Night Of Long Knives

Machine Head

Guitar 1: Robb Flynn Guitar 2: Phil Demmel Guitar 3: Harmony Tabbing Legend Hammer on: h Pull off: p Slide up: / Slide down: \ Natural Harmonic: NH Pinch Harmonic: PH Bend: BU(?) Whammy Bar Rise: WBR Whammy Bar Lower: WBL Tremelo Pick: Tr--- Tapped note: T Muted note: M Palm Mute: PM--- Killswitch: K (can use bridge selector) Quick bend: ^ Pick Slide: X\\\ Intro Both guitars |----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------| |-/7~~~~~~-|----------|----------| |----------|-Feedback-|----------| |-/5~~~~~~-|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------| Both guitars |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-0---3-3-1-1-4-4---------3-3-1-1-4-4-| |-0---3-3-1-1-4-4-2^3^2---3-3-1-1-4-4-| ____________________________________________________________________________ verse 1 Both guitars PM----- PM----- PM----- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---3-3-1-1-4-4-| |-0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---3-3-1-1-4-4-| PM----- PM----- PM----- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---3-3-1-1-4-4-| |-0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0---3-3-1-1-4-4-| |---------------------| |---------------------| |---------------------| |---------------------| |---------3-3-1-1-4-4-| |-2^3^2---3-3-1-1-4-4-| ____________________________________________________________________________ Break Guitar 1 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-----------------------rising-pick-slide-| |-0-----------------------X////////////////-| |-0-----------------------X////////////////-| |-0-----------------------X////////////////-| | |Guitar 2 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-----------------------------------------| |-0-----------------------------------------| |-0-------------------------3---1---4---3---| |-0-------------------------3---1---4---3---| ____________________________________________________________________________ verse 2 Guitar 1 only Both guitars PM- PM-------------- PM---------- |-----------------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------| |-----7---5-7-----------------|-8--10-8-------------| |-----5---3-5-----------------|-6---8-6-------------| |-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0-0-0-| Both guitars PM- PM-------------- |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-----7---5-7-----------------8--10-8---7---5---3-| |-----5---3-5-----------------6---8-6---5---3---1-| |-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------| PM- PM-------------- PM---------- |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-----7---5-7-----------------8--10-8-------------| |-----5---3-5-----------------6---8-6-------------| |-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-| PM- PM-------------- |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-----7---5-7-----------------8--10-8---7---5---3-| |-----5---3-5-----------------6---8-6---5---3---1-| |-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------| Octave Variation Both guitars PM- PM-------------- PM---------- ||-------------------------------------------------| |o-------------------------------------------------| ||-----7---5-7-----------------8--10-8-------------| ||-------------------------------------------------| |o-----5---3-5-----------------6---8-6-------------| ||-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-| PM- PM-------------- |-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------o| |-----7---5-7-----------------8--10-8---7---5---3-|| |-------------------------------------------------|| |-----5---3-5-----------------6---8-6---5---3---1-o| |-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|| ____________________________________________________________________________ Pre-Chorus Both guitars PM----------------------------- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------| PM------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------------------| ____________________________________________________________________________ Chorus Guitar 1 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-0---0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8---8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| | |Guitar 2 |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10--10---10-10-10-9---9-9-9-9\7-7-7-10--10--10/12\10-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--8---8----8--8--8-7---7-7-7-7\5-5-5--8---8---8/10\-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| | |Guitar 2 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-9---9---9-9-9-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9---9---9-9-9-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-7---7---7-7-7-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---7---7-7-7-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 3 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-14---14---14-14-14-12---12-12-12-12\10-10-10-14---14---14/15\14-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-12---12---12-12-12-10---10-10-10-10\-8--8--8-12---12---12/13\12-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 2 |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10--10---10-10-10-9---9-9-9-9\7-7-7-10--10--10/12\10-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--8---8----8--8--8-7---7-7-7-7\5-5-5--8---8---8/10\-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 3 |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-12---12---12-12-12-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10—| |----------------------------------------------| |-10---10---10-10-10--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| |----------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 2 |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--9----9----9--9--9--7----7--7--7--7--7--7--7-| |----------------------------------------------| |--7----7----7--7--7--5----5--5--5--5--5--5--5-| |----------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-| | |Guitar 2 |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-9---9---9-9-9-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9---9---9-9-9-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-7---7---7-7-7-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---7---7-7-7-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-| |---------------------------------------------------------------| ____________________________________________________________________________ Repeat Intro Repeat Break Repeat verse 2 ____________________________________________________________________________ Pre-Chorus Variation Guitar 1 PM----------------------------- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------| | |Guitar 2 | PM----------------------------- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-----------------| |-------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------| Guitar 1 PM------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 2 | PM------------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-| |-----------------7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-------------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------| ____________________________________________________________________________ Repeat Chorus ____________________________________________________________________________ Breakdown Both guitars PM----- PM----- ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| |o-----------------------------------------------------------------o| ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-3-----2-----0-------------------3-----8-----0-------------------|| |o-3-----2-----0-----------0-3-2-0-3-----8-----0-----------3-2-1-0-o| ||-3-----2-----0-----------0-3-2-0-3-----8-----0-----------3-2-1-0-|| Guitar 1 PM----- PM----- ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| |o-----------------------------------------------------------------o| ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-3-----2-----0-------------------3-----8-----0-------------------|| |o-3-----2-----0-----------0-3-2-0-3-----8-----0-----------3-2-1-0-o| ||-3-----2-----0-----------0-3-2-0-3-----8-----0-----------3-2-1-0-|| | |Guitar 2 | Tr------------------------------------------------------------- ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| |o-----------------------------------------------------------------o| ||-10----9-----7----------7-10-9-7-10----15----7----------10-9-8-7-|| ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| |o-----------------------------------------------------------------o| ||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| ____________________________________________________________________________ Bridge Guitar 2 PM--- ||----------------------------------------------| |o-------6-5h6---8BU(10)(8)-6\5h6-6BU(8)(6)-5h6-| ||-----7-------7--------------------------------| ||---7------------------------------------------| |o-5--------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 1 (Phaser effect pedal) ||---------------------------------| |o---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| ||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| ||---------------------------------| Guitar 2 PM--- |----------------------------------------------| |-------6-5h6---8BU(10)(8)-6\5h6-6BU(8)(6)-5h6-| |-----6-------7--------------------------------| |---7------------------------------------------| |-4--------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 1 |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |---------------------------------| Guitar 2 PM--- |----------------------------------------------| |-------6-5h6---8BU(10)(8)-6\5h6-6BU(8)(6)-5h6-| |-----7-------7--------------------------------| |---7------------------------------------------| |-3--------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 1 |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |---------------------------------| Guitar 2 PM--- |---------------------------------|| |-------6-5h6---5-----------------o| |-------------7---6-7---6---------|| |---3-0---------------8---7-8-5-7-|| |-1-------------------------------o| |---------------------------------|| | |Guitar 1 |---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------o| |---------------------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o| |---------------------------------|| Guitar 2 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| |-----------------| |-----------------| | |Guitar 1 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-2---------------| |-0---------------| |-----------------| ____________________________________________________________________________ Solo (Phil Demmel) Guitar 2 (Lead) NH |-------------------------------------| |-3-Dive Bomb\WBL\\-------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------0-Dive Bomb\\\\\\-| | |Guitar 1 (Rhythm) | PM--------- PM--------- PM--------- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------| |-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---3-3-1-1-4-4-| |-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---3-3-1-1-4-4-| Guitar 2 K K K K K K K |---------------------------------------------------------| |-13-------------(13)-(13)-(13)-(13)---(13)---(13)---(13)-| |-12BU(14)-------(14)-(14)-(14)-(14)---(14)---(14)---(14)-| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (con’t) |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-13BU(15)---(13)p10------------------------------------------| |--------------------12-10-12/14-14/15-15/17-17/19-19/21-21~~-| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 1 (Rhythm) | PM--------- PM--------- PM--------- PM PM PM |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------| |-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-----8---7---8-| |-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---| Guitar 2 |-17-13----13-17-13-15-13----13-17-13-15-13----13-| |-------15----------------15----------------15----| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (con’t) |-17-13----13-17-13-15-13----13-17-13-17-13-| |-------15----------------15----------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (con’t) |-17-BU-(18)(17)(18)(17)-----20-BU-(22)20BU(22)-20^22^20p18------| |-----------------------------------------------------------20~~-| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 1 (Rhythm) | PM--------- PM PM PM PM--------- PM PM PM |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-0---------------0---------------3---------------3-----3---2---3-| |-0---0-0-0---0---0-----8---7---8-3---3-3-3---3---3---------------| |-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---3---3-3-3---3---3---3---3---3---| Guitar 2 |-18~~~~~~-/22-20-18-17h18p17\15h17p15\13h15p13\12-| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (con’t) NH NH NH |-12---7---5-Dive Bomb\WBL\\-| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| | |Guitar 1 (Rhythm) | PM--------- PM PM PM PM--------- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-8---------------8---------------5---------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-8---8-8-8---8---8-----8---7---8-5---5-5-5---5---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-8---8-8-8---8---8---8---8---8---5---5-5-5---5-------------------| ____________________________________________________________________________ Dual Solo (play each tapping bar four times) Guitar 1 T T T T T T |-10p6p5h6-|-12p8p6h8-|-13p10p8h10-|-15p12p10h12-|-17p13p12h13-|-18p15p13h15-| |----------|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |----------|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |----------|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |----------|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |----------|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| | |Guitar 2 | T T T T T T |----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-11p8p6h8-|-13p10p8h10-|-15p11p10h11-|-17p13p11h13-|-18p15p13h15-|-20p17p15h17-| |----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |----------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| Guitar 1 (x4) T T T T ||-20p17p15h17-20p17p15h17-20p17p15h17-22p17p15h17-|| |o-------------------------------------------------o| ||-------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------|| |o-------------------------------------------------o| ||-------------------------------------------------|| | |Guitar 2 (x4) | T T T T ||-------------------------------------------------|| |o-22p18p17h18-22p18p17h18-22p18p17h18-23p18p17h18-o| ||-------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------|| |o-------------------------------------------------o| ||-------------------------------------------------|| Guitar 1 T T T T |-20p17p15h17-22p17p15h17-20p17p15h17-22p17p15h17-22BU(24)~~~-| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 2 | T T T T |-------------------------------------------------18BU(20)~~~-| |-22p18p17h18-23p18p17h18-22p18p17h18-23p18p17h18-------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| ____________________________________________________________________________ Repeat verse 2 Repeat Chorus x2 The first time the Chorus is repeated, only the octaves are Played through the first bar. ____________________________________________________________________________ Play this at the end of the final Chorus Both guitars |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-0---3-3-1-1-4-4---------3-3-1-1-4-4-| |-0---3-3-1-1-4-4-2^3^2---3-3-1-1-4-4-| ____________________________________________________________________________ Repeat verse 1 ____________________________________________________________________________ Outro Both guitars |----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------| |-/7~~~~~~-|----------|----------| |----------|-Feedback-|----------| |-/5~~~~~~-|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|

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