Contractor Lamb of God backing track and tabs

Lamb of God - Contractor
Tabbed by lhodgel (Cam)
Drop Dizzle (Drop D)

There's a video of me playing it before I'd fine-tuned the tab on youtube. just search
of god contractor lhodgel" (those are L's around hodge) if we wanna get the jist of how
sounds.

Riff 1 (play twice)

(-------x3--------------------------|
E |----------------|------------------|
B |----------------|------------------|
G |----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|---2--3-7--6--3---|
D |0h2-222222222222|0002--3-7--6--3---|
pm ............ ...

Riff 2 - FAST!!! (play twice)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-12---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-13---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-14---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |7-----6-----3---7-----6-----1---|
D |7-----6-----3---7-----6-----1---|
pm .

Riff 3 - Slow again...

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
pm . . . . . . .

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------------|
D |5-------------------12---12-12---5---5/7-|
A |3-------------------10---10-10---3---3/5-|
D |3-0000--0000--0000--10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
pm .... .... ....

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
pm . . . . . . .

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |--------------------------|
B |--------------------------|
G |--------------------------|
D |5-------------------------|
A |3-------------------------|
D |3-0000--0000--0000--8b----|
pm .... .... ....

Repeat all that stuff, then....

E |---------------------------|
B |---------------------------|
G |---------------------------|
D |0--------------------------|
A |0-hold it a long time------|
D |0--------------------------|

slide up then down into the next riff...

Riff 4 (play four times)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|
D |--3\2---7---6-----------5-------|
A |0-3\2-0-7---6-----------5-------|
D |0-3\2-0-7---6---------005-------|
pm . . ..

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------|
D |--2\3---2/3--------------2/3-----|
A |0-2\3-0-2/3-0-10-0-0-0-0-2/3-0-0-|
D |0-2\3-0-2/3-0-10-0-0-0-0-2/3-0-0-| Don't know about that 10 there...
pm . . . . . . . . . .

Breakdown

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |------------------------|
B |------------------------|
G |------------------------|
D |--3\2---7---6-----------|
A |0-3\2-0-7---6-----------|
D |0-3\2-0-7---6-----------|
pm . .

fassssst

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-12---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-13---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-14---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-/15b-----------------|
pm . . . . . . . .

Riff Something (Play twice I think...can't remember now)

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-12---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-13---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12p11-0-11p10-0-14---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .

E |--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------| There might be slight vibratos on these,
D |7-----6-----3---7-----6-----1---| but I don't want to find my iPod to check.
pm .

Then play riff 2 twice, and then....

Final Chorus: (play twice)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
pm . . . . . . .

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------------|
D |5-------------------12---12-12---5---5/7-|
A |3-------------------10---10-10---3---3/5-|
D |3-0000--0000--0000--10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
pm .... .... ....

Outro (play 3 or 4 times, can't remember)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12---12-12---5---5/7-|
A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10---3---3/5-|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10-0-3-0-3/5-|
pm . . . . . . .

Ending

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E |-----------------|
B |-----------------|
G |-----------------|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
A |0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
D |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8b-|
pm . . . . . . .

Let me know if you find any mistakes, lets see if we can get the tab perfect before the
even comes out! XD

"Contractor" by Lamb of God from "Wrath".

Tabbed by a guitar's life.

Tuning: Drop D - Low(DADGbe)High

Time Signature: Common Time (4/4)
____
~ = vibrato | | = legato (hold the note for it's value plus
h = hammer-on the value of the connected note)
p = pull-off S = Sixteenth Note || ||
s = slide to next note E = Eighth Note o|| ||o Repeat
/ = slide up (down is \) Q = Quarter Note o|| ||o Signs
b = bend H = Half Note || ||
* = palm-mute W = Whole Note
x = right hand mute . = dotted (add half of the note value)

Guitar 1 & 2

INTRO/VERSE 1

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E E. E. E
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
b|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------o||
D|---------------------------------|-----------6--7---6---3---o||
A|---------------------------------|-------2---6--7---6---3----||
D|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-2---6--7---6---3----||
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E
e||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---12--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---13--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E E. E. E E. E. E
e|----------------------------------|------------------------||
b|----------------------------------|------------------------||
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------o||
D|----------------------------------|-7---6---3--6---5---1--o||
A|----------------------------------|-7---6---3--6---5---1---||
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---15--|-7---6---3--6---5---1---||
* * * * * * * * * * * *

