GREEN MACHINE
As recorded by Kyuss
(From the 1992 Album BLUES FOR THE RED SUN)
Words and Music by Brant Bjork
E5 C5 D5 G5
0 2 2 x x x 8 10 10 x x x 10 12 12 x x x x 10 12 12 x x
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr I'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr III'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=180
E5 A5/E
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||o-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-------||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-------||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-1s=12-||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q a W W
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||o-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||------------------|-------------------------|
|-------||o-----------------|-------------------------|
|-1s=12-||------------------|-------------------------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a 3x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-------------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7------7------------o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0-1s=7----||
|
| W H. Q a 3x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------1s=7----||
E5 A5/E
PM--| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------9------9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|--------9------9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|--------7------7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|--0---0----0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
|
| +Q H. W
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)----------------|-------------------------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9------9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7------7-----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
|
| W H. Q a
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------1s=7--||
E5 A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Verses I, II & III
$
$$
E5 A5/E
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a 3x
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
E5 A5/E E5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|-----9--9--9--|-9--9--9-9-9--||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|-----9--9--9--|-9--9--9-9-9--||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|-----7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|-0-0----------|---------------||
Chorus
E5 C5
Gtrs I, II
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
||----------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|----------------13-|
||----------------|-------------------|
||--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-10-|
||o-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2----|
||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0----|
D5 G5
+E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(13)-13-13--13-13-13s15-|-15-15-15-15-15s20-20---o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(10)-10-10--10-10-10s12-|-12-12-12-12-12s17-17----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
E5 C5
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------13-|
|---------------|-------------------|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-10-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2----|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0----|
To Coda
To Coda
D5 G5
+E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13s15-|-15-15-15-15-15s20-20--||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10s12-|-12-12-12-12-12s17-17--||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
Pre Verse
E5 A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
D.S. al Coda
E5 G5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9---7-7-7---||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9---5-5-5---||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7---5-5-5--o||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0---------||
Out Chorus
&
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Bridge/Bass Solo
N.C.(Em7)
Gtr I
Q Q Q E E +E E Q E E Q
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------15-14-12--|
|----5-----5-7b8r|=(7)-7-5/------------|
|-7-----7--------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q E E +E E Q E E Q
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------15-14-12--|
|----5-----5-7b8r|=(7)-7-5-------------|
|-7-----7--------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-|-12-15-14-12-12--12--|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-|-12-15-14-12-12--12--|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q Q Q Q +Q. E +Q Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12--12--12-------12---------|-(12)-------------12-(12)-------12--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~
| H Q +E E +E +E Q +E Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12------12b14===(12)r12b15==|=(12)-(12)r12b15=====(12)r12b15------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E5 D5E5D5 E5 D5E5 D5E5 D5
PM| PM PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7--|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7--|
|-----5---5-5-----|-5-----5-----5--|
|-0-0---0-----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
|
| PM| PM PM| PM| PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7--|
|-----7---7-7-----|-7-----7-----7--|
|-----5---5-5-----|-5-----5-----5--|
|-0-0---0-----0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
E5 A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 A5/E
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 A5/E E5D5
Gtr I
PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM
E E H. +W E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----2------------|-(2)-----------------------|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----2------------|-(2)-----------------------|----5----------------5----------------5----------------5-----|
|-0-0-0------------|-(0)-----------------------|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9------9-----|--9------9-----14b15r(14)-|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----9------9-----|--9------9-----14b15r(14)-|----7----------------7----------------7----------------7-----|
|-----7------7-----|--7------7-----------------|----5----------------5----------------5----------------5-----|
|-0-0----0-0---0-0-|-----0-0---0-0-------------|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W E E +S +S E +S +S E +S +S E
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|---14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14b16==|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
PM
E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|------------7----------------7----------7----||
|------------7----------------7----------7----||
|------------5----------------5----------5----||
|------------------------------------0---------||
|
| PM
| E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|------------7----------------7----------7----||
|------------7----------------7----------7----||
|------------5----------------5----------5----||
|------------------------------------0---------||
|
| +S +S E +S +S E +Q Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|-(14)r(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14-(14)---(12)---||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
Pre Verse II
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||
Outro
&&
E5 A5/E
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||------9-----9-----|-9-----9-----14b15r(14)-|
||o-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----------------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------|
E5 N.C. E5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q a q H.
|-----------------|-------------------||----------*|
|-----------------|------------------o||----------*|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||----------*|
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----------||-2--------*|
|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7----------o||-2--------*|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-1s=7--||-0--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
