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Bite The Bullet Tabs

(ver. 2)
Machine Head
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                                 BITE THE BULLET
                           As recorded by Machine Head
               (From the 2004 Album THROUGH THE ASHES OF EMPIRES)

Words and Music by Dave McLain, Robb Flynn

Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Robb Flynn'
Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Phil Demmel'

 Drum Intro
  Q=100
 2/4    4/4
  Gtrs I, II
  H      W      H    H
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|------x\---|
|------|------|------x\---|
|------|------|------x\---|


 Intro 2
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|


  Gtr I
  W                       W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H     S  S  S  S  E     H     S  S  S  S  E
|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------11-11-11-11-11\--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|
|-8---------------------|-8---------------------|
|-6---------------------|-6---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  W                       W                       W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|
| H     S  S  S  S  E     H     S  S  S  S  E     W
|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|------|
|-8---------------------|-8---------------------|------|
|-6---------------------|-6---------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|


 Main Riff
  Gtrs I, II
  PM----|   PM----|   PM|     PM----|   PM----|   PM|
  S S S S E S S S S E S S E   S S S S E S S S S E S S  E
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0---------0------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-[3]b5--|


  $
  PM----|   PM----|   PM|     PM----|   PM-----|   PM|
  S S S S E S S S S E S S E   S S S S E S S  S S E S S E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0----------0-----0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|


   Verse
    Gtr I
    W                           W
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   S S S S E S S S S E S S E   S S S S E S S S S E S S E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|


  Gtrs I, II
  PM----|   PM----|   PM|     PM----|   PM----|   PM|
  S S S S E S S S S E S S E   S S S S E S S S S E S S E   3x
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0---------0-----0---||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||


   Chorus
    H    Q  Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   3x
||-------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------5-----|-----------------------------------||
||--1----5--6--|-----------------------------------||
||o-1----3--6--|----------------------------------o||
||--1-------6--|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3---||


                                          D.S.
  Gtr I
   W                     E +S  E +S  Q  E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|--3-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|
| Gtr II
|  E.  E.  Q.    +Q      E +S  E +S  Q  E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------13----(13)---|-----------------------|
|-----12---------------|-----------------------|
|-10-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|


 Bridge
  Gtrs I, II
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   W          W          W            +W
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-/3--------|-3--------|-3b5r=======|=(3)----|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|


  Gtr I
   PM----------------------------------------------
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  PM----------------------------------------------
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


 ----------------------------------------------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   PM------------------------------------------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM---------------------------------|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----16-15-13-15-13----13----16-15-13-15-13----13-|
|-14----------------14----14----------------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


 Interlude
  Gtrs I, II
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|


  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|


    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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3---||


   Ending Chorus
    H    Q  Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   3x
||-------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------5-----|-----------------------------------||
||--1----5--6--|-----------------------------------||
||o-1----3--6--|----------------------------------o||
||--1-------6--|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3---||


  Gtr I
   W                     E +S  E +S  Q  E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--5-------------------|----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|--3-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|
| Gtr II
|  E.  E.  Q.    +Q      E +S  E +S  Q  E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------13----(13)---|----------------------|
|-----12---------------|----------------------|
|-10-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|


 Outro
  Gtrs I, II
  PM----|   PM----|   PM|     PM----|   PM----|
  S S S S E S S S S E S S E   S S S S E S S S S  E    Q
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-[3]b5---|


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


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