Fear Factory - Zero Signal Chords & Tabs

transcribed by: thomas hassler
album: DEMANUFACTURE
SONG: zero signal
All guitars tune 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

Intro with wind-like studio noises, and then the guitars crash in with 
this

Riff a:

This rhythm follows the snare hits of the drums

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---|
|--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---|
|--0-------(0)----(0)-(0)---|
   
Riff B:

Natural Harmonics throughout, rapid trill picking
(Note: those are not "22"'s down there, they are "2"'s)

|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|--22222222--|
   
Riff C:

(Note: As before, those are not "11"'s or "10"'s down there; they are 
"1"'s and "0"'s.

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110--|
  ******** * * * ******** * * * ******** * * * ********

Riff D:

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555--|
  ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****

Riff E:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7---------------7---------------7---------------|
|-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-1111111111--|
  * ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * **********

Riff F:

Let all chords ring out clearly

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------------------|
|-7----------9--------------------5555555555--|
|------------7----------5555555555------------|
                        ********************

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-9----------7----------6---------7-----------|
|-7----------5----------4---------5-----------|
|---------------------------------------------|

Riff G:

The section that is separated in the second line of tablature should be 
replaced with a rest on the second repeat of this riff.  If you don't 
understand, listen to the recording and you'll hear what I'm talking 
about.

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4-4-77777-4-66666-4-55555-4-4-5-4-4--|
  * * ***** * ***** * ***** * * * * *
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/zero_signal_tab_ver_2.html ]
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-3-66666-3-55555-3-44444-|-3-3-4-3-3--|
  * ***** * ***** * *****   * * * * *

Riff H

Let chords ring

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-6----------5----------6----------2-----4-------|
|-4----------3----------4----------0-----2-------|

Riff I

Let last two chords ring out

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------|
  * *   * *   *   * *   ******** * *   * *   *   * *   ********

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------2-----2---4-----4-----------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----2-----2---4-----4-44444444--|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------0-0---0-0---2---2-2-------------|
  * *   * *   *   * *   ******** * *   * *   *   * *   ********

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------|
  * *   * *   *   * *   ******** * *   * *   *   * *   ********

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666--2----------4-------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4-------------0----------2-------------------|
  * *   * *   *   * *   ******** 

Riff J

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------|
|-9-----9-----7-----7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------|
|-7-----9-----7-----5-----7-----5-----4-----5--------------------|
|-------7-----5--------------------------------------------------|

Riff K

The first chord in this riff is actually played by the guitar.  The 
other notes are the piano outro transcribed to the guitar (for those of 
you who don't have a keyboard player).

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------------------------------------5---7---------|
|-7------------5---7---5---4---5---7-----------5---7-----------9-----|
|-0----7---5---------------------------7---5-----------------------0-|

Song Structure:

Intro-about 24 seconds of studio effects
Riff A 4 times 
Riff B repeat as necessary
Riff C 4 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 2 times
Riff B repeat as necessary
Riff E 2 times
Riff F 2 times
Riff G 6 times (after 2nd repeat, remember to omit the barred off 
section and replace it with a rest)
Riff H 1 time
Riff I 1 time
Riff E 4 times
Riff F 4 times
Riff J 4 times
Riff K 1 time and hold final note and fade out