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GREEN MACHINE
As recorded by Kyuss
(From the 1992 Album BLUES FOR THE RED SUN)
Words and Music by Brant Bjork
E5                   C5                   D5                   G5
0 2 2 x x x         8 10 10 x x x       10 12 12 x x x       x 10 12 12 x x
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr I'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr III'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=180
E5                            A5/E
1/4       4/4
Gtr I
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
Q   a     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||o-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-------||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-------||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-1s=12-||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q   a     W                 W
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||o-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||o-----------------|-------------------------|
|-1s=12-||------------------|-------------------------|
E5                             N.C.
PM|   PM|   PM|      PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E Q  a    3x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-------------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7------7------------o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0-1s=7----||
|
| W                 H.           Q  a    3x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------1s=7----||
E5                                A5/E
PM--|    PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E   E E  E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------9------9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|--------9------9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|--------7------7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|--0---0----0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
|
| +Q     H.             W
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)\----------------|-------------------------|
E5                             N.C.
PM|   PM|   PM|      PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E Q  a
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7------7-----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
|
| W                 H.           Q  a
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------1s=7--||
E5                            A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5                            N.C.
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q  a
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Verses I, II & III
$
$$
E5                            A5/E
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5                            N.C.
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q  a  3x
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
E5                            A5/E          E5
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|               PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E     E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|-----9--9--9--|-9--9--9-9-9\--||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|-----9--9--9--|-9--9--9-9-9\--||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|-----7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7\--||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|-0-0----------|---------------||
Chorus
E5                             C5
Gtrs I, II
Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E  E
|  |  | | | |    |  | |  | | |  |
/  /  / / / /    /  / /  / / /  /
Gtr III
Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E  E
||----------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|----------------13-|
||----------------|-------------------|
||--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-10-|
||o-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2----|
||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0----|
D5                  G5
+E   E  Q   E  E  E  E   +E  E  Q     E  E  Q
|   |  |   |  |  |  |    |  |  |     |  |  |
/   /  /   /  /  /  /    /  /  /     /  /  /
+E   E  Q   E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     3x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(13)-13-13--13-13-13s15-|-15-15-15-15-15s20-20\---o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(10)-10-10--10-10-10s12-|-12-12-12-12-12s17-17\----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
E5                             C5
Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E  E
|  |  | | | |    |  | |  | | |  |
/  /  / / / /    /  / /  / / /  /
Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E  E
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------13-|
|---------------|-------------------|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-10-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2----|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0----|
To Coda
To Coda
D5                  G5
+E  E  Q     E  E  E  E   +E  E  Q     E  E  Q
|  |  |     |  |  |  |    |  |  |     |  |  |
/  /  /     /  /  /  /    /  /  /     /  /  /
E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13s15-|-15-15-15-15-15s20-20\--||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10s12-|-12-12-12-12-12s17-17\--||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
Pre Verse
E5                            A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
D.S. al Coda
E5                          G5
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9---7-7-7---||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9---5-5-5---||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7---5-5-5--o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0---------||
Out Chorus
&
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q  a
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Bridge/Bass Solo
N.C.(Em7)
Gtr I
Q  Q  Q  E E     +E  E Q    E  E  Q
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------15-14-12--|
|----5-----5-7b8r|=(7)-7-5/------------|
|-7-----7--------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q  Q  Q  E E     +E  E Q    E  E  Q
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------15-14-12--|
|----5-----5-7b8r|=(7)-7-5-------------|
|-7-----7--------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~
E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  Q   Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-|-12-15-14-12-12--12--|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|
|                                        ~~~~~~
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  Q   Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-|-12-15-14-12-12--12--|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q   Q   Q        Q            +Q.              E  +Q         Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12--12--12-------12---------|-(12)-------------12-(12)-------12\--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  ~~
|  H       Q       +E   E        +E   +E   Q         +E   Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12------12b14===(12)r12b15==|=(12)-(12)r12b15=====(12)r12b15------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E5  D5E5D5  E5    D5E5  D5E5  D5
PM|   PM    PM|     PM|   PM
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--|
|-----5---5-5-----|-5-----5-----5\--|
|-0-0---0-----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
|
| PM|   PM    PM|     PM|   PM
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7\--|
|-----5---5-5-----|-5-----5-----5\--|
|-0-0---0-----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
E5                            A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5                            A5/E
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5                               A5/E          E5D5
Gtr I
PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                        PM
E E H.             +W                          E  E       E        E       E        E       E        E
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----2------------|-(2)-----------------------|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----2------------|-(2)-----------------------|----5----------------5----------------5----------------5-----|
|-0-0-0------------|-(0)-----------------------|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM|    PM|   PM|       PM|   PM|               PM
| E E E  E E E E E    E  E E E E E  E     +E     E  E       E        E       E        E       E        E
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9------9-----|--9------9-----14b15r(14)\-|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----9------9-----|--9------9-----14b15r(14)\-|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----7------7-----|--7------7-----------------|----5----------------5----------------5----------------5-----|
|-0-0----0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-------------|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W                   W                          E  E      +S   +S   E      +S   +S   E      +S   +S   E
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|---14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
PM
E        E       E        E   E  E   Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|------------7----------------7----------7\----||
|------------7----------------7----------7\----||
|------------5----------------5----------5\----||
|------------------------------------0---------||
|
|                                    PM
|   E        E       E        E   E  E   Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|------------7----------------7----------7\----||
|------------7----------------7----------7\----||
|------------5----------------5----------5\----||
|------------------------------------0---------||
|
|  +S   +S   E      +S   +S   E  +Q      Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|-(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14-(14)---(12)\---||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
Pre Verse II
Gtrs I, II
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q  a
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Outro
&&
E5                            A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E     +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)\-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5                            N.C.     E5
PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q  a     q  H.
|-----------------|-------------------||----------*|
|-----------------|------------------o||----------*|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||----------*|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||-2--------*|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o||-2--------*|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||-0--------*|
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

