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PRAISE THE WAR MACHINE - Zao
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Tabbed by: Robert Cole Jensen
Email: penguinlord7000@gmail.com
Tuning: Drop C
This is a tab for the lead guitar, or a version you can play with one guitar for a live situation.
Intro Riff 1
e|10--------13----------|
B|--11-10-11---11-10-11-|x4
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Intro Riff 2
e|9--------12------------9-9-7-9-10-9h10p9-10-12-|
B|-11-10-11--11-10-11-x3-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-5h6--0-x-5h6--0-x-5h6-00 x10-| (including two variations)
A|-5h6--0-x-5h6--0-x-5h6-00-----|
E|-5h6--0-x-5h6--0-x-5h6-00-----|
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Chorus Variation 1
Right after vocalist screams "To set us free!" play triplets on the bottom three strings
holding your fingers just barely touching them, moving down the neck. You should get
sound of natural harmonics running down the neck.
Chorus Variation 2
At same location as the first variation, just on the last time:
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-0000-0--0000-0-|
A|-0000-0--0000-0-|
E|-0000-0--0000-0-|
.... . .... .
Things are going to seem disjointed for the Bridge/Breakdown, read the order at the
and it will make sense. Also, each time the main riff is played through four times, the
will variate. I'm trusting you to be able to figure out the simple rythmn switches,
to the song, it will help.
Bridge/Breakdown Main Riff
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------| x4 (On last time, add pinch harmonic)
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|0000000000000000-0140140140140141
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Bridge/Breakdown Riff 2
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-6-8-5------|
A|-6-8-5-ph5~-|
E|-6-8-5------|
Bridge/Breakdown Riff 3
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-6-8-5-6-5-ph5~-|
A|-6-8-5-6-5------|
E|-6-8-5-6-5------|
. . . . .
Outro Riff
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-000000000000-1/4-000000000000-8h10-7~-|
A|-000000000000-1/4-000000000000-8h10-7~-|
E|-000000000000-1/4-000000000000-8h10-7~-|
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It's also fun, after the outro riff has been played through four times, to pick two
chords to play back and forth until your group fades/ends.
Song Order:
Intro Riff 1
Intro Riff 2
Intro Riff 1
Intro Riff 2
Chorus x4
Chorus Variation 1
Chorus x4
Chorus Variation 2
Repeat Everything Above This Point
Bridge/Breakdown Main Riff (x4)
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" " Main Riff x2
" " Riff 2 x1
" " Main Riff x2
" " Riff 3 x1
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Repeat Everything Between The Lines x5, with variations. Make sure there is no drum
between fourth and fifth times.
Outro Riff xwhatever you feel like
Hope I was of help.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| . Palm Muting
| ph Pinch Harmonics
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ryan Wanna Be |
#1 by Ryan Carter at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:43 PM EST |
| best song on the album in my opinion. agree with most on the meaning. love it when he goes "66 6" sounds great live too! | |
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jimmy Lead Player |
#2 by jimmy matthews at Oct 4, 2007 at 9:16 PM EST |
| I realized how morbid I was just today when all I could remember off the top of my head was "Pile up the countless corpses and on them we shall dine." I still love the Zao! But yes. I have to agree with Skeezix AND keyman. Both present a fair argument, but I think that the song is a middle ground between them. That after God died, man did begin to seek Him and in the process found satan who pretty much said "Meh, do whatever you want it is ok with me." The term warmachine holds a dual meaning here: man's evil nature and Satan. In short, 666. "The death of the Omega pilots the war machine We shall destroy the earth Rebuild it None shall inherit it" God has died/gone away/whatever and now Satan and man run rampant without check. WE is a key word here. It doesn't mean Satan it means man and satan. If it were just Satan it would be He, not we. "The earth it shall burn bright tonight in our eyes The earth it shall burn right into our eye on this very night Praise the war machine Burn tonight" Again, a plural I, OUR eyes not HIS. The warmachine is 666, the union of man and Satan. | |
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Spanky Lead Player |
#3 by Spanky Man at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:13 PM EST |
| though on that end, i do believe this song is more about some terrible cataclysm that descends upon man, humanity runs to satan for shelter, the line (666 the number of man BROUGHT UPON by man) suggests that we did something that went out of control, and in order to save ourselves, we went to satan. maybe, somethin like that lol | |
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Joshua Wanna Be |
#4 by Joshua graham at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:30 AM EST |
| "Blood turned into fire, made to drink like wine, Pile up the countless corpses and on them we shall dine." that really is a great line. | |
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Eric Average |
#5 by Eric Zinkhon at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:46 PM EST |
| maybe, this might be a stretch, the war machine is like the anitchrist or satan. after God leaves us we seek God but we find the devil disguised as a God and follow him. then the devil uses his newly found followers to terrorize and destroy the earth. see i told you it was a stretch | |
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Eric Average |
#6 by Eric Zinkhon at Oct 6, 2007 at 5:42 PM EST |
