Fear Factory

Pisschrist(Tabs)

Fear Factory

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Label:  Roadrunner Records copyright 1995 (The All-Blacks B.V.) 
 
 
 
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 
 
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|--444444444--| 
   ********* 
 
 
Riff B  
 
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|---------------------------------| 
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|----5-------5-------5------------| 
|--4---444-4---444-4---444444444--| 
   *   *** *   *** *   ********* 
 
|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
|----5-------5-------5-------------| 
|--4---444-4---444-4---444-444-444-| 
   *   *** *   *** *   *** *** *** 
 
Riff C 
 
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|------(3)------(3)------(3)--7-9--| 
|--222------222------222------5-7--| 
   ***      ***      ***  
 
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|------(3)------(3)------(3)--222222--| 
|--222------222------222--------------| 
   ***      ***      ***      ****** 
 
Riff D 
 
Played over 'So we lie..' 
 
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|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|--------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 
 
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|-(7)----(11)----(5)----(9)----| 
|--5------9-------3------7-----| 
|------------------------------| 
 
Riff F 
 
The tremolo-picked notes must be picked pretty fast 
 
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|-------------999999999999------------------999999999999-------| 
|-777777777777-------------9757-777777777777-------------9757--| 
  ************************ **** ************************ **** 
 
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|-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 
 
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|-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). 
 
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|-(12)--| 
|-(10)--| 
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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 
 

	        

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