tabbed by: Ian (mudbmxer@yahoo.com)
artist: mudvayne
song: severed
album: L.D. 50
comments: Although Ryknow uses F# B F# B E tuning, this standard tuning version sounds good.

 intro  [0:07]
G-||-----------------------------|
D-||----------14-16-14-----------|
A-||-10/14-14----------15-15-14b-|
E-||-----------------------------|
B-||-----------------------------|

G-||-----------------------------||
D-||----------14-16-14-----------||
A-||-10/14-14----------15-15-----||
E-||-------------------------14b-||
B-||-----------------------------||

G-||-4/5--4-5--3---3----4/5--4-5--4--4--4/5--4-5-||
D-||-2/3--2-3-----------2/3--2-3--2--2--2/3--2-3-||
A-||---------------------------------------------||
E-||------------xxx-xxx--------------------------||
B-||---------------------------------------------||
               PSSSPSSS           P  P

G-||------------------||
D-||------------------||
A-||------------------||
E-||------------------||
B-||--0--0--0-1--0--1-||

  main riff  [0:25]

G-||-------------------------||
D-||-------------------------||
A-||-------------------2-3-2-||
E-||-----------------2-------||
B-||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----------||
                     S S S S
  riff 2  [0:38]

G-||----------------||
D-||----------------||
A-||----------------||
E-||----------------||
B-||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-||

Then go back to main riff

  riff 3  [0:55]

G-||----------------3---3---3---3---||
D-||------------------1---1---1---1-||
A-||-1---2-0-1-2-0------------------||
E-||---2----------------------------||
B-||--------------------------------||

Then play the main riff once more

  chorus  [1:05]
G-||----------------------------------------------|
D-||----------------------------------10\9--------|
A-||-1-------1-----------1-1-1/3-3-3/------0-10\9-|
E-||---3-0h1---3-0-3---0--------------------------|
B-||-----------------2----------------------------|

Then play the main riff three times

  riff 4  [1:43]
G-||------------------------4-----3h4-|
D-||----------------------------------|
A-||------------------/4--x-x---4\----|
E-||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------|
B-||----------------------------------|

G-||------------------------4\3----4\-||
D-||----------------------------------||
A-||----------------/4--x-x-----4\----||
E-||----------------------------------||
B-||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------||

Then play riff 2 a bunch of times, then play riff 3

  slow breakdown  [2:22]                      x2
G-||-------------------------------------------|
D-||-------------------------------------------|
A-||-7/10-\-9-\-7-\-5-\-3-\-1-\---7/10-\-9-\-7-|
E-||-------------------------------------------|
B-||-------------------------------------------|
                                            x2
G-||------12---11---9---7--5--------12---11-||
D-||----------------------------------------||
A-||-7/10----9----7---5----3---7/10----9----||
E-||----------------------------------------||
B-||----------------------------------------||

  heavy breakdown  [3:02]
G-||----------------------4-4-4-4-|
D-||----------------------2-2-2-2-|
A-||------------------------------|
E-||------------------------------|
B-||-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-0-1-0---------|
                         st.....

G-||----------------------5-5-5-5-|
D-||----------------------3-3-3-3-|
A-||------------------------------|
E-||------------------------------|
B-||-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-0-1-0---------|
                         st.....

G-||----------------------6-6-6-6-|
D-||----------------------4-4-4-4-|
A-||------------------------------|
E-||------------------------------|
B-||-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-0-1-0---------|
                         st......

G-||----------------------7-7-7-7-|
D-||----------------------5-5-5-5-|
A-||------------------------------|
E-||------------------------------|
B-||-1-0-0-1-0--1-0-0-1-0---------|
                         st......

                                                    x2
G-||---------------------6/7---------------------7\6-|
D-||---------------------5/6---------------------6\5-|
A-||-------------------------------------------------|
E-||-------------------------------------------------|
B-||-1-0-0-1-0-1-0-0-1-0-----1-0-0-1-0-1-0-0-1-0-----|

G-||-----------------6/7-7\6-6/7-7\6-|
D-||-----------------5/6-6\5-5/6-6\5-|
A-||---------------------------------|
E-||---------------------------------|
B-||-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-----------------|

Then play the main riff four times

  slow part  [4:05]   bar at the 9th fret and tap these notes
G-||-------14----14-14--------|
D-||----14----14-------14-----|
A-||-13-------------------13b-|
E-||--------------------------|
B-||--------------------------|

G-||-0-0--------14----14-14---------||
D-||-0-0-----14----14-------14------||
A-||-0-0--13--------------------13b-||
E-||--------------------------------||
B-||--------------------------------||
     stst

Then play the chorus [5:11-end]

That should do it. Email me with any questions.