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OBSOLETE
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by rx aka. iskim86
Words and Music by Fear Factory
Arranged by Fear Factory
Gtr I (A D G C F A D) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Heaviness'
Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Heaviness'
Intro
Q=175
D
4/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV
PM------------|
W 7x H S S S S S S S S
||------------||----------------------|
||------------||----------------------|
||o----------o||----------------------|
||------------||----------------------|
||o----------o||----------------------|
||------------||----------------------|
||------------||------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C# D
PM---------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S
||----------------------|----------------------------||-|
||----------------------|----------------------------||-|
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||-|
||----------------------|----------------------------||-|
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||-|
||----------------------|----------------------------||-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-|
C# D C#D C#D
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S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C# D
PM-------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
C# D
-------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3------|
Verse Pre-Verse
B C#
PM-----------------|
S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S E S E E S E S E E
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D
S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Verse
C# D B
PM-----------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S Q. S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x
|---------------------|--------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||o----------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||o----------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------||------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3------||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||
Pre-Chorus
E5 Eb5 E5 Eb5 E5F#5
PM---------------------------
S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||------------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-|
||--7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-|
||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|
C# B E5 Eb5 E5 EbE5F#5
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------||
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o-7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9--o||
|----------------------------------||-||--7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9---||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7---||
Chorus
F#5Eb5 A5 Eb5 F#5Eb5 A5B5
PM------------|
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||-----------7--------|--------7------------------||
||o-9--6-6-6-7--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-7-----------------o||
||--9--6-6-6-5--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/obsolete_tab_ver_2.html ]
F Eb G# Eb F Eb G# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
|-||----------------------|-------------------||
|-||----------------------|-------------------||
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
|-||----------------------|-------------------||
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
|-||------------4b5-------|---------4b5-------||
|-||--6b7-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-6b7-4-4-----0-----||
F Eb G# Eb F Eb G# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------4b5-------|---------4b5--------|
|-6b7-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-6b7-4-4-----0------|
Breakdown
D
PM----------------------------|
W 7x 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-|
C# D
PM-------------------------------------------------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
C# B
---------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-0------|
Verse Pre-Chorus
B E5 Eb5 E5 Eb5 E5F#5
PM--------------------------------------------------------
S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||------------------------||-||------------------------------|
||------------------------||-||------------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------||-||------------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-|
||------------------------||-||--7-(7)-6-(6)-7-(7)-6-(6)-7-9-|
||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|
C# B E5 Eb5 E5 EbE5F#5
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------||
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o-7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9----o||
|----------------------------------||-||--7-7-6-6-7-7-(7)-6-7-9-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7-----||
Chorus
F#5Eb5 A5 Eb5 F#5Eb5 A5B5
PM------------|
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 8x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||-----------7--------|--------7------------------||
||o-9--6-6-6-7--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-7-----------------o||
||--9--6-6-6-5--6-6-6-|-9--6-6-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
F Eb G# Eb F Eb G# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 4x
|-||----------------------|-------------------||
|-||----------------------|-------------------||
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
|-||----------------------|-------------------||
|-||o---------------------|------------------o||
|-||------------4b5-------|---------4b5-------||
|-||--6b7-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-6b7-4-4-----0-----||
Out-Chorus
F#Eb5 A5Eb5 F#Eb5 A5B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
||------------------|---------------||
||------------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|--------------o||
||----------7-------|-------7-------||
||o-9-6-6-6-7-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-7-2----o||
||--9-6-6-6-5-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-5-2-----||
||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||
F#Eb5 A5Eb5 F#Eb5 A5D5 C#5
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E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E H Q.
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|---------7-------|-------7-----------|-------------*|
|-9-6-6-6-7-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-7-x-x-x-x-x-|-4-----------*|
|-9-6-6-6-5-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-----------*|
|-7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----------*|
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
