Dying Fetus - "Schematics" Guitar Tab
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Band: Dying Fetus
Album: Stop At Nothing
Song: Schematics
Copyright © Relapse Records 2003
Transcribed By: Joe Holly
E-mail: rivers_of_gore666@yahoo.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning: C# G# E B F# C#
Riff 1A
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3ph-b-----------3ph-b-----------3ph-b-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3--4--3---------3--4--3---------3--4--3--3--5--4--3--|
|--------1--2--1---------1--2--1---------1--2--1--1--3--2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 1B
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-3--4----2--3--|
|-1--2----0--1--|
. . . .
Riff 2
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--2--2--4\3--3/5--5\3--|
|-0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1--0--0--2\1--1/3--3\1--|
. . . . . . . . . .
Riff 3
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5"--------------5"--------------5"----------------------|
|---------2"--------------2"--------------2"--------------------------|
|-4"--3"----------4"--3"----------4"--3"----------2"---3"---2"---1"---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5"--------------5"--------------5"-------4"-------5"--|
|---------2"--------------2"--------------2"------------------------|
|-4"--3"----------4"--3"----------4"--3"----------2"------3"--------|
Riff 4
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-----------4-----------4-----------------|
|-6--5--2--5--6--5--2--5--6--5--2--5--4--5--4--3--|
|-4--3-----3--4--3-----3--4--3-----3--2--3--2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-----------4-----------4-------4"-------5"--|
|-6--5--2--5--6--5--2--5--6--5--2--------------------|
|-4--3-----3--4--3-----3--4--3-----2"-------3"-------|
. . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 5A
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-4-3--2--3--5--4--2-4-3--3-3-2--2--2--3-3-2-4--2-5--|
|-0-2-1--0--1--3--2--0-2-1--1-1-0--0--0--1-1-0-2--0-3--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 5B
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-5-2-3-4-2-6-5-----------------------6-5----5-4--------------------------|
|-4-3-0-1-2-0-4-3-0"----1"--0"----2"-1"-4-3----3-2----0"----1"--0"----2"-1"-|
. . . . . . . .
Riff 6A
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-6-5-2-3-4-2-6-5-----------------------|
|-4-3-0-1-2-0-4-3-0"----1"--0"----2"-1"-|
. . . . . . . .
Riff 6B
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-6--5--2--3--4--2--|
|-4--3--0--1--2--0--|
. . . . . .
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-6--5--3--4--2--3--4--3--5--4--|
|-4--3--1--2--0--1--2--1--3--2--|
. . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-6--5--2--3--4--2--|
|-4--3--0--1--2--0--|
. . . . . .
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-6--5--2--2--3/4--3--3--4/5--|
|-4--3--0--0--1/2--1--1--2/3--|
. . . . . .
Riff 6A
Riff 7A
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-----------777--666--|
|------555------------|
|-444-----------------|
... ... ... ...
Riff 7B
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------0h4h7t11p7p4p0-|
|-0h4h7t11p7p4p0-0h5h8t12p8p5p0-0h7h10t14p10p7----------------|
Riff 8
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6--5--2-2---3/6\5--2-2--5/6\5--2------2-4\3-2-2-5\3-2-2-5/6\5--|
|-4--3--0-0---1/4\3--0-0--3/4\3--0--000-0-2\1-0-0-3\1-0-0-3/4\3--|
. . . . . ... . . . . .
Riff 3
Riff 5A
Ending
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