Reply-To: keefa@disposable.com Take My Scars by Machine Head from the album 'The More Things Change...' Transcription by Keith Railton (keefa@disposable.com) A word about tuning - on the album the guitars are tuned down one tone to D, and -then- the low D string is tuned to C. Phew! If -you- wanna tune down like that, get some 11's or 11/10 hybrid strings, you may also have to adjust your truss and/or intonation! Anyway this is how it's played...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: A '+' sign indicates these parts should be played simultaneously (with different guitars obviously... heh) Rhythm One should be played palm muted, your mutes should gradually get lighter, so that by the 7th repetition it is played with no mutes. Rhythm Eight is nice. It's played by moving the picking hand over the strings (across them [i.e. vertically], not along them), to get a scratchy squeaky sound. It is doubled by the other guitar playing the rhythm with muted strings. The solo isn't worked out perfectly, but it'll give you a basis to work on, I'm pretty sure that solo is un-repeatable! The vibrato is huge, especially on the first four notes... In fact on all the bends :). During the Pre-Bridge, Rhythm Three is used again, this is played in much the same way as Rhythm One, with light mutes, the picking getting heavier while the muting disappears. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro ===== Riff A * 8 (see notes) Riff A + Rhythm One * 7 Riff A + Rhythm Two Pre-Verse ========= Rhythm Three * 3 Fill One Rhythm Three * 3 Fill One Verse ===== Rhythm Four * 2 Rhythm Four + Riff Two * 2 - Rhythm Five * 8 Chorus ====== Rhythm Six * 4 Rhythm Seven (See Pre-Verse See Verse See Chorus) Pre-Solo ======== Rhythm Eight * 2 (see notes) Solo ==== Rhythm Six * 8 + Lead Rhythm Eight + Lead Outro Pre-Bridge ========== Rhythm Three * 6 (see notes) Rhythm Nine Bridge ====== Rhythm Eleven * 7 Rhythm Twelve Outro ===== Rhythm Three * 3 Fill One Rhythm Three Rhythm Thirteen =========================================================================== Riff A |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| Rhythm One |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |7---9---8---7---9-9-8---7---8---| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| Rhythm Two |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |7---9---8---7---9-9-8---10--9---| |5---7---6---5---7-7-6---8---7---| |--------------------------------| Rhythm Three |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |0---2---1---0---2-2-1---0---1---| |0---2---1---0---2-2-1---0---1---| p.m---| Fill One |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |7/8-8-8-7/9-9-9-| |5/6-6-6-5/7-7-7-| |----------------| Rhythm Four |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |2-1---1-2-1---1-2p1-3b4---------| Riff Two |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--x-x-x-x---x---x---| |--x-x-x-x---x---x---| Rhythm Five |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |2\1---1-2\1---1-2\1-------------| |2\1---1-2\1---1-2\1-3b4---------| p.m p.m Rhythm Six |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |4\3---3-4\3---3-4\3-3-----------| |2\1---1-2\1---1-2\1-3-----------| |--------------------3-----------| Rhythm Seven |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |5---------------------------\---|5--------------------------\---| |5--------------------------\-\--|5-------------------------\-\--| |5-------------------------\-\-\-|5------------------------\-\-\-| whammy dive whammy dive Rhythm Eight (see notes) |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-| |x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-| Lead |16b18---16b18---16b18---16b18---16h17h19p17p16h17-16b18-| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| 16h17h19p17p16h17-16b18---14t16---12t14---10t12---9t12--| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| -9h10h12p10p9-------9-----------------------------------| -----------------12----12p10p9----9h10h12p10p9----------| ---------------------------------------------------12---| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------9---------------------| -9h10h12p10p9--------9h10h11p10p9---12p10p9-11-b-14-----| -----------------11-------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------14b15------| -----------------------------12b13---15b16--------------| /12-b-13-----12b13---12b13------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| 16h18p16---16-19p18p16-16-18p16----16-18-19-18-16-------| --------19----------------------19-----------------19---| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| 16h18h19p18p16-19p18p16p--19p18p16-----16-18-19p18p16---| -----------------------------------19-------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| Lead Outro |--------------------------------------------------------| |-16-15-14-16-15-14-16-15-14-16-15-14-16-15-14-15-14-13--| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| 15-14-13-14-13-12-13-12-11-10h11-10h1-10h11-10h11-10----| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Nine |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |2-------------------------------------------------------| |2-------------------------------------------------------| |2-------------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Ten |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |0---2---1---0---2---------------| |0---2---1---0---2---------------| Rhythm Eleven |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----2-----0---2/7-7-7---7-7-7---| |0-0-2---0-0---2/7-7-7---7-7-7---| p.m p.m Rhythm Twelve |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |5-------------------------------| |5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---| |5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---| p.m-------------------------| Rhythm Thirteen |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |2---1---3---2\---| |2---1---3---2\---| --------------------------------------- Keef - keefa@disposable.com rh201856@stmail.staffs.ac.uk