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Band:  Fear Factory
Album: Digimortal
Song:  Linchpin

Copyright (c)  Roadrunner Records 2001
Version 1.0 - 9-16-05

Transcribed By: Cyberwaste
Email:          spiraling_into_depression@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

Tune 7-string to A   A D G C F A D

Tune 6-string to A   A D G C F A

Note: Pick with pull offs on Intro & main riff

Intro & main riff
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0---1p0-1p0-1p0--1--|

Intro end
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--1-0-001-1-0-001-1-0-001-1-0-001-1--|

Fill 1
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--0001-1-010--|
   .... . ...

Fill 2
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--1-0-001-1-0-001-1-0-001-1111--|
   . . ... . . ... . . ... ....

Riff before chorus
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--1111111111-1111--1-010--|
   .......... ....  . ...

Chorus 1st half
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--7-777-7-7-77--5-5-55-5--7-777-7-7-77----------5--|
|--5-555-5-5-54--3-3-32-2--5-555-5-5-54--3-3-3-5-3--|
|----------------------------------------1-1-1-3----|
     ...     .       .       ...     .       .

Chorus 2nd half 4 times
|---(0)-----------0----(0)-----|
|------(0)--------0-------(0)--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--5-------5-7--8-----3--------|
|------------------------------|

Chrous 2nd half 4th time end
|---(0)-------------------------|
|------(0)----------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--5-------5-7-11-10-3-5-6-5-3--|
|--------------------1-3-4-3-1--|
                     . .

Back into main riff

Fill 3
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--10-0000-11111111--|
   .. .... ........

Repeat riffs & chrous as needed


Riff A after 2nd chorus
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--3-5-6-6666-5-5555--|
|--1-3-4-4444-3-3333--|
         ....   ....
Riff B after 2nd chorus
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--3-5-6------5-------|
|--1-3-4-4444-3-3333--|
         ....   ....

Repeat riff & chorus as needed


End riff A 4 times
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--55555555555555555555555-33333333--|

End riff B
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--11-10-3-5--11-10-3-5-6-5-3--|
|--------1-3--------1-3-4-3-1--|
         . .        . .


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