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Machine Head Descend The Shades Of Night Guitar Tab


Descend The Shades Of Night Bass Tab
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Tuning from low string to high string

B F# B E G# C#

| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note


The one this is based on is really good, I just changed a few things around in the
Chorus and the verses..enjoy

Machine Head - Descend The Shades Of Night
Through The Ashes Of Empires (2003)

Intro- Acoustic:

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------|
|---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----|
|---7--7--7--5----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----|
|-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------| X 2 on its own

(Then Acoustic Second Guitar Comes In, Guitar One Carries on)

Guitar 2:
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13-----13------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14------10---| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
|
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13----13-------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
| (quiet singing in back ground)
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13-----13------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14------10---| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13----13-------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
/

Harmony:

|--------------------------------| |
|-------------17h18-17------17---| |
|-----12-14-17--------17------14-| |
|--14----------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|
|--------------------------------| |
|-------------17h18--17-----17---| |
|-----12-14-17---------17-----18-| |
|--14----------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
/


Guitar 1 (on its own)

Verse: (Acoustic) starts singing

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------|
|---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----| X2
|---7--7--7--5----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----|
|-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Pre Chorus: Guitar One (Clean Quiet):

|----------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6---------------|
|---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5--|
|---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--|
|---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7--|
|----------------------------|

Chorus:

Guitar 1 & 2: Guitar 1:

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--10--8-8-8------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--10--8-8-8------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------|

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------|

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------|

Guitar 1 & 2:

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|


Guitar 1 (Acoustic)

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------|
|---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----|
|---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----|
|-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
X 3 on its own then guitar comes in as well.


Guitar 2:
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13-----13------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14------10---| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
|
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13----13-------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13-----13------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14------10---| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|



|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13----13-------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
/

Harmony:


|--------------------------------| |
|-------------17h18-17------17---| |
|-----12-14-17--------17------14-| |
|--14----------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
| X1
|--------------------------------| |
|-------------17h18--17-----17---| |
|-----12-14-17---------17-----18-| |
|--14----------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
/

A Bass Slide... then

Guitar 1: (Distortion)

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----------------------|
|---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5--------|
|---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7--------|
|-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2: Light Palm Muting :( plays with guitar one above, but quiet and lightly)


|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Pre Chorus: Guitar One (Clean Quiet)

|----------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6---------------|
|---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5--|
|---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--|
|---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7--|
|----------------------------|

Chorus:

Guitar 1 & 2: Guitar 1:

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--10--8-8-8------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--10--8-8-8------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------|

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------|

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------|

Guitar 1 & 2:

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0----------|

Guitar 1 Solo:

Guitar 2:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7/-------10-9------------10-9------------10-9---------------|
|------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8--------3---3--3-22-2|
|--5/--0--0--8-7---2---2--2--8-7---8---8--8--8-7---3---3--3-22-2|
|------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8--------3---3--3-22-2|


|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---7/-------10-9------------10-9------------10-9------|
|-------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8-----------|
|---5/--0--0--8-7---2---2--2--8-7---8---8--8--8-7------|
|-------0--0--------2---2--2--------8---8--8-----------|

Guitar 1 & 2 Solo:




Guitar 1: On its own firstly

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/10-10-1010-10-10/9-9-999-9-9/109-7-7-777-7-75-5-555-5----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/10-10-1010-10-10/9-9-999-9-9/109-7-7-777-7-75-5-555-5----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/14-14-1414-14-14/12-12-121212-12-12/1412-9/10-10-101010-10-109-9-999-9-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/14-14-1414-14-14/12-12-121212-12-12/1412-9/10-10-101010-10-109-9-999-9-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(Whilst guitar 1 plays below)

Guitar 1:

|------20-17-15----13------20--17--15----13------20--17--15----13------20--17|
|-13-15--------------13-15-----------------13-15------------------13-15------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 1 & 2

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--2------| X 3
|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--2------|
|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--2------|
- - - - - - - - -

Guitar 1 & 2:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Pre Chorus: Guitar One (Clean Quiet)

|----------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6---------------|
|---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5--|
|---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--|
|---5--5--5--5---7--7--7--7--|
|----------------------------|
Chorus:

Guitar 1 & 2: Guitar 1:

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-8--0-0-0--8-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----x----x---x--x------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-----||-----------------------|
- - -
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--10--8-8-8------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--10--8-8-8------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--10--8-8-8------||-----------------------|

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--7--5-5-5-------||-----------------------|

|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---10-/-12--10--9------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||----x----x---x--x------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||----8-/-10---8--7------|
|--5--7-7-7-------||-----------------------|

Guitar 1 & 2:

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0------0------0------0-----|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0------0------0------0-----|
|-8--7-7-7--7--5-5-5--5--3-3-3--3--2-2-2--0------0------0------0-----|

Note rings for guitar 2


Guitar 1:


|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6------------------|
|---7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----|
|---7--7--7--5----7--7--7--7--5-5--5--5--5--7-7--7--7--7----|
|-5-5--5--5--5--8-8--8--8--8----5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------| X 2





Guitar 2:
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13-----13------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14------10---| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
|
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13----13-------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
| (quiet singing in back ground)
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13-----13------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14------10---| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------13h15--13----13-------| |
|-----10-12-14---------14-----14----| |
|--12-------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------| |
|
/
Harmony:


|--------------------------------| |
|-------------17h18-17------17---| |
|-----12-14-17--------17------14-| |
|--14----------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|
|--------------------------------| |
|-------------17h18--17-----17---| |
|-----12-14-17---------17-----18-| |
|--14----------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------| |
/

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Francesco
Lead Player
#1 by Francesco DeVito at Nov 25, 1972 at 9:34 PM EST
This song is definitely about death and the inevitability of death. We are all going to die and as it says "death shines a golden light" means that death is the peaceful ending to our horrible lives here on earth. I love the line, "All our hate is a product of a world, we created". I have several interpreations for this line. First it is saying that we choise to hate/be angry with our lives. It is saying that if we are miserable, it is because we choose to be so. The other meaning that it has is that we humans create the society that we live in. We might be unhappy with how things are in our lives but it is the world that we have created and therefore cannot changes things unless we change the world we have created. Either way, I love this line because it puts the blame squarely on ourselves. Its says that if you are unhappy, it is because you make yourself unhappy. I also love the solo part of this song because it is about relating to other people and sharing common experiences or feelings. To me this is what music or the arts is about, sharing emotions, human emotions. It says that we are all humans and we feel anger, we need to express ourselves, we have emotions, we feel pain, and we are all scared to die. We are all in the same boat, and eventually that boat will sink, its a fact of life.
 
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nate
Average
#2 by nate eastman at Apr 5, 1976 at 7:48 AM EST
yup, its an 8 min lamentation on death! death sucks and we all have to die.
 
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Manu
Professional Badass
#3 by Manu at Jan 31, 1988 at 9:28 AM EST
no doubt one of machine heads best pieces. totally agree with the whole death thing. peace out
 
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Jesus
Professional
#4 by Jesus at Nov 12, 1993 at 1:50 AM EST
"I also love the solo part of this song because it is about relating to other people and sharing common experiences or feelings. To me this is what music or the arts is about, sharing emotions, human emotions. It says that we are all humans and we feel anger, we need to express ourselves, we have emotions, we feel pain, and we are all scared to die. We are all in the same boat, and eventually that boat will sink, its a fact of life." you deserve a medal for writin that
 
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Andrew
Rhythm Player
#5 by Andrew Clayton at Aug 2, 2000 at 11:13 AM EST
Probably one of the best Machine Head songs.