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Halo Bass

(ver. 3)
Machine Head
Tuning: Standard 5 string
Intro Riff (x16)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |--6---------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-----------|

Silence while Guitar does its whammy bar dive

All of This (x2)

After The Dive(x3)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |--6---------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-----------|
Then
Last of measure (x1)
D |-----------------------------------------------|
A |--6--------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-8p7-0-7h8-0-8h10-------------|

Then After all of the above twice

"This is a call to arms"
D |-(X1)-----------------------(X2)---------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------6--------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-2----12/--1111111111111111--------2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-2-------|


D |-(X1)-----------------------------(x2)--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-1----12/--3333333333333333--------------2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2--|

With this, You play the bit with x1 above it once followed by the main riff twice.

Then Pre Chorus
D |--------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-222222222222--4444444444444444-------------------------|
B |---------------------------------0~---------------------|

Chorus (all x2)
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--99999999999999-11-12-------------------------------------------9-11-12-|
B |-----------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------|

D |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-----------|
E |---------------9-11-12---------------------7-7-7-7-------------------|
B |--777777777777---------9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---------------------------|

Post chorus Played under Harmonic
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |-------7/-----------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|

Main Riff Again (x1)

D |------------------------------------------|
A |--6---------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-----------|

D |-----------------------------------------------|
A |--6--------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-8p7-0-7h8-0-8h10-------------|

Verse Again
"This is a right to life...."
D |-(X1)-----------------------(X2)---------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------6--------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-2----12/--1111111111111111--------2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-2-------|


D |-(X1)-----------------------------(x2)--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-1----12/--3333333333333333--------------2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2--|

second Pre Chorus
D |--------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-222222222222--4444444444444444-------------------------|
B |---------------------------------0~---------------------|

Chorus (all x2)
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--99999999999999-11-12-------------------------------------------9-11-12-|
B |-----------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------|

D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-----------|
E |---------------9-11-12----------------------7-7-7-7-------------------|
B |--777777777777---------9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10----------------------------|

Main Riff After Chorus (x12)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |--6---------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-----------|

Bridge A (x4)
D |------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |------------------------------|
B |--222222222-------------------|
 Listen to the song for the pace of that, its fast.

Then The Riffery begins
Riff A (x4)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------|
E |----------------7h9-7h9-------------------|
B |--2233555-2-3-3---------------------------|

Bridge B (x4)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |--222222222/8\2---------------------------|

Riff B x 8
D |----------------------|
A |----------------------|
E |-------------5h7-5h7--|
B |-0-1-1/3-010----------|

Short Break For Start of Demmels solo

Then Riff C/ Solo Backing A (x2)
D |------------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------5h7-5h7-----------------5h7-5h7------|
B |--0-3-6---0-3-0-------------0-3-6---0-3-0-------------|

D |------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |--------10-9--------9-7-10-9--|
B |---5~---------10-7------------|

Solo Backing B (x4) (twin solo starts after 2nd measure)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |--22222222-44444444-55555555-7777-9-7-5---|

Then End of duel backing
D |------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |-99999997-99999997-99999997-99999997------|

End Solo
D |------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------|
E |--9------5------2------4/-----------------|
B |------------------------------------------|

Silence while guitars play intro riff once
Second time
D |-----------------------------|
A |----------12---------9-------|
E |---9-------------------------|
B |-----------------------------|

Silence for 16 bars "i won't pray for you" etc.

Then Heavy comes back in
(x1)
D |--------------|
A |--------------|
E |------5--2--4-|
B |--2-----------|

D |------------------------|
A |---------------------7--|
E |------5--2--4--5p2-7----|
B |--2---------------------|

Then x2
D |------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------7----|
E |---------5-5-55--2-2-22--4-5-7------|
B |-2-2-22-----------------------------|

Then modified chorus

E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------12121212121212121212121212121212*--------------------------|
E |--99999999999999-11-12------------------------------------9-11-12-----------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------777777777777----|

D |------------------|
A |------------------| X3
E |-4444444444444400-|
B |------------------|

D |--------------------|
A |--------------------|
E |-44444444-----------|
B |----------023-023---|

Straight into

After The Dive(x3)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |--6---------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-----------|

Intro Riff (x4)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |--6---------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-----------|

Pause
D |------------|
A |------------|
E |------------|
B |--2/14\2----|

Then

Intro Riff (x4)
D |------------------------------------------|
A |--6---------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|
B |----2-2-3-2-3-0-2-0-2-2-3-3-2-2-----------|

End on
D |---------------|
A |---------------|
E |---------------|
B |--22222222-2---|
            
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