Notation explanation:
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-5:--4:-- Time Signature changes. If you don't understand, listen
-4:--4:-- to the song.
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The most important things needed to sound like Meshuggah is to nail
the rhythms accurately, and to palm mute the right notes. Pay
attention to those P.Ms.
Riff A
/== 1 =============\/== 2 ==============\
Db||---------------------|------------------||-------------------|
Ab||*-4:-4343432432434324|7:-34343243243432*||4:-34343243243432--|
Eb||*-4:-2121210210212102|8:-12121021021210*||4:-12121021021210--|
Bb||---------------------|------------------||-------------------|
P.M ................ .............. ..............
Play Riff A
Then play this cool section:
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
Ab|4-4-4324--4-4324|-4-4324--4-4324-|4-4324--4-4324-4|-4324--4-4324-4-|-
Eb|2-2-2102--2-2102|-2-2102--2-2102-|2-2102--2-2102-2|-2102--2-2102-2-|-
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
P.M. . .... . ....| . .... . .... |. .... . .... .| .... . .... . |
Gb|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|5---------------|-
Db|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|5---------------|-
Ab|4---------------|3---------------|4---------------|3---------------|-
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
Db -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
Ab -|4324--4-4324-4-4|324--4-4324-4-43|24--4-4324-4-432|2:-4--4-432|
Eb -|2102--2-2102-2-2|102--2-2102-2-21|02--2-2102-2-210|4:-2--2-210|
Bb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
|.... . .... . .|... . .... . ..|.. . .... . ...| . . ...|
Gb -|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|---5-------|
Db -|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|2:-5-------|
Ab -|4---------------|3---------------|4---------------|4:-3-------|
Eb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
Bb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
Play Riff A again
Riff B
Db|-------3---------3-|--3-------3-----|------3---3-----|3---------3---3-|-
Ab|4:-----1---------1-|--1-------1-----|------1---1-----|1---------1---1-|-
Eb|4:-0000----000000--|------0000----00|000---------0000|----000000------|-
Bb|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
P.M .... ...... .... .. ... .... ......
Db -|----3---------3-|--3-------5-----|------3---3-----|3---------3---3-|
Ab -|----1---------1-|--1-------3-----|------1---1-----|1---------1---1-|
Eb -|0000----000000--|------0000----00|000---------0000|----000000------|
Bb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
.... ...... .... .. ... .... ......
Play Riff B 2x
Riff C
Db|----------------|
Ab|4-----444-------|
Eb|2-----222-------|
Bb|----------------|
P.M. ...
Play Riff C 4x
Riff D
Db|--5-6-7-----5-6-|7-----5-6-7-----|5-----4-----3---|
Ab|--5-6-7-----5-6-|7-----5-6-7-----|5-----4-----3---|
Eb|0-3-4-5-0-0-3-4-|5-0-0-3-4-5-0-0-|3-0-0-2-0-0-1-0-|
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|
P.M. . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff D 4x
Then play:
Db|----3---------3-|-----3---------|-------------------|---------------|
Ab|----1---------1-|3:---1---------|4:-5-5---5-5---4-4-|3:----rest-----|
Eb|0000----000000--|4:-------------|4:-5-5---5-5---4-4-|4:-------------|
Bb|----------------|---------------|---3-3---3-3---2-2-|---------------|
P.M.... ...... . . . . . .
Riff E /= 3 =\ /= 3 =\
Eb|2-------222-----|--2--------2--2-|2--2--2-------2-|--------2-2-2---|
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
P.M. ... . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff E 2x
Under solo, play Riff E 4x playing Gb rather than F (fret 3 rather than 2)
Then play Riff E 2x on G (fret 4)
Play Riff E 1x on Eb (open)
Then play:
Eb|0-------00-hold-|--0-------0----0|----0-----------|------rest------|
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
P.M. . . .
Riff F
Db|----------------|----6------------|----------------|----------------|-
Ab|6---------------|----4-4-5-4-3----|--3-4-5---------|5-------4-------|-
Eb|4-4---5---6-----|--2---2-3-2-1----|--1-2-3-----335-|--2-4-5-2-2-----|-
Bb|--2---3---4-----|-----------------|----------------|--0-2-3---0-----|-
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Db -|----------------|--------------4-|----------------|--5-4-----------|
Ab -|6---------------|------------5---|3-4-2-----2-----|--3-2-5-2-4-----|
Eb -|4-4---5---6-----|--2-4-5-6-4-----|--2-0-----0-----|------3-0-2-----|
Bb -|--2---3---4-----|--0-2-3---------|----------------|----------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Under solo, play Riff F 2x (wicked riff!)
Play Riff B 2x
Play Riff C 6x
Play Riff D 4x
Then play:
Db|2-------2-------|
Ab|2-------2-------|
Eb|0-------0-------|
Bb|----------------|
Riff G /== 1 ==============\/== 2 ==============\
Db||----/3=\/= 3 =\---------|-------/= 3 =\-4---||-------/= 3 =\-5---|
Ab||*5:---------------------|4:-------------3--*||4:-------------4---|
Eb||*4:--3--4--3--4---------|4:-5---6--5--6-2--*||4:-5---6--5--6-3---|
Bb||-----1--2--1--2---------|---3---4--3--4-----||---3---4--3--4-----|
P.M . . . . . . . . .
^-this is a triplet eighth rest, followed by 4 triplet quarters
Play Riff G 2x
Then drop to a half-time tempo, and play:
Eb|555-----555---555---------------|
Bb|333-----333---333---------------|
P.M... ... ...
Riff H
Eb|44-4--4-44-44-4-|-4--4-44-4--4-44|-44-4--4--4-44-4|--4-44-44-4--4--|
Bb|22-2--2-22-22-2-|-2--2-22-2--2-22|-22-2--2--2-22-2|--2-22-22-2--2--|
Play Riff H 4x and end on low Bb chord.
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