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FLASHPOINT (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1995 Album DEMANUFACTURE)
Transcribed by erikthestupid@hotmail.com
Words by Burton C Bell Music by Fear Factory
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Christian'
Intro Verse+Chorus+Verse2
Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q S S S S S E S Q S E S E E 24x
|------------|---------12----------||----------------------||
|------------|------------12-------||o--------------------o||
|------------|---------------10----||o-------4--------4-4-o||
|------------|------------------10-||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||
(Lies sink in like gasoline)
PM-----------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||-----------------------------------||-|
||o---------------------------------o||-|
||o---------------------------------o||-|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-|
---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7---||
Chorus (In Flames)
2/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S S E S Q S E S E E 8x
|-----------------||----------------------||
|-----------------||o--------------------o||
|-----------------||o-------4--------4-4-o||
|-4-4-4-6-6-6-8-8-||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||
Bridge
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|-7--------|-5--------|-4--------|-3----1----|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|-8--------|-5--------|-3----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
Interlude
S S S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S S S S S E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-2-2-2---2---2---2-----2-2-|-0-0-0---0---0---0-----0-0-|
||o---------------------------|-------5---5---5---5-5-----|
||--------0---0---0---0-0-----|---------------------------|
PM--------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S 4x
|-6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6-|-5-----5-----5--------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---4-4---4-4---4---4-4---4-4---|---3-3---3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/flashpoint_btab_ver_3.html ]
(Lies sink in like gasoline)
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7--||
Out-Chorus
2/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S S S S S
|-----------------||----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------||o--------------------o||------------------------|
|-----------------||o-------4--------4-4-o||-------4----------------|
|-4-4-4-6-6-6-8-8-||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S E E
||----------------------||--------------------*|
||o--------------------o||--------------------*|
||o-------4--------4-4-o||-------4------------*|
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-*|
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
