CONTROL DENIED - WHAT IF...?
From the Album THE FRAGILE ART OF EXISTENCE
Copyright 1999 Nuclear Blast
Version 2.0 - April 2000
Transcription Done by: Kerry Vick (control_denied@hotmail.com)
Corrections Done by: Manuel Caldas (manuelcm@yahoo.com)
Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
b = bend / = slide up a.h. = artificial
bf= bend full br= bend release harmonic
h = hammer-on \ = slide down n.h. = harmonic
p = pull-off . = palm mute(pm) t = tapping
" = tremolo picking > = abrupt stop ~ = vibrato
Tuning = D (D,G,C,F,A,D)
Bass Intro/Pick Scrape
Riff A|-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|--------------------8--|GTRS I|--------9-8--------|--------9-8---------6--| & II|-6-7-6--7-6--9-10--|-6-7-6--7-6--9-10------||-4-5-4-------7--8--|-4-5-4-------7--8------|
Play Riff A three and 1/2 times
Riff B.1|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|GTR I|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||-----7------------7------7------|-----7------------7--------7-||-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8---8-7~-|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8-7-5-|
. . . . . . . . |--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--\9~~-------9--11--12--11--9------9\11~~----9--7--7\9--9~~---|GTR II|--------------------------------------------------------------||--\7~~-------7---9--10---9--7------7\-9~~----7--5--5\7--7~~---||--------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff B.2|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|GTRS I|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| & II|-----7------------7------7------|-----7------------7--------7-||-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8---8-7~-|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8-7-5-| . . . . . . . .
Play Riff B.1 one time
Play Riff B.2 three times
Riff C|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------|GTRS I|---------------------|-555--------------| & II|-777-555-666-2222222-|-333-555-66666666-||-555-333-444-0000000-|-----333-44444444-| ... ... ... ...... ... ... ........
Riff C - Fill 1 (play one time, echo 3 times)|------12----12\15----------||---10-------------15----17-||-9-------------------14----||---------------------------||---------------------------||---------------------------|
Riff D|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS I|-------------------------------------------------------------| & II|-7--------------7--------------6--------------6--------------||-5-444444444444-5-444444444444-4-000000000000-4-000000000000-| > ............ > ............ > ............ > ............
Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times
Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times
Riff E - Solo 1(Chuck)|----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|GTRS I|-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| & II|-2----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0--------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff E four times
Riff F - Bridge|-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|GTR I|-----------------------------------------------------||-7-8-7-5------7--8-7-5------7-8-7-5------5-----------||---------8-7-----------8-7----------8-7----8-7-5-3-1-|
|-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|GTR II|--------------9-10-9-7-------------------------------||----------------------10-9--7-8-7-5------5-----------||------------------------------------8-7----8-7-5-3-1-|
Play Riff F one time
Riff G - Solo 2(Shannon)|---------------------------||---------------------------||---------------------------|GTRS I|-------------55-5----------| & II|-22-----2-2--33-3-22222222-||-00-000-0-0----------------| .. ... . . .. . ........
Play Riff G eight times
Riff H|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|GTRS I|-------------------------------------------------| & II|-22-----2-2--22-----2-2--22-----2-2--7-8-7-5-----||-00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0----------8-7-| .. ... . . .. ... . . .. ... . .
continuation of Riff H|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|GTRS I|-----------------------------------------------6-| & II|-22-----2-2--22-----2-2--22-----2-2--7-8-5-7-8---||-00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--------------| .. ... . . .. ... . . .. ... . .
Play Riff H three times
Play Riff B.2 four times
Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times
Play Riff C two times
Play Riff D two times
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