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Bite The Hand That Bleeds
Fear Factory
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BITE THE HAND THAT BLEEDS
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 2004 Album ARCHETYPE)
Transcribed by B.O.T.E.
Words and Music by Fear Factory
Gtr I (B E A D G B E) - 'Clean Gtr'
Gtr II (B E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Gtr 1'
Gtr III (B E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Gtr 2'
Verse 1 & 2
Q=112
$
N.C.(B)
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q
||----------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------0---|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||--0------------3----6-|-(6)-3--3-6-3-6--|
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------0---|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-0------------3----6-|-(6)-3--3-6-3-6--|
1.
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----0----------|--------------0--o||
|-----------------0---|-----------------|------0----0---|----------0-------||
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-0------------3----6-|-(6)-3--3-6-3-6--|-6------6----6-|-(6)-8--8---8-----||
2.
Q E E Q E E +E Q E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|--------------0--||
|----0----------|-----------------||
|------0----0---|----------0------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|-6------6----6-|-(6)-8--8---8----||
1.
B5 D5 F5 D5 F5D5F5 B5 D5 F5 D5 F5D5F5
Gtr II
H Q. E +E Q E E E Q H Q. E +E Q E E E Q
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------||
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------||
||o-2----5----8-|-(8)-5--5-8-5-8--|-2----5----8-|-(8)-5--5-8-5-8---o||
||--2----5----8-|-(8)-5--5-8-5-8--|-2----5----8-|-(8)-5--5-8-5-8----||
||--0----3----6-|-(6)-3--3-6-3-6--|-0----3----6-|-(6)-3--3-6-3-6----||
2.
F5 G5
Q E E Q. E +E Q Q Q.
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------||
|-8--8-8-8----8-|-(8)-10--10--10----||
|-8--8-8-8----8-|-(8)-10--10--10----||
|-6--6-6-6----6-|-(6)--8---8---8----||
Chorus
B5 D5 B5D5 A5 C5 B5C5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-------------|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-------------|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-5-5--5-2-5--|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-3-3--3-2-3--|
|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-5-5--5-2-5--|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)-3-3--3-2-3--|
|---------------|-----3-3--3-0-3--|---------------|-----1-1--1-0-1--|
B5 D5 B5D5 A5 C5 B5C5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-------------|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-10-10--10-9-10--|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-5-5--5-2-5--|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-10-10--10-9-10--|
|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-5-5--5-2-5--|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)--8--8---8-7--8--|
|---------------|-----3-3--3-0-3--|---------------|---------------------|
B5 D5 B5D5
Gtr II
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)-----------------|
|-9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)--5--5---5-2--5--|
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--5--5---5-2--5--|
|-----------------|------3--3---3-0--3--|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----9-9-9--9--9-|-(9)s12-12--12s9s12--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s7s10--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
D.S.
A5 C5 B5C5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)-----------------|
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--3--3---3-2--3--|
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-(5)--3--3---3-2--3--|
|-----------------|------1--1---1-0--1--|
|
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7---7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s9s10--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5---5-5-5--5--5-|-(5)s=8--8---8s7s=8--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
B5 D5 B5D5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)-----------------|
|-9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)--5--5---5-2--5--|
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--5--5---5-2--5--|
|-----------------|------3--3---3-0--3--|
|
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-9---9-9-9--9--9-|-(9)s12-12--12s9s12--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7---7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s7s10--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
A5 C5 B5C5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)-----------------||
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--3--3---3-2--3--||
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-(5)--3--3---3-2--3--||
|-----------------|------1--1---1-0--1--||
|
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-7---7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s9s10--||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-5---5-5-5--5--5-|-(5)s=8--8---8s7s=8--||
|-----------------|---------------------||
Interlude
Em/B Em/A Em/C Em/B
Gtr I
W +H. Q +H. Q +H. Q
|-^0--------|-(0)------^0--|-(0)------^0--|-(0)------^0--|
|-^0--------|-(0)------^0--|-(0)------^0--|-(0)------^0--|
|-^0--------|-(0)------^0--|-(0)------^0--|-(0)------^0--|
|-^x--------|----------^x--|----------^x--|----------^x--|
|-^2--------|-(2)------^0--|-(0)------^3--|-(3)------^2--|
|-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A C
+W Q Q Q E E +E E E E E E E S S
|-(0)--------|-0--0--0--0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-(0)--------|-2--2--2--2-2-|-(2)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
|-(0)--------|-2--2--2--2-2-|-(2)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|------------|-2--2--2--2-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-(2)--------|-0--0--0--0-0-|-(0)-3-3-3-3-0-3-3-3--||
|------------|--------------|----------------------||
|------------|--------------|----------------------||
Chorus
B5 D5 B5D5 A5 C5 B5C5
Gtr II
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-------------|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-------------|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-5-5--5-2-5--|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-3-3--3-2-3--|
|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-5-5--5-2-5--|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)-3-3--3-2-3--|
|---------------|-----3-3--3-0-3--|---------------|-----1-1--1-0-1--|
B5 D5 B5D5 A5 C5 B5C5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-------------|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-10-10--10-9-10--|
|-9----9-9----9-|-(9)-5-5--5-2-5--|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-10-10--10-9-10--|
|-7----7-7----7-|-(7)-5-5--5-2-5--|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)--8--8---8-7--8--|
|---------------|-----3-3--3-0-3--|---------------|---------------------|
B5 D5 B5D5
Gtr II
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)-----------------|
|-9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)--5--5---5-2--5--|
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--5--5---5-2--5--|
|-----------------|------3--3---3-0--3--|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----9-9-9--9--9-|-(9)s12-12--12s9s12--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s7s10--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
A5 C5 B5C5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)-----------------|
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--3--3---3-2--3--|
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-(5)--3--3---3-2--3--|
|-----------------|------1--1---1-0--1--|
|
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7---7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s9s10--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5---5-5-5--5--5-|-(5)s=8--8---8s7s=8--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
B5 D5 B5D5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
||------------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||--9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)-----------------|
||o-9-----9-9-----9-|-(9)--5--5---5-2--5--|
||--7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--5--5---5-2--5--|
||------------------|------3--3---3-0--3--|
|
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q
||------------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||--9---9-9-9--9--9-|-(9)s12-12--12s9s12--|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||--7---7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s7s10--|
||------------------|---------------------|
A5 C5 B5C5
Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q 3x
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)-------------------||
|-7-----7-7-----7-|-(7)--3--3---3-2--3---o||
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-(5)--3--3---3-2--3----||
|-----------------|------1--1---1-0--1----||
|
| Q E E E Q E +E E Q E E Q 3x
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-7---7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)s10-10--10s9s10----||
|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-5---5-5-5--5--5-|-(5)s=8--8---8s7s=8----||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
Outro
H.=H
Em/B
Gtr I
E. E. E. E. +Q W
|----------0--(0)--|------*|
|-------0----------|------*|
|----0-------------|------*|
|------------------|------*|
|-2----------------|------*|
|------------------|------*|
|------------------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths