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/ Bush / Sixteen Stone (1994) / Machine Head guitar tab

MACHINEHEAD
by BUSH
from SIXTEEN STONE




intro 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-6-6----8-8-8----9-9----11-11--------------------------------------------- 
-6-6----8-8-8----9-9----11-11--------------------------------------------- 
-4-4----6-6-6----7-7-----9-9 --------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
--6-6----x-x-x-----6-6-6----x-x-x----6-6-x-x-x----6-6-6---------------------------------------- 
--6-6----x-x-x-----6-6-6----x-x-x----6-6-x-x-x----6-6-6----7-7-x-x-x---7-7-7--x-x-x--7-7--x-x-x 
--4-4----x-x-x-----4-4-4----x-x-x----4-4-x-x-x----4-4-4----7-7-x-x-x---7-7-7--x-x-x--7-7--x-x-x 
-----------------------------------------------------------5-5-x-x-x---5-5-5--x-x-x--5-5--x-x-x 

Chours 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
--9-9---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
--9-9---9-9-9---11-11---7-7-7--------------------------------------------- 
--7-7---9-9-9---11-11---7-7-7--------------------------------------------- 
--------7-7-7----9-9----5-5-5--------------------------------------------- 


======================
======================

Intro and "Fill 1"
||----------------------------||
||----------------------------||
||----------------------------||
||-11-11-13-13-13/14-14/16-16-||
||----------------------------||
||-9--9--11-11-11/12-12/14-14-||


Fill 2
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-11-11-13-13-13/14-14/16-16-|-11-11-13-13-13/14-14/16-16-|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-9--9--11-11-11/12-12/14-14-|-9--9--11-11-11/12-12/14-14-|

------------------------------------------------------------||
14-14-14-14\12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14\12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14\||
13-13-13-13\11-11-11-11/13-13-13-13\11-11-11-11/13-13-13-13\||
------------------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------------------||


While you keep doing Fill 1 another guitar needs to start doing this:
         *-(drums in)
||------|------|------|-----|--
||------|------|------|-----|--
||------|--6---|-10---|-6---|--
||-11---|--7---|-11---|-7---|--
||-11---|--7---|-11---|-7---|--
||-9----|--5---|-9----|-5---|--

*-(stop Fill 1)
--------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------|
10-10-------10---10-10---------10-10-------10---10-10---------|
11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11-x-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11-x-x-x-x-|
11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11-x-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11-x-x-x-x-|
9--9--x-x-x-9----9--9--x-x-x-x-9--9--x-x-x-9----9--9--x-x-x-x-|

----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
6-6-------6---6-6---------6-6-------6---6-6---------|
7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-|
7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-|
5-5-x-x-x-5---5-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-5---5-5-x-x-x-x-|

*-(begin Fill 2 on second guitar)
--------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------|
10-10-------10---10-10---------10-10-------10---10-10---------|
11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11-x-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11---------|
11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11-x-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-11---11-11---------|
9--9--x-x-x-9----9--9--x-x-x-x-9--9--x-x-x-9----9--9--x-x-x-x-|

----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
6-6-------6---6-6---------6-6-------6---6-6---------|
7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-|
7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7---7-7-x-x-x-x-|
5-5-x-x-x-5---5-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-5---5-5-x-x-x-x-|

Then the vocals start with the "Breathe in, breathe out" stuff and you start
that main riff over again.  Then the lead bit over the first chorus ("Got a
machinehead, it's better than the rest" etc.) is like so:

|-----------------|
|-4h5-5-5-4h5-5-5-|  repeat and crescendo until "I walk from my machine..." etc.
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

I think that's it as far as tab goes.
The main chord progressions for the verses and choruses are as follows:

Verse:  C# and A
Pre-chorus: ("I walk from my machine..." etc.)  F# and A
Chorus: ("Got a machinehead, it's better than the rest..") E B C# A

I think that's it.  If I've missed something and you can't figure it out from
what I have here, let me know (by email) and I'll get back to ya'.

