DOG DAY SUNRISE
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Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Dog Day Sunrise"
Album:  "Demanufacture"
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1995, (The All-Blacks B.V.)

Dry Lung Vocal Martyr:  Burton C. Bell
Heavy Duty Scarifier:  Dino Cazares
Total Harmonic Distortion:  Christian Olde Wolbers
Maximum Effective Pulse Generator:  Raymond Herrera

Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this.

My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any 
others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at
                martyr@fearfactory.com
I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.

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This is the 6th track off "Demanufacture," and is Fear Factory's cover
of Head of David's "Dog Day Sunrise" (Note:  Justin Broadrick, drummer
for Head of David, was at one time the guitarist of Napalm Death).  I
would recommend a thicker tone than what FF usually use; a lot of bass,
treble backed off a bit, and maybe you can slip a little midrange in
there, too.

A good thing to practice here is the virtue of economy fingering.  For
those of you new this idea, the principle is that the less you have to
move your hand around, the less chance that you'll screw up.  This song
is an excellent introduction to economy fingering because there are only
two riffs and both offer excellent opportunity to practice economy 
fingering.

Look at Riff A.  If your initial impulse is to put the index finger on
the third fret of the low E string and your ring finger on the fifth 
fret of the D string and then slide your whole hand back two frets, 
you're making a bad technique error!  Instead, put your middle finger on 
the third fret of the low E string and stretch your pinky to the fifth 
fret of the D string.  Then, without moving the position of your hand, 
stretch your first finger back to the first fret of the low E string and 
use your ring finger to hit the third fret of the D string.  That way, 
your hand stays in the same place, and it actually sounds clearer 
because you don't have to slide your fingers around!

Now look at Riff B.  Your instinct is probably to put your third finger 
on the third fret of the low E string and your index finger on the first 
fret of the low E string to do the pull off.  This instinct is 
well-guided; you should do that.  But when you have to hit the 4th fret 
of the A string, you should use that pinky.  That way, you don't have to 
move your hand around so much.

Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B)

LEGEND:
        
        *    -- palm-mute 
        H    -- hit-on
        P    -- pull-off
        ~~~~ -- vibrato
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
          /    -- slide up
          \      -- slide down

slow speed

Intro with synth effects, then drums come in, then guitar plays...

Riff A:
              P         H         P
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------9---------7---------9---------7------|
|----------------(0)-----------------(0)-----|
|---7-------7-5-------5-7-------7-5-------5--|


Then the verse riff,

Riff B:
        P
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-----------8--|
|--7--7-5-7----|

The above riff gets played through out the verses,

Song Structure:

Riff A 2 times
Riff B 28 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff B 12 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff A 4 times (without drums and with synth)
Riff A 2 times
Riff B 8 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff B 28 times
Riff A 4 times, end on a vibrating G and fade out

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