Metal By Numbers Chords & Tabs
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Metal by Numbers - Brian Posehn
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Tabbed by: Tyler Greig
Email: gtheleadguitarist@hotmail.com
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ let ring
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| v vibrato
| tp tremolo pick
| * pinch harmonic
Tuning: step and a half down (C# F B E G# C#)
"YOU'RE THE NEWS! YOU ARE!"
INTRO
Guitar 1
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|---------------------------------|
|---------4---------------5-------|
|-4-5-4-5---5-4-5-4-5-4-5---5-4-5-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (Comes in at :02)
|---------7---------------8-------|
|-7-8-7-8---8-7-8-7-8-7-8---8-7-8-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Guitar 3 (Comes in at :12)
|-------------12----------------------13----------|
|-12-13-12-13----13-12-13-12-13-12-13----13-12-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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VERSE (comes in at :06)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------10----------------------------------------|
|-9-------------9-----------------------------------------|
|-7-77777777777-8-88888888888-7-------------8-----------9-|
|-----------------------------5-55555555555-6-666666666-7-|repeat for verse
PM ........... ........... ........... .........
BREAKDOWN (the 7s are semi-harmonics, but i usually just do a full pinch harmonic)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|----------------7*-7*v-|
|-2-22-3-2-2-2-2--------|
|-2-22-3-2-2-2-2--------|
|-0-00-1-0-0-0-0--------|
CHORUS
Guitar 1
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|-16-16161616-14-1414-14141414-19-191919-17-16-1616-16161616-|
|--x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-14-14141414-12-1212-12121212-17-171717-15-14-1414-14141414-|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/brian_posehn/metal_by_numbers_tab.html ]
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|-12-12121212-14-1414-14141414-19-191919-17-16-1616-16161616-|
|--x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-10-10101010-12-1212-12121212-17-171717-15-14-1414-14141414-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|x2
Guitar 2 (listen carefully)
|---------------------------------------------| |----|
|---------------------------------------------| |----|
|-----------------------7---------5-4-44-4444-| |----|
|-2---------5-7-77-7777-7---------5-4-44-4444-| |-2~-|
|-2---------5-7-77-7777-5-555-555-3-2-22-2222-| |-2~-|
|-0-000-000-3-5-55-5555-----------------------|x4|-0~-|
PM ... ... ... ...
Intro (guitar 1 and 2) x2
Verse (pickscrape into it)
Breakdown
Chorus
"Alright....are you.... almost.... READY?"
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|-----------------------------------2x--------|
|-00000000000000000000000000000000000x--------|
"MOSH PART"
|------------------------------| |----------------------------|
|------------------------------| |----------------------------|
|------------------------------| |---------------------7*-7*v-|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-----------| |-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-----------| |-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-2222-1111-|x3|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---------|x1 (Whole thing x3)
PM. . . . . . . .
SOLO RHYTHM
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|-9-------------10-------------11-------------12------------------------|
|-7-77777777777--8-88888888888--9-99999999999-10-1010101010101010101010-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|x4
Solo (don't have- you'll have to ask Jon Donais :P )
Chorus
OUTRO (lower notes are guitar 1, higher notes are guitar 2)
|---------7---------------7------------------------------|
|-7-8-7-8---8-7-8-7-8-7-8---8-7-8------------------------|
|---------4---------------5------------------------------|
|-4-5-4-5---5-4-5-4-5-4-5---5-4-5-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2x-|
|---------------------------------2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2x-|
|---------------------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0x-|
PM . . . .
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