E. E. E E. E. E
e|-----------------------|
b|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-7---6---3--6---5---1--|
A|-7---6---3--6---5---1--|
D|-7---6---3--6---5---1--|
* *

CHORUS
____
| |
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
b|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10--|
* * * * * * *
____
| |
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
b|----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-6-----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8---|
D|-8--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10--|
* * * * * * * * *
____
| |
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
b|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10--|
* * * * * * *
____
| |
E S S E S S E S S E E W
e|----------------------------|-------|
b|----------------------------|-------|
G|----------------------------|-------|
D|----------------------------|-------|
A|-6--------------------------|-------|
D|-8--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--8--|-------|
* * * * * * * * *

VERSE 2 (exactly like INTRO/VERSE 1)

CHORUS

BRIDGE

W
e|--------------|
b|--------------|
G|--------------| Hold for 11.5 measures and
D|-0------------| allow for some feedback
A|-0------------|
D|-0------------|

H Q Q
e|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
D|-------------0----12\----|
______
| |
E S S E E Q Q Q. S S H
e||-------------------------|-----------------------|
b||-------------------------|-----------------------|
G||o------------------------|-----------------------|
D||o----0h3-1--0--7----6----|--------------5--------|
A||-----0h3-1--0--7----6----|--------------5--------|
D||--0--0h3-1--0--7----6----|--------0--0--5--------|
* * *

E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|--------------------------|--------------------------||
b|--------------------------|--------------------------||
G|--------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
D|----3s5s3-----1s-3--------|-------------1s-3--------o|| 4x
A|----3s5s3-----1s-3-----3--|-------------1s-3-----3---||
D|-0--3s5s3--0--1s-3--0--5--|-0--0--0--0--1s-3--0--5---||
* * * *
______ ___________
| | |
E S S E E Q Q W W
e||-------------------------|-----------|-----------|
b||-------------------------|-----------|-----------|
G||o------------------------|-----------|-----------| Guitar 1 holds for
D||o----0h3-1--0--7----6----|-----------|-----------| four more measures
A||-----0h3-1--0--7----6----|-----------|-----------|
D||--0--0h3-1--0--7----6----|-----------|-----------|
*

Guitar 2

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---12--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---13--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---15--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---18--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Guitar 1 & 2

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---12--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---13--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---15--|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-3-3-6-6-6-6-5-5-1-1-|
* * * * * * * * * * *

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E
e||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
b||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---12--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---13--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

S S S S S S S S S S S E. E E. E. E E. E. E
e|----------------------------------|------------------------||
b|----------------------------------|------------------------||
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------o|| Play
D|----------------------------------|-7---6---3--6---5---1--o|| 3x
A|----------------------------------|-7---6---3--6---5---1---||
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-0-10---15--|-7---6---3--6---5---1---||
* * * * * * * * * * * * *

E. E. E E. E. E
e|-----------------------|
b|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-7---6---3--6---5---1--|
A|-7---6---3--6---5---1--|
D|-7---6---3--6---5---1--|
* *

CHORUS 3
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| |
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
b|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10--|
* * * * * * *
____
| |
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
b|----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-6-----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8---|
D|-8--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10--|
* * * * * * * * *
____
| |
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
b|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10--|
* * * * * * *
____
| |
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
b|----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-6-----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8---|
D|-8--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10--|
* * * * * * * * *
____
| |
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
e||--------------------------|---------------------------||
b||--------------------------|---------------------------||
G||o-------------------------|--------------------------o|| Play
D||o-------------------------|--------------------------o|| 3x
A||-----------------------3--|----3--3--6--6--3--3--8----||
D||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--|----5--5--8--8--5--5--10---||
* * * * * * *

E E E E E E E
e|-------------------------||
b|-------------------------||
G|-------------------------|| Let the last note ring
D|-------------------------|| and fade out
A|-------------------------||
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--8--||
* * * * * * *