Machinehead tab by Bush
Guitar Tab
Machinehead From BUSH's sixteen stone (c) 1994 Tabbed out by: Bas van Pelt [9250128@bn.fnt.hvu.nl] Okay this is a fairly simple song (like most songs of this album) but it sound really good I tabbed out this song about three months or so but never posted it (I'm lazy) but when i got the version that was on the net i saw that mine was much better :) so i decided to post it! (it's completer) A5 C#5 x x x x x x 7 11 7 11 5 9
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Intro (just guitar no drums or base)
RIFF 1
(guitar 1) repeat a couple of times variation 1
e: ------------------------------|--7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9---4~~~~~------
B: -2--2--4--4--4-5--5--5/7-7\---|-------------------------------------
G: ------------------------------|--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^---------------
D: ------------------------------|--play the above part ---------------
A: ------------------------------|--three times before.........^-------
E: ------------------------------|-------------------------------------
: variation (listen for it)
:
: (guitar 2) repeat 2 or three times
:
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: --------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ------------------------(11)------11\7---(7)------------------------
A: ------------------------(11)------11\7---(7)------------------------
E: ------------------------(9)-------9-\5---(5)------------------------
ahjajahahja hajhajhahaahj (i think) :)
after you did that you just strum those same cords a couple of times
it goes something like this (guitar 2)
figure 1
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: --11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x---
A: --11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x---
E: --9---9---x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x-x---
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: --7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x---
A: --7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x---
E: --5---5---x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x-x---
these rakes may be a little of so you'll have to listen
to the record for the exact timing (it's easy though)
okay you play this part 2 times
the second time this riff gets played VARIATON 1(guitar 1) is played
over it
Figure 2
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: -------------------------------11\(7)------------------------------
A: -------------------------------11\(7)------------------------------
E: -------------------------------9-\(5)------------------------------
Breathe in...
Figure 3
e: -------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------
D: --x-x--11----------------------x-x-x-x-(7)-------------------
A: --x-x--11----------------------x-x-x-x-(7)-------------------
E: --x-x--9-----------------------x-x-x-x-(5)-------------------
Okay from here it's just the C#5 A5 cord (Figure 1) for the verse
e: ----------------| |-----------|
B: --2h4-5-5-------| this gets played |-5^fb~~~~r-|
G: ----------------| approx 7 times |-----------|
D: ----------------| then |-----------|
A: ----------------| |-----------|
E: ----------------| |-----------|
then something like this follows (listen to the record for exect timing)
figure 4
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ---4--4--444-444---(7)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
A: ---4--4--444-444---(7)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
E: ---2--2--222-222---(5)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
and i walk...
Figure 1 + riff 1 twice + Variation once
Figure 2
Figure 1 with the following lyrics
deaf dumb...
then the next part (2x)
figure 5
e: -------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------
G: --9-9-x-x-x--------------------------------------------------
D: --9-9-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x------------------
A: --7-7-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x------------------
E: ------------7-7-x-x-x-9--9--x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x------------------
got a machine...
Figure 4
Mumbling... riff 1 twice + Variation once
Figure 1 (inc text)
Figure 4 (inc text)
the the last part
e: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A: -4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--/--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--\-slide back to 4-and repeat as many--
E: -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--/--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--\-slide back to 2-times as you like---
but for the last
time you play it
play -2
-0
---
I saw BUSH on TV, and found out that the chords posted on here a while
back for the chorus are wrong. I figured out that the chorus goes like
this...
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|-9--5--7--5-|
D|-9--5--7--5-| Guitar one plays this a few times...
A|-7--3--5--3-|
E|------------|
Guitar Two plays...
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------| This is what guitar 2 plays, if it
D|-6-6-XXX-3-3-XXX--------| doesn't sound right, try taking out the
A|-6-6-XXX-3-3-XXX--------| hammer-ons...
E|-4-4-XXX-1-1-XXX--------|