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Helmet - Ironhead
Meantime (1992)
Rhythm is 4/4 unless noted otherwise.
The measure starting at 1:58 is tabbed as an arrangement for a single guitar. 
The dead notes of the intro and verse riffs should only be left-hand muted so that you hear the occasional, 
accidental 3rd fret harmonic, as on the album version. There is no palm-muting.  

[Intro]
     E E E Q   E   E E E Q   E   E E E E  
e |--------------|-------------|---------|
B |--------------|-------------|---------|
G |--------------|-------------|---------|
D |--7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
A |--7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
D |--7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
[0:00]       [3/4]         [3/4]     [2/4]
                                        
                                        
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E   E  7x
e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||

     E E   E E E       E E     E E       E E     E E       E E     E E
e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|
A |--3-0---x-3-5-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|
D |--3-0---x-3-5-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|

     E E     E E l.r. 
e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--2-2-----2-3-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
A |--2-2-----2-3-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--2-2-----2-3-4---|-----------------|-----------------|

[Verse]
                                        
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E   E  7x
e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
  [0:29 "Safe to kill..."]
                            
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E Q
e |------------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
A |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|

[Chorus]
                                                                    
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E Q^    E E E E E E E   E E E Q^ 3x   
e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0-o||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
[0:50]                                               [4/4]       [2/4]

[Verse]
                                        
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E   E  7x
e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
[01:03 "Time to take..."]
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E Q
e |------------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
A |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-3---|

[Chorus]
                                                                    
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E Q^    E E E E E E E   E E E Q^ 3x   
e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0-o||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
[1:23]                                               [4/4]       [2/4]

     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E Q^    E E E E E E E   E E E Q   E   E E E Q   E   E E E E
e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0-|
                                                     [4/4]         [3/4]         [3/4]     [2/4]

[Interlude]
                                                           ┌1,3              ┐┌2               ┐
     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q    3x Q   E E E Q   E   Q   Q   E E E E
e||------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
G||------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D||--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7----||-7---7-8-7-0---0-|-7---7---7-8-7-0-|
A||o-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---o||-7---7-8-7-0---0-|-7---7---7-8-7-0-|
D||--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7----||-7---7-8-7-0---0-|-7---7---7-8-7-0-|
[1:43]
     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q 
e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|10--10--10--10---|12--12--13--13---|
A |--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-0---0---0---0---|
D |--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-----------------|
[1:58]
[Middle 8]
                                                           ┌1                ┐┌2               ┐
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E E E    Q   E Q   E E E 
e |------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
B |o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
G |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
D |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---0-3---0-3-5-|
A |o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---0-3---0-3-5-|
D |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---0-3---0-3-5-|
[2:03 "Aaaargh..."]

[Solo]
                                                                             ┌4  ┐
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E Q    4x Q
e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||---|
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||---|
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||---|
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5-6----||-0-|
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5-6---o||-0-|
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-3-0---x-3-5-6----||-0-|
[2:16]                                                                      [2:37]
                                         ┌3  ┐
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E Q    4x Q
e||------------------|------------------||---|
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||---|
G||------------------|------------------||---|
D||--2-3---x-2-3---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-4----||-0-|
A||o-2-3---x-2-3---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-4---o||-0-|
D||--2-3---x-2-3---x-|-2-3---x-2-3-4----||-0-|
[2:37]                                  [2:45] 
                                      
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E   E  3x
e||------------------|------------------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G||------------------|------------------||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
A||o-3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x-o||
D||--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-2-3---x--||
[02:48]
     E E   E E E   E   E E   E E E Q
e |------------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-3-5-6---|
A |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-3-5-6---|
D |--3-0---x-3-5---x-|-2-3---x-3-5-6---|

[Chorus]
                                                           
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E Q^    E E E E E E E   E E E Q^ 3x
e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
B||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
A||o(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0-o||
D||-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0--||
[2:58 "Ironhead"]                                    [4/4]       [2/4]

     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E Q^    E E E E E E E   E E E Q   E   E E E Q   E   
e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
D |-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|
A |-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|
D |-(0)0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|-7-8-7-0---0-|
                                                     [4/4]         [3/4]         [3/4]
     E E E E E E E E   l.r.                                            Q 
e |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |--7-8-7-0-5-0-3-5-|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
A |--7-8-7-0-5-0-3-5-|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
D |--7-8-7-0-5-0-3-5-|-2---------------|-----------------|-------------2---|

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 ^   -  note extends into following measure
(n)  -  note was started in previous measure
 x   -  dead note
l.r. -  let ring
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