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Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 02:07:26 -0500
 From: "Jeffrey J. Davis" 
 Subject: TAB: Old by Machine Head
 Old by Machine Head
 Transcription by Jeff Davis
 Notation:
 nh - natural harmonic
 ah - artifical harmonic or pinch harmonic (same thing)
 ~  - virbrato
 p  - pull off
 /  - slide up           these are used for normal
 \  - slide down           and ghost note slides
 
 I have written the beat numbers under the notes on the down beats.
 In general I tried to keep one dash '-' equal to a thirty-second note.
 
 Thus,
 |-2---2---2---2---   are eight notes and
 
 |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-   are sixteenth notes.
 
 
 
 Tuning:
 
 1 - E
 2 - B
 3 - G
 4 - C#  <---- *Notice*  I know it's wierd but trust me, this is it.
 5 - A
 6 - D
 
 In addition, tune all strings a 1/4 of a step lower to match the album.
 
 
                            OOO    L     D D
                           O   O   L     D   D
                           O   O   L     D   D
                            OOO    LLLL  D D
 
 
 (Bar Dive + Pick Scrapes)   (Lower and then raise bar)      (Tap bar)
 |-------------------------------------/~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
 |--------------------------------nh--/-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------/------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------4-/----------------------7--\--/-\/---|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------\/-- \/---|
 |---------------------------------------------------------6--------------|
 
                    actual pitch: F
 
 This isen't written exactly but it should give you a good idea
 of how to play the beginning.
 
 
   right before intro riff
 |------------------------------------|
 |-----bar-dive-----------------------|
 |------------------------------------|
 |-7-----\--/------nh-----------------|
 |--------\/--------------------------|
 |-6---------------2.9-%-%-%-%-%-%-%--|     ( % means repeat the 2.9)
 
   1       2       3         4
 
 
 intro riff
 
 ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ||-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7-------------------5/7-7\5--|
 ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ||-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6-------0---3/5-5\3--|
 ||-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0------------|
    1       2       3       4           1       2       3       4
 
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7----------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6--------------------||
 |-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
   1       2       3       4           1       2       3       4
 
 3rd time play this as the last measure
                            (aproximate harmonics)
 |---------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------nh--nh---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh--||
 |-5/8---7-------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------1.7-2.0--2.4--2.9--3.1--3.6--4.0--4.5-||
 |-3/6---5-------6-----------------------------------------||
 |-----------0-0-6-----------------------------------------||
 
     1       2       3                  4
 
 
 verse riff
 
 ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 ||--p--------6---9-----------------|--p--------6---9---------------||
 ||-6^3---6---3---6-----------------|-6^3---6---3---6---------------||
 ||-----0-6-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-6-0---0---0-3~~~-0-3~~~-||
 
    1       2       3       4         1       2       3      4
 
 
 Chorus
 
    play 3 times                        4th time
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||-------------------------4--------||
 ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-------3---5-4-3--||
 ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0---3-6------------||
    1       2       3       4           1       2       3       4
 
    play 3 times again                  4th time
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-3----------------||
 ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-3----------------||
    1       2       3       4           1       2       3       4
 
 
 play intro riff 2 times
   - 2nd time with harmonics at end.
 
 verse riff.
 
 Chours.
 
 
 Bridge
 
 ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 ||-2--------------------------------|-(2)------------------------------|
 ||-2--------------------------------|-(2)------------------------------|
    1       2       3       4           1      2       3       4
 
 |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |----------------------x-7-7/9-9\7--|-7/10--9-------3--------------------|
 |----------------------x------------|------------------------------------|
 |-(2)------------------x-5-5/7-7\5--|-5/8---7-------1--------------------|
 |-(2)-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    1       2       3       4            1       2       3       4
 
     2x
 ||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 ||---------nh-----------nh------nh---|---------nh-----------nh----------|
 ||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 ||---------4------------4-------4----|---------4------------4--------4--|
 ||-2---2-------2-2---2------2-2------|-2---2-------2-2---2-----2-2-2-1--|
 ||-2---2-------2-2---2------2-2------|-2---2-------2-2---2-----2-2-2----|
   1       2       3        4          1       2       3       4
 
  |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
  |---------nh-----------nh-----------|------------------------------------||
  |--------------------------7/9-9\7--|-7/10--9-------3--------------------||
  |---------4------------4------------|------------------------------------||
  |-2---2-------2-2---2------5/7-7\5--|-5/8---7-------1--------------------||
  |-2---2-------2-2---2---------------|------------------------------------||
    1       2       3        4            1       2       3       4
 
     4x
 ||------------------------------||
 ||------------------------------||
 ||------------------------------||
 ||------------------------------||
 ||-0-----------0-2---1----------||
 ||-0-----------0-2---1----------||
 
    1   2   3   4   5   6   7
 
 
    gtr1 plays this 8x
    gtr2 plays this 2x              gtr2: 3rd and 4th time
 ||------------------------------| |------------------------------|
 ||------------------------------| |------------------------------|
 ||------------------------------| |-------------------------ah---|
 ||------------------------------| |------------------------------|
 ||------------------------------| |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1~~~-|
 ||-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1~~~-| |------------------------------|
 
    1   2   3   4   5   6   7        1   2   3   4   5   6   7
 
     gtr2 5th time                   6th time
 ||------------------------------|------------------------------|
 ||------tremolo-pick------------|--------tremolo-pick----------|
 ||-9---/---/---/---/---/--------|-10--/---/---/---/---/---/----|
 ||-----/---/---/---/---/--------|-----/---/---/---/---/---/----|
 ||-7---/---/---/---/---/--------|-8---/---/---/---/---/---/----|
 ||------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
    1   2   3   4   5   6   7      1   2   3   4   5   6   7
 
 
    gtr2 7th time                    8th time
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |------tremolo-pick------------|--------tremolo-pick----------|
 |-11--/---/---/---/---/---/----|-15--/---/---/---/---/---/----|
 |-----/---/---/---/---/---/----|-----/---/---/---/---/---/----|
 |-9---/---/---/---/---/---/----|-13--/---/---/---/---/---/----|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7      1   2   3   4   5   6   7
 
 
   both guitars  8x
 |------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|
 |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1----|
 |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1----|
 
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
 
 
             (pause)
 
 
    play 3 times                        4th time
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||-------------------------6--------||
 ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-2---3---6-3---2-------5---7-6-5--||
 ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-2---3---6-3---2---5-8------------||
    1       2       3       4           1       2       3       4
 
 
    play 3 times again                  4th time
 ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
 ||----------------------------------||-----------------nh-----------------||
 ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-0---1---4-1---0--------------------||
 ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-0---1---4-1---0-2.3-%-%-%-%-%-%-%--||
    1       2       3       4           1       2       3         4
 
   intro riff again
 
 ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ||-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7-------------------5/7-7\5--|
 ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ||-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6-------0---3/5-5\3--|
 ||-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0------------|
    1       2       3       4           1       2       3       4
 
 
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------|-------||
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------|-------||
 |-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7----------------------|-------||
 |---------------------------------|-----------%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-|-------||
 |-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5---^-nh-slide-thing---|-6---0-||
 |-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|------------------------------|-6---0-||
   1       2       3       4           1       2     3     4        1
 
 The nh (natural harmonic) slide thing starts at about 1.5 on the
 fretboard.
 These notes are played as sixtuplets.  These means in one beat there are
 
 six notes played.
 
 
 *If you like Machine Head maybe you'll like my band.*
 
 **Check us out at:  http://pigseye.kennesaw.edu/~jdavis3/sk.html
 
 
 
 

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