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BITE THE BULLET
As recorded by Machine Head
(From the 2004 Album THROUGH THE ASHES OF EMPIRES)
Words and Music by Dave McLain, Robb Flynn
Transcribed by GuitarHeroJP
Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Robb Flynn'
Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Phil Demmel'
Drum Intro
Q=100
2/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II
H W H H
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|-----------|
|------|------|------x\---|
|------|------|------x\---|
|------|------|------x\---|
Intro 2
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|
|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-1----|
Gtr I
W W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H S S S S E H S S S S E
|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------11-11-11-11-11\--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|
|-8---------------------|-8---------------------|
|-6---------------------|-6---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
W W W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|-1---------------------|-1---------------------|------|
|
| H S S S S E H S S S S E W
|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------11-11-11-11-11\--|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|-8-----8--8--8--8--8\--|------|
|-8---------------------|-8---------------------|------|
|-6---------------------|-6---------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
Main Riff
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----| PM| PM----| PM----| PM|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0---------0------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-[3]b5--|
$
PM----| PM----| PM| PM----| PM-----| PM|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0----------0-----0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Verse
Gtr I
W W
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----| PM| PM----| PM----| PM|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E 3x
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0---------0-----0---||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Chorus
H Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||-------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------5-----|-----------------------------------||
||--1----5--6--|-----------------------------------||
||o-1----3--6--|----------------------------------o||
||--1-------6--|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3---||
D.S.
Gtr I
W E +S E +S Q E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|--3-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|
| Gtr II
| E. E. Q. +Q E +S E +S Q E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------13----(13)---|-----------------------|
|-----12---------------|-----------------------|
|-10-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3--|
Bridge
Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W W W +W
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-/3--------|-3--------|-3b5r=======|=(3)----|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|--------|
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-10----10----13-12-10-12-10----10-|
|-12----------------12----12----------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----16-15-13-15-13----13----16-15-13-15-13----13-|
|-14----------------14----14----------------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Interlude
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3---||
Ending Chorus
H Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||-------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------5-----|-----------------------------------||
||--1----5--6--|-----------------------------------||
||o-1----3--6--|----------------------------------o||
||--1-------6--|-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-3---||
Gtr I
W E +S E +S Q E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--5-------------------|----------------------|
|--5-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|--3-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|
| Gtr II
| E. E. Q. +Q E +S E +S Q E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------13----(13)---|----------------------|
|-----12---------------|----------------------|
|-10-------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
|----------------------|-6-(6)-5-(5)-3--6-5-3-|
Outro
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----| PM| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------0---------0-----0-|---------0-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-[3]b5---|
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
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