Rhy Fig 1
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|o------------------------|-------------------------|
D|o------------4---5---4---|-------------5---7---4---|
A|-------------4---5---4---|-------------5---7---4---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---3---2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---5---2---|
PM---------| PM---------|
end Rhy Fig 1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------9----o|
|-------------4---5---4---|-------------------9----o| X lots
|-------------4---5---4---|-------------------7-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---3---2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
PM---------| PM---------------|
lead over intro:
w/ wah-wah
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|o9-----------11--12--11--|-9-----------12--14--11--|
|o9-----------11--12--11--|-9-----------12--14--11--|
|-7-----------9---10--9---|-7-----------10--12--9---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
________________________ _________________________
| 1. | 2.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-----------11--12--11--|-9---------------12-----o|-9-----------------9-----|
|-9-----------11--12--11--|-9---------------12-----o|-9-----------------9-----|
|-7-----------9---10--9---|-7---------------10------|-7-----------------7-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
Rhy Fig 2 (in 4/4 time)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-|
4 times
end Rhy Fig 2
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-|
With Rhy Fig 2 (2 times)
(wah off)
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|o-12-----------------------------|-(12)-------------------------14-|
|o-12-----------------------------|-(12)-------------------------14-|
|--10-----------------------------|-(10)-------------------------12-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-11-----------------------------|-(11)-------------------------14-|
|-11-----------------------------|-(11)-------------------------14-|
|-9------------------------------|-(9)--------------------------12-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-10-----------------------------|-(10)-------------------------12-|
|-10-----------------------------|-(10)-------------------------12-|
|-8------------------------------|-(8)--------------------------10-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------|-(9)----------------------------o|
|-9------------------------------|-(9)----------------------------o|
|-7------------------------------|-(7)-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Faster:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o| X 3
|o6-------------------------------|-6------------------------------o|
|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
> PM---------|> PM---------| > PM---------|> PM---------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------7---6---4---|
|---------------------------|--5---4---2---7---6---4---|
|-0--10-p9-p0--9-p7---------|--5---4---2---5---4---2---|
|--------------------10--9--|--3---2---0---------------|
PM PM-----| ---3---/ ---3---/
play Rhy Fig 2 again 2 times then into verses
the verses are all played solely in the 6th string in
the same rhythm as Rhy Fig 2.
S/S
1 Bodies fill the fields I see
2 Barking of machine gun fire does
3 Life planned out before my birth
Rhy Fig 3
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|
PM... etc.
hungry heroes end.
nothing to me now
nothing could I say. end Rhy Fig 3
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|3--3-3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-|2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-2-|
No one to play soldier now,
Sounding of the clock that ticks get
Had no chance to see myself
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|
no one to pretend.
used to it somehow.
moulded day by day.
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|3--3-3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-|7--7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
the second half of each verse follows the same pattern
Running blind through killing fields,
bred to kill them all.
Victim of what said should be,
a servant till I fall
Rhy Fig 4
Soldier boy, made of clay
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
4 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
- |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
4 |-6-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
> PM---------|> PM---------| > PM---------|> PM---------|
end Rhy Fig 4
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
3 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
4 |-4-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
> PM---------|> PM-| > PM---------|> PM-|
with Rhy Fig 4
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
4 |---------------------------------|------------o-/------------------|
- |--4-----(4)---^5^42---(2)-/-4^5-|-------------/-------------------|
4 |---------------------------------|------------/-o------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
h p sl sl h
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
3 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |--4-----(4)---^5^42-----|--4^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-----|
4 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
h p sl vibrato
simultaneously depress trem
bar 1/2 step
________________________________
| This bar third time only |
/----3---- /----3----
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4----3----4-----5-----4---------|-6----5----6-----7-----8--------|
|-4----3----4-----5-----4---------|-6----5----6-----7-----8--------|
|-2----1----2-----3-----2---------|-4----3----4-----5-----6--------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Rhy Fig 5
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5---|-(5)---------------------8----4-|
|-----------------------------5---|-(5)---------------------8----4-|
|-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---3---|-(3)---------------------6----2-|
PM------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(4)----------------------7----3-|-(3)---------------------5------|
|-(4)----------------------7----3-|-(3)---------------------5------|
|-(2)----------------------5----1-|-(1)---------------------3------|
Back to the front.
end Rhy Fig 5
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5---|
|-----------------------------5---|
|-0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---3---|
PM------------------------|
then with Rhy Fig 5
You will do what I say, when I say.
