GREEN MACHINE
As recorded by Kyuss
(From the 1992 Album BLUES FOR THE RED SUN)
Words and Music by Brant Bjork
E5 C5 D5 G5
0 2 2 x x x 8 10 10 x x x 10 12 12 x x x x 10 12 12 x x
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr I'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr III'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=180
E5 A5/E
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
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| Gtr II| Q a W W|-------||------------------|-------------------------||-------||o-----------------|-------------------------||-------||------------------|-------------------------||-------||------------------|-------------------------||-------||o-----------------|-------------------------||-1s=12-||------------------|-------------------------|
E5 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a 3x|-----------------|----------------------|||-----------------|---------------------o|||-----9-----9-----|-9------9-------------|||-----9-----9-----|-9------9-------------|||-----7-----7-----|-7------7------------o|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0-1s=7----||
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| W H. Q a 3x|-----------------|----------------------|||-----------------|---------------------o|||-----------------|----------------------|||-----------------|----------------------|||-----------------|---------------------o|||-----------------|--------------1s=7----||
E5 A5/E PM--| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||--------9------9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||--------9------9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||--------7------7-----|-7-----7-----------------||--0---0----0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
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| +Q H. W|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||-(7)\----------------|-------------------------|
E5 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----9-----9-----|-9------9-----------|||-----9-----9-----|-9------9-----------|||-----7-----7-----|-7------7-----------|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
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| W H. Q a|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------1s=7--||
E5 A5/E Gtrs I, II PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E||------------------|-------------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------------|||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a|-----------------|-------------------|||-----------------|------------------o|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Verses I, II & III
$
$$
E5 A5/E
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
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E5 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a 3x|-----------------|-------------------|||-----------------|------------------o|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
E5 A5/E E5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|||-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|-----9--9--9--|-9--9--9-9-9\--|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|-----9--9--9--|-9--9--9-9-9\--|||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|-----7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7\--|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|-0-0----------|---------------||
Chorus
E5 C5
Gtrs I, II
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E||----------------|-------------------|||o---------------|----------------13-|||----------------|-------------------|||--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-10-|||o-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2----|||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0----|
D5 G5
+E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q
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+E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-(13)-13-13--13-13-13s15-|-15-15-15-15-15s20-20\---o|||-------------------------|--------------------------|||-(10)-10-10--10-10-10s12-|-12-12-12-12-12s17-17\----|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-------------------------|--------------------------||
E5 C5
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E|---------------|-------------------||---------------|----------------13-||---------------|-------------------||-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-10-||-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2----||-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0----|
To Coda
To Coda
D5 G5
+E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-------------------------|------------------------|||-13-13-13-13-13-13-13s15-|-15-15-15-15-15s20-20\--|||-------------------------|------------------------|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10s12-|-12-12-12-12-12s17-17\--|||-------------------------|------------------------|||-------------------------|------------------------||
Pre Verse E5 A5/E Gtrs I, II PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E||------------------|-------------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------------|||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
D.S. al Coda E5 G5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------|||-----------------|------------------o|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9---7-7-7---|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9---5-5-5---|||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7---5-5-5--o|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0---------||
Out Chorus & PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a|-----------------|-------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Bridge/Bass Solo N.C.(Em7) Gtr I Q Q Q E E +E E Q E E Q|----------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------||----------------|-----------15-14-12--||----5-----5-7b8r|=(7)-7-5/------------||-7-----7--------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr II| Q Q Q E E +E E Q E E Q|----------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------||----------------|-----------15-14-12--||----5-----5-7b8r|=(7)-7-5-------------||-7-----7--------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|---------------------||-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-|-12-15-14-12-12--12--||-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
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| ~~~~~~| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|---------------------||-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-|-12-15-14-12-12--12--||-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
Gtr I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q Q Q Q +Q. E +Q Q|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-12--12--12-------12---------|-(12)-------------12-(12)-------12\--||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| ~~| H Q +E E +E +E Q +E Q.|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-12------12b14===(12)r12b15==|=(12)-(12)r12b15=====(12)r12b15------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E5 D5E5D5 E5 D5E5 D5E5 D5 PM| PM PM| PM| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--||-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--||-----5---5-5-----|-5-----5-----5\--||-0-0---0-----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
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| PM| PM PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--||-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--||-----5---5-5-----|-5-----5-----5\--||-0-0---0-----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
E5 A5/E Gtrs I, II PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 A5/E PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 A5/E E5D5 Gtr I PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM E E H. +W E E E E E E E E|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----||-----2------------|-(2)-----------------------|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----||-----2------------|-(2)-----------------------|----5----------------5----------------5----------------5-----||-0-0-0------------|-(0)-----------------------|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||-----9------9-----|--9------9-----14b15r(14)\-|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----||-----9------9-----|--9------9-----14b15r(14)\-|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----||-----7------7-----|--7------7-----------------|----5----------------5----------------5----------------5-----||-0-0----0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-------------|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| W W E E +S +S E +S +S E +S +S E|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|---14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==||------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
PM E E E E E E Q|----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||------------7----------------7----------7\----|||------------7----------------7----------7\----|||------------5----------------5----------5\----|||------------------------------------0---------||
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| PM| E E E E E E Q|----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||------------7----------------7----------7\----|||------------7----------------7----------7\----|||------------5----------------5----------5\----|||------------------------------------0---------||
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| +S +S E +S +S E +Q Q|----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||-(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14-(14)---(12)\---|||----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------||
Pre Verse II Gtrs I, II PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a|-----------------|-------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------|||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------|||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Outro
&&
E5 A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||------------------|-------------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------------|||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 N.C. E5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a q H.|-----------------|-------------------||----------*||-----------------|------------------o||----------*||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||----------*||-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||-2--------*||-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o||-2--------*||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||-0--------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