| i agree with keyman on this one. its the new world order that has come into play. it's all decay and destruction, until the new world is reforged by the men of this world. | |
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Darren Wanna Be |
#7 by Darren Pilton at Oct 7, 2007 at 7:32 PM EST |
| Here's my take... The whole cd is about "What if God decided to leave, period." right? We caused him to leave. We caused him to go away. The way I understand this song, and this is my interpretation... God creates man with free will, without God no good can come of the world, there is no God to assist man, watch over man, and because of us he leaves. We caused the death of God, HE left us because of our actions. We ARE the war machine. Man decides he will "rebuild the earth" in by that i believe it means he does with it what he pleases. War, death, and more death. In second verse I believe means that man runs free and the term "run us through your jaws" is man being torn in such a way that he is seperated entirely from heaven, God and any terms of good, with no heavenly body to empower man in a good way, the flesh takes over and so does evil and the third verse i believe signifies that. Evil comes to free man because man is nothing without God. Man is 666, man is evil incarnate because there is no God, only the flesh remains with free will. No more order, there is disruption, war, death. The earth burns in massive hate and war, man killing man. No perfect earth, no God to come, man destroys himself, war. Perhaps thats just my take. Perhaps I'm wrong, but thats my own take on it. | |
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Charley Rhythm Player |
#8 by Charley Hockin at Oct 10, 2007 at 2:58 AM EST |
| Well, to me it's about the darkness rising up. The chaos after God is dead. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#9 by Matt Spencer at Oct 10, 2007 at 9:12 AM EST |
| yes all of you seem to have the right meaning. its based on the same ideas. and the song is truly haunting to think of. im glad people chose to interpret the song, besides shun it away like a lot of orthodox christians when they see the title "The Funeral of God" | |
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Keegan Average |
#10 by Keegan at Oct 11, 2007 at 5:19 AM EST |
| hm OK ill post the lyrics and dissect it a bit... The death of the Omega pilots the war machine We shall destroy the earth Rebuild it None shall inherit it Blood turned into fire Made to drink like wine Pile up the countless corpses and on them we shall dine Ok now the omega is god, says so in the bible, now he can't Actually die, but figuratively he could, when someone is dead to you they are gone, so God is gone from the earth, immediately im thinking this is the judgement. The rest of the verse talks about how brutal things will get without gods guidelines in a New world order state... *cough* evolution philisophy*cough*...i didnt say that. We praise you, war machine You've come to set us free Run us through your jaws Carry us off in your claws At first i want to think, oh hes happy for god setting him free of sin..but then he mentions jaws and claws.. so on a side note this may be releasing quite a bit of feelings about his own faith? hopefully the writer of this song realizes hes doing a good thing for those who understand his motive..anyway, my feeling is this verse shows how decieving the devil can be, he has now fooled everyone to thing THIS is true salvation...which is sadly false. Cut away body from soul A slave freed from his master Closing the spirit's eye to embrace this earthly tie another deception of the devil, blinding you of the truthfullness of the spirit, thus causing you to only see fleshful things...how many christians here can say that there co-workers, school mates would look at you weird if you said straight up (i believe in the supernatural)...well people i know would think im crazy. so in short this is talking about how blind we can be and how ignorant we can be to freed (falsely) by the wrong person) 666 Doesnt need to much discription, this is here i think to really set the mood and get you thinking...where are you..who do you see as your above, sadly many athiests or even thiests of non-christian decent (in my opinion anyway take it or leave it) are blind to the reality of christ and god himself, and if you dont serve god sadly the alternative isnt based on your attitude, its based on your fruits (matthew 7:21 i think) The earth it shall burn bright tonight in our eyes The earth it shall burn right into our eye on this very night Praise the war machine Burn tonight Even as the world burns away and satan laughs standing beside us, we still assume its just the way it was suppost to go...we are that blind without the awakening of the lord, some people said consequences i say our ignorance to the free way out. This song by the meaning I have laid out makes me want to try and reach more people..so they wont suffer any fate like this...friends or enemies..no one deserves this punishment. | |
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jordan Average |
#11 by jordan roberts at Oct 12, 2007 at 8:33 AM EST |
| maybe, this might be a stretch, the war machine is like the anitchrist or satan. after God leaves us we seek God but we find the devil disguised as a God and follow him. then the devil uses his newly found followers to terrorize and destroy the earth. see i told you it was a stretch | |
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Punk Rock Princ Wanna Be |
#12 by Punk Rock Princess at Oct 13, 2007 at 12:28 AM EST |
