Machinehead
From BUSH's sixteen stone (c) 1994
Tabbed out by: thebbkingkid

Okay this is a fairly simple song (like most songs of this album)
but it sound really good

I tabbed out this song about three months or so but never posted it
(I'm lazy) but when i got the version that was on the net i saw that
mine was much better :)  so i decided to post it! (it's completer)

A5  C#5
x     x
x     x
x     x
7    11
7    11
5     9

Intro (just guitar no drums or base)

RIFF 1
   (guitar 1)  repeat a couple of times    variation 1
e: ------------------------------|--7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9---4~~~~~------
B: -2--2--4--4--4-5--5--5/7-7\---|-------------------------------------
G: ------------------------------|--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^---------------
D: ------------------------------|--play the above part ---------------
A: ------------------------------|--three times before.........^-------
E: ------------------------------|-------------------------------------
 :					variation (listen for it)
 :
 : (guitar 2)  repeat 2 or three times
 :
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: --------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ------------------------(11)------11\7---(7)------------------------
A: ------------------------(11)------11\7---(7)------------------------
E: ------------------------(9)-------9-\5---(5)------------------------
                          ahjajahahja          hajhajhahaahj (i think)   :)

after you did that you just strum those same cords a couple of times
it goes something like this (guitar 2)

figure 1
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: --11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x---
A: --11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x--11--11--x-x-x-x---
E: --9---9---x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x--9---9---x-x-x-x---

e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: --7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x---
A: --7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x--7---7---x-x-x-x---
E: --5---5---x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x--5---5---x-x-x-x---

              these rakes may be a little of so you'll have to listen
              to the record for the exact timing (it's easy though)

    okay you play this part 2 times
    the second time this riff gets played VARIATON 1(guitar 1) is played
    over it

Figure 2
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: -------------------------------11\(7)------------------------------
A: -------------------------------11\(7)------------------------------
E: -------------------------------9-\(5)------------------------------
Breathe in...

Figure 3
e: -------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------
D: --x-x--11----------------------x-x-x-x-(7)-------------------
A: --x-x--11----------------------x-x-x-x-(7)-------------------
E: --x-x--9-----------------------x-x-x-x-(5)-------------------

Okay from here it's just the C#5 A5 cord (Figure 1) for the verse

e: ----------------|                   |-----------|
B: --2h4-5-5-------| this gets played  |-5^fb~~~~r-|
G: ----------------| approx 7 times    |-----------|
D: ----------------|              then |-----------|
A: ----------------|                   |-----------|
E: ----------------|                   |-----------|

then something like this follows (listen to the record for exect timing)

figure 4
e: -------------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------------
G: -------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ---4--4--444-444---(7)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
A: ---4--4--444-444---(7)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
E: ---2--2--222-222---(5)-x-x-x--------------------------------------
         and i walk...

Figure 1   +   riff 1 twice + Variation once

Figure 2

Figure 1 with the following lyrics

deaf dumb...

then the next part (2x)

figure 5
e: -------------------------------------------------------------
B: -------------------------------------------------------------
G: --9-9-x-x-x--------------------------------------------------
D: --9-9-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x------------------
A: --7-7-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-11-11-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x------------------
E: ------------7-7-x-x-x-9--9--x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x------------------

got a machine...

Figure 4

Mumbling...     riff 1 twice + Variation once

Figure 1  (inc text)

Figure 4  (inc text)

the the last part
e: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A: -4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--/--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--\-slide back to 4-and repeat as many--
E: -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--/--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--\-slide back to 2-times as you like---
                                                           but for the last
                                                           time you play it
                                                           play -2
                                                                -0
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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 14:56:43 -0500
From: Joe Sargent 

I saw BUSH on TV, and found out that the chords posted on here a while
back for the chorus are wrong. I figured out that the chorus goes like
this...
 E|------------|
 B|------------|
 G|-9--5--7--5-|
 D|-9--5--7--5-|  Guitar one plays this a few times...
 A|-7--3--5--3-|
 E|------------|

Guitar Two plays...

E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|      This is what guitar 2 plays, if it
D|-6-6-XXX-3-3-XXX--------|   doesn't sound right, try taking out the
A|-6-6-XXX-3-3-XXX--------|   hammer-ons...
E|-4-4-XXX-1-1-XXX--------|