Points of Authority - tabbed by Astat Guitar 1 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted w/lo-fi and auto-gating effect) Guitar 2 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted w/auto-gating effect) Guitar 3 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted w/auto-gating effect) Guitar 4 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 5 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 6 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 7 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 8 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted, backwards) Guitar 9 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted, backwards) *Note* All guitars on this track are PRS CE 24's. Use the bridge pickup unless otherwise noted. This song is literally only 3 chords, with a sus2 variation on the E5 in the chorus. However, there's some interesting stuff going on with the guitar tracks on the production side of thigs here. The story behind this track is that the main guitar riff came about as a result of Mike playing around on the computer, cutting and pasting portions of a completely different riff that Brad originally came up with. As a result, the majority of the guitar parts have abrupt cutoffs in between each chord. This applies to all parts played by Guitars 1, 2, and 3. I've labeled it as an auto-gating effect since the end result is very similar to the effect that would be found on Lies Greed Misery over a decade later, this was just achieved by manually cutting up guitar samples in the computer as opposed to using an actual gate. Anyway, Guitar 1 handles the lo-fi parts in the intro and the first part of each verse. Guitars 2 and 3 play the main riff. Guitars 4 through 7 are the typical quadruple-tracked rhythm guitars that primarily appear for the choruses, although Guitars 4 and 5 play the end of each verse by themselves, as well as the first chord of the last chorus. Guitars 8 and 9 are a backwards guitar sample that appears once during the outro. At one point during the outro, there are three chords played by Guitars 2 and 3 that are cut off much more quickly than usual, so I've made special note of them in the tab. 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| First Verse - Guitar 1 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| (Guitars 2 and 3) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| (Guitars 2 and 3) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--------------------------| |Guitars 2 and 3 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------2--------0--------3-----| 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|-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| Final Chorus |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2~----------------------------------------------5~----------------------------------------------| |-2~----------------------------------------------3~----------------------------------------------| |-2~----------------------------------------------3~----------------------------------------------| |Guitars 4 and 5 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2--------0--------3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2--------0--------3-----| |-2-----2-----x--x-----x-----0--2-----2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2--------0--------3-----| Cut off faster than usual . . . |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------x--x--------------------2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-------------x--x--------------------2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |-------------x--x--------------------2--3-----0--2-----2-----x--x-----x--2-----x--0-----x--3-----| |Guitars 2 and 3 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------2~----0--2-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------(Fade in)--2~----0--2-----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------2~----0--2-----------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitars 8 and 9 Ending - Guitars 2 and 3 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|