| hm OK ill post the lyrics and dissect it a bit... The death of the Omega pilots the war machine We shall destroy the earth Rebuild it None shall inherit it Blood turned into fire Made to drink like wine Pile up the countless corpses and on them we shall dine Ok now the omega is god, says so in the bible, now he can't Actually die, but figuratively he could, when someone is dead to you they are gone, so God is gone from the earth, immediately im thinking this is the judgement. The rest of the verse talks about how brutal things will get without gods guidelines in a New world order state... *cough* evolution philisophy*cough*...i didnt say that. We praise you, war machine You've come to set us free Run us through your jaws Carry us off in your claws At first i want to think, oh hes happy for god setting him free of sin..but then he mentions jaws and claws.. so on a side note this may be releasing quite a bit of feelings about his own faith? hopefully the writer of this song realizes hes doing a good thing for those who understand his motive..anyway, my feeling is this verse shows how decieving the devil can be, he has now fooled everyone to thing THIS is true salvation...which is sadly false. Cut away body from soul A slave freed from his master Closing the spirit's eye to embrace this earthly tie another deception of the devil, blinding you of the truthfullness of the spirit, thus causing you to only see fleshful things...how many christians here can say that there co-workers, school mates would look at you weird if you said straight up (i believe in the supernatural)...well people i know would think im crazy. so in short this is talking about how blind we can be and how ignorant we can be to freed (falsely) by the wrong person) 666 Doesnt need to much discription, this is here i think to really set the mood and get you thinking...where are you..who do you see as your above, sadly many athiests or even thiests of non-christian decent (in my opinion anyway take it or leave it) are blind to the reality of christ and god himself, and if you dont serve god sadly the alternative isnt based on your attitude, its based on your fruits (matthew 7:21 i think) The earth it shall burn bright tonight in our eyes The earth it shall burn right into our eye on this very night Praise the war machine Burn tonight Even as the world burns away and satan laughs standing beside us, we still assume its just the way it was suppost to go...we are that blind without the awakening of the lord, some people said consequences i say our ignorance to the free way out. This song by the meaning I have laid out makes me want to try and reach more people..so they wont suffer any fate like this...friends or enemies..no one deserves this punishment. | |
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Josh Average |
#13 by Josh Sanchez at Oct 13, 2007 at 4:22 AM EST |
| "Blood turned into fire, made to drink like wine, Pile up the countless corpses and on them we shall dine." that really is a great line. | |
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Mike Average |
#14 by Mike Dawgg at Oct 14, 2007 at 11:35 AM EST |
| Yes Skeezix you're right they mean with the war machine satan and they sing in the person of the menkind.. the menkind is praising satan by live with all luxe... | |
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Lamb Of God Wor Average |
#15 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Oct 15, 2007 at 2:38 AM EST |
| PRAISE the warmachine, on this night, i praise the warmachine... | |
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Rodney Wanna Be |
#16 by Rodney at Oct 16, 2007 at 3:35 AM EST |
| To an extent, I believe that you are right, Skeezix. But now, this whole song looks different to me. God has made his exit and man tries to take his place. As earth's new rulers, we decide to destroy and rebiuld based on our own minds of how things should be. More death, destruction, decay results (what a surprise) and we attain the fullness of man, 666. Not perfect but closer than ever before in relation to our own greatness. Personally, this song makes me agree with Puck. "Oh what fools these mortals be." | |
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Christina Average |
#17 by Christina Anderson at Oct 18, 2007 at 10:24 AM EST |
| The death of the Omega pilots the war machine We shall destroy the earth Rebuild it None shall inherit it Blood turned into fire Made to drink like wine Pile up the countless corpses and on them we shall dine-The "death" or leaving of God will destroy the earth due to the sinful free nature of man. After we destroy the earth,we will rebuild it to-what is in our eyes-perfection which will just cause death and death and a side of death,leaving none left to inherit the earth,and leaving a pile of corpses on which we shall dine. We praise you, war machine You've come to set us free Run us through your jaws Carry us off in your claws-The war machine,being the inhabitants of the earth(us) are the war machine itself. Look at all the war going on around us. And because of our nature,we will praise ourselves rather than God,and it will carry us off,running us through self destructions jaws,killing us. Cut away body from soul A slave freed from his master Closing the spirit's eye to embrace this earthly tie-Cutting ourselves away from God,ourselves being the body and God being the soul, like a slave freed from his master(pretty self explanitory). as we draw away from our master-God, we close our eyes and do as we please so we don't have to look God in the face as we sin. 666 (The number of man brought upon by man)-666 is the number of man,and it was brought upon by man,and our sinful nature. The earth it shall burn bright tonight in our eyes The earth it shall burn right into our eye on this very night Praise the war machine Burn tonight-We have destroyed the earth beyond all hope of redemption and all we can do it sit and watch as it burns. And we look at all the destruction the war machine(we) have caused and watch as it(we) burn also. That is what I take from the song. To me this song is about how much we sin,and the consequences of it. | |
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