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Kyle Average	#1 by Kyle Bish at Sep 26, 2007 at 11:23 PM EST
	from what i hear kyuss was a really non-commercial band, even tho they were approached by major labels and MTV (who wanted to film their generator bashes) they always turned it down in favour of doing their own thing for fun not profit. I think this song is about that, a green machine is a money-making enterprise, like they could have turned their band into. and even tho he fights his own greed (the war in his head) he has a "wheel of understanding" of the bigger picture to avoid selling out, which kyuss truly managed to do. the second verse is "hi-fidelity" (ie music) not "hospitality". he's saying he has all he wants, nature, clean air, and his music, he doesn't need the money they're offering him. Kyuss really enjoyed being kyuss, playing their songs. He's doing his bit to break down the green machine, by not giving in to the truckloads of money they were being offered to turn it into a job.

No Picture bradley Wanna Be	#2 by bradley goodman at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:47 AM EST
	It's a dirty rock song...heavy and yet accessible. These guys rock for metalheads. Great song.

No Picture jessie Wanna Be	#3 by jessie sinanan at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:35 AM EST
	You pretty much got it right there, Infinity Surreal. Basically about a conflict in your mind, whether to be greedy (hence the name, "Green Machine", which I think derives from the slang "greens" which means money) or to do good things, and be happy. This line shows his conflict the most; "I see pretty flowers at my feet Cool breeze, clean air, hospitality Pretty please, pretty please, pretty please Get the hell away from me" He's sort of embracing the beauty of flowers, when the greedy part of him takes over and tells the good side of him to basically fuck off. There's my two cents....

No Picture Jarrett Lead Player	#4 by Jarrett Sandlin at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:30 PM EST
	maybe he wanna talk about conflict between marijuana(or drugs in general) and normal life... if you put all lyrics together thumb, green machine, 50 million year trip, freedom run...

No Picture stephen Average	#5 by stephen warunki at Oct 9, 2007 at 12:36 PM EST
	this song is a case of simple hostility and confliction within one's own mind and soul. it's about the anger and indignance one has towards self; due to an irreconcilable relationship that one has with one's true self and the bitterness that is birthed by one's striving to be one thing (true, open, honest, and forthright) and the corrupted nature of one when acted upon by society over periods of time, one battles in constant war within their own consciousness in perpetuity. at the song's core and its apex, it's all about frustration with the human condition. but i digress... it simply steamrolls. it's beauty in sonic spacetime.

No Picture PunkJunky Wanna Be	#6 by PunkJunky at Oct 15, 2007 at 12:17 PM EST
	sorry i take it back, im pretty sad to say so but it does sound more like hospitality, not hi-fidelity. i still prefer my meaning though... at least its backed up with lyrics and not just inane rambling