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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----|
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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
--------------------------------------|
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
----------------
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
