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EDGECRUSHER
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 A D) - 'Guitar'
Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy effect'
Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Effect'
Intro
Q=123
C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5
4/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV
PM| PM| PM|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)-2-----3-|-(3)-2-----3-(3)-5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)-2-x-x-3-|-(3)-2-x-x-3-(3)-5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5B5C5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------------||-2-3-----2-(2)-3-----2-|-(2)-3-----2-(2)-3-2-3------||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-x-x-2-|-(2)-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-2-3------||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1------|
C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)-2-----3-|-(3)-2-----3-(3)-5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)-2-x-x-3-|-(3)-2-x-x-3-(3)-5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5B5C5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E E|-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-2-3-----2-(2)-3-----2-|-(2)-3-----2-(2)-3-2-3---||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-x-x-2-|-(2)-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-2-3---||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1---|
Verse B5 E Q. H W 7x|-------------||------------||-||-------------||------------||-||-------------||o----------o||-||-------------||------------||-||-2-----------||o----------o||-||-2-----------||------------||-||-0-----------||------------||-|
Pre-Chorus B5 F5 D#5 A5 C#C5 PM PM PM PM Q +S S E +S S E +E E Q +S S E. S E E E 3x||---------------------------|------------------------||||---------------------------|------------------------||||o--------------------------|-----------------------o||||-----------3-(3)---3-(3)-3-|----------7----7--------||||o-2--(2)---3-(3)-x-3-(3)-3-|-6--(6)---7--x-7-4-3---o||||--2--(2)-x-1-(1)-x-1-(1)-1-|-6--(6)-x-5--x-5-4-3----||||--0--(0)-0-------x---------|-4--(4)-0----x---2-1----||
B5 F5 D#5 A5 C#C5 PM PM Q +S S E +S S E +E E Q +E. S E E E E|--------------------------|------------------||--------------------------|------------------||--------------------------|------------------||----------3-(3)---3-(3)-3-|----------7-7-----||-2--(2)---3-(3)-x-3-(3)-3-|-6--(6)---7-7-4-3-||-2--(2)-x-1-(1)-x-1-(1)-1-|-6--(6)-x-5-5-4-3-||-0--(0)-0-------x---------|-4--(4)-0-----2-1-|
Chorus C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)-2-----3-|-(3)-2-----3-(3)-5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)-2-x-x-3-|-(3)-2-x-x-3-(3)-5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5B5C5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-2-3-----2-(2)-3-----2-|-(2)-3-----2-(2)-3-2-3-----||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-x-x-2-|-(2)-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-2-3-----||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1-----|
C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)-2-----3-|-(3)-2-----3-(3)-5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)-2-x-x-3-|-(3)-2-x-x-3-(3)-5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5B5C5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E E|-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-2-3-----2-(2)-3-----2-|-(2)-3-----2-(2)-3-2-3---||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-x-x-2-|-(2)-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-2-3---||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1---|
Verse B5 E Q. H W 7x|-------------||------------||-||-------------||------------||-||-------------||o----------o||-||-------------||------------||-||-2-----------||o----------o||-||-2-----------||------------||-||-0-----------||------------||-|
Pre-Chorus B5 F5 D#5 A5 CC5 PM PM PM PM Q +S S E +S S E +E E Q +S S E. S E E E 4x||---------------------------|------------------------||||---------------------------|------------------------||||o--------------------------|-----------------------o||||-----------3-(3)---3-(3)-3-|----------7----7--------||||o-2--(2)---3-(3)-x-3-(3)-3-|-6--(6)---7--x-7-4-3---o||||--2--(2)-x-1-(1)-x-1-(1)-1-|-6--(6)-x-5--x-5-4-3----||||--0--(0)-0-------x---------|-4--(4)-0----x---2-1----||
Chorus C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)-2-----3-|-(3)-2-----3-(3)-5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)-2-x-x-3-|-(3)-2-x-x-3-(3)-5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5B5C5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-2-3-----2-(2)-3-----2-|-(2)-3-----2-(2)-3-2-3-----||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-x-x-2-|-(2)-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-2-3-----||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1-----|
C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|--------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)-2-----3-|-(3)-2-----3-(3)-5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)-2-x-x-3-|-(3)-2-x-x-3-(3)-5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5B5C5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E E|-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-2-3-----2-(2)-3-----2-|-(2)-3-----2-(2)-3-2-3---||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-x-x-2-|-(2)-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-2-3---||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1---|
