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Artist: Fear Factory
Song: "Pisschrist"
Album: "Demanufacture"
Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1995, (The All-Blacks B.V.)
Tabbed By: Unknown
Corrected By: Thommoboy
Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, a, D, F#, B)
LEGEND:
* -- palm-mute
H -- hit-on
P -- pull-off
~~~~ -- vibrato
A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
/ -- slide up
-- slide down
moderate speed
Intro: 5 or 6 seconds of atmospheric studio noise (sampled from the
movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day if I'm not mistaken)
Riff a
Played over the backdrop of the eerie noise from Terminator 2
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--444444444--|
*********
Riff B
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----5-------5-------5------------|
|--4---444-4---444-4---444444444--|
* *** * *** * *********
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----5-------5-------5-------------|
|--4---444-4---444-4---444-444-444-|
* *** * *** * *** *** ***
Riff C
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|------(3)------(3)------(3)--7-9--|
|--222------222------222------5-7--|
*** *** ***
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------(3)------(3)------(3)--222222--|
|--222------222------222--------------|
*** *** *** ******
Riff D
Played over "So we lie.."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/pisschrist_tab_ver_2.html ]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------5-------5-------5-----7-9--|
|--444-4---444-4---444-4---(4)-5-7--|
*** * *** * *** * *
Riff E
Also played over "So we lie.." Let all notes ring
loudly and clearly
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(7)----(11)----(5)----(9)----|
|--5------9-------3------7-----|
|------------------------------|
Riff F
The tremolo-picked notes must be picked pretty fast
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------999999999999------------------999999999999-------|
|-777777777777-------------9757-777777777777-------------9757--|
************************ **** ************************ ****
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12-----12-----11-----11-----9-----9-----------------|
|-10-----10-----9------9------7-----7-----9-----------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0-7-0-0-9757--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ****
Riff G
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12-----12-----11-----11-----9-----9-----------------|
|-10-----10-----9------9------7-----7-----9-----------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0-7-0-0-9757--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ****
Riff H
This chord is played at the very end of the song, and Burton's
singing closes the song. It is very staccato (does not ring
for very long).
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-(12)--|
|-(10)--|
|-------|
Song Structure
Riff A 5 times
Riff B 8 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff B 4 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff D 4 times
Riff E 3 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 6 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff D 4 times
Riff E 3 times
Riff F 4 times
Riff G 8 times
Riff H 1 time
