Never the Machine Forever by Soundgarden
From "Down on the Upside" Album
Written by Kim Thayil
Tabbed by jjhand
I Borrowed some of the main riff from the Bass TAB on this site.
Please rate this tab. The guitars used are solidbody w/ humbuckers.
Time Signature:  9/8       Tuning:  CGCGBE           
Intro - Bass Guitar, then slide down neck as shown:
           Verse Riff - play 8x 
E|----    |------------------------------------------------|
B|----    |------------------------------------------------|
G|----    |------------------------------------------------|
C|----    |------------------------------------------------|
G|----    |-----------------------3--3--3------------------|
C|-12\    |-0--0--0----3--3--3---------------5--5--5---3---|
Pre-Chorus Riff - play 4x
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----5--5--5--------------3--3--3-------------------|
C|-----------------------------------5--5--5---------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------3--3--3------------------------3-----|
 
Play Verse Riff again
Play Pre-Chorus Riff again 2x (run through notes 8 times) 
with Guitar 2 accents on 5th and 6th time through:
  Guitar 2, w/ wah rocking forward and Tremelo picking
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------13\-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------|

Chorus Riff - Staccato 'short notes', 4/4 time
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|-17-17-17---------|-15-15-15---------|-12-12-12---------|-9/10\9----------|
C|--x--x--x---------|--x--x--x---------|--x--x--x---------|-x---------------|
G|-17-17-17---------|-15-15-15---------|-12-12-12---------|-9/10\9----------|
C|--0--0--0---------|--0--0--0---------|--0--0--0---------|-0---------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|-17-17-17---------|-17-17-17---------|-15-15-15---------|-12-12-12---------|-9/10\9----------|
C|--x--x--x---------|--x--x--x---------|--x--x--x---------|--x--x--x---------|-x---------------|
G|-17-17-17---------|-17-17-17---------|-15-15-15---------|-12-12-12---------|-9/10\9----------|
C|--0--0--0---------|--0--0--0---------|--0--0--0---------|--0--0--0---------|-0---------------|

 Play Chorus Riff while
 
Lead Guitar plays w/ wah:
E|-------------|-----------------------|------------|-------------15-17b18-|
B|-13~~~~~~~~~~|-(13~~~)------b15--r13-|------------|-b18r17-15-18---------|
G|-------------|-----------------------|-15-12~~~---|----------------------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|
G|-------------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|

Play Verse Riff 1 again with 
Lead Guitar playing similar pattern to this with whammy bar effects:
E|-------------|-----------------------|
B|-3-----------|-3---------------------|
G|-5b7r5b7r5---|-5b7r5b7r5--3--1~------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------|-----------------------|
C|-------------|-----------------------|

Play Pre Chorus Riff with Lead Guitar accents again
Play Chorus Riff and end it with open chords
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
C|-0-0-0----------|
G|-0-0-0----------|
C|-0-0-0----------|

  Harmonics Riff, played 8x - All fretted notes are NH 
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|--0-0-0-0---2--2.3--3--4--3--2.6---| 
Part of the way through the harmonics,
 
lead Guitar plays this wah riff
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--5~~---2b3r2--0-----0--2b3r2b3r2---|
C|------------------4-----------------|
G|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
Play Pre Chorus Riff
Play Verse Riff

Play Harmonics riff with Lead Guitar playing (on 3rd riff repeat):
E|-8~~-----|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
B|---------|-8------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
G|---------|--------|--8~~----|-8\5~-----|-2b3r2--0-|-(0)--3/5-|
C|---------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
G|---------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
C|---------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|

Key:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| x  muted note
| () Hold note into slide/ hammer-on/ pull-off
| TP tremelo picked
| b  string bend
| r  release of bent string