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LOYALTY
As recorded by American Head Charge
(From the 2005 Album THE FEEDING)
Transcribed by M. Crellin
Words by Cameron Heacock Music by Bryan Ottoson, Justin Fowler, Cameron Heacock
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Karma'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Bryan'
Gtr III (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Bryan'
Intro
Q.=120
N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5 Db5 N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5
6/8
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 4x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||--------7---8-|-------5---6-|-------7---8-|-------5------||
||o-------5---6-|-------3---4-|-------5---6-|-------3-----o||
||--0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0--------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtr III
E E E E E E H. E E E Q. H. 6x
||--------------|----------|------------|--------||
||o-------------|-10-------|------------|-9-----o||
||--7h8---7h8---|----------|-7h8---7----|--------||
||------0-----0-|----------|-----0------|--------||
||o-------------|----------|------------|-------o||
||--------------|----------|------------|--------||
1.,2.,3.
N.C.
Gtr I
PM---------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|------------------|--------------|
||o-------------|------------------|--------------|
||--------------|------------------|--------------|
||--------------|------------------|--------------|
||o-------------|------------------|--------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-10-12-10-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E H. E E E Q.
||--------------|------------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-10---------------|--------------|
||--7h8---7h8---|------------------|-7h8---7------|
||------0-----0-|------------------|-----0--------|
||o-------------|------------------|--------------|
||--------------|------------------|--------------|
4.
------------------------|
E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||--------------|---------------|
|----------------o||--------------|---------------|
|-----------------||--------------|---------------|
|-----------------||--------------|---------------|
|----------------o||--------------|---------------|
|-0--0-0-10-0-10--||-5-5-5-5--5-5-|-6--6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| H. 3x E E E Q. H.
|-----------------||--------------|---------------|
|-9--------------o||--------------|-9-------------|
|-----------------||-7h8---7------|---------------|
|-----------------||-----0--------|---------------|
|----------------o||--------------|---------------|
|-----------------||--------------|---------------|
Chorus
N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5 Db5 N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 4x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||--------7---8-|-------5---6-|-------7---8-|-------5-----||
||o-------5---6-|-------3---4-|-------5---6-|-------3----o||
||--0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtr III
E E E E E E H. E E E Q. H. 4x
||--------------|----------|------------|--------||
||o-------------|-10-------|------------|-9-----o||
||--7h8---7h8---|----------|-7h8---7----|--------||
||------0-----0-|----------|-----0------|--------||
||o-------------|----------|------------|-------o||
||--------------|----------|------------|--------||
1.,2.,3.
N.C.
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||---0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-10-12-10-|--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||--/7-----/7-----|-/7-----/7-------|-/7-----/7-----|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
4.
------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
|----------------o||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
|----------------o||---------------|----------------|
|--0-0-0-10-0-10--||--5-5-5--5-5-5-|--6-6-6--6-6-6--|
|
| E Q E Q 3x E Q E Q E Q E Q
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
|----------------o||---------------|----------------|
|-/7-----/7-------||-/7-----/7-----|-/7-----/7------|
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
|----------------o||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
Chorus
N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5 Db5 N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 4x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||--------7---8-|-------5---6-|-------7---8-|-------5-----||
||o-------5---6-|-------3---4-|-------5---6-|-------3----o||
||--0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/american_head_charge/loyalty_tab_ver_3.html ]
Bridge
D5 C5 D5 D5 C5 D5 D5 C5 D5 C5 B5C5 Eb5D5 C5
Gtr I
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-10-9-10-13-12-10-o||
||--12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-10-9-10-13-12-10--||
D5 C5 D5 D5 C5 D5 D5 C5 D5 C5 B5C5 Eb5D5 C5
Gtrs I, II
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E 4x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-10-9-10-13-12-10-o||
||--12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-10-9-10-13-12-10--||
D5 G5 Ab5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-|-17-17-17-18-18-18-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-|--5--5--5--6--6--6-|
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-|--5--5--5--6--6--6-|
C5 Gb5 Eb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-16-16-16-13-13-13-o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--------------------||
|--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--4--4--4--1--1--1-o||
|-------------------|--4--4--4--1--1--1--||
D5 F5 G5 Ab5 C5 B5 Eb5D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-10-10-10-12-12-12-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|--8--8--8-10-10-10-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-9-10-13-12-10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-------------------|-------------------|-10-9-10-13-12-10-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-10-10-10-12-12-12-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|--8--8--8-10-10-10-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-9-10-13-12-10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-------------------|-------------------|-10-9-10-13-12-10-|
D5 C5 D5 D5 C5 D5 D5 C5 D5 C5 B5C5 Eb5D5 C5
Gtrs I, II
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E 4x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-10-9-10-13-12-10-o||
||--12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-12-10-0----0-|-10-9-10-13-12-10--||
N.C.
Gtr I
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------5---6-|-------3---4-|-------5---6-|-------3----|
|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0------|
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------5---6-|-------3---4-|-------5---6-|-------3----|
|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0------|
Out Chorus
N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5 Db5 N.C. D5 Eb5 N.C. C5 D5
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 4x Q H
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------*|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|------------o||---------*|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------*|
||--------7---8-|-------5---6-|-------7---8-|-------5-----||---------*|
||o-------5---6-|-------3---4-|-------5---6-|-------3----o||-0-------*|
||--0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-------||-0-------*|
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
