Author/Artist: American Head Charge
Title: Shutdown
Album: The War of Art
Email: john1645@msu.edu
By: Alpha-Q
Tuning: Drop D down a 1/2 step (Db,Ab,Db,Gd,Bb,Eb) (Low to High)


 natural harmonics
p  pull off
h  hammer on
b  bend
)  tremelo pick while sliding
/  slide up
\  slide down
NOTE: A lot of this song is played in 5/4 timing so keep that in mind.

Riff 1a

GTR1 & GTR2
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-5-------5--------5------|
|-5-4-5-0-5-4-5--0-5-4-5--|
|-3-4-5-0-3-4-5--0-3-4-5--|
|---4-5-0---4-5--0---4-5--|
PM      .        .

on 5th time guitar 2 starts this while GTR1 keeps playing riff 1a
Riff 1b
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-9-11-9-11-12-12--|
|-x-x--x-x--x--x---|
|-7-9--7-9--10-10--|
|------------------|
vibrato on each one for 5 beats (or one measure)

Riff 2
|------------------------------------------|
|-15-------------15-----------15-----------|
|----11-11-11-11----11-12-11------11-12----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

Riff 3
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|  X3
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
PM. .  . . . .

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------6-6-6-|
|-------------------------x-x-x-|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-4-4-4-|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-------|
pm. .  . . . .  .  .  . .
Riff 4
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-999999999999998/9\777777777777776/7\66666666-|
|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-xxxxxxxx-|
|-777777777777776/7\555555555555554/5\44444444-|
|----------------------------------------------|
                                      ********
*=strike each 4 times

Riff 4b
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-999999999999-11--777777777777-9-|
|-xxxxxxxxxxxx-x---xxxxxxxxxxxx-x-|
|-777777777777-9---555555555555-7-|
|---------------------------------|

Riff 5
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|  X3
|----------------------|
|-0-0-1000-100-1h2p1p0-|

|-----1st-time---|------2nd-time---|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------1-|-----------------|
|--------------1-|-----------------|
|-0-0-1000-100-1-|-0-0-1000-100-1b-|

Riff 6
GTR 1
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|
pm.   .   .   .

GTR 2
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-7-7-8-7-7-8\7-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-5-5-6-5-5-6\5-|
|---------------|

Ending...
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0-0--0-|
|-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0-0--0-|
|-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0--1p0-0-0-1-0-0--0-|

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