LINCHPIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 2001 Album DIGIMORTAL)
Words and Music by Dino
Gtr I (A D G C) - 'Christian Olde Wolbers'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=112
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
F E
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-|
E F
S S S S E S S S S S S E e 3x E S S E E E S S E E
|----------------------------||-||-----------------------||
|---------------------------o||-||o---------------------o||
|---------------------------o||-||o---------------------o||
|-1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1--||-||--0-0-1---1-0-0-1---1--||
Verse
N.C.
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E e
||------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|
|-3-|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S e e S S e
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E e
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|
E F
|-3-|
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S S E E Q
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-0-0-1---1-0-0-1---1-|-0-0-1---1-1-1-1------||
Pre-Chorus
F
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S e S S S e e S S e
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S e S S S e e S S e S S S S S S e S S S e e S S e
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Chorus
N.C.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S e S S S e e S S e E. S S S S S +E E S E.
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-0--0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-2--|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-------------------------|
N.C.
Q E. s Q E E Q E. S +E E S E.
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-0--0--0-(0)-0-0-2--|
|-3--3--0-2--2-2/-|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
N.C.
Q E. S Q Q Q E. S +E E S E. Q Q Q E E
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|
|---------------|-0--0--0-(0)-0-0-2--|-3--3---------|
|------------3--|--------------------|-------3--3-3-|
|-1--1--0-3-----|--------------------|--------------|
N.C.
Q E. S +E E S E. Q E. S E E E E Q E. S +E E S E. Q Q Q E E
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-0--0--0-(0)-0-0-2--|-3--3--2---------|-0--0--0-(0)-0-0-2--|-3--3---------|
|--------------------|---------3-3-3-3-|--------------------|-------3--3-3-|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/linchpin_btab_ver_3.html ]
1.
N.C.
Q E. S +E E S E. Q E E +E E E E Q. E +Q q
|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-0--0--0-(0)-0-0-1--|-1--1-0-(0)-0-----|----------------|
|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|--------------0-0-|-4----3-(3)--1--|
N.C.
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-|-1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-|
2.
N.C.
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q E E +E E E E
|--------------------------------||------------------||
|-------------------------------o||-1--1-0-(0)-0-----||
|-------------------------------o||------------------||
|-1p0-1p0---1p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||--------------0-0-||
Bridge
N.C.
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E S S S S E E 4x E S S S E E S S S E E E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-1-0--||-||--4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-1-0--||
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Chorus 3rd time
N.C.
Q E. S +E E S E. Q E.S Q E E
||---------------------|---------------|
||o-0--0--0-(0)-0-0-2--|-3--3p2-3------|
||o--------------------|-----------3-3-|
||---------------------|---------------|
1.
Q E. S +E E S E. Q E.S E E E E
|--------------------|------------------||
|-0--0--0-(0)-0-0-2--|-3--3p2----------o||
|--------------------|--------3-3-3-3--o||
|--------------------|------------------||
Out-Chorus
2.
N.C.
Q Q Q Q E S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E 3x
|-------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-3--3--5--3--||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-o||
|-------------||o---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||
N.C.
E S S S S S S E S S E E E S S E E S S S S E E Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------||-------------------------||----------------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-||o-6-6-6---5-5-5-5-5-----o||----------------*|
|-------------------------||o-----------------------o||----------------*|
|-------------------------||--------4-----------0-0--||-4----3-(3)--1--*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