Questions/comments/CONSTRUCTIVE criticism welcome (by email).
Flames intelligently rebuked (if I feel like it).
Good Luck!
Paul D.  (pdmytrewycz@music.transy.edu)


Machinehead
From BUSH's sixteen stone (c) 1994
Tabbed out by: Bas van Pelt [9250128@bn.fnt.hvu.nl]

Okay this is a fairly simple song (like most songs of this album)
but it sound really good

I tabbed out this song about three months or so but never posted it
(I'm lazy) but when i got the version that was on the net i saw that
mine was much better :)  so i decided to post it! (it's completer)
                           

A5  C#5
x     x
x     x
x     x
7    11
7    11
5     9

Intro (just guitar no drums or base)
RIFF 1
   (guitar 1)  repeat a couple of times    variation 1
e: ------------------------------|--7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9---4~~~~~------
B: -2--2--4--4--4-5--5--5/7-7\---|-------------------------------------
G: ------------------------------|--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^---------------
D: ------------------------------|--play the above part ---------------
A: ------------------------------|--three times before.........^-------
E: ------------------------------|-------------------------------------
 :					variation (listen for it)
 :
 : (guitar 2)  repeat 2 or three times
 :
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: --------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ------------------------(11)------11\7---(7)------------------------
A: ------------------------(11)------11\7---(7)------------------------
E: ------------------------(9)-------9-\5---(5)------------------------
                          ahjajahahja          hajhajhahaahj (i think)   :)




after you did that you just strum those same cords a couple of times
it goes something like this (guitar 2)

figure 1
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: --11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x---
A: --11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x---
E: --9---9---x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x-x---

e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: --7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x---
A: --7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x---
E: --5---5---x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x-x---

              these rakes may be a little of so you'll have to listen
              to the record for the exact timing (it's easy though)

    okay you play this part 2 times
    the second time this riff gets played VARIATON 1(guitar 1) is played over it

Figure 2
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: -------------------------------11\(7)------------------------------
A: -------------------------------11\(7)------------------------------
E: -------------------------------9-\(5)------------------------------
Breath in breath out (2x) .. Breath in

Figure 3
e: -------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------
D: --x-x--11----------------------x-x-x-x-(7)-------------------
A: --x-x--11----------------------x-x-x-x-(7)-------------------
E: --x-x--9-----------------------x-x-x-x-(5)-------------------
              Breath in breath out (2x) .. Breath in.......tied to a wheel

Okay from here it's just the C#5 A5 cord (Figure 1) for the verse
here's the lyrics

-tied to a wheel fingers got to feel
-feeling to a tolocate smile
-i spin on a whim i slide to the right
-i felt you like electric light
-for our love
 (riff 1 starts here and get's played three times)
-for our fear
-for our rise against the years and years and years


Okay some change here
(guitar stops)

-Got a machinehead better than the rest  }
-green to red.... machinehead            } this part gets played twice                                         } the second time with this
                                         } the second time with this
                                         } guitar


e: ----------------|                   |-----------|
B: --2h4-5-5-------| this gets played  |-5^fb~~~~r-|
G: ----------------| approx 7 times    |-----------|
D: ----------------|              then |-----------|
A: ----------------|                   |-----------|
E: ----------------|                   |-----------|

-got a machinehead   it's better than the rest
-green to red

then something like this follows (listen to the record for exect timing)

figure 4
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ---4--4--444-444---(7)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
A: ---4--4--444-444---(7)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
E: ---2--2--222-222---(5)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
         and i walk my machine
         i walk my machine

Figure 1   +   riff 1 twice + Variation once

Figure 2

Figure 1 with the following lyrics

-deaf dumb and thirty
-starting to deserve this
-leaning on my conscience wall
-blood is like wine
-i'm conscience all the time
-if i had it all again
-i'd change it all

                
then the next part (2x)

figure 5
e: -------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------
G: --9-9-x-x-x--------------------------------------------------
D: --9-9-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x------------------
A: --7-7-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x------------------
E: ------------7-7-x-x-x-9--9--x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x------------------

-got a machine head   it's better
-than the rest   meachine head
-green to red   machine head

Figure 4

- Mumbling     riff 1 twice + Variation once

Figure 1  (inc text)

Figure 4  (inc text)

the the last part
e: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A: -4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--/--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--\-slide back to 4-and repeat as many--
E: -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--/--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--\-slide back to 2-times as you like---
                                                           but for the last
                                                           time you play it
                                                           play -2 instead of
                                                                -0
                                                           instead of
                                                                -4
                                                                -2

after that he strums something in the E chord and thats it!





Bush albums
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1999 The Science of Things
1996 Razor Blade Suitcase
1994 Sixteen Stone
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02Swim tabbass tab
03Bomb tabbass tab
04Little Things tabbass tab
05Comedown tabbass tab
06Body tabbass tab
07Machine Head tabbass tab
08Testosterone tabbass tab
09Monkey tabbass tab
10Glycerine tabbass tab
11Alien tabbass tab
12X-Girlfriend tabbass tab

 

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