Fear Factory - Pisschrist Chords & Tabs

 

Pisschrist Chords & Tabs

Fear Factory Chords & Tabs

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Pisschrist Tab

   
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  / / /          \ \ \
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/ / / |___ || ___| \ \ \
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\ \ \     ||||     / / /
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Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Pisschrist"
Album:  "Demanufacture"
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1995, (The All-Blacks B.V.)
Tabbed By: Unknown
Corrected By: Thommoboy



Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, a, D, F#, B)

LEGEND:
        
        *    -- palm-mute 
        H    -- hit-on
        P    -- pull-off
        ~~~~ -- vibrato
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
          /    -- slide up
                -- slide down

moderate speed

Intro:  5 or 6 seconds of atmospheric studio noise (sampled from the 
movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day if I'm not mistaken)

Riff a

Played over the backdrop of the eerie noise from Terminator 2

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--444444444--|
   *********


Riff B 

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----5-------5-------5------------|
|--4---444-4---444-4---444444444--|
   *   *** *   *** *   *********

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----5-------5-------5-------------|
|--4---444-4---444-4---444-444-444-|
   *   *** *   *** *   *** *** ***

Riff C

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|------(3)------(3)------(3)--7-9--|
|--222------222------222------5-7--|
   ***      ***      *** 

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------(3)------(3)------(3)--222222--|
|--222------222------222--------------|
   ***      ***      ***      ******

Riff D

Played over "So we lie.."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/pisschrist_tab_ver_2.html ]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------5-------5-------5-----7-9--|
|--444-4---444-4---444-4---(4)-5-7--|
   *** *   *** *   *** *    *

Riff E

Also played over "So we lie.." Let all notes ring 
loudly and clearly

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(7)----(11)----(5)----(9)----|
|--5------9-------3------7-----|
|------------------------------|

Riff F

The tremolo-picked notes must be picked pretty fast

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------999999999999------------------999999999999-------|
|-777777777777-------------9757-777777777777-------------9757--|
  ************************ **** ************************ ****

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12-----12-----11-----11-----9-----9-----------------|
|-10-----10-----9------9------7-----7-----9-----------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0-7-0-0-9757--|
     * *    * *    * *    * *   * *   * *   * * ****

Riff G

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12-----12-----11-----11-----9-----9-----------------|
|-10-----10-----9------9------7-----7-----9-----------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0-7-0-0-9757--|
     * *    * *    * *    * *   * *   * *   * * ****

Riff H

This chord is played at the very end of the song, and Burton's
singing closes the song.  It is very staccato (does not ring
for very long).

|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-(12)--|
|-(10)--|
|-------|

Song Structure

Riff A 5 times
Riff B 8 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff B 4 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff D 4 times
Riff E 3 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 6 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff D 4 times
Riff E 3 times
Riff F 4 times 
Riff G 8 times
Riff H 1 time