TEN TON HAMMER
                         Machine Head
                   (More things Change...)

Transcribed by BOLK (AKA Martyn Cooper)

This song has a pretty wierd tuning:
Drop D-Tuning down a long way!
(B, F#, B, E, A#, C#)

I'm not too sure about the A# in there but that is the only way I managed to get the
harmonic during the verse.  

INTRO:
          BEND               BEND               BEND                                        x4  
C#||-------4------------------4------------------4---------------------------|-4--------------||
A#||-------6------------------6------------------6---------------------------|-6--------------||
E ||-*-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------*--||
B ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------||
F#||-*------------------------------------------------------------3---6---5- |-------------*--||
B ||-------------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0------3---6---5--|----------------||
               p.m------|         p.m-----|        p.m------|
FILL 1:                                          RIFF A:

C#||-------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||
A#||-------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||
E ||-------------------------------------------||---*---x\----------------------------------*-||
B ||-------------------------------------------||-------x\------------------------------------||
F#||-----/8--6~-- /8-6-/8-6---/8--6~---/8--6~--||---*---x\----------------------------------*-||
B ||-------------------------------------------||-------x\---1--0--1-0-1-0---1~-0---1~-0------||

VERSE:                             FILL 2:
                        HARM.    x4                                     x2 
C# ||----------------------------||-------------------------------------||
A# ||---------------------7------||-------------------------------------||
E  ||-*-----------------------*--||----------------------------------*--||
B  ||----------------------------||-------------------------------------||
F# ||-*---3----0--------------*--||------3-/-6-6-\-5-5-\-4-4-\-3-----*--||
B  ||-----3----0--0--------------||------3-/-6-6-\-5-5-\-4-4-\-3--------||
                 p.m

PRE-CHORUS:                                        CHORUS:
                                               x4                                       x4  
C#||----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||
A#||----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||
E ||--*----------------------------------------*--||-*---------------------------------*--||
B ||---------------2-2-2-2------------2-2-2-2-----||--------------------------------------||
F#||--*----------------------------------------*--||-*--2--2-2--2--2-2--3--3-3--3-3-3--*--||
B ||-------2---2-2------------3---3-3-------------||----2--2-2--2--2-2--3--3-3--3-3-3-----||
                                                           p.m     p.m     p.m    p.m
FILL 3:

C# ||-------------------------------------------||
A# ||-------------------------------------------||
E  ||-------------------------------------------||
B  ||-------------------------------------------||
F# ||---/10--8~--10-8-10-8---/10--8~--/10--8~---||
B  ||-------------------------------------------||

MIDDLE:

C# ||-------------------------------------------||
A# ||-------------------------------------------||
E  ||--*-------------------------------------*--||
B  ||--------------/ 7-6-~-------/-7-6-~--------||
F# ||--*------0--------------1---------------*--||
B  ||---------0--------------1------------------||

FAST SPIEL:

C# ||---------------------------------------------||
A# ||---------------------------------------------||
E  ||--*---------------------------------------*--||
B  ||---------------------------------------------||
F# ||--*-----2---3---/6---0---2---2-2----------*--||
B  ||--------2---3---/6---0---2---2-2-------------||
                                  p.m

I would guess that you know the song otherwise you wouldn't be looking at this now.
So, if you know the song then you'll know how it goes so I don't need to put a
structure or anything!

LYRICS:
I am the thing that makes you sick
I am the blame that gets placed quick
Detect the crack within your lie
I'll be the wrath of your disdain
I'll be the fear in you ingrained
Become the facts that you deny

Pre-Chorus:
I can feel this pain is real
I hate deep down inside

Chorus:
And like broken glass you'll shatter
With bloody fists I'll batter
Like a ten ton hammer son

I'll be the trembling in your breath
Trickle of blood upon your flesh
You'd love to watch me take the fall (the fall)
I'll be the thing that you despise
Cause I'm the path to your demise
And I'm a be there standing tall (tall)

Chorus

Fast Spiel:
I can't stand or take another day my friend
You could learn a thing or two

Chorus

Well, that wraps things up nicely I'd say!  Cheers for reading my stuff!
If anyone has any comments or anything about the Tab or anyhting about Machine Head
or Metal in general or if anyone else knows a better way to get the harmonic in the
verse please e-mail me at 106767,3651@Compuserve.com

BOLK

A pig.  A pig.  That's all you'll ever be
REFUSE TO COWER TO THE SWINE!
(From 'Bay of Pigs')