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FLASHPOINT
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 F# B) - 'Staff-3'
Intro Verse
Q=128
D5 G#5D5 G#G#5 D5 G#5 G#5
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM|
Wx8 S E S Q S E S E E 4x S E S Q Q E E 4x
|------------||----------------------||-||-------------------||
|------------||o--------------------o||-||o-----------------o||
|------------||--------6--------6-6--||-||--------6-----6-6--||
|------------||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-||--5-----6-----6-6--||
|------------||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-||o-5-----4-----4-4-o||
|------------||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-||--3-3-3------------||
Chorus (In Flames) Verse 2
D5 G#5D5 G#5 G#5 D5 G#5D5 G#5
PM| PM|
S E S Q S E S E E 4x H Q E E 4x S E S Q S E S E E 4x
||----------------------||-||---------------||-||-----------------------||
||o--------------------o||-||o-------------o||-||o---------------------o||
||--------6--------6-6--||-||----------6-6--||-||--------6--------6-6---||
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-||----------6-6--||-||--5-----6--5-----6-6---||
||o-5-5-5-4--5-5-5-4-4-o||-||o---------4-4-o||-||o-5-----4--5-----4-4--o||
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-||---------------||-||--3-3-3----3-3-3-------||
(Lies sink in like gasoline)
D#5 D5 D#5E#5F#5
PM--------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E S S 4x E E E E E E E S S E E E E E. E. E
||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
||---------------------||-||--------------------|------------------||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||-||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--8--9-o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4--6--7--||
Chorus
D#5E#5G5 D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5
2/4 4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM
E. E. E S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S Q
|----------||----------------------||-------------------|
|----------||o--------------------o||-------------------|
|----------||--------6--------6-6--||-------6-----------|
|----------||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5--------|
|-6--8--10-||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5--------|
|-4--6---8-||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3------|
D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5 G#D5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S E E
||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||--------6--------6-6--||-------6--------6---|
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5-----6-5-|
||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5-----4-5-|
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3---3-|
Bridge
B5 E5 A5 E5 G#5 E5 G5 E#5
H +Q. E H +Q. E H +Q. E H H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----0----|
|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5---------|
|-7----(7)---2-|-5----(5)---2-|-4----(4)---2-|-3----1----|
|------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|-----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/flashpoint_tab_ver_3.html ]
B5 E5 C5 E5 A5 G5 E5
H +Q. E H +Q. E W H E S S E S S
|--------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-9----(9)-----|-10----(10)-----|-7--------|-5-----------------|
|-9----(9)-----|-10----(10)-----|-7--------|-5----x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-7----(7)---2-|--8-----(8)---2-|-5--------|-3----x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|------------0-|--------------0-|----------|-------------------|
Interlude
B5 E5 A5 E5 G#5 E5 G5 E#5
Wx8 H +Q. E H +Q. E H +Q. E H H
|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|------------|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----3----|
|------------|-9----(9)-----|-7----(7)-----|-6----(6)-----|-5----3----|
|------------|-7----(7)---2-|-5----(5)---2-|-4----(4)---2-|-3----1----|
|------------|------------0-|------------0-|------------0-|-----------|
B5 E5 A5 G#5 G5 E#5
H +Q. E W W H H
|--------------|----------|----------|-----------|
|--------------|----------|----------|-----------|
|-9----(9)-----|-7--------|-6--------|-5----3----|
|-9----(9)-----|-7--------|-6--------|-5----3----|
|-7----(7)---2-|-5--------|-4--------|-3----1----|
|------------0-|----------|----------|-----------|
(Lies sink in like gasoline)
D5 D#5
PM--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E S S 4x
|---------------------------------||---------------------||
|---------------------------------||o-------------------o||
|---------------------------------||---------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||---------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-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--||
D5 D#5E#5F#5 D#5E#5G5
2/4
PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------|------------------||----------|
||o-------------------|-----------------o||----------|
||--------------------|------------------||----------|
||--------------------|------------------||----------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--8--9-o||-6--8--10-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4--6--7--||-4--6---8-|
Out-Chorus
D5 G#5D5 G#5 D5 G#5D5
4/4
PM| PM| PM|
S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S Q S E S E E
||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||--------6--------6-6--||-------6------------|
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-----6--5-5-5-5-5-|
||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-----4--5-5-5-5-5-|
||--3-3-3----3-3-3------||-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-|
D5 G#5D5 G#G#5 D5 G#5 D5
PM| PM|
S E S Q S E S E E 3x S E S e. S S E S S S S S
||----------------------||--------------------------*|
||o--------------------o||--------------------------*|
||--------6--------6-6--||-------6------------------*|
||--5-----6--5-----6-6--||-5-5-5-6----5-5-5-5---5---*|
||o-5-----4--5-----4-4-o||-5-5-5-4----5-5-5-5---5---*|
||--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
