Fear Factory - Obsolete Chords & Tabs

 

Obsolete Chords & Tabs

Fear Factory Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

Obsolete Bass Tab

   
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OBSOLETE (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)

Transcribed by rx aka. iskim86
	

Words and Music by Fear Factory
Arranged by Fear Factory

Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (A D G C F) - 'Distortion effect'

   Intro
    Q=175
    N.C.
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
    S E. E E S E S E E   S E. E E S S S S S S S S  6x
||---------------------|---------------------------||-|
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||-|
||---------------------|---------------------------||-|
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||-|
||--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-|


    S E S E E S S S S S S S S  3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|


    S E S E E S E S E E   S E S E E S S S S S S S S  3x
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||


  S E S E E S E S E E   S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3------|


   Verse                        Pre-Verse
    Gtr I
    S E. S E.. S E T E E  8x     S E S E E S E S E E
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  S E S E E S S S S S S S S  3x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||


                                                     Verse
  S E S E E S E S E E   S E S E E S S S S S S S S     S E. S E.. S E T E E  8x
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||o----------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||o----------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||


   Pre-Chorus
    S +E  S +E  S +E  E +S  E E
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x     S E S E S E +S  E E E   4x
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7---||


   Chorus
    E. S E E E. S E E   E. S E E S S S S S S S S  4x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------5--------|--------5-----------------o||
||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


      E E E E E E E E   E E E E H     3x
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o-----------------|--------------o||
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o---------5-------|-------5------o||
|-||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|---------5-------|-------5--------|
|-7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/obsolete_btab.html ]
   Breakdown
    Gtrs I, II
    S S S S E E S E S E E   S E S E E S E S E E  3x
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||


  S S S S E E S E S E E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|


    S E S E E S E S E E   S E S E E S S S S S S S S  3x
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||


  S E S E E S E S E E   S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-x------|


   Verse                        Chorus
    Gtr I
    S E. S E.. S E T E E  8x     S +E  S +E  S +E  E +S  E E
||------------------------||-||------------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------||-||------------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------------|
||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x     S E S E S E +S  E E E     4x
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7-----||


   Chorus
    E. S E E E. S E E   E. S E E S S S S S S S S  8x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------5--------|--------5-----------------o||
||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


      E E E E E E E E   E E E E H     4x
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o-----------------|--------------o||
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o---------5-------|-------5------o||
|-||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||


   Out-Chorus
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E H     3x
||------------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|--------------o||
||------------------|---------------||
||o---------5-------|-------5------o||
||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S E E E   E H    Q.
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|---------5-------|-------5-----------|-------------*|
|-7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths