Future Breed Machine Lyrics

As recorded by Meshuggah
(From the 1995 Album DESTROY ERASE IMPROVE)
Words by Tomas Haake Music by Fredrik Thordendal
Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Elec. Gtr. w/ dist.'
Gtr II (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Elec. Gtr. w/ dist.'
Gtr III (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Elec. Gtr. w/ dist.'
Gtr IV (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Elec. Gtr w/chorus'
Fast Avant-Metal Q=175
N.C.
Gtr I
W q q q q q q q q
| Gtrs II, III
| W W W
q q q q 8x
||o-------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------o||
| PM-------------------------|
| S S e S S e S S e S S S S 8x
||o-------------------------------o||
||o--3-3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-3-o||
Pre Verse
Gtr II
S E S +S S E E S S +S E S
|-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-4-6s5-(5)-4-4-|
|-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-4-6s5-(5)-4-4-|
|-4s3-2-(2)-4s3-2-4s3-(3)-2-2-|
| Gtr III
| S e S Q H
|-6s5-------------------------|
|-6s5-------------------------|
|-4s3-------------------------|
+S S E E S S +S E S E E E S S +S E S E E S E S
|-(4)-6s5-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-|-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4--|
|-(4)-6s5-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-|-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4--|
|-(2)-4s3-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-|-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2--|
| H Q. E E S S +S E S E E S E S
|-------------------------4-|-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4--|
|-------------------------4-|-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4--|
|-------------------------2-|-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2--|
Gtrs II, III
+S E S E E S E S +S S E
|-(4)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-|
|-(4)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-|
|-(2)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-(2)-4s3-|
PM
S E S +S S E E S S +S E S +E E E S S +S E S E E
|-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-4-6s5-(5)-4-4-|-(4)---4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-|
|-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-4-6s5-(5)-4-4-|-(4)-4-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-|
|-4s3-2-(2)-4s3-2-4s3-(3)-2-2-|-(2)-2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-|
Verses I & II
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#5
PM PM-----------------|
E S S +S E S E E S E S +S E. E E S E S +S S E S e S Q S e S S e S
|-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-|-(4)-4----4-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-||-6s5-4----6s5-5---5-4--|
|-4-6s5-(5)-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-|-(4)-4--4-4-6s5-4-(4)-6s5-||-6s5-4----6s5-5---5-4--|
|-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-|-(2)-2--2-2-4s3-2-(2)-4s3-||-4s3-2----4s3-3---3-2--|
PM-------------------------------------------------------|
Q S e S Q S e S S e S Q S e S Q S e S S e S Q S S E
|----6s5-4----6s5-5-|---5-4----6s5-4----|-6s5-5---5-4----5s4-5-|
|----6s5-4----6s5-5-|---5-4----6s5-4----|-6s5-5---5-4----5s4-3-|
|----4s3-2----4s3-3-|---3-2----4s3-2----|-4s3-3---3-2----3s2-3-|
PM--------------------------------------------------------|
S e S Q S e S S e S Q S e S Q S e S S e S Q S e S Q
|-6s5-4----6s5-5---5-4-|----6s5-4----6s5-5-|---5-4----6s5-4----|
|-6s5-4----6s5-5---5-4-|----6s5-4----6s5-5-|---5-4----6s5-4----|
|-4s3-2----4s3-3---3-2-|----4s3-2----4s3-3-|---3-2----4s3-2----|
#5
PM---------------| PM PM PM PM PM PM
S e S S e S Q S S E S E S +E e S E S S e S +E e S E S +E e S E S
|----------------------||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6s5-5---5-4----5s4-5-||o-6s5-4-(4)---6s5-5---5-4-|-(4)---6s5-4-(4)---6s5-5--|
|-6s5-5---5-4----5s4-3-||--6s5-4-(4)-2-6s5-5---5-4-|-(4)-2-6s5-4-(4)-2-6s5-5--|
|-4s3-3---3-2----3s2-3-||--4s3-2-(2)-0-4s3-3---3-2-|-(2)-0-4s3-2-(2)-0-4s3-3--|
To Coda
PM PM PM PM PM PM
S e S +E e S E S +E e S E S S e S +E e S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---5-4-(4)---6s5-4-(4)---|-6s5-5---5-4-(4)---5s4-5-o||
|---5-4-(4)-2-6s5-4-(4)-2-|-6s5-5---5-4-(4)-2-5s4-3--||
|---3-2-(2)-0-4s3-2-(2)-0-|-4s3-3---3-2-(2)-0-3s2-3--||
PM PM
E. S +E E +S e S +E e
|-||o--------------------------|
|-||o-6--5-(5)-3-(3)-3-2-(2)-3-|
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E. S S E. e E +S e S E. S +E E +S e S +E e E. S S E. e E +S e S
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-2--3---2--3-2-(2)-3-x-|-3--6-(6)-5-(5)-3-2-(2)-3-|-2--3---2--3-2-(2)-3-x-o||
D.S. al Coda
PM PM PM PM----------------------------------------------|
E. S S E. e E +S e S S E S +S S E E S S +S E S E E S E S +S S E e E
Odd-Time Interlude
&
PM| PM----| PM| PM------|
E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e E 4x
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------o||
||o-6--6-(6)-----|-6--6-(6)---------|-6--6-(6)-----|-7--7-(7)-----------o||
Verse III/Blastbeat Riff
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
S S e S S e S S e S S S S 8x S S e S S e S S e S S S S 8x
||o---------------------------o||-||o-------------------------------o||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-||o--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-o||
| Gtr I
| W 8x q q q q 8x
||o---------------------------o||-||o-------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------o||-||o-------------------------------o||
Breakdown (Clean)
Gtr IV
| Gtrs II, III
| >
| W +Q. Q
| W W W
ad(#
| W W Q. E E
Breakdown (Heavy)
||o-----------------|----------------|
||o-----5---------4-|-------4--------|
| H H +Q. +E E
||o-----------------|----------------|
||o-4-------2-------|-(2)-----(2)-5--|
|---------------2-|------2-------o||------2-------||
|-----5-----4-----|--------------o||--------------||
| H H Q. +E E Q. +E E
|---------5-------|-6------(6)---o||-6------(6)---||
|-4-------3-------|-4------(4)-5-o||-4------(4)---||
| Gtr I
| W W Q. E E
|-----------------|--------------o||--------------||
|-----------------|--------------o||------------9-||
Guitar Solo I
| W W
| a W +Q. +Q
|-9s11---------------|-(11)-----(11)-----|
| Gtr I
| +E E H. W Q. E +E E E a E
|-(11)\----------------|-----------|--------/12-(12)-11---7s9-|
ad(+5
| +Q. +Q H a H
|---------------|---------7s9---------|
| a Q +E E +E H. a q
|------------------|--------------7s9---|
|-5s7---(7)s9-(9)\-|--------------------|
| a Q. +Q +H. +E E W
|-9s11------(11)---|-(11)-----------(11)\---|------------|
| H. E E +Q. q a Q q a Q q
|--------------------|---------------|--------------12s15---12---|
|----------------/11-|-(11)-----12---|-12s14---12----------------|
| Q. +Q E E E E q S S E
ad(+5
| < < <
| +Q E E E E E E E E Q E
|-(13)-------13-|-13---13---14s16---14-|
| E Q a Q E E +E E E Q E E Q +Q
|---13---13s11---|---10-(10)s7---6-----|-------------|
| +H Q Q Q. Q Q. E +Q. a E
|----------------------|------------|--------12-(12)-----12h14-|
ad(+5
| < <
| +Q E +Q +Q +E E Q E E
| < < < <
| E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q. +Q
| Gtrs II, III
| W W W
(#
| < < < <
| +Q H E E E E E E E
|-(14)\-----------12-14-|-15-----15-14p12--||
| W Q. E E
4/4 Buildup
Gtrs II, III
H H +H. +E E H H +H. +E E
||o---------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
||o-----4----2----|--(2)------(2)-5-|---4-----2----|-(2)------(2)-5-|
| Gtr I
| >
| a W +W +W W
||--14s16---------|-(16)------------|-(16)---------|----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
H H +H. +E E H H
"7/4" Groove
PM--------------|
H. +E E S S S S S S S S e E Q
|-5-------(5)---o||-||o------------------------|
|-3-------(3)-5-o||-||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4------|
PM--------------| PM--------------| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E 6x
|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4---o||
Guitar Solo II
Gtr I
T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Gtrs II, III
| PM---------------------| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E
T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E Q
T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM---------------------| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E
T T T
S S S S S S S S e E Q Q +H
|-------------------------16------|-13b15========(13)-----------|
| PM---------------------| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E
T T
+Q a +S E. Q S S S S
|-(13)-------(13)b16==(13)r-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------19p=|
| PM-----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E Q
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e Q Q
|-11-------------19p11-------------19p|=11-------------19p11----------|
| PM---------------------| PM--------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E Q
T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------19p13-------------(19)p13------|
|-15-------------12h15---------------12h==|
| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E
T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E Q
T
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15-------------------------------22p=|
| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E
T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------(20)p14p13-21p12----------11-19p13p|
| PM-----------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E Q
T T T
S S S S S S S S e E
| PM---------------------|
| S S S S S S S S e E
"7/4" Groove Variations
Gtrs II, III
PM----| PM-----------------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q q Q Q Q Q q 4x E. S +E E +S e. Q E. S +E E +S e.
||o-------------|----------o||-||o----------------------|-------------------o||
||o-3-3-3-3-----|-3-3-3-3--o||-||o-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3-----|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3--o||
Pre Verse Variation
Gtr II
PM-------|
E. S +E E W +W S E E S E E S E E E
|-3--3-(3)-3-|-2--------|-(2)--------||-6s5-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-4--|
|-3--3-(3)-3-|-2--------|-(2)--------||-6s5-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-4--|
|-1--1-(1)-1-|-0--------|-(0)--------||-4s3-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-2--|
| Gtr III
| PM-------|
| E. S +E E W +W S e E E. E E. E E
|-3--3-(3)-3-|-2--------|-(2)--------||-6s5-------4-----4-4--|
|-3--3-(3)-3-|-2--------|-(2)--------||-6s5-------4-----4-4--|
|-1--1-(1)-1-|-0--------|-(0)--------||-4s3-------2-----2-2--|
S E E S E E S E E E S E E S E E S E E E S E E S E e Q.
|-6s5-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-4-|-6s5-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-4-|-6s5-4-6s5-4------||
|-6s5-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-4-|-6s5-4-6s5-4-6s5-4-4-|-6s5-4-6s5-4------||
|-4s3-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-