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Contractor Tab by Lamb Of God

Contractor tab by Lamb Of God

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Tuning: Drop D

Lamb of God - Contractor

Riff 1 (play twice)

    (-------x3--------------------------|
  E |----------------|------------------|
  B |----------------|------------------|
  G |----------------|------------------|
  D |----------------|------------------|
  A |----------------|---2--3-7--6--3---|
  D |0h2-222222222222|0002--3-7--6--3---|
  pm     ............ ...

Riff 2 - FAST!!! (play twice)

  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-12---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-13---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-14---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |--------------------------------|
  B |--------------------------------|
  G |--------------------------------|
  D |--------------------------------|
  A |7-----6-----3---7-----6-----1---|
  D |7-----6-----3---7-----6-----1---|
  pm             .

Riff 3 - Slow again...

     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 +  2  + 3 + 4 +
  E |-----------------------------------|
  B |-----------------------------------|
  G |-----------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
  A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
  pm . . . . . . .


     1 +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1 +  2  + 3 + 4 +
  E |-----------------------------------------|
  B |-----------------------------------------|
  G |-----------------------------------------|
  D |5-------------------12---12-12---5---5/7-|
  A |3-------------------10---10-10---3---3/5-|
  D |3-0000--0000--0000--10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
  pm   ....  ....  ....


     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 +  2  + 3 + 4 +
  E |-----------------------------------|
  B |-----------------------------------|
  G |-----------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
  A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
  pm . . . . . . .


     1 +  2  +  3  +  4  +
  E |--------------------------|
  B |--------------------------|
  G |--------------------------|
  D |5-------------------------|
  A |3-------------------------|
  D |3-0000--0000--0000--8b----|
  pm   ....  ....  ....

Repeat all that stuff, then....


E |---------------------------|
B |---------------------------|
G |---------------------------|
D |0--------------------------|
A |0-hold it a long time------|
D |0--------------------------|


slide up then down into the next riff...


Riff 4 (play four times)

     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  E |--------------------------------|
  B |--------------------------------|
  G |--------------------------------|
  D |--32---7---6-----------5-------|
  A |0-32-0-7---6-----------5-------|
  D |0-32-0-7---6---------005-------|
  pm .     .               ..


     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  E |---------------------------------|
  B |---------------------------------|
  G |---------------------------------|
  D |--23---2/3--------------2/3-----|
  A |0-23-0-2/3-0-10-0-0-0-0-2/3-0-0-|
  D |0-23-0-2/3-0-10-0-0-0-0-2/3-0-0-|   Don't know about that 10 there...
  pm .     .     . .  . . . .     . .


Breakdown

     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  E |------------------------|
  B |------------------------|
  G |------------------------|
  D |--32---7---6-----------|
  A |0-32-0-7---6-----------|
  D |0-32-0-7---6-----------|
  pm .     .

fassssst

  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-12---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-13---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-14---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-/15b-----------------|
  pm . . . . . . . .


Riff Something (Play twice I think...can't remember now)

  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-12---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-13---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |-------------------------------------|
  B |-------------------------------------|
  G |-------------------------------------|
  D |-------------------------------------|
  A |-------------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-14---|
  pm . . . . . . . .       .       .


  E |--------------------------------|
  B |--------------------------------|
  G |--------------------------------|
  D |--------------------------------|
  A |--------------------------------|   There might be slight vibratos on these,
  D |7-----6-----3---7-----6-----1---|   but I don't want to find my iPod to check.
  pm             .


Then play riff 2 twice, and then....

Final Chorus: (play twice)

     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 +  2  + 3 + 4 +
  E |-----------------------------------|
  B |-----------------------------------|
  G |-----------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
  A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
  pm . . . . . . .


     1 +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1 +  2  + 3 + 4 +
  E |-----------------------------------------|
  B |-----------------------------------------|
  G |-----------------------------------------|
  D |5-------------------12---12-12---5---5/7-|
  A |3-------------------10---10-10---3---3/5-|
  D |3-0000--0000--0000--10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
  pm   ....  ....  ....


Outro (play 3 or 4 times, can't remember)

     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 +  2  + 3 + 4 +
  E |-----------------------------------|
  B |-----------------------------------|
  G |-----------------------------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
  A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
  pm . . . . . . .


Ending

     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  E |-----------------|
  B |-----------------|
  G |-----------------|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
  A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
  D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8b-|
  pm . . . . . . .


Let me know if you find any mistakes, lets see if we can get the tab perfect before the
even comes out! XD

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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