Linchpin Lyrics

LINCHPIN
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 2001 Album DIGIMORTAL)
Words and Music by Dino Cazares
Gtr I (A D G C F A) - 'Dino Cazares'
Moderately Fast Rock Q=112
N.C.
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||o-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E e S S S S E S S e E Q
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||o-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E e 3x E S S E E E S S E E
|---------------------------o||-||o---------------------o||
|---------------------------o||-||o---------------------o||
Wx2
||o--------|
||o--------|
Gtr I
PM------------|
W Q E S S S E E S S E
Gtr I
PM
W +H. E E
N.C.
PM----------------------------------|
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S S E E Q
N.C.
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------
S S S S S S E S S S E E S S E
S S S S S S E S S S E E S S E S S S S S S E S S S E E S S E
PM--------------------------| PM--| PM PM
S S S S S S E S S S E E S S E Q S S S S +E E S E S
PM PM--| PM PM
Q E. S Q E S S Q S S S S +E E S E S
|-3--3--0-2--2-2p0-|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-7---|
F5 G5 C5 N.C.
Q E. S Q Q Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E
N.C.
Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E
N.C. G#5 G5 F5
PM|
Q E E +Q S E. Q E E +E E E E Q. E +Q q
N.C.
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
N.C. N.C.
PM------------| PM|
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q E E +E E E E
|-------------------------------o||----0-------0-----||
|-------------------------------o||------------------||
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E E 4x E S S S E E S S S E E E
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||o-6---------5---------3-2-o||-||o-6---------5---------3-2-o||
PM----| PM--------------|
E S S S E E S S S S S S S S S
Chorus 3rd time
N.C.
Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E
||o------0-(0)-------|----0----------|------0-(0)-------|----0-----------o||
||o------------------|--------3----3-|------------------|--------3----3--o||
Out-Chorus
Q Q Q Q E S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E 3x
|----0--------||o---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
D N.C. G#5 G5 F5
PM|
E S S S S S S E S S E E Q E E +E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------||o----0-------0-----o||----------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-||o------------------o||-6----5-(5)--3--*|
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths