Clenching the Fists of Dissent Lyrics

by Machine Head

Machine Head Clenching the Fists of Dissent Lyrics

This is a great machine head song but i havnt seen any complete tabs so i decided to tab
out for all you metalheads out there
ok there has been some confusion over the tuning of the tab... basically it can be
and still sound right in drop b or drop c... just do whichever you prefer
accoustic intro
clean electric
distortion on
|-0--swell
main riff
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m--- p.m--------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m--- p.m----------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m--- p.m--------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
|-3h5----------------------(5)-----1--0--1--2\4--3--1---------|
p.m---------------------------------------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m--- p.m--------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
|-3h5----------------------(5)-----1--0--1--2\4--3--1---------|
p.m---------------------------------------------------|
p.m-------------------------------------------------------|
p.m-------------- p.m--- p.m---------------------------|
p.m-------------- p.m--- p.m--------------------|
p.m-------------------------- p.m-----------------------------------|
p.m---------- p.m--------------------|
p.m--------- p.m-------------------|
p.m---------- p.m--------------------|
p.m---------- p.m---------------------|
p.m---------- p.m--------------------|
p.m---------------------------------------------|
p.m---------- p.m--------------------|
p.m----------------------------------------------------|
1st solo
|-----------vvv/5----------------------------12h13p12p10-12p10-------------|
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m--- p.m--------------------|
p.m--------------- p.m---- p.m----------------------------|
|-3h5----------------------(5)-----1--0--1--2\4--3--1---------|
p.m---------------------------------------------------|
p.m...........................
p.m---------------|
p.m-------------- p.m--- p.m--------------------------|
p.m-------------- p.m--- p.m---------------------|
p.m-------------------------- p.m-------------------------------------|
p.m---------- p.m----------------------|
p.m---------- p.m---------------------|
p.m--------- p.m----------------------|
p.m--------- p.m---------------------|
p.m---------- p.m--------------------|
p.m---------------------------------------------|
p.m---------- p.m--------------------|
p.m----------------------------------------------------|
p.m----------------------------------------------------|
Pre solo breakdown
|-10vvvvv---|
|--7vvvvv\--|
p.m----- p.m p.m
p.m----- p.m p.m
p.m----- p.m p.m
Second solo
|-----------------------------13tr14--17----17---17---17---17--------12tr13---|
|-10\11--10/8--10-----15tr16------------20----18---17---15---14tr15-----------|
|-----------------------17-------17-15-12v------------------------------------------|
|-18-17-18-17-15-17-18-17-18-17-15-20b22--20vv--19--19vv--17-19-20-19-17-----------|
|---------------------------------------------17-19-20-20b22vvvr20vvvv--19vvv--22----|vvv
|-20-18-17-18-17-20b22vvr20--------17-18-20------------------------------------------|
Post solo breakdown
p.m-- p.m-- p.m-- p.m-- p.m--- p.m-- p.m-- p.m----|
p.m-- p.m-- p.m--- p.m-- p.m--- p.m-- p.m-- p.m---|
guitars go out for vocal and bass solo and then return for verse
p.m--------------|
p.m-------------- p.m--- p.m---------------------------|
p.m-------------- p.m--- p.m------------------|
p.m------------------------- p.m------------------------------------|
p.m--------- p.m----------------------|
p.m--------- p.m----------------------------|
|------------------------------11vv--10vv--11vv--10vv--11vv--10vv--11vv--14vv---|
|-8vv--7vv--8vv--7vv--8vv--7vv--------------------------------------------------|
that's all. Have fun playing it
tab legend:
h=hammer on
p=pull off
b=bend
r=release
v=vibrato *the more the v's the wider the vibrato
x=muted note
x/x=pick slide
\=slide up
/=slide down
tr=trill
p.m=palm mute
=pinch harmonic
()=natural harmonic
\=tremelo bar down
/= tremelo bar up

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