Epic
by Faith No More
From the album The Real Thing
(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)
transcribed by Steve Gorenberg
re-tabbed by Joe White
s s e E s e e q s s e E s e s s q s s e E s e e q s s e E s e s
------------r-------r-|-------r---------r-|-------r-------r-|-------r----------
---4:-------e-------e-|-------e---------e-|-------e-------e-|-------e----------
---4:-------s-------s-|-------s---------s-|-------s-------s-|-------s----------
------0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0----
Intro
s s s s s e e q e s s q 7x e e q e s s q s s e E s e e q s s e
-------------||------r-------r--||-----r----------|-------r-------r-|----------
-------------||*-----e-------e-*||-----e----------|-------e-------e-|----------
-------------||*-----s-------s-*||-----s----------|-------s-------s-|----------
---0-3-3-2-3-||--0-0-t-0-0-0-t--||-0-0-t-0-0-0-15|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0----
1st Verse Chorus
E s e s s q s s e E s e e q s s e E s e s s s s s s e e q e s s q
---r---------r-|-------r-------r-|-------r-----------------||------r-------r---
---e---------e-|-------e-------e-|-------e-----------------||*-----e-------e---
---s---------s-|-------s-------s-|-------s-----------------||*-----s-------s---
---t-0-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-3-||--0-0-t-0-0-0-t---
2nd Verse
3x e e q e s s q s s e E s e e q s s e E s e s s q s s e E s e
----||-----r----------||--------r-------r-|-------r---------r-|-------r--------
---*||-----e----------||*-------e-------e-|-------e---------e-|-------e--------
---*||-----s----------||*-------s-------s-|-------s---------s-|-------s--------
----||-0-0-t-0-0-0-15||--0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0----
Chorus
e q q q q s s s s 2x e e q e s s q 3x e e q e s s q s s e E
-----r-|----------------||-||------r-------r--||-----r----------||--------r----
-----e-|---------------*||-||*-----e-------e-*||-----e----------||*-------e----
-----s-|---------------*||-||*-----s-------s-*||-----s----------||*-------s----
---0-t-|-0-0-0-3-3-2-3--||-||--0-0-t-0-0-0-t--||-0-0-t-0-0-0-15||--0-0-0-t----
3rd Verse Chorus
s e e q s s e E s e s s q s s e E s e e q q q q s s s s 2x
---------r-|-------r---------r-|-------r-------r-|----------------||-||--------
---------e-|-------e---------e-|-------e-------e-|---------------*||-||*-------
---------s-|-------s---------s-|-------s-------s-|---------------*||-||*-------
---0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-3-3-2-3--||-||--------
q q q s s s s 2x s t t s t t s t t s t t s s s s s e
------------------||--------------------------------------------|--------------
-----------------*||-------------------------------(2)/14-14-14-|--------------
-----------------*||--------------------------------------------|--------------
---0-0-0-3-3-2-3--||-0-x-x-x-x-x-0-x-x-x-x-x-0-x-x--------------|--------------
Bridge
e e E s s s s s e e +s s s s E s s s s s s s s s +e s s E s s e s e s s
-----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------
-----------------------|-------------------------5---|-----5-------------------
-------7-----------7-7-|-7-7-----7---7-------5-7---7-|-7-----7---------7-7-----
---0-0---0-0-0-3-0-----|-----0-0---0---0-5-7---------|---0-----0-0-0-0-----0---
distortion on
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s^s^s^ e s s s e s s s e s s s s e s s s
---|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------
---|---------------------------5-7/87-|-5-----5---------5---------|-------5---
---|-------------------5-7-5-7---------|---5h7---7-7-5h7---7-7-5h7-|---5h7-----
---|-3-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-----------------|---------------------------|-0---------
e s s s s e s s e s s s e s s s s e s s s e s s s e s Q e
---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------||-------
-----------5---------|-------7---------7---------|-------7-----7^-7/-||*------
---7-7-5h7---7-7-5h7-|---5h7---7-7-5h7---7-5-7h7-|---5h7---5-5--------||*------
---------------------|-5-------------------------|-5------------------||-------
(1)
|Bend and |
| release |
| |
e s s q s e s s +s +s s e s s q s s Q 3x e s s q s e s
--------------12-12-14^(14)-14p12-|------------12-14^--||------------12-12-----
-----------14---------------------|---------14--------*||---------14-----------
---------7/-----------------------|-------7/----------*||-------7/-------------
---0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------||-0-0-0----------------
flanger on (1) (1)
|Bend and |
| release |
| |
s +s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e q q q s s s s
---14-(14)-14p12-|----------------------------------------||-------------------
-----------------|-14-13-12-----------------------------5-||*------------------
-----------------|----------14-13-12-10-------------5-7---||*------------------
-----------------|----------------------12-10-7-5-7-------||--0-0-0-3-3-2-3----
(1) effects off
4x s s e E s e e q s s e E s e s s q 3x s s e E s e e q s s e E
----||-||--------r-------r-|-------r---------r--||-------r-------r-|-------r---
---*||-||*-------e-------e-|-------e---------e-*||-------e-------e-|-------e---
---*||-||*-------s-------s-|-------s---------s-*||-------s-------s-|-------s---
----||-||--0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-0-t--||-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-t-|-0-0-0-t---
Chorus
s s s s s s s e e e+E s h +Q e Q s s Q s s h +e s s e
-------------------|-----------|-------------|------------------|--------------
-------2-----2---2-|-----------|---9/12-10-9-|-10~~~------------|--------------
-------------------|---------7-|-7-----------|-------10-9-10~~~-|-10-----10----
---0-0---0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----------|------------------|----8-8-------
s s e s s q e Q+h +Q e Q s s Q s s Q s s e s s e s s e
---------------|-------|-------------|----------------------|------------------
---------------|-------|---9/12-10-9-|-10~~~----------------|------------------
-------9-----7-|-7-7-7-|-7-----------|-------10-9-10~~~-----|-------10-----9---
---8-8---8-8---|-0-0-0-|-0-----------|------------------8-7-|-8-8-8----8-8-----
s s q H e e Q e Q s s Q s s Q s s e s s e s s s s s
---------|--------|-------------|----------------------|-----------------------
---------|--------|---9/12-10-9-|-10~~~----------------|-----------------------
-------7-|-7-9-10-|-7-----------|-------10-9-10~~~-----|---10-9-10-------9-9---
---8-8---|-0------|-------------|------------------8-7-|-8---------8-8-8-------
s s s e H q Q e Q s s Q s s Q s s e s s e s s e s s q
-----------|-----|-------------|----------------------|------------------------
-----------|-----|---9/12-10-9-|-10~~~----------------|------------------------
---9-------|-7-9-|-7-----------|-------10-9-10~~~-----|-------10-----9-----7---
-----8-7-8-|-0---|-------------|------------------8-7-|-8-8-8----8-8---8-8-----
H q Q e Q s s Q s s h q q q q e Q+h q q Q s s
---|---9-|-9-----------|------------------|-r--------|-------|-------------|---
---|---9-|-9-9/12-10-9-|-10~~~------------|-e--------|-------|---9/12-10-9-|---
---|-7-7-|-7-----------|-------10-9-10~~~-|-s-10-9-7-|-7-----|-------------|---
---|-0---|-0-----------|------------------|-t--------|---0-0-|-0-----------|---
Q s s h s s s s e s s e s s q w 10x
--------------------|------------------------||--r--||
---10~~~------------|------------------------||*-e-*||
---------10-9~~~-10-|---------10-----9-----7-||*-s-*||
--------------------|-8-8-8-8----8-8---8-8---||--t--||