Cars - Fear Factory
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Fear Factory - Cars

Tabbed By Josh Woodhouse

Tunning - Drop D / Standard E

A few people have tabbed this song, but not with chords, these are some easy power
to make it sound a little heavier...

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The Drop D way

0:00 - 0:57 X4 X2
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played 4 times
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|
D|------------5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|

0:57 - 1:12
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------=----------|-----------------------------|Whole
G|------4-----------------4-----7--6--|----4------------------------|thing
D|------2--4--6--7--6-----2--4--5--4--|----2--4--6--7--6------------|played
A|---2-----2--4--5--4--2-----2--------|-2-----2--4--5--4--2--2-222--|2 times
D|---2-----------------2--------------|-2-----------------2--2-222--|


1:12 - 1:35 X4 X2
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played 2 times
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|
D|------------5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|

1:35 - 1:50
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------=----------|-----------------------------|Whole
G|------4-----------------4-----7--6--|----4------------------------|thing
D|------2--4--6--7--6-----2--4--5--4--|----2--4--6--7--6------------|played
A|---2-----2--4--5--4--2-----2--------|-2-----2--4--5--4--2--2-222--|2 times
D|---2-----------------2--------------|-2-----------------2--2-222--|

1:50 - 2:12 X4 X2
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played 2 times
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|
D|------------5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|

2:12 - 2:27
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------=----------|-----------------------------|Whole
G|------4-----------------4-----7--6--|----4------------------------|thing
D|------2--4--6--7--6-----2--4--5--4--|----2--4--6--7--6------------|played
A|---2-----2--4--5--4--2-----2--------|-2-----2--4--5--4--2--2-222--|2 times
D|---2-----------------2--------------|-2-----------------2--2-222--|

2:27 - 3:34 X4 X2
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played and
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------| faded out for
D|------------5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------| the end


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The Standard E way

0:00 - 0:57 X4 X2
e|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played 4 times
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|
E|------------3--5--5-55------|-----2--3--7--3------------|

0:57 - 1:12
e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------=----------|-----------------------------|Whole
G|------4-----------------4-----7--6--|----4------------------------|thing
D|------2--4--6--7--6-----2--4--5--4--|----2--4--6--7--6------------|played
A|---2-----2--4--5--4--2-----2--------|-2-----2--4--5--4--2--2-222--|2 times
E|---0-----------------0--------------|-0-----------------0--0-000--|


1:12 - 1:35 X4 X2
e|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played 2 times
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|
E|------------3--5--5-55------|-----2--3--7--3------------|

1:35 - 1:50
e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------=----------|-----------------------------|Whole
G|------4-----------------4-----7--6--|----4------------------------|thing
D|------2--4--6--7--6-----2--4--5--4--|----2--4--6--7--6------------|played
A|---2-----2--4--5--4--2-----2--------|-2-----2--4--5--4--2--2-222--|2 times
E|---0-----------------0--------------|-0-----------------0--0-000--|

1:50 - 2:12 X4 X2
e|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played 2 times
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------|
E|------------3--5--5-55------|-----2--3--7--3------------|

2:12 - 2:27
e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------=----------|-----------------------------|Whole
G|------4-----------------4-----7--6--|----4------------------------|thing
D|------2--4--6--7--6-----2--4--5--4--|----2--4--6--7--6------------|played
A|---2-----2--4--5--4--2-----2--------|-2-----2--4--5--4--2--2-222--|2 times
E|---0-----------------0--------------|-0-----------------0--0-000--|

2:27 - 3:34 X4 X2
e|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------| Whole thing
D|------7--6------------------|---------------------------| played and
A|------5--4--5--7--7-77------|-----4--5--9--5------------| faded out for
E|------------3--5--5-55------|-----2--3--7--3------------| the end
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

CARS
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)

Transcribed by Matt Scharfglass


Words by Gary Numan Music by Gary Numan

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'heavy dist'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'

Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=129
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr II Gtr I
PM--| PM--|
W H E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---2-1---------------|---2--1----------------|
|-2---------|------||o------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2----|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W H W +W
|-----------|------||--19-----------------|-(19)------------------|
|-----------|------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|------||---------------------|-----------------------|


PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---2--1---------------|---2--1---------------|
|--------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2---|
|----------------------|--------------------4-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|-(19)-----------------|-(19)-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|


E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------||
|---0----4--0------------|--0-----4---0-------o||
|----------------------4-|---------------------||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H
|-(19)-----17-(17)-------|---------------------||
|-------------------17---|--------------------o||
|------------------------|-18------------------||
|------------------------|-------19-(19)-------||
|------------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------||


1st 2nd Verse
$
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|
||o-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-------------------|----------------|--------------o||
|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-2-1---------------|----------------|---------------||
|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-0---4-0--------|-0---4-0------o||
|-----------------4-|--------------4-|---------------||


Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|-------------0-----|------------------|
||-------2-------0---|-------2-------4---|------2-------0---|
||o--------2---4---4-|---------2---------|--------2---4---4-|
||--0----------------|--0----------------|-0----------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| ~~ ~~
| a Q. E H W a Q. E H
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||--0h2--------------|-------------------|-0h2--------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||--0----------------|-(0)---------------|-0----------------|
W +W W


1. 2.
D.S.
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E H
|------------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------o||----------------|
|------------------------||----------------|
|-------------------2----||---------2------|
|---------------0h2-----o||-----0-2--------|
|--0------0---0----------||--0-------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------o||----------------|
|------------------------||----------------|
|------------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------o||----------------|
|-(0)--------------------||-(0)------------|
+W +W


