LINCHPIN
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 2001 Album DIGIMORTAL)
Words and Music by Dino Cazares
Gtr I (A D G C F A) - 'Dino Cazares'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=112
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
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||o-----------------------------|
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||o-----------------------------|
||--1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-|
1. 2.
S S S S E S S S S S S E e S S S S E S S e E Q
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
|-1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1--||-1p0-1p0---1p0-1--------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
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||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-|
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
Wx2
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||o--------|
||---------|
||---------|
||o--------|
||---------|
F
Gtr I
PM------------|
|-3-|
W Q E S S S E E S S E
|----------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|
|----------|------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E F
Gtr I
PM
W +H. E E
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------1-|
N.C.
PM----------------------------------|
|-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
N.C.
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------
|-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
D5 D5 A5/E
PM--------------------------| PM--| PM PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S E S S S E E S S E Q S S S S +E E S E S
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-7--------7-(7)-7---7----|
|-------------------------------||-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-7-0--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-------------------------|
C5 G/B D5 A5/E
PM PM--| PM PM
Q E. S Q E S S Q S S S S +E E S E S
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|-5--5----5--5-5---|-7--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7---|
|-3--3--0-2--2-2p0-|-5--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-7---|
|------------------|----------------------0-|
F5 G5 C5 N.C.
Q E. S Q Q Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E
|---------------|----0-------------|------0----0---|
|---------------|------0-(0)-------|----0----------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------5--|-0-----------0-2--|-3-------------|
|-3--3----5--3--|------------------|--------3----3-|
|-1--1--0-3-----|------------------|---------------|
N.C.
Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E
|----0-------------|------0----0---|----0-------------|------0----0---|
|------0-(0)-------|----0----------|------0-(0)-------|----0----------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-0-----------0-2--|-3-------------|-0-----------0-2--|-3-------------|
|------------------|--------3----3-|------------------|--------3----3-|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/linchpin_tab_ver_4.html ]
1.
N.C. G#5 G5 F5
PM|
Q E E +Q S E. Q E E +E E E E Q. E +Q q
|----0-------------|------------------|----------------|
|------0-(0)-------|----0-------0-----|----------------|
|------------------|-1----0-(0)-------|----------------|
|-0-----------0-2--|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-6----5-(5)--3--|
|------------------|--------------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. N.C.
PM------------| PM|
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q E E +E E E E
|--------------------------------||------------------||
|-------------------------------o||----0-------0-----||
|--------------------------------||-1----0-(0)-------||
|--------------------------------||------------------||
|-------------------------------o||------------------||
|-1p0-1p0---1p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||--------------0-0-||
Bridge
G#5 G5 F5E5 G#5 G5 F5E5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
|-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-6---------5---------3-2-o||-||o-6---------5---------3-2-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--||
G#5 G5
PM----| PM--------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E E S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-6---------5--------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Chorus 3rd time
1.
N.C.
Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q S E. Q E E Q E E
||-----0-------------|------0----0---|----0-------------|------0----0-----||
||o------0-(0)-------|----0----------|------0-(0)-------|----0-----------o||
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
||--0-----------0-2--|-3-------------|-0-----------0-2--|-3---------------||
||o------------------|--------3----3-|------------------|--------3----3--o||
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
Out-Chorus
2.
D 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
|-------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||
|----0--------||o---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3-----5--3--||----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||
D N.C. G#5 G5 F5
PM|
E S S S S S S E S S E E Q E E +E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------||--------------------||----------------*|
|-------------------------||o----0-------0-----o||----------------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||--1----0-(0)--------||----------------*|
|-------------------------||--------------------||----------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-||o------------------o||-6----5-(5)--3--*|
|-------------------------||---------------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
