time

 Riff G - Solo 2(Shannon)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|GTRS I
|-------------55-5----------|  & II
|-22-----2-2--33-3-22222222-|
|-00-000-0-0----------------|
  .. ... . .  .. . ........

Play Riff G eight times

 Riff H
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-------------------------------------------------|  & II
|-22-----2-2--22-----2-2--22-----2-2--7-8-7-5-----|
|-00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0----------8-7-|
  .. ... . .  .. ... . .  .. ... . .   

 continuation of Riff H
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------------------------6-|  & II
|-22-----2-2--22-----2-2--22-----2-2--7-8-5-7-8---|
|-00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--------------|
  .. ... . .  .. ... . .  .. ... . .  

Play Riff H three times

Play Riff B.2 four times
Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times
Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times
END.