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The Real Thing
by Faith No More
From the album The Real Thing
(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)
transcribed by Steve Gorenburg
re-tabbed by Joe White
w 7x H e e w +w +H q s E+H +w q H H e e w
---||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------
4:-||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-
4:-||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|----------|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------
---||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------
Intro w/distortion and flanger
+H q w +q q q q s E+H +w q H H e e w +w
----|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|-----
~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-----
----|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|-----
----|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|-----
q q q q s E s E s E s s e t t s t t s e s s s t t s s s s
---------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||------------------------------------
14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-----------------------------------
---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------------7\--------------7-----
---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---
effects off
s s 8x e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s
-----||-||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h----
----*||-||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10--------
5-7-*||-||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/-------------------------
-----||-||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--------------------------------
1st Verse
s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s s s
12-|----------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|---------------------
---|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|---------------------
---|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5---
---|----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------
e e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s s
----||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h12-|----
----||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10-------|----
/17\||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/------------------------|----
----||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------------------------|----
e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s s s e
---------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|--------------------------
------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|--------------------------
2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\----
---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
e s s e s s s s e s s s s 16xw h h H E t t H +e e w
||-----------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|-13-|----
||*---------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|----
||*-7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-12-14-|-14-|----
||----0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|----------|----|----
Chorus Bridge (w/flanger)
h h H e s s H q w h h H +e e H e e w h h
14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|----------|----------|----|-14----|---
14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|----------|----------|-14-|-14----|---
14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|---
------|-------------|-------|----|-------|----------|----------|----|-------|---
w s s s s s s s s s s s s q e e q t t s t t s t t s t
---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\||----------------------------------
---|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\||*---------------------------------
15-|----------------------------------------||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------
---|----------------------------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
2nd Verse (flanger off)
t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s
-----||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12------
----*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10---
----*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/-----------
0-0--||-------------------------------|----------------------|------------------
s s s s s e e q s s s s s s e e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s
---11----11h12-|----------------------||----------------------------------------
10----10-------|----------------------||*---------------------------------------
---------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------------
---------------|----------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------
4x e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s
-||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12----------
*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----
*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/---------------
-||-------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------
s s s s e e q s s s s s s e w 3x H e e w +w +H q
11----11h12-|----------------------||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|------------
---10-------|----------------------||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14---
------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|------------
------------|----------------------||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|------------
w/distortion and flanger
s E+H +w q H H q w +H q w +Q e q q s E+H +w q
-|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----
\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----
-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s---|-------|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x----
-|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x----
H H e e w +w q q q q s E s E s E s s e
r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|----------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||--------
e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-------
s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------
t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--------
e s s e s s s s e s s s s 12xw h h H e s s H q w h h
---------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|---
--------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|---
7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|---
--0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|-------|----|-------|---
Chorus (effects off) w/flanger
H e s s h q q w h h H +e s s H e e w h h w
------------|----------|-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|----|-14----|----|
------------|----------|-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|-14----|----|
15-14-12h14-|-12-14-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14h15-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|-15-|
------------|----------|----|-------|-------------|----------|----|-------|----|
h q q s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---
------||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---
0-----||*-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---
--3-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|---------------------------------|---
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
--------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------*||
--------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--||
(repeat and fade)
by Faith No More
From the album The Real Thing
(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)
transcribed by Steve Gorenburg
re-tabbed by Joe White
w 7x H e e w +w +H q s E+H +w q H H e e w
---||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------
4:-||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-
4:-||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|----------|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------
---||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------
Intro w/distortion and flanger
+H q w +q q q q s E+H +w q H H e e w +w
----|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|-----
~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-----
----|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|-----
----|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|-----
q q q q s E s E s E s s e t t s t t s e s s s t t s s s s
---------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||------------------------------------
14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-----------------------------------
---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------------7\--------------7-----
---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---
effects off
s s 8x e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s
-----||-||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h----
----*||-||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10--------
5-7-*||-||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/-------------------------
-----||-||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--------------------------------
1st Verse
s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s s s
12-|----------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|---------------------
---|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|---------------------
---|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5---
---|----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------
e e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s s
----||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h12-|----
----||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10-------|----
/17\||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/------------------------|----
----||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------------------------|----
e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s s s e
---------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|--------------------------
------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|--------------------------
2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\----
---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------
e s s e s s s s e s s s s 16xw h h H E t t H +e e w
||-----------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|-13-|----
||*---------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|----
||*-7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-12-14-|-14-|----
||----0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|----------|----|----
Chorus Bridge (w/flanger)
h h H e s s H q w h h H +e e H e e w h h
14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|----------|----------|----|-14----|---
14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|----------|----------|-14-|-14----|---
14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|---
------|-------------|-------|----|-------|----------|----------|----|-------|---
w s s s s s s s s s s s s q e e q t t s t t s t t s t
---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\||----------------------------------
---|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\||*---------------------------------
15-|----------------------------------------||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------
---|----------------------------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
2nd Verse (flanger off)
t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s
-----||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12------
----*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10---
----*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/-----------
0-0--||-------------------------------|----------------------|------------------
s s s s s e e q s s s s s s e e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s
---11----11h12-|----------------------||----------------------------------------
10----10-------|----------------------||*---------------------------------------
---------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------------
---------------|----------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------
4x e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s
-||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12----------
*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----
*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/---------------
-||-------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------
s s s s e e q s s s s s s e w 3x H e e w +w +H q
11----11h12-|----------------------||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|------------
---10-------|----------------------||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14---
------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|------------
------------|----------------------||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|------------
w/distortion and flanger
s E+H +w q H H q w +H q w +Q e q q s E+H +w q
-|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----
\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----
-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s---|-------|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x----
-|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x----
H H e e w +w q q q q s E s E s E s s e
r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|----------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||--------
e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-------
s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------
t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--------
e s s e s s s s e s s s s 12xw h h H e s s H q w h h
---------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|---
--------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|---
7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|---
--0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|-------|----|-------|---
Chorus (effects off) w/flanger
H e s s h q q w h h H +e s s H e e w h h w
------------|----------|-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|----|-14----|----|
------------|----------|-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|-14----|----|
15-14-12h14-|-12-14-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14h15-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|-15-|
------------|----------|----|-------|-------------|----------|----|-------|----|
h q q s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---
------||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---
0-----||*-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---
--3-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|---------------------------------|---
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
--------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------*||
--------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--||
(repeat and fade)
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