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Descent

Fear Factory

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DESCENT
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)

Transcribed by The Foreverlorn
	

Words by Burton C. Bell Music by Dino Cazares, Raymond Herrera, Christian Olde Wolbers

Gtr I (A E A D Gb B) - 'Dino I'
Gtr II (A E A D Gb B) - 'Dino II'

   Intro
    Q=105
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
    ~      ~~      ~~~~~~~~     ~~
    E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
||----2--------------|-------------------|
||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|


  1.                               2.
                                                     D5        E5     D5
         ~~                         ~      ~~           PM   PM   PM
  E E E. E. E E. S   +W             E E E. E. E Q    E. S E. S E. S E E
|---2--------------|-------------||---2------------|--------------------|
|-----3-----7------|------------o||-----3-----7----|--------------------|
|-------------7----|-------------||-------------7--|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|------------------|------------o||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)---------||-2------4-------|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|


   Chorus
    $
    ~      ~~      ~~~~~~~~     ~~
    E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
||----2--------------|-------------------|
||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|


                              To Coda
  ~      ~~      ~            ~~
  E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
|---2--------------|---------------2-----||
|-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o||
|-------------7----|-------7-------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||


 Verse
  E5
  >
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|


                Pre-Chorus
                 E5          F#5
                           PM
  Wx4            E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E
|------------||-------------------------|
|------------||o------------------------|
|------------||-------------------------|
|------------||--2-------2---4-(4)----4-|
|------------||o-2-------2---4-(4)----4-|
|------------||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|


  G5          A5       G5  E5          D5
            PM                       PM
  E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E   E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0--|
|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0--|
|-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0--|


  1.                        2.
                                  D.S. al Coda
  A/C#        A5       G5    A/C#      A5     G5
            PM                  PM   PM   PM
  E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E     E. S E. S E. S E E
|-------------------------||--------------------|
|------------------------o||--------------------|
|-------------2-(2)-------||-----------2----2---|
|-7-------7---2-(2)----5--||-7----7----2----2-5-|
|-4-------4-0-0-(0)----5-o||-4--4-4--0-0--0-0-5-|
|----------------------5--||------------------5-|


 Verse
  &
  E5
  E.. H.      T   Wx9
|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------|
|-2-------------|--------|
|-2-------------|--------|
|-2-------------|--------|


   Pre-Chorus
    E5          F#5          G5          A5       G5  E5          D5
              PM                       PM                       PM
    E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E   E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E   E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E
||-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||--2-------2---4-(4)----4-|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0-|
||o-2-------2---4-(4)----4-|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0-|
||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0-|


  1.                        2.
  A/C#        A5       G5    A/C#      A5     G5
            PM                  PM   PM   PM
  E.. E.. E S E +T  S. E     E. S E. S E. S E E
|-------------------------||--------------------|
|------------------------o||--------------------|
|-------------2-(2)-------||-----------2----2---|
|-7-------7---2-(2)----5--||-7----7----2----2-5-|
|-4-------4-0-0-(0)----5-o||-4--4-4--0-0--0-0-5-|
|----------------------5--||------------------5-|


   Chorus
    ~      ~~      ~~~~~~~~     ~~
    E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
||----2--------------|-------------------|
||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|


  ~      ~~      ~            ~~
  E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
|---2--------------|---------------2-----||
|-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o||
|-------------7----|-------7-------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||


   Instrumental Part
    E5       F#5         G5       A5      G5
    Q  +E. E S E +E  E   Q  +E. E S E +E  E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|
||o-2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|
||--2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|


  E5     D5        A/C#           A5    G5
  Q  +E. E. Q  +S  S   +E  Q  +S  E. Q  E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|------------2--2-----||
|-2--(2)-0--0--(0)-7-|-(7)-7--(7)-2--2--5--||
|-2--(2)-0--0--(0)-4-|-(4)-4--(4)-0--0--5-o||
|-2--(2)-0--0--(0)---|------------------5--||


   Interlude
    E5    D5       A/C#           A5      G5
    Q  E. E S E E. S   +S  S E E. E S E E E  4x
||-------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------|----------------------o||
||-------------------|------------2-2-2-2----||
||--9--9--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-5--||
||o-7--7--5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-5-o||
||-------------------|--------------------5--||


    E5    D5       A/C#           A5      G5
    Q  E. E S E E. S   +S  S E E. E S E E E  4x
||-------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------|----------------------o||
||-------------------|------------2-2-2-2----||
||--2--2--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-5--||
||o-2--2--5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-5-o||
||--2--2-------------|--------------------5--||


   Break (Intro Riff)
   4/4
    ~      ~~      ~~~~~~~~     ~~
    E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
||----2--------------|-------------------|
||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|


  1.                               2.
                                                     D5        E5     D5
  ~      ~~                         ~      ~~           PM   PM   PM
  E E E. E. E E. S   +W             E E E. E. E Q    E. S E. S E. S E E
|---2--------------|-------------||---2------------|--------------------|
|-----3-----7------|------------o||-----3-----7----|--------------------|
|-------------7----|-------------||-------------7--|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|------------------|------------o||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-|
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)---------||-2------4-------|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|


   Chorus
    ~      ~~      ~~~~~~~~     ~~
    E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
||----2--------------|-------------------|
||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|
||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|


  ~      ~~      ~            ~~
  E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E E
|---2--------------|---------------2-----||
|-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o||
|-------------7----|-------7-------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||


   Outro
    ~      ~~      ~~~~~~~~     ~~
    E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E   +E
||----2--------------|-----------------------|
||o-----3-----7------|-----7-------7-7b8r(7)-|
||--------------7----|-------7---------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------------|
||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7------------|


  ~      ~~      ~            ~~
  E E E. E. E E. S   +E  E E. E. E E   +E
|---2--------------|-------------2-2b3r(2)---||
|-----3-----7------|-----7------------------o||
|-------------7----|-------7-----------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------o||
|-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2--------------||


  E5
  >
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(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