The Fight Song Chords & Tabs
THE FIGHT SONG
As recorded by Marilyn Manson
(From the 2000 Album HOLYWOOD)
Words by Marilyn Manson
Music by John 5
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'John 5'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'John 5'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'M.W. Gacy'
Intro
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----12----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------9-9---|
|-11----9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9-|
|--9----7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-----7-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2-|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 E5 F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4--------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|
Gtr I
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----12----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------9-9----|
|-11----9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9--|
|--9----7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-----7--|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------9-9---|----------------------||
|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-9-9-9-||
|--9--9-7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-7-7-7-||
|----------------------|----------------------||
Verse
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----12----------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------9-9-----|
|-11----9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9---|
|--9----7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-----7---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------------|
|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-9-9-9-|
|--9--9-7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-7-7-7-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----12----------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------9-9-----|
|-11----9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9---|
|--9----7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-----7---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------9-9---|----------------9-9---||
|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9-||
|--9--9-7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-----7-||
|----------------------|----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4--------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4--------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 B5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------|
B5 A5 D5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus
A5 E5 F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4--------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4--------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------||
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-||
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-||
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-||
Verse
Gtr I
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----12----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------9-9----|
|-11----9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9--|
|--9----7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-----7--|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------------|
|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-9-9-9-|
|--9--9-7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-7-7-7-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----12----------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------9-9---|----------------9-9-----|
|-11----9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9---|
|--9----7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-----7---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------9-9---|----------------------||
|-11-11-9-9---11-7-7-9-|-11-11-9-9---11-9-9-9-||
|--9--9-7-7----9-----7-|--9--9-7-7----9-7-7-7-||
|----------------------|----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
B5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/marilyn_manson/the_fight_song_tab_ver_5.html ]
B5 A5 D5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus
A5 E5 F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4--------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|-----------2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4--------|
Bridge
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 C5 D5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-|-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-2-2-4-------|-4-4-2-2-4-0-0-0-||-----------------|------------------|
C5 D5 A5 C5 D5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Out-Chorus
C5 A5 B5 F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-||-------------2-2-2-|-------------2-2-2--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-||--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-||--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-----------------||--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2--------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------14-------|----------14--------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------16-------|----------16--------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-16----------------|-16-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|--------------------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------2-2-2-|-------------------|
|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|
|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------14-------|----------14-------|
|----------16-------|----------16-------|
|-16----------------|-16----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------2-2-2-|-------------2-2-2--|
|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0--|
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2--------|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------14-------|----------14--------|
|----------16-------|----------16--------|
|-16----------------|-16-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------2-2-2-|-------------------||
|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-||
|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-||
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-||
|
| H H H H
|-------------------|-------------------||
|----------14-------|----------14-------||
|----------16-------|----------16-------||
|-16----------------|-16----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Outro
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------2-2-2-|-------------2-2-2--|
|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0--|
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2--------|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------14-------|----------14--------|
|----------16-------|----------16--------|
|-16----------------|-16-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------2-2-2-|-------------------|
|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|
|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------14-------|----------14-------|
|----------16-------|----------16-------|
|-16----------------|-16----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------2-2-2-|-------------2-2-2--|
|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0--|
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2--------|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------14-------|----------14--------|
|----------16-------|----------16--------|
|-16----------------|-16-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
F#5 E5 A5 F#5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------2-2-2-|-------------------*|
|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-*|
|--4-4-2-2--4-0-0-0-|--4-4-2-2--4-2-2-2-*|
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-*|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|----------14-------|----------14-------*|
|----------16-------|----------16-------*|
|-16----------------|-16----------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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