3rd Verse
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
||--2--1---------------|---2--1---------------|
||o------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2---|
||---------------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
||----19---------------|-(19)-----------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|


PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---2--1---------------|---2--1----------------|
|--------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2----2-2-2---|
|----------------------|---------------------4-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +H. Q
|-(19)-----------------|-(19)---------21-------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|


E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|--0----4--0------------|--0----4--0---------o||
|---------------------4-|---------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H
|-19------17-(17)-------|---------------------||
|------------------17---|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|-18------------------||
|-----------------------|---------19-(19)-----||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||


Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|
||------2-------0---|-----2-------4---|-----2-------0---|
||o-------2---4---4-|-------2---------|-------2---4---4-|
||--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|


1. 2.
D.S.
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E H
|----------------------||--------------|
|---------------------o||--------------|
|----------------------||--------------|
|-----------------2----||-------2------|
|-------------0h2-----o||---0-2--------|
|-0-----0---0----------||-0------------|


4th Verse
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|
||o-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|
||--------------------|-------------------|


PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-2-1---------------|-2-1---------------|----------------|---------------||
|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-----0-2---2-2-2---|-0---4-0--------|-0---4-0------o||
|-------------------|-----------------4-|--------------4-|---------------||


Outro
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM----|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S S S
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---2-1---------------|---2--1---------------|---2--1-----------------|-|
||o------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2---|--------0-2---2-2-2-2---|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W +W
||--19-----------------|-(19)-----------------|-(19)-------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W +W
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o-16-----------------|-(16)-----------------|-(16)-------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||o--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|
||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-|


E E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E E H 4x
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|---2--1----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------0-2---2--2-2---|--0----4--0------------|--0------4---0-------o||
|---------------------4-|---------------------4-|----------------------||
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H. Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H 4x
|-(19)-----------21-----|-19------17-(17)-------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------17---|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-18-------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------19-(19)-------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. Q W H H 4x
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-(16)-----------14-----|-15--------------------|-14------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------14--------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
"CARS"
Fear Factory


KEY:

/// = continuously repeat
% = rest
H = hammer on
^
P = pull off
^


w/heavy dist.



(approx. 10 sec.)
E--------------||------------------------------|-
B--------------||------------------------------|-
G--------------||.-----------------------------|-
D--------------||.--2-1------------------------|-
A-2///---------||-------0-2--%---2--2-2--%-----|-
E--------------||------------------------------|-
INTRO pm......





E-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
B-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
G-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
D--2-1------------------------|--2-1-----------------------|-
A------0-2--%---2--2-2--%-----|------0-2--%---2--2-2--%----|-
E-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
pm...... pm......


E-----------------------|------------------------|-------------||-
B-----------------------|------------------------|-------------||-
G-----------------------|------------------------|------------.||-
D-2-1-------------------|------------------------|------------.||-
A-----0-2--%--2--2-2----|-0---%--4-0--%--%-------|-0--%---4-0--||-
E--------------------4--|---------------------4--|-------------||-
pm.....





1.Here in my car I feel
Here in my car I can
2.Here in my car where the
Here in my car oh no I'm
3.
4.Here in my car
(nothing seems)
Here in my car
(nothing seems)
E--||------------------------------|-
B--||------------------------------|-
G--||.-----------------------------|-
D--||.--2-1------------------------|-
A--||-------0-2--%---2--2-2--%-----|-
E--||------------------------------|-
VERSES pm......



1.safest of all I can lock all my doors and it's the
only recieve I can listen to you and it keeps me
2.image breaks down will you visit me please if I
starting to think about leaving tonight although
3.
4.Here in my car Here in my car
(nothing seems) (nothing seems)
Here in my car Here in my car
(nothing seems) (nothing seems)
E-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
B-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
G-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
D--2-1------------------------|--2-1-----------------------|-
A------0-2--%---2--2-2--%-----|------0-2--%---2--2-2--%----|-
E-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
pm...... pm......



1.only way I live in cars
stable for nights in cars
2.open my door in cars
nothing seems right in cars *(cars cars cars cars cars
3.
4. in cars
in cars
E-----------------------|------------------------|-------------||-
B-----------------------|------------------------|-------------||-
G-----------------------|------------------------|------------.||-
D-2-1-------------------|------------------------|------------.||-
A-----0-2--%--2--2-2----|-0---%--4-0--%--%-------|-0--%---4-0--||-
E--------------------4--|---------------------4--|-------------||-
pm..... *echo repeats





E-||----------------------|---------------------|-
B-||----------------------|---------------------|-
G-||.---------------------|----------------0----|-
D-||.------2---------0----|--------2---------4--|-
A-||----%----2--%--4---4--|-----%----2--%-------|-
E-||--0-------------------|--0------------------|-
*INTERLUDE*

(1ST TIME)
E---------------------|------------------------||-
B---------------------|------------------------||-
G---------------------|-----------------------.||-
D-------2---------0---|------------------H--2-.||-
A----%----2--%--4---4-|-----------------0^2----||-
E--0------------------|--0--%--%--0-%-0--------||-


(2ND TIME)
E------------------------------|-
B------------------------------|-
G------------------------------|-
D------------2------%----------|-
A------0-2---------------------|-
E--0---------------------------|-
let ring...



After each verse, play INTERLUDE.

After 4th verse in the OUTRO; it's the same as the INTRO-
play that 4 times and fade out

This is only the lead guitar, there are others not written.
Song info
Cars
Fear Factory
2001
  • Electronic
  • Industrial
  • Synth-pop
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