Machinehead Tab

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Author/Artist: Bush
Title: Machine Head
Album: Sixteen Stone
Transcribed by: Justin
Email: JustMtnBk4@aol.com
 
Tune down half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
 
~ means let ring
x means rake
/ means slide down
h means hammer on
b means bend up to next note
 
I have yet to find a good version of this song, so here is one that my guitar teacher and I came up with.
I wasn't exact on timings or number of times to repeat everything, but
by listening to the song it is easy to follow along.
 
I guess the song could also be played in standard tuning, just move
everything down one fret, but for the intro and prechorus the way
I have them you need to tune down.
 
Also, there are two guitars in this song but I don't know all the little fills
and stuff that the other guitar plays, but this is all the main stuff you need to play it good.
 
 
Intro and Main Riff
----------------------|----|---------------------------------------------------
----------------------|----|---------------------------------------------------
----------------------|----|--7-7--9-9-9--10--12-12----------------------------
--0-0-2-2-2-3-5-5-----|-or-|--x-x--x-x-x---x---x--x----------------------------
----------------------|----|--5-5--7-7-7---8--10-10----------------------------
----------------------|----|---------------------------------------------------
 
 
Before Verse and verse riff  "Tied to a wheel, a fingers go to feel..."
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
--6-6-x-x---6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
--7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-----------
--7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-----------
--5-5-x-x---5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-----------
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
 
 
First part of verse
"Breathe in, breathe out..."
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
--6-/-3-------|---6-/-3-------------------------------------------------------
--7-/-3-------|---7-/-3-------------------------------------------------------
--7-/-3-------|---7-/-3-------------------------------------------------------
--5-/-1-~-----|---5-/-1-~-----------------------------------------------------
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Prechorus   "Gotta machine head..."
--1----------1-----------1----------1---------0-h1-1-1--0h1-1-1--0h1-1-1------
--1-------3--1--------3--1-------3--1------3--0---------------------------2b4-
--2-------3--2--------3--2-------3--2------3--2-------------------------------
--3-------3--3--------3--3-------3--3------3--3-------------------------------
--3-------1--3--------1--3-------1--3------1--3-------------------------------
--1-~~-------1-~~--------1-~~-------1-~~------0-------------------------------
 
 
First Chorus   "I walk from my machine..."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---4--4-4-4-4--6--7--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------
---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8----------------------------------------------
---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8----------------------------------------------
---3--3-3-3-3--5--6--6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------------
 
 
After First Chorus
----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
----------------------|---6----------------------------------------------------
----------------------|---7----------------------------------------------------
--0-0-2-2-2-3-5-5--x4-|---7----------------------------------------------------
----------------------|---5-~--------------------------------------------------
----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
along with verse riff
 
 
"Breathe in, breathe out..."   Second Verse: "Deaf, dumb and thirty, started to deserve this..."
-----------|-----x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x
--6-/-3----|-6-6-x-x---6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x
--7-/-3----|-7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x
--7-/-3----|-7-7-x-x---7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x
--5-/-1-~--|-5-5-x-x---5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x
-----------|-----x-x-------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x
 
 
Second Chorus "Gotta machine head..."
------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x---------
------x-x-----x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x-6-------
--2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x------|---2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-------
--3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x--x3--|---3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-------
--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x------|---3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-~~----
--1-1-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|---1-1-x-x-----x-x---------
 
"I walk from my machine..."
-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
---4--4-4-4-4--6--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|-----2-----------------------------
---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8---x2------|-----3-----------------------------
---5--5-5-5-5--7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-----------|-----3-----------------------------
---3--3-3-3-3--5--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|-----1-~---------------------------
 
 
Guitar Break, intro in background
 
 
"Breathe in, breathe out..."
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x---x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
--6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
--7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-----------
--7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-----------
--5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-----------
------x-x-------x-x-----x-x---x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----------
 
 
Third Chorus "Gotta machine head..."
------x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x---------
------x-x-----x-x-6-6-x-x-----x-x------|-------x-x-----x-x-6-------
--2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x------|---2-2-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-------
--3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-3-3-x-x--x7--|---3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-7-------
--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-5-x-x-1-1-x-x------|---3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5-~~----
--1-1-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x------|---1-1-x-x-----x-x---------
 
 
Outro  "I walk from my machine..."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--2-2--3-3--4-4--3-3--4-4--3-3--2----------------------------------------------
--3-3--3-3--5-5--3-3--5-5--3-3--3----------------------------------------------
--3-3--1-1--5-5--1-1--5-5--1-1--3----------------------------------------------
--1-1-------3-3-------3-3-------1-~--------------------------------------------
pm................................... (not correct number or timing on chords)
 
 
And thats it.
Any questions or corrections email me.
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