Breakdown Q=120 B5 B5 PM-----------------------------------| PM- Q +E S E. E Q 3x Q +E S E. E E E||--------------------||-||--------------------|||--------------------||-||--------------------|||o------------------o||-||o-------------------|||--------------------||-||--------------------|||o-2--(2)-2-2--2----o||-||o-2--(2)-2-2--2---2-|||--2--(2)-2-2--2-----||-||--2--(2)-2-2--2---2-|||--0--(0)-0-0--0-----||-||--0--(0)-0-0--0---0-|
B5 B5
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Q +E S E. E Q Q +E S E. E E E|-------------------||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------||------------------o||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------||-2--(2)-2-2--2----o||-2--(2)-2-2--2-2-2-||-2--(2)-2-2--2-----||-2--(2)-2-2--2-2-2-||-0--(0)-0-0--0-----||-0--(0)-0-0--0-0-0-|
Bridge Q=125 N.C. B5 C5 B5 E. E. E E. E. E 3x E. E. E E. E. E||-------------------||-----------------|||-------------------||-----------------|||o-----------------o||-----------------|||-------------------||-----------------|||o-----------------o||-----------------|||-------------------||---------2--3--2-|||--5--4--5-4--5--4--||-5--4--5-0--1--0-|
N.C. B5 C5 B5 E. E. E E. E. E 3x E. E. E E. E. E||-------------------||------------------|||-------------------||------------------|||o-----------------o||------------------|||-------------------||------------------|||o-----------------o||------------------|||-------------------||---------2--3--2--|||--5--4--5-4--5--4--||-5--4--5-0--1--0--|
G5 D#5E5B5 C5 B5 F#5D#5E5B5 C5 B5 F5 D#5E5B5 C5 B5 E5 D#5E5B5 C5 B5 E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-5---------------|-4---------------|-----------------|------------------o||||--3--6--7-2--3--2-|-2--6--7-2--3--2-|-8--6--7-2--3--2-|-7--6--7-2--3--2---||||-----4--5-0--1--0-|----4--5-0--1--0-|-6--4--5-0--1--0-|-5--4--5-0--1--0---||
Pre-Chorus B5 F5 D#5 A5 CC5 PM PM PM PM Q +S S E +S S E +E E Q +S S E. S E E E 3x||---------------------------|------------------------||||---------------------------|------------------------||||o--------------------------|-----------------------o||||-----------3-(3)---3-(3)-3-|----------7----7--------||||o-2--(2)---3-(3)-x-3-(3)-3-|-6--(6)---7--x-7-4-3---o||||--2--(2)-x-1-(1)-x-1-(1)-1-|-6--(6)-x-5--x-5-4-3----||||--0--(0)-0-------x---------|-4--(4)-0----x---2-1----||
B5 F5 D#5 A5 C#C5 PM PM Q +S S E +S S E +E E Q +E. S E E E E|--------------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|-------------------||----------3-(3)---3-(3)-3-|----------7-7------||-2--(2)---3-(3)-x-3-(3)-3-|-6--(6)---7-7-4-3--||-2--(2)-x-1-(1)-x-1-(1)-1-|-6--(6)-x-5-5-4-3--||-0--(0)-0-------x---------|-4--(4)-0-----2-1--|
Chorus C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T||------------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------|--------------------------|||o-----------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------|--------------------------|||o-3-2-----3-(3)-2-----3-|-(3)-2-----3-(3)-5-3-2----|||--3-2-x-x-3-(3)-2-x-x-3-|-(3)-2-x-x-3-(3)-5-3-2----|||--1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5B5C5 PM| PM| PM| E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T|-----------------------|---------------------------|||-----------------------|---------------------------|||-----------------------|--------------------------o|||-----------------------|---------------------------|||-2-3-----2-(2)-3-----2-|-(2)-3-----2-(2)-3-2-3----o|||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-x-x-2-|-(2)-3-x-x-2-(2)-3-2-3-----|||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1-----||
Outro C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM PM| PM PM| E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S. T E E S. T|-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)---2-----3-|-(3)---2-----3-(3)---5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)---2-x-x-3-|-(3)---2-x-x-3-(3)---5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)---3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 C5B C5B PM| PM PM| PM PM| PM PM E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E E E E E E|-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-2-3-----2-(2)---3-----2-|-(2)---3-----3---3----||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)---3-x-x-2-|-(2)---3-x-x-3-x-3-x--||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-0-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-1-0-1-0--|
C5B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D5C5B5 PM| PM PM| PM PM| E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S. T E E S. T|-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-3-2-----3-(3)---2-----3-|-(3)---2-----3-(3)---5-3-2----||-3-2-x-x-3-(3)---2-x-x-3-|-(3)---2-x-x-3-(3)---5-3-2----||-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)---3-1-0----|
B5C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 C5B C5B B5 PM| PM PM| PM PM| PM PM E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E E E E E E E E H.|-------------------------|---------------------|-----------*||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------*||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------*||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------*||-2-3-----2-(2)---3-----2-|-(2)---3-----3---3---|-2---------*||-2-3-x-x-2-(2)---3-x-x-2-|-(2)---3-x-x-3-x-3-x-|-2---------*||-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-0-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-1-0-1-0-|-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