Back to the front. You will die when I say you must die.
Back to the front. You coward, you servant (*), you blind man.
(then some palm muted open E-string strumming)
(*): 3rd time to Coda
after second verse:
Rhy Fig 6 end Rhy Fig 6
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|---------------o||
||--2-------5h7-----|-5-------4h7-----|-2-------5h7-----|-5-------4h7-2--||
||--0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0--||
then the bridge with Rhy Fig 4:
Why... am I dying? Kill... have no fear.
Lie... live off lying. Hell... hell is here.
then the solo, with Rhy Fig 6 (6 times)
|------------------------------------|-------------------------12--|
|-----15-------15-------15-------15--|-----------------------------|
|--14b16----14b16----14b16----14b16--|---14p12------12--14b16------|
|------------------------------------|----------14-----------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12------|
|--15--12------12--15--12----12----15--12--15------12--|
|----------14------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------12---------12----------------12--|--22b24--22b24------22b24--22p19--|
|--15b17------15b17------15b17--15b17------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-22p19------19------------19------------|--------19--------------------19------------|
|--------22------22b24---------22p19--22-|-22b24------22p19--22--22b24------22p19--22-|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------19---------19--------------|--19--20--22--20--1917--19--1715--17--1514--|
|--22b24------22b24------22b23--b24--|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--15--17--14--15--1412--14--1210--12--10------|
|--------------------------------------------13--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------10--12--10--------------------------------|
|--13--------------13--12----10--12--10----------|
|----------------------------------------12--11--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15p12--17p15p12--17p15--17p12h15--17p12h15--17p12h15----17p128--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--9b11--(11)--(11)--(11)--(11)----(11)--|--(11)--(11)--(11)--(11)----r7----9--|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
hold bend
w/ bar
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|--9b11--r9-p7-----7--9p7-----------|------------------------|
|---------------9----------9--7-----|------------------------|
|--------------------------------9--|--8--7------7--98/9----|
|-----------------------------------|--------10--------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5
|--18p15-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------1613----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------12------------------|-----------------15----15--|
|--------------------13--12----------|------13--15/17------------|
|----------------------------15--13--|--15-----------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
C5 C5
tremolo picking......................................................|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--13-13-13-15-15-15-16-16-16-16b18-18-18--|--------------------13-13-13-15/17--|
|------------------------------------------|--12-12-12-14-14-14-----------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
w/ Rhy Fig 4
|-17p12-----17p12------17p12------17p12----|-16p12----16p12------16p12----16p12----|
|-------12---------12---------12--------12-|-------12--------12--------12-------12-|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-17p12-----17p12------16p12------16p12----|-17p12----17p12------16p12----16p12----|
|-------12---------12---------12--------12-|-------12--------12--------12-------12-|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--15b17---15b17-~----12------|--12--15--12h15--15b17-~----15--12------|
|-------------------------14--|------------------------------------14--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
C5 C5
|------15b17-~----15--12----------------|----------------------------|
|--12-----------------------15--12------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------14--|--12------12--14b16-~------|
|---------------------------------------|------14--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
w/ Rhy Fig 4
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------7---------7--7------|
|--9-------------------7------|--9--7-----10--9--------10--|
|-----7--7--10--9---------10--|----------------------------|
|------------------10---------|----------------------------|
PM.....................................................|
|--------------------7------|----------------17------|
|-----------7---------------|--17--15--14-------------|
|--9--7--7-----9--7-----10--|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
PM......................|
|-------------------------------|----------------12--------------|
|-----------------13------------|--15----------------------------|
|--/12----12--12------12----12--|------12----12------12--12--12--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------15b17---r15-|
|----------------13------------|--15------------------------|
|--12----12--12------12----12--|------12----12--------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
triplets (next 3 bars)
|--15-12----12--------------------------|--------------------------------12--|
|--------15----15-12-15-12----12----12--|--15-12-----------------------------|
