Obsolete Lyrics

As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Words and Music by Fear Factory
Arranged by Fear Factory
Gtr I (A D G C F A D) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Heaviness'
Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Heaviness'
Q=175
Gtrs I, II, III, IV
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W 7x H S S S S S S S S
||o----------o||----------------------|
||o----------o||----------------------|
PM---------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||-|
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||-|
S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
Verse Pre-Verse
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S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S E S E E S E S E E
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------o||
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S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S Q. S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x
|---------------------|--------------------||o----------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------||o----------------------o||
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S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||o-----------------------------|
||o-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|---------------------------------o||-||o------------------------o||
|---------------------------------o||-||o-7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9--o||
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E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 4x
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-9--6-6-6-7--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-7-----------------o||
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
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W 7x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------o||---------------------------------|
||o----------o||---------------------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
Verse Pre-Chorus
PM--------------------------------------------------------
S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|---------------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o||
|---------------------------------o||-||o-7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9----o||
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E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 8x
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-9--6-6-6-7--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-7-----------------o||
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 4x
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
||o-----------------|--------------o||
||o-9-6-6-6-7-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-7-2----o||
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E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E H Q.
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