Soulfly Album Tab

T1: Dominic Alessio, dimebag@tpgi.com.au, Soulfly, Soulfly - The Album,
1998
 
S1: Track Listing:
 
1. Eye For An Eye
2. No Hope = No Fear
3. Bleed
4. Tribe
5. Bumba
6. First Commandment
7. Bumbklaat
8. Soulfly (N/A)
9. Umbabarauma
10. Quilombo
11. Fire
12. The Song Remains Insane
13. No
14. Prejudice
15. Karmaggedon (N/A)
 
Key:
 
/ or \ - slide up or down
~~     - vibrato
p      - pull off
h      - hammer on
b      - bend
*      - palm mute
trem.  - tremelo pick
^      - arpeggiate
 
Tuning:
 
All songs tuned down to B (B E A D F# B)
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
1. Eye For An Eye
 
Intro/Verse
 
B|-------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-5---------5--5---------5--5---------5--5-5-5-5--|
E|-3-4-4-4-4-3--3-4-4-4-4-3--3-4-4-4-4-3--3-3-3-3--|
B|---2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-------------|
 
Chorus
 
B|----------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
B|-0h2-2-2--3p2-2-2--3p2-2-2--3p2-2-2-2---|
 
Post-Chorus
 
B|----------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-2\4-4-4--5/4-4-4--5/4-4-4--5/4-4-4-4---|
B|-0\2-2-2--3/2-2-2--3/2-2-2--3/2-2-2-2---|
 
Solo
 
B|-5-5-5-5 (repeat heaps)---10-10-10-12b---|
F|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
 
Post-Solo/Outro (w/ flanger)
 
B|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-3h5-5-5h6-6-6/8-8-8p6-6-6/5-5-5/3-3-3p2-2~~~~--|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
 
Final Part
 
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2\4-4-4--2\4-4-4--2\4-4-4--2\4-4-4-4----(4)/(3)/(2)----|
B|-0\2-2-2--0\2-2-2--0\2-2-2--0\2-2-2-2----(2)/(1)/(0)----|
 
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2. No Hope = No Fear
 
Intro
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
B|-4/1-1-0-1-1-0-1-1-0-1\------|
 
B|------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-6/3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3\-------------------|
B|-4/1-1-0-1-1-0-1-1-0-1\-------------------|
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-6-6-3-3/5-5-2-2-x-x-x-x-----|
B|-4-4-1-1/3-3-0-0-x-x-x-x-----|
 
Verse
 
B|----------------------|
F|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|-6-6-3-3-5-5-2-2------|
B|-4-4-1-1-3-3-0-0------|
   * * * * * * * *
 
Chorus
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-6-6-3-3/5-5-2-2-x-x-x-x-----|
B|-4-4-1-1/3-3-0-0-x-x-x-x-----|
 
Bridge
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
B|-1-0-1-1-0-1-1-0-1\-4-4-4-/--|
 
Solo (w/ phaser)
 
B|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-10-9-9-9-10-9-9-9-10-9-9-9-10-9-9-9-10---|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-7-7-7--8-7-7-7--8-7-7-7--8-7-7-7--8-7-7-7--8---|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
 
B|----------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-13-13-13-13-14-13-13-13-14-13-13-13-14-13-13-13-14-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|-11-11-11-11-12-11-11-11-12-11-11-11-12-11-11-11-12-|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Bridge Two
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3\-6-6-6-/--|
B|-1-0-1-1-0-1-1-0-1\-4-4-4-/--|
 
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3. Bleed
 
Intro (higher notes are Guitar Two playing with wah, improvise a bit
though)
 
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2p1p0-2p1p0-2p1p0-------------7-8-9-7-8-9-7-8-9--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-2--------------------2-2----2-2--------------------2-2---|
B|-0-0--------------------0-0----0-0--------------------0-0---|
   * *                    * *    * *                      * *    
 
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------7-8-9-7-8-9-7-8-9--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-2--------------------2-2----2-2--------------------2-2---|
B|-0-0--------------------0-0----0-0--------------------0-0---|
   * *                    * *    * *                      * *    
 
B|--------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
B|-2-1-0--2-1-0--3-2-1-0--2-1-0---|
 
Repeat that a few times then play this
 
B|----------------------|
F|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|-4--4-4-4-2-----------|
B|-2--2-2-2-0-----------|
   *  * * * *
 
B|----------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-2-2----2-2--2---2-2-----2-2--2---|
B|-0-0----0-0--0---0-0-----0-0--0---|
   * *    * *  *   * *     * *  *
 
That's backed by Guitar Two, playing with wah
 
B|----------|
F|----------|
D|-10-------|
A|----trem.-|
E|--8-------|
B|----------|   
 
 
Verse
 
B|--------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
B|-2-1-0--2-1-0--3-2-1-0--2-1-0---|
   * * *  * * *  * * * *  * * *
 
B|--------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
B|-2-1-0--2-1-0--3-2-1-0--2-1-0---|
 
Chorus
 
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--8-x-x-x-x-8-x-x-x-x-8-x-x-x-x-8-8/11-11-11-11-11---|
B|--6-x-x-x-x-6-x-x-x-x-6-x-x-x-x-6-6/-9--9--9--9--9---|
 
Bridge
 
B|------------------------------|
F|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-4-3-2--4-3-2--4/7------------|
B|-2-1-0--2-1-0--2/5------------|
 
The Rap Part (listen for the timing)
 
B|---------------|
F|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
B|-2-1-0--2-1-0--|
   * * *  * * *
 
Pre-Solo/Backing Solo Riff
 
B|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2--------|
 
Solo (w/ wah)
 
B|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
D|-10----------11--------|
A|----trem.-------trem.--|
E|--8-----------9--------|
B|-----------------------|
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
4. Tribe
 
NOTE: I have no idea what is the Verse, Chorus, Bridge parts so these
riffs
may be labelled wrong!  Work them out yourself!
 
 
Intro/Verse
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-6-x-x-x-x-6--4--6-7-6-------|
B|-4-x-x-x-x-4--2--4-5-4-------|
 
Pre-Verse/Pre-Chorus (???? - it's just THERE!)
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-2--2-5--2-2--2-2-5----------|
B|-0--0-3--0-0--0-0-3----------|
   *  *    * *  * * 
 
Bridge-sorta Part
 
B|-----------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-3-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2-3--8-------|
B|-0-0-1-0-1-0-1-0--0-0-1-0-1-0-1--6-------|
 
Interlude
 
B|------------------------------|
F|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
B|-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6~~~~--------|
 
B|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------12-----------|
A|----------------------14b----------|
E|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----------------|
B|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----------------|
 
B|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------13-----------|
A|----------------------15b----------|
E|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----------------|
B|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----------------|
 
Break/Quiet Part (you're gonna have to work out the timing here)
 
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--14-----------15-------------|
|-----trem.--------trem.-------|
|--12-----------13-------------|
|------------------------------|
 
Outro
 
B|------------------------------|
F|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-3-2--2-6-2-5-2-4-2-----------|
B|-1-0--0-4-0-3-0-2-0-----------|
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
5. Bumba
 
Intro (w/ wah, echo and delay)
 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------10----|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------10----|
D|-0h1\-------------------------------^-12--^-10---------------------12----|
A|------12-x12-x12-x-12-x12-x12-x-x-x-^-12--^-10--12-x-12-x-12-x-x-x-12----|
E|------10-x10-x10-x-10-x10-x10-x-x-x-^-10--^--8--10-x-10-x-10-x-x-x-10----|
B|------------------------------------------^--8---------------------10----|
 
B|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
D|-9/16-----12---9--10-------------------|
A|-9/16-----12---9--10--10-10-10-10-10---|
E|-7/14-----10---7---8---8--8--8--8--8---|
B|---------------------------------------|
                         grad. release effects
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-2---------------------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-etc.----|
     * * * * * * * * *
 
Verse
 
B|----------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-2---------------------------6----|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4----|
     * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 
Chorus
 
B|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-7--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-3-|
B|-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-5--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-1-|
 
B|--------------------------|
F|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-7--|
B|-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-5--|
 
Post-Chorus (1st time only, improvise.  Use echo, wah and delay)
 
B|------------------|
F|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-12-x-12-x-12-----|
E|-10-x-10-x-10-----|
B|------------------|
 
Bridge
 
B|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|-2-0-4-0-2-0-4-0-2-0---|
 
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6. First Commandment
 
Main Riff
 
B|-----5b--|
F|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|-2-2-----|
B|-0-0-----|
 
Fill One (when there's no singing)
 
B|-----|
F|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-2-2-|
B|-0-0-|
   * *
 
Main Riff Two
 
B|-----------|
F|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-6-7-9-10--|
B|-4-5-7-8---|
 
Fill Two (work out the timing yourself)
 
B|-5-5-5-5-3h5---|
F|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
B|---------------|
 
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7. Bumbklaat
 
NOTE: I can't guarantee this song is right, because there is a lot of
effects added. I'm positive about the verse right, anyway.
 
 
Intro (noise!)
 
B|-12b---------|
F|-----trem.---|
D|--9b---------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
 
Verse
 
B|--------------------------------------------------x-x----------|
F|--------------------------------------------------x-x----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------x-x-----x-x--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------x-x--|
E|-2-2-2-4/--8\4--2-2-2-4/--8\4--2-2-2-4/--8\4--2-2-----2-2------|
B|-0-0-0-2/--6\2--0-0-0-2/--6\2--0-0-0-2/--6\2--0-0-----0-0------|
 
Fill One (not positive of this riff)
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-7-6--------|
B|-----------------------------|
 
Chorus
 
B|--------------------------|
F|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-6-6-x-6-6-x-6-6--6-7-6---|
B|-4-4-x-4-4-x-4-4--4-5-4---|
 
Bridge
 
B|------------|
F|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|-2-2--2-2---|
B|-0-0--0-0---|
 
Outro (mix with Fill One)
 
B|-----------------|
F|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-6-x-x-6-x-x-6---|
B|-4-x-x-4-x-x-4---|
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
7. Soulfly
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
8. Umbabarauma
 
Main Riff
 
B|----------------------|
F|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|-2-2-5-2-2-2-7/8\7\5--|
B|-0-0-3-0-0-0-5/6\5\3--|
   * *   * * *
 
Verse (the other riff in the song, w/ wah)
 
B|------|
F|------|
D|-9----|
A|------|
E|-7----|
B|------|
 
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10. Quilombo
 
Intro (it's an approximation on the 12's!)
 
