Person: Mikkel Larsen
song: Silver
artist: Machine Head
tab: ---------------------------------------------------
Song: Silver
Band: Machine Head
Album: The Burning Red
Transcribed by: Mikkel Larsen (lmikkel@hotmail.com)
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Tuning: Tune down your axe 1.5 steps, then drop the
lowest string an additional step.
(B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)
(Note that the timing is not correct in this
transcription)
-Intro:
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|------11-------10-------11-------10--------------|
E |---14-------12-------14-------12-----------------|
B |---------------------------------------13--------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
(The notes are only picked once, an effect is used
to make them echo)
-Verse: Same as intro. Play 4 times, but include the
last note the 2nd and 4th times only.
-Chorus:
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
E |-----------5/7--5/8-----------------------|
B |----0-------------------------------------|
F#|----0------3/5--3/6--------4---3---1------|
B |----0------------------0---4---3---1------|
Play 3 times,
then this:
C#|--------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E |-------5/7--5/8-----------|----------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
B |---0----------------------|--1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
F#|---0---3/5--3/6----4-3-0--|--1--1-1--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B |---0-------------0-4-3-0--|--1--1-1--------------------|
(strum these chords)
-Interlude:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/machine_head/silver_tab_ver_2.html ]
I'm not completely sure of what is going on here,
but this sounds fairly right to me:
C#|---- (tremolo picking) -----------------|
G#|----------------------------------------|
E |----7**-----5**-----13**-----8**--------| play
B |----------------------------------------| 2 times
F#|----5**-----3**-----11**-----6**--------|
B |----------------------------------------|
Starting with "And I see the walls around me..."
3rd time:
C#|---- (tremolo picking) ----------------|
G#|---------------------------------------|
E |----7**-----5**-----10**-----12**------|
B |---------------------------------------|
F#|----5**-----3**------8**-----10**------|
B |---------------------------------------|
Starting with "I see those walls surround you..."
Shouting part of interlude:
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|
E |------------------------|------------------------|
B |--0--0--1--0---4-4-4-4--|--0--0--1--0---4-4-4-4--|
F#|--0--0--1--0---4-4-4-4--|--0--0--1--0---4-4-4-4--|
B |--0--0--1--0---4-4-4-4--|--0--0--1--0---4-4-4-4--|
"Cold....... cold........."
Play 2 times...
-The last set of choruses is moved up two frets:
C#|-----------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------7/9--7/10----------------------------------|
B |----2------------------------------- and so on... ---|
F#|----2-----5/7--5/8-------6--5--3---------------------|
B |----2-----------------2--6--5--3---------------------|
-Outro:
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|------13-------12-------13-------12--------------|
E |---16-------14-------16-------14-----------------|
B |--------------------------------------15---------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
