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CARS
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by Matt Scharfglass
Words by Gary Numan Music by Gary Numan
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'heavy dist'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=129
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr II Gtr I
PM--| PM--|
W H E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---2-1---------------|---2--1----------------|
|-2---------|------||o------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2----|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W H W +W
|-----------|------||--19-----------------|-(19)------------------|
|-----------|------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---2--1---------------|---2--1---------------|
|--------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2---|
|----------------------|--------------------4-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|-(19)-----------------|-(19)-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------||
|---0----4--0------------|--0-----4---0-------o||
|----------------------4-|---------------------||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H
|-(19)-----17-(17)-------|---------------------||
|-------------------17---|--------------------o||
|------------------------|-18------------------||
|------------------------|-------19-(19)-------||
|------------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------||
1st 2nd Verse
$
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|
||o-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-------------------|----------------|--------------o||
|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-2-1---------------|----------------|---------------||
|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-0---4-0--------|-0---4-0------o||
|-----------------4-|--------------4-|---------------||
Interlude
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------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|-------------0-----|------------------|
||-------2-------0---|-------2-------4---|------2-------0---|
||o--------2---4---4-|---------2---------|--------2---4---4-|
||--0----------------|--0----------------|-0----------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| ~~ ~~
| a Q. E H W a Q. E H
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||--0h2--------------|-------------------|-0h2--------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||--0----------------|-(0)---------------|-0----------------|
W +W W
1. 2.
D.S.
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E H
|------------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------o||----------------|
|------------------------||----------------|
|-------------------2----||---------2------|
|---------------0h2-----o||-----0-2--------|
|--0------0---0----------||--0-------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------o||----------------|
|------------------------||----------------|
|------------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------o||----------------|
|-(0)--------------------||-(0)------------|
+W +W
3rd Verse
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
||--2--1---------------|---2--1---------------|
||o------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2---|
||---------------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
||----19---------------|-(19)-----------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---2--1---------------|---2--1----------------|
|--------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2----2-2-2---|
|----------------------|---------------------4-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +H. Q
|-(19)-----------------|-(19)---------21-------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
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E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|--0----4--0------------|--0----4--0---------o||
|---------------------4-|---------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H
|-19------17-(17)-------|---------------------||
|------------------17---|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|-18------------------||
|-----------------------|---------19-(19)-----||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
Interlude
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|
||------2-------0---|-----2-------4---|-----2-------0---|
||o-------2---4---4-|-------2---------|-------2---4---4-|
||--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
1. 2.
D.S.
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E H
|----------------------||--------------|
|---------------------o||--------------|
|----------------------||--------------|
|-----------------2----||-------2------|
|-------------0h2-----o||---0-2--------|
|-0-----0---0----------||-0------------|
4th Verse
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|
||o-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|
||--------------------|-------------------|
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|----------------|---------------||
|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-0---4-0--------|-0---4-0------o||
|-------------------|-----------------4-|--------------4-|---------------||
Outro
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM----|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S S S
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---2-1---------------|---2--1---------------|---2--1-----------------|-|
||o------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2-2---|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W +W
||--19-----------------|-(19)-----------------|-(19)-------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W +W
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o-16-----------------|-(16)-----------------|-(16)-------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E E H 4x
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|---2--1----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------0-2---2--2-2---|--0----4--0------------|--0------4---0-------o||
|---------------------4-|---------------------4-|----------------------||
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H. Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H 4x
|-(19)-----------21-----|-19------17-(17)-------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------17---|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-18-------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------19-(19)-------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. Q W H H 4x
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-(16)-----------14-----|-15--------------------|-14------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------14--------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
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
