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Blood For Blood Guitar Tablature
Artist: Machine Head
Song: Blood for Blood
Album: Burn my eyes

Tuning: Down one whole step (DAFCGD) 

A) Intro 

Trem Bar 3slack                          //1 1/2 
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|--------------------------------------------<4>----------------------- 
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|--o------------------------------------------------------------------- 


1           // 1 1/2   slack         // 1 1/2 
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|------------<2>-------------------------<4>---------------------------         
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|0-----------------------0--------------------------------------------- 

It carries on like that for a while then 

P.M.----------------------------------------- 

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|-------------------------------------------- | 
|--------------------------------------------.| 
|--------------------------------------------.| 
|-------------------------------------------- | 
|<5>-<5>-0-0-0-0-<5>-<5>-0-0-<5>-<5>-0-0-0-0- | 

One, two, three, four 

Go! 
P.M.   -------     ---     ---         -------      --------- 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|------------------------------3p0------------------------------------- 
|--2p0---------3p2-----5p3---------2p0---------3p2--------------------- 
|--------------------------------------------------------------5-----5- 
|------0-0-0-0-----0-0-----0-0---------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0--3-----3- 


P.M.    -------     ---     --- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--2p0----------3p2-------------3p0------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------5p3---------2p0--------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------5-5-5-5------5--5--------5--5-| 
|-------0-0-0-0-----0-0-----0-0----------3-3-3-3------3--3--------3--3-| 

Verse 
A 
Play this a few times then play B 
P.M.  --------- 
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|------------------- | 
|-------------------.| 
|-------------------.| 
|-2-5-----------2-5- | 
|-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3- | 

B 
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|------------------ 
|------------------ 
|------------------ 
|-8-8-8-8-8-8--2-5- 
|-6-6-6-6-6-6--0-3- 

Play A a few more times then play this 
C 
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|------------------- 
|-5-5-5-5-5-5------- 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------- 
|--------------2--5- 
|--------------0--3- 

Repeat the whole thing again until 

..speak the  

|------------------- 
|------------------- 
|--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7- 
|--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5- 
|------------------- 
|------------------- 

Truth 
P.M.       ---                  --- 
|----------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------- 
|-9-------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------- 
|-7------------8---------3-------- 
|----------0-0--6---------1----0-0- 

Repeat the play 

the rule is         Blood for Blood 

|-------------------------------- 
|-------------------------------- 
|-------------------------------- 
|-------------------------------- 
|--5----------5-----3-----3---3-- 
|--3----------3-----1-----1---1-- 

Repeat the whold verse 
on the second time play 

Clean tone 
|-------------3-----------------------3--------3------- 
|-------------6-----------------------6-----6-----6---- 
|-------------5-----------------------5--5-----------5- 
|----2--0-------------------2--0----------------------- 
|------------------------------------------------------ 
|-0---------0------------0---------0------------------- 
  
In this background guitar two palm mutes the E5 chord to a cresc 
Repeat this once then play this really cool bit.  As you play, slowly speed up 

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|--------------------------------------------- 
|---------------------3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- 
|--2---2---3/53--2---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- 
|--0---0---1/31--0--------------------------- 

|-------------------------------------------------------- 
|-------------------------------------------------------- 
|-------------------------5---7--7/10--10--7--7/9--4--4-- 
|-------------------------3------------------------------ 
|--2--2--2-2--5/75--2--------5--5/-8---8--5--5/7--2--2-- 
|--0--0--0-0--3/53--0-----------------------------0--0-- 

Repeat the first part then play 

|------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------ 
|-----------------------5--5--5------------------ 
|-----------------------3--3--3------------------ 
|--2--2--2-2--5/75--2---------------5/7---5/7--- 
|--0--0--0-0--3/53--0-----------0-0-3/5---3/5--- 

Then repeat the whole thing as Robb sings 
end on 

P.M.  ---------     -----     --------- 
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|---------------------------------------- 
|---------------------------------------- 
|---------------------------------------- 
|---------------------------------------- 
|--6--0-0-0-0-0--6--0-0-0--6--0-0-0-0-0-- 

Repeat that seven times then comes the solo 


Solo 

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|----------------------[5]~~~~~~~~~~------[5]---3------------- 
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------3-------------[4]h[5]-- 
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|------------------------------------------------------------- 
|------------------------------------------------------------- 


Trem Bar 4        6 
|--------------------------------------------------------12------------- 
|---------------------------15p13p12--15p13p12--12h13p12----15bu17bd15-- 
|--------<3>------------------------------------------------------------ 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 


|-------------------------18p15---------18p15----------17bu19-19--19- 
|--[11]~~~~~~~11/15--15----------17p15--------17p15------------------ 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 

|--19--19-17-17bu19--17bu19--17--15--17p15p14--15p14-----14-------------- 
|-----------------------------------------------------17-----17-15-15-15- 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
|-------------------------14h15p14h15p14------14--------------14h15h17--- 
|--16--16-16bu19--14--16-------------------16----16--14--16-------------- 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

|--14h15h17--15p14-------------------------------------------------17------- 
|--------------------17------------17--19--17---------17h19-19h20-----19-18- 
|------------------------17h18h19---------------18h19----------------------- 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

|------------19h21--------------19--22--22bu24-- 
|--19-21-22--------19--19h20h22----------------- 
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Keep playing this till Robb sings  blood for blood 
|--22bu24-- 
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While the lead plays the above the rhythm plays 
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|------------------------------ |  |--------------- 
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|--3--------------3------------.|  |--3------------ 
|--1--3--2--------1---3---2---- |  |--1--3--2---5-- 
|-----1--0------------1---0---- |  |-----1--0---3-- 

Repeat this then play the first riff 1 3/4 times,  
End the song on 

P.M.  ------------- 
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|--------------------------- 
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|-----2--2--2--2--2--5---2-- 
|-----0--0--0--0--0--3---0-- 


Bend               :15bu17  means bend 15 up one whole step 
Vibrato            :~~~ 
Slide down         :s 
Slide up           :s/ 
Hammer on          :h 
Pull Off           :p  
Natural Harmonic   :<10> 
Artificial Harmonic:[10] 
Palm Mute          :pm------ 
Pick Slide         :x or x/ 
Trem Bar           :push down as indicated   //pull up as indicated
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