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Tabbed by:Jonathan Mojica
5/15/03
Email:xcrossx1@yahoo.com~
"BATTLE AXE"
Tuning:Really Stef plays it on a 7-string baritone tuned down half a step
I play it on a six string baritone 1/2 step down
Low to High G#,Eb,G#,C#,F#,Bb
Note: You gotta play this song with style or it wont sound right.
Intro
Guitar 1 each time you play it bring in a little more distortion
Bb|-----------3---5--3--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------0--------------0---0---0--0------------------------------------------|
C#|---4-----4---4---------4---4---4--4----------------------------------------|x4
G#|-2---2-------------------------------5-5-----------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-99999999999999-888888888888888-555555555555555-777777777777777------------|
Eb|-77777777777777-888888888888888-555555555555555-777777777777777------------|
G#|----------------888888888888888-555555555555555-777777777777777------------|
Verse
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---5------------------|
Eb|-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---5------------------|
G#|-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2---5------------------|
Song structure:
Intro
Chorus x2
Verse x5*
chorus x2
verse x *
chorus x6**
verse x4*
* On the Verse stef uses some type of effect to make it more crisp then he changes
it back to were it sound more dark.
** There is some extra guitar stuff here. I read in a magazine that Frank
was sampling some of stefs riffs so I think its a sample. Feel free to E-mail me
what you think about it.
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
outro/verse 3 x1
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
***********************************************************
Author/Artist: Deftones
Title: Battle-Axe
Album: Deftones
Transcribed by: Nate Ward
Email: deftstar123@yahoo.com
Best song on the cd... currently.
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-----------3---5-3------------------------------------------------------------
-------0------------0---0---0--0----------------------------------------------
---4-----4---4--------4---4---4-4---------------------------------------------
-2---2-----------------------------5-5----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------0-0----------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-99999999-33333333-00000000-22222222------------------------------------------
-99999999-33333333-00000000-22222222----------------------------------------9-
-99999999-33333333-00000000-22222222------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9b---9-9-9b---9-9-9b---9-9-9b-0----------------------------------------------
-9b---9-9-9b---9-9-9b---9-9-9b-0----------------------------------------------
-9b---9-9-9b---9-9-9b---9-9-9b-0----------------------------------------------
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Author/Artist: Deftones
Title: Battle-Axe
Album: Deftones
Transcribed by: Adam Raby
Email: araby1@umbc.edu
i know Jonathan Mojica already posted the tab to this song, but since he tabbed
it for a baritone (which i don't have, and i'm sure not many people do) i've
adapted/tweaked the tab for a more standard deftones tuning.. i actually saw the
deftones play this song in DC on the first show of their guerilla tour, i was right
up on the gate.. i'm pretty sure this tab is the way chino was playing it on his SG,
and of course stef was using his new 7-string, but i think he was just mainly
thickening things up, it sounds perfect on a 6-string tuned down 1/2 step with
the low-E dropped a half step
the verse riff is played with that cool rhythm, notice that chino throws a few bends
in there every now and them, if you're having trouble picking it up, check out the CD
extras, i'm pretty sure i saw a clip of chino playing it and you can see what i mean
the stuff in parenthesis is optional, but it helps
so here's the tab for all of us who don't have a baritone
Intro
D#|----------------0------------------------------|
A#|------------3-----3----------------------------|
F#|-------0------0-----0---0----0-----0-----------| 4 or 5 times
C#|---4-----4------------4----4----4----4---------|
G#|-2---2-----------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------0--(0)-|
Chorus
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------(3333333333333333)-------------------|
F#|------------------------------------(2222222222222222)(4444444444444444)-|
C#|-4444444444444444--3333333333333333--0000000000000000--2222222222222222--|
G#|-2222222222222222--3333333333333333--0000000000000000--2222222222222222--|
C#|-------------------3333333333333333--0000000000000000--2222222222222222--|
Verse
D#|-------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
C#|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-X-0-|
G#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-ETC-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-X-0-|
C#|---------------------------------X-0-|
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