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Band:  Damageplan
Album: New Found Power
Song:  Blunt Force Trauma

Copyright (c)  (Elektra) (2004)

Transcribed By: Thomas Cruce
Email:   freakincage@sbcglobal.net


.  - 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 B F# B E G# C#               NOTE: I dont have the riffs in the exact
tuned in drop D, down 1 1/2 steps         order of how they are played... just
                                        listen to the cd and piece it together.
Intro
|--1----------1-4----------4-7----------7-10---(10)/----------------|
|--3----------3-6----------6-9----------9-12---(12)/----------------|
|--2----------2-5----------5-8----------8-11---(11)/----------------|
|----------0------------0------------0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
           .            .            .
|--2----------2-5----------5-7----------7-10---(10)/----------------|
|--3----------3-4----------6-8----------8-11---(11)/----------------|
|--2----------2-5----------5-7----------7-10---(10)/----------------|
|----------0------------0------------0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
           .            .            .
|--2----------2-5----------5-4----------4-3---(3)/------------------|
|--3----------3-6----------6-5----------5-4---(4)/------------------|
|--2----------2-5----------5-4----------4-3---(3)/------------------|
|----------0------------0------------0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
           .            .            .
 Chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4/5--3------------4/5--3------6-------------4/5--3-------------|
|--0---------3--1---0----------5/6---6\5--3---0----------3--1-------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------6-----------6-------3--1-------------------------------------|
|--5/6---6\5-3-5/6---6/5-3-3--1---0---------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4/5--3------------4/5--3------6-------------4/5--3-------------|
|--0---------3--1---0----------5/6---6\5--3---0----------3--1-------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---5--6-------------------------------------|
|--0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---5--6-------------------------------------|

Verse
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4/3--3---------4/3--3---------4/3--3---------4--3--4--4\7--------|
|--3/2--2---------3/2--2---------3/2--2---------3--2--3--3\6--------|
|-----------0/-------------0/-------------0/------------------------|
|-----------0/-------------0/-------------0/------------------------|
|-----------0/-------------0/-------------0/------------------------|
  *dive is done with whammy bar*

 Before Solo
Guitar Harmoney 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------3---------------|
|-------5fb--5--3--5-----5fb--5--3-------------3h5------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5fb--5--3--5-----5fb--5--3-----------------3h5--------------|
|-----------------------------------5----------3h5------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4hb--4--2--5-----4hb--4--2----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4--------------3h5--------------|
|----------------------------------------------3h5------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4hb--4--2--5-----4hb--4--2----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar Harmoney 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------3---------------|
|-3-4---5fb--5--3--5-----5fb--5--3--0----------3h5------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3h5--------------|
|-3-4---5fb--5--3--5-----5fb--5--3--0----------3h5------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------3---------------|
|-3-4---5fb--5--3--5-----5fb--5--3--0----------3h5------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------0-------------------------------|
|-3-4---5fb--5--3--5-----5fb--5--3--0-------------------------------|

Guitar Solo   *the solo is played with a light "slap-back" effect on*
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14hb---14p12--14----x-x---14----14p12----------------------------|
|--14fb---14p12--14----x-x---14----14p12-------12----14----12qb-----|
|----------------------------------------14-------14----14----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14hb---14p12--14----x-x-x-14--x----------12----15----12-15-15fb----|
|--14fb---14p12--14----x-x-x-14--x----14/15----15----15---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------12-16-----16-------|
|------this-is-just-the-ending----------------------------15----15fb--|
|--------to-the-lick-above--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------17-17--------|
|--14hb---14p12--14----x-x-x-14--x----------15-------15--17-17-17/15--|
|--14fb---14p12--14----x-x-x-14--x----14/16----16--------18-18-18/16--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------14-14-14-----------this-is-just-the-ending---------------|
|--16-16--14-14-14-12---------to-the-lick-above--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------15<16>--|
|--14hb---14p12--14----------14---------15----17----15--17----------|
|--14fb---14p12--14-------------14/16------16----16-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Out of solo rhythm
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----3--7----7--6---5----3--3-----0----3--7----7--6---5----3--3--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----3--7----7--6---5----3--3-----0----3--7----7--6---5----3--3--|

*this is the ending of the solo played under the above rhythm*
|--20fb----20--20--------17p15-17hb---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------17hb--17-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------17hb------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7/8-7--5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7/8-7--5-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|--7/8-7--5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7/8-7--5-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------0--------------------------|
|--5/7-5--3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5/7-5-3-0--------------------------|
|--5/7-5--3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5/7-5-3-0--------------------------|

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