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Engine No. 9 Guitar Tablature
Artist:  Deftones
Song:    Engine No. 9
Album:   Adrenaline
Tuning:  Open E
Author:  Mike Smith (sublime56@hotmail.com)

Alright, everybody and their brother knows that every song on
Adrenaline is in Standard.  The other tab on here that is written
in Standard is correct but I hate playing this in Standard.

Therefore I have written this tab in Open E because this is how I
prefer to play it.  The tuning is Open E I believe.  You have to tune
your A and D strings *UP* to B and E.  I use .52 gauge bottom string
and I have no problem tuning up so it shouldn't be too bad.

It should look like this E-B-E-G-B-e.  This way, the bottom strings
ring the same while you can thrash away in a Drop-D style for the chords.
My bandmates and I have agreed that it sounds exactly the same and this
is much more fun to play in my opinion.  So, enjoy!

Notation Key:

v - Downstroke
^ - Upstroke
h - Hammer On
p - Pull Off
~ - Let Ring
/ - Slide Up
 - Slide Down
x - Muted String
p.m. - Palm Mute


Intro:
                                  ^ Let Ring throughout Intro
e|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-2h3-2p0--2h3-2p0--2h3-2p0--2h3------2h3-2p0--2h3-2p0--2h3-2p0--2h3/5-||


Part 1:
                                  ^
e|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||
B|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||


Part 2:
         v   ^ ^        v     ^        v     ^        v     ^
e|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
b|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
g|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
B|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||


Verse:
                                  ^ Hit this with some velocity       ^
e|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
B|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
p.m. . . .  . . . .  . . . .  . .      . . . .  . . . .  . . . .  . . .

                                  ^                                   ^
e|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
B|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
p.m. . . .  . . . .  . . . .  . .


Pre-Chorus:
                                  ^
e|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||
B|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||


Chorus:
         v   ^ ^ - I think you get the idea..follow this pattern throughout the song
e|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
b|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
g|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
B|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||


Pre-Verse:
                                  ^
e|--------------------------------0--||
b|--------------------------------0--||
g|--------------------------------0--||
E|-----------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------||
E|-2h3-2p0--2h3-2p0--2h3-2p0--2h3----||


Verse 2:
                                  ^                                   ^
e|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
B|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
p.m. . . .  . . . .  . . . .  . .      . . . .  . . . .  . . . .  . . .

                                  ^                                   ^
e|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0~------------------------------------||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
B|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-5-||
p.m. . . .  . . . .  . . . .  . .


Pre-Chorus 2:

e|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------0-------------------------------------||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||
B|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||
E|-2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3------2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--2-3/5-||


Chorus 2:

e|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
b|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
g|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
B|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||


Right before the breakdown:

e|---------------------------||
b|---------------------------||
g|---------------------------||
E|-2~------------------------||
B|-2~------------------------||
E|-2~------------------------||


Breakdown:

e|---------------------------||              e|---------------------------||
b|---------------------------||              b|---------------------------||
g|---------------------------||              g|---------------------------||
E|-2-0--2-0--2-0--2--3--0----||     -OR-     E|-2-0--2-0--2-0--2--8--0----||
B|-2-0--2-0--2-0--2--1--0----||              B|-2-0--2-0--2-0--2--8--0----||
E|-2-0--2-0--2-0--2-----0----||              E|-2-0--2-0--2-0--2--8--0----||

Then play:

e|-----------------------------||              e|-----------------------------||
b|-----------------------------||              b|-----------------------------||
g|-----------------------------||              g|-----------------------------||
E|-2h3-----2-----2-0-2h3--3-0--||     -OR-     E|-2h3-----2-----2-0-2h3--8-0--||
B|-2h3-----2-----2-0-2h3--1-0--||              B|-2h3-----2-----2-0-2h3--8-0--||
E|-2h3-0-0-2--0--2-0-2h3----0--||              E|-2h3-0-0-2--0--2-0-2h3--8-0--||
p.m.   . .    .                                       . .    .

Then:

e|---------------------------||
b|---------------------------||
g|---------------------------||
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . .


Chorus 3:

e|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
b|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
g|-------0---0-0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0----------------------||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
B|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||
E|-2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2-----------6--6-6-5---5-3-5-3--||

End part is done with a lot of effects and with fast pick scrapes
Tom Morello-style up and down the strings.  Hover right around
your pickups and improvise a little.

-Fin-
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