|--------------------------14----14-----|--------14-12----12-14-12-----------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------14----------14-14-----|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--15-12--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------15-12----12-15-12--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------14----------14-12----12--|--14b16--14--12--------|
|--------------------------------14-----|-----------------14-~-~|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------12--------------|
|-----------------13------------|--15----------------------------|
|--/12----12--12------12----12--|------12----12------12--12--12--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------15b17--r15--|
|----------------13------------|--15------------------------|
|--12----12--12------12----12--|------12----12--------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
triplets (next 3 1/2 bars)
|--15-12----12----------------------14--|--17-15-14-15-14----14-----------------|
|--------15----15-12-15-12----12--------|-----------------17----17-15-17-15-14--|
|--------------------------14----14-----|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-19-17-15----------21-19-17----------|-22-21-19-----------22b24--22b24-|--22b24-~---|
|----------19-17-16----------21-19-17-|----------22-21-19---------------|------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
then with Rhy Fig 6 again (2 times):
Why... am I dying? Kill... have no fear.
Lie... live off lying. Hell... hell is here.
I was born for dying....
|---------------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
|0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|-0-----------|-----------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
PM......................| PM..............................|
3 times
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-6-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------o||
||--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4--||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
> PM---------|> PM---------| > PM---------|> PM---------|
DS al Coda
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------7---6---4---|
|---------------------------|--5---4---2---7---6---4---|
|--0--10-p9-p0--9-p7--------|--5---4---2---5---4---2---|
|--------------------10--9--|--3---2---0---------------|
CODA
continue Rhy Fig 5
you blind man Back to the front
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------8--|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
________________
w/ Rhy Fig 5 (2 times) |1. |
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
||---------/11-7--|---------/10-6--|---------/8-----|--5----------8--||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
__________________
|2. 1st time w/ Rhy Fig 5
2nd time w/ Rhy Fig 5 (1st 3 bars only)
|---------------6--|----------/-9-5--|---------/-8-4--|
|--5------------8--|----------/11-7--|---------/10-6--|
|------------------|o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
__________________
|1. |
|------------/6----|--3------------6--|
|------------/8----|--5------------8--|
|------------------|-----------------o|
|------------------|-----------------o|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
________________________
|2.
|------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------||o-------------------------------|
|------------------------||o-6-----------------------------|
|------------------------||--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--||--------------------------------|
PM...................| > PM.........|> PM.........|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-6-----------------------------|-6-----------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
> PM.........|> PM.........| > PM.........|> PM.........|
___________________________ ___________________________
|1. ||2.
|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------------------o||---------------------------|
|--------------------------o||---------------------------|
|--0--10-p9-p0--9-p7--------||--0--10-p9-p0--9-p7--------|
|--------------------10--9--||--------------------10--9--|
_______________________________________________________________
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
> PM.........|> PM.........| > PM.........|> PM.........|
____________________________________________________________
|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-7-----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--0--10-p9-p0--9-p7---------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------10--9--||
> PM.........|> PM.........|
______________________________________________________
|3.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------7---6---4---|
|---------------------------|--5---4---2---7---6---4---|
|--0--10-p9-p0--9-p7--------|--5---4---2---5---4---2---|
|--------------------10--9--|--3---2---0---------------|
__________________________________________________
|
|------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|--6----6----|--6----6----|--6--------|-----------o|
|--6----6----|--6----6----|--6--------|-----------o|
|--4----4----|--4----4----|--4--------|------------|
|------------|------------|-----------|------------|
___________________________
|4.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
|---------------------------|--------------7---6---4---|--4------|
|---------------------------|--5---4---2---7---6---4---|--4------|
|--0--10-p9-p0--9-p7--------|--5---4---2---5---4---2---|--6------|
|--------------------10--9--|--3---2---0---------------|----------|
h hammer
p pull off
PM Palm Mute
> accented note
(4) let note ring
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