B|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-------|
 
Intro/Verse (for Guitar Two)
 
B|----------------|
F|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|-2-2--2-2-2-----|
B|-0-0--0-0-0-----|
 
The verse is backed by Guitar One repeating B on the 12th fret on
the low B string
 
Chorus
 
B|----------------------------------------|
F|------10-------12-----------------------|
D|------12b------14b----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-2-2------2-2------2-2-4-2-2-4----------|
B|-0-0------0-0------0-0-2-0-0-2----------|
 
Outro
 
B|---------------|
F|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|-2-2-5-6-7-8---|
B|-0-0-3-4-5-6---|
 
Live Outro (Soulfly covering "Exodus" by Bob Marley)
 
B|--------------------------|
F|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|------------------3-------|
B|-3-4-5--5-3-5-3-5---5-----|
 
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-6-7---5-6-7--5-6-7-----7-7-7/9-9-9/10-10-10/12/14\7----|
B|-3-4-5---3-4-5--3-4-5-----5-5-5/7-7-7/8--8--8-/10/12\5----|
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
11. Fire
 
Verse
 
B|------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
 
Chorus
 
B|------------------------|
F|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-3-5-3-6-3-5-3-2-x-x-2--|
B|-1-3-1-4-1-3-1-0-x-x-0--|
 
Post-Chorus
 
B|----------|
F|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|-3-5-3-6--|
B|-1-3-1-4--|
 
Bridge (w/ tremelo)
 
B|------|
F|------|
D|--9---|
A|--9---|
E|--7---|
B|------|
 
Post-Bridge (you'll hear it!)
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
   * * * * * * * * * * * *
 
Fill One
 
B|---------|
F|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|------2--|
B|-12/--0--|
 
Solo (backed by Guitar One playing Fill One, w/ flanger)
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-11-x-12-x-14-x-16-x-17------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--9-x-10-x-12-x-14-x-15------|
B|-----------------------------|
 
After playing that four times, improvise a solo around the 15th and
17th
fret on the D, F# and B strings.  Make sure it sound right, though
 
Outro
 
B|---------|
F|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|------2--|
B|-12/--0--|
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
12. The Song Remains Insane
 
NOTE: This song is "Caos" by Gordo, "Attitude" by Sepultura, and "The
Song
Remains Insane" by Soulfly mixed together into one giant 'insane' song!
 
 
Part One ("Caos" by Gordo)
 
B|----|
F|----|
D|----|
A|----|
E|-2--|
B|-0--| go psycho with an E5 chord!
 
Break
 
B|---------|
F|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|-2-4-2-4-|
B|-0-2-0-2-|
   * * * *
 
Part Two ("Attitude" by Sepultura)
 
B|------------|
F|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|-3/5-5-5/6--|
B|-1/3-3-3/4--|
 
B|-----------|
F|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
B|-1p3-3-3-3-|
 
Part Three ("The Song Remains Insane" by Soulfly)
 
B|------------------|
F|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-8-8-9-9-5-5-9-9--|
B|-6-6-7-7-3-3-7-7--|
 
B|----------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-6-x-6-x-6-6-x-x-6-x-x-6-6--6-6-x-x-x-x-|
B|-4-x-4-x-4-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-4--4-4-x-x-x-x-|
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
13. No
 
Main Riff
 
B|----------------|
F|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
B|-1-0-1-0/4-4-4--|
   * * * * * * *
 
Fill One
 
B|------12-----------12b-----|
F|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-7-7----------7-7----------|
B|-5-5----------5-5----------|
 
Break
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-2-2-------------------------|
B|-0-0---2-3--2h3-2h3-2h3------|
 
Fill Two (the "N-O" bit)
 
B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-2-2--2-3-3--2-3-3--2-3-3----|
B|-0-0--0-1-1--0-1-1--0-1-1----|
   * *
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
14. Prejudice
 
NOTE: I can't guarantee this is right, except I'm pretty sure about the
 
bridge :).  This is a  bastard of a song to work out!
 
 
Intro (w/ wah)
 
B|-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-7---|
F|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
 
Main Riff
 
B|-------------------------2\--|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
B|-2-0-0--2-0-0--2-0-0-2-0-----|
 
Riff One ("Prejudice!")
 
B|------------|
F|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|-2---6--2---|
B|-0---4--0---|
 
Bridge
 
B|---------|
F|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|-4-3-3---|
B|-2-1-1---|
 
 
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15. Karmaggedon
 
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Any suggestions, comments, additions or changes, email me at
dimebag@tpgi.com.au
 
If anyone has the tab to Karmaggedon or Soulfly, please send them to me
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