Never the Machine Forever Tabs & Lyrics by Soundgarden
Never the Machine Forever
guitar tabs lyrics
Never the Machine Forever by Soundgarden
From "Down on the Upside" Album
Written by Kim Thayil
Tabbed by jjhand
I Borrowed some of the main riff from the Bass TAB on this site.
Please rate this tab. The guitars used are solidbody w/ humbuckers.
Time Signature: 9/8 Tuning: CGCGBE
Intro - Bass Guitar, then slide down neck as shown:
Verse Riff - play 8x
E|---- |------------------------------------------------|
B|---- |------------------------------------------------|
G|---- |------------------------------------------------|
C|---- |------------------------------------------------|
G|---- |-----------------------3--3--3------------------|
C|-12\ |-0--0--0----3--3--3---------------5--5--5---3---|
Pre-Chorus Riff - play 4x
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----5--5--5--------------3--3--3-------------------|
C|-----------------------------------5--5--5---------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------3--3--3------------------------3-----|
Play Verse Riff again
Play Pre-Chorus Riff again 2x (run through notes 8 times)
with Guitar 2 accents on 5th and 6th time through:
Guitar 2, w/ wah rocking forward and Tremelo picking
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------13\-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus Riff - Staccato 'short notes', 4/4 time
E|------------------|------------------|--------------|-0h1p0-----|
B|------------------|------------------|--------------|-1---------|
G|------------------|------------------|--------------|-0---------|
C|-12-12-12---------|-10-10-10---------|-7-7-7--------|-0---------|
G|-12-12-12---------|-10-10-10---------|-7-7-7--------|-0---------|
C|-12-12-12---------|-10-10-10---------|-7-7-7--------|-0---------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|-0h1p0-----|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|-1---------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|-0---------|
C|-12-12-12---------|-12-12-12---------|-10-10-10---------|-7-7-7--------|-0---------|
G|-12-12-12---------|-12-12-12---------|-10-10-10---------|-7-7-7--------|-0---------|
C|-12-12-12---------|-12-12-12---------|-10-10-10---------|-7-7-7--------|-0---------|
Play Chorus Riff while
Lead Guitar plays w/ wah:
E|-------------|-----------------------|------------|-------------15-17b18-|
B|-13~~~~~~~~~~|-(13~~~)------b15--r13-|------------|-b18r17-15-18---------|
G|-------------|-----------------------|-15-12~~~---|----------------------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|
G|-------------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|
Play Verse Riff 1 again with
Lead Guitar playing similar pattern to this with whammy bar effects:
E|-------------|-----------------------|
B|-3-----------|-3---------------------|
G|-5b7r5b7r5---|-5b7r5b7r5--3--1~------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------|-----------------------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|
Play Pre Chorus Riff with Lead Guitar accents again
Play Chorus Riff and end it with open chords
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
C|-0-0-0----------|
G|-0-0-0----------|
C|-0-0-0----------|
Harmonics Riff, played 8x - All fretted notes are NH
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|--0-0-0-0---2--2.3--3--4--3--2.6---|
Part of the way through the harmonics,
lead Guitar plays this wah riff
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--5~~---2b3r2--0-----0--2b3r2b3r2---|
C|------------------4-----------------|
G|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
Play Pre Chorus Riff
Play Verse Riff
Play Harmonics riff with Lead Guitar playing (on 3rd riff repeat):
E|-8~~-----|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
B|---------|-8------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
G|---------|--------|--8~~----|-8\5~-----|-2b3r2--0-|-(0)--3/5-|
C|---------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
G|---------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
C|---------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
Key:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x muted note
| () Hold note into slide/ hammer-on/ pull-off
| TP tremelo picked
| b string bend
| r release of bent string
