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Arch Enemy - Machtkampf (Doomsday Machine)
153 BPM - 4/4
4-string bass - C-standard tuning (CFA#D#)
Transcribed 100% by ear by Krakenbrau
Legend: Timing:
\ - slide/bend down W - whole note W. - dotted whole note
/ - slide/bend up H - half note H. - dotted half note
b - bend Q - quarter note Q. - dotted quarter note
h - hammer-on E - eighth note E. - dotted eighth note
p - pull-off S - sixteenth note S. - dotted sixteenth note
~ - sustain N - thirty-second note N. - dotted thirty-second note
+ - harmonic ' - thirty-second note triplet (3/S)
t - sixteenth note triplet (3/E)
T - eighth note triplet (3/Q)
T.- quarter note triplet (3/H)
Notes:
Lots that I'm unsure of here. I EQed the bass up and everything else down,
and slowed it down 20%, and still had a tough time. Please let me
know if you think I've made a mistake.
Intro Riff 1
D#|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#|*--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F |*------------------------2-2-2-2-|-------------------------2-2-2-2-|
C |-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0---------|-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| 1|2
D#|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------|
A#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------*|--------------|
F |-------------------------2-2-2-2-|-----------------2-2-2-2--------*|--------------|
C |-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1-|--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Intro Riff 2
D#|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
F |-------------|-----------|-----------------|-8-88-87~~-7-777\|
C |-------------|--------5//|-0-00-00~~-0-003/|-----------------|
Q E SE SQ E SSE E SE SQ E SSE
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
F |-----------------|-8-88-87~~-7-777\|-----------10------|--------------|
C |-0-00-00~~-0-003/|-----------------|-0--0--0~~----12-8-|-1--1--0~~~~~-|
E SE SQ E SSE E SE SQ E SSE E. E. Q E E E E. E. H (E)
Intro Riff 3
x3|
D#|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#|*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
F |*--------------------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7*|
C |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3//////-|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S*S*S*S* S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
*- keep picking while sliding
D#|--------------------------------|----------------|
A#|--------------------------------|----------------|
F |---------------------10---------|----------------|
C |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----12--8--|-1---1---0~~~~~-|
S S S S S S S S S S E E E E. E. H
Verse 1/2
|S x8|
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|*-----------------------------*|
F |*--7~-7-7-7---7~-7-7-7---7-7-7*|
C |-0----------0----------0-------|
S E S S S S E S S S S S S S
Pre-Chorus 1/2
D#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A#|*------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F |*7\---------7\---------7-------|-7\---------7\-------------3-5-|
C |----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-3-5-----|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
| 1|2 |To Coda
D#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
A#|-------------------------------|------------------------------*|-------------|
F |-5\---------5\---------5-------|-4\---------4\---------4------*|-4\\---------|
C |----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S Q
Chorus 1
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-5~~-5-5-5-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|
E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E
D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
F |-7--77-9~~-9\\-|-5--55-7~~-7-7-|---------------|---------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~-8~~~~~-|
E. SE Q. Q E. SE Q. E E W H H
Solo 1
x3| |DS al Coda
D#|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------|
A#|*----------------------|----------------------*|--------------------|--------------|
F |*----------------------|-8--8--7~~~-7--7------*|------------10------|--------------|
C |-0--0--0~~~-0--0-4-6-7-|-----------------8-7-3-|-0--0--0~~~----12-8-|-1--1--0------|
E. E. Q E S S S S E. E. Q E S S S S E. E. Q E E E E. E. E
Coda (Chorus 2)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-------7~~-7-7-7-|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-------8~~-8-8-8-|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-----------|-----------------|-8~-88-----------|
E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E
D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-|-5--55-5~~-5-5-|---------------|-----------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~-8~~~~~~-|
E. SE Q. Q E. SE Q. E E W H H
Chorus 3
D#|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A#|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|------------10-10-9-|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~---------|
E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E
D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
F |-7--77-9~~-9\\-|-5--55-7~~-7-7-|---------------|------------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2--2--2--1--1--1-|
E. SE Q. Q E. SE Q. E E W T. T. T. T. T. T.
Bridge/Interlude
D#|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
A#|*------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
F |*------7-----|-----7-7-7~~-5~~-|-------------|-------------|
C |-0-----------|-0---------------|-8-----8-----|-5~-5~-7~-7~-|
H H Q E E Q Q H H Q Q Q Q
D#|-------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
A#|-------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------*|
F |-------7-----|-----7-7-7~~~~~~-|-------------|---------------*|
C |-0-----------|-0---------------|-10~~~~~~~~~-|-7~~~~//11~~~~~-|
H H Q E E H W H H
D#|------------------------|----------------|
A#|------------------------|----------------|
F |-----77-----77----------|----------------|
C |-0~~----0~~----0~~~~~~~~|~~-0-0-0-0-0000-|
E. SE E. SE H. E E E E SSSS
Solo 2
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-5~~-5-5-5-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|
E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E
D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-|-5--55-5~~-5-5-|---------------|-----------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~/8~~~~~~-|
E. SE Q. Q E. SE Q. E E W H H
+
D#|---------------|----------12~~~|
A#|---------------|---------------|
F |---------------|-------------7~|
C |---------------|---------------|
Q Q
Solo 3
D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
F |~~7777777777----|----------3-----|----------3-----|---------------|
C |------------5-3~|~~33333333--3-1~|~~11111111--1-0~|~~0000000000-5~|
SSSSSSSSSSE Q SSSSSSSSE E Q SSSSSSSSE E Q SSSSSSSSSE Q
D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|-6~~~----------|
F |----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|------7-7~~~~~-|
C |~~55555555--5-3~|~~33333333--3-1~|~~11111111--1-0-|---------------|
SSSSSSSSE E Q SSSSSSSSE E Q SSSSSSSSE E E Q. E H
Bridge 2
D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|
F |----------------|----------------|----------------|
C |-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
D#|-------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------14-18-14-18-------------|
F |-------------15-18-15-18-------------15-18-15-18-|
C |-12-15-12-15-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
F |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
C |-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q S S S S S S S
Chorus 4
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F |-9~-99-9~~-9-9-9-|-5~-55-7~~-7-7-7-|-9~-99-9~~-9-9-9-|-5~-55-----------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3~~-3-3-3-|
E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E
D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
F |-9~-99-9~~-9-9-|-7--77-7~~-7-7-|---------------|-----------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-4~~~~~~-8~~~~~~-|
E. SE Q. Q E. SE Q. E E W H H
Ending Chorus
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-5~~-5-5-5-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|
E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E E. SE Q E E E
|Rit.
D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|-----------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|-----------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-|-5--55-5~~-5-5-|---------------|------------------|-----------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2--2--2--1--1--1-|-0~~~~~~~~-|
E. SE Q. Q E. SE Q. E E W T. T. T. T. T. T. W
