Band: Strapping Young Lad
Song: Detox
Album: City
Tuning: standard
Transcribed by Mark Kerry
e-mail: markkerry_uk@yahoo.co.uk
the main riff in this song is played god knows how many times in this song.
all of the riffs are there apart from some fills. thrash on.
key
pm = palm mute
riff 1 main riff
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|---2-2-0-3-3-0-2-2-0-3-3-0----2-2-0-3-3-0-2-2-0-3-3-0-----------------------|
pm----------------------- -----------------------
riff 2a
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|---8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8---------------------------------|
|---6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--5-5-5---5-5-5-5-4-4-3-3---------------|
pm - - - - - - - -
riff 2b
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|---8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-----7---6---5-4-3-2-------------|
|---6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--5-5-5---0-5-0-4-0-3-2-1-0-------------|
pm - - - - - -
riff 3
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|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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riff 4
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|---7-7-7-7----------------7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------|
|---6-6-6-6--0-3-0-4-0-5---6-6-6-6--0-4-0-5-0-6------------------------------|
pm - - - - - - - - - - - -
riff 5
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|---8-8-8-6-7-6-8-6-8--8-8-8-6-7-6-8-6-9-------------------------------------|
riff 6a
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|---11-11-11-11-8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10-7--7--7--7---------------------------|
|---9--9--9--9--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5---------------------------|
riff 6b
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|---9--9--9--9--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5---------------------------|
pm----------------------------------------------
riff 7
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|---4-4-4---4--4-4--4----4-4-4---4--4-4-4------------------------------------|
|---2-2-2-0-2--2-2--2--0-2-2-2-0-2--2-2-2------------------------------------|
riff 8a
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|---2-2-2--2-6--6-6--6--6-6--2-2-2--2-7--7-7--7--7-7-------------------------|
|---0-0-0--0-4--4-4--4--4-4--0-0-0--0-5--5-5--5--5-5-------------------------|
riff 8b
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|---2-2-2--2-6--6-6--6--6-6--3-3-3--3-7--7-7--7--7-7-------------------------|
|---0-0-0--0-4--4-4--4--4-4--1-1-1--1-5--5-5--5--5-5-------------------------|
pm -
riff 9
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|----------------------------6-----------------------------------------------|
|---6------------------------4-----------------------------------------------|
|---4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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riff 10
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|---3-3--3-3--3-3--5-5--5-5--2-2---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2-2-0-3-3-0-2-2-0-4-4-0--------------------|
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