Ironhead by Helmet guitar tab (text):

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Ironhead 
by Page Hamilton 
 
Transcription with no guarantees by Nate, v119p7jc@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu 
 
 
 
	This song is played in an odd 4/4 time signature.  If you do not fol- 
low the timing properly, you are apt to end up playing something with a swing 
time. 
	In the song 'Ironhead,' Page Hamilton uses the dropped-D tuning, fam- 
iliar to those of you who are into the Seattlites.  He uses heavy distortion. 
This is not a typical metal song with a lot of crunching and heavy muting.   
Page uses a muting that creates various artificial harmonics while he mutes the 
strings just above the back pick-up... 
 
				'ironhead' 
   G# A G# D G# A G# D  G# A G# D    F D F F G E F E F 
-----------------------|-----------|-------------------| 
-----------------------|-----------|-------------------| 
-----------------------|-----------|-------------------| 
-----------------------|-----------|-------------------| 
---6--7-6--0-6--7-6--0-|6--7-6--0--|-3-0-3-3H5-2/3-2/3-| 
---6--7-6--0-6--7-6--0-|6--7-6--0--|-3-0-3-3H5-2/3-2/3-| 
                                    P.M.....A.H........ 
				   |-Riff A------------| 
Play Riff A about 6X, but at the end of six times, play... 
		|----------------------------| 
		|----------------------------| 
		|----------------------------| 
		|----------------------------| 
		|-3-0-3-3H5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-| 
		|-3-0-3-3H5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-| 
 
Then back to Riff A and the verse: 
 
	F D F FhG E/F E/F 
	Safe to Kill... 
	It all comes back 
	I stick it out- 
	And wage my own attack 
 
	Lift me up... 
	etc... 
 
Then onto Riff B: 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------- 
-------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------- 
-------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------- 
-------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------- 
--0-2p0-2p0---2-3-4---0--x-x---|-2p0---6--7--6--0--2p0--2p0|--6h7--6--0-------- 
 
back to Riff A and onto Verse 3... 
 
At the end of the last verse, play: 
Riff B, then: 
 
this tab is for the low-D and the A only 
|--6-7-6-0--|--6-7-6-0--|--6-7-6-0--|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7|-5-5-| 
|--6-7-6-0--|--6-7-6-0--|--6-7-6-0--|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7|-5-5-| 
 
and this for the low-d and the A only... 
|-00000000-|-77777777-|-66666666-|-33333333| (3x) 
|-00000000-|-77777777-|-66666666-|-33333333| 
 
and back to riff A and and Riff B to close. 
This is a fairly close transcription.  I've heard several performances of this 
song.  Its seems that they are somewhat different each time, so whatever you do 
will probably almost correct as long as you play the right notes and stick with 
the quirky tempo. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ironhead 
by Page Hamilton 
 
Transcription with no guarantees by Chris James (AKA Huneybuket@AOL.com) 
 
 
 
Dropped D Tuning 
 
Here's a little ditty off of Meantime called Ironhead. It goes a little something like this. 
 
intro                       pulloff 
D |-7-8-7-0---|-7-8-7-0---|-7-8-7-0-3`0  
A |-7-8-7-0---|-7-8-7-0---|-7-8-7-0-3`0  
D |-7-8-7-0---|-7-8-7-0---|-7-8-7-0-3`0  
 
 
mainverse 
E |-----X-----X-----X----| 
B |-----X-----X-----X----| 
G |-----X-----X-----X----| 
D |-3~5---2~3---2~3---3`0| 
A |-3~5---2~3---2~3---3`0| 
D |-3~5---2~3---2~3---3`0| 
     hammer - on 
 
Do all that for a while until he goes "Pain is in my head!!!!!!!!!" 
Then that's 
 
pre-chorus 
D | 0-3`0-3`0---0-3-5-0---0-0-3`0-7-8-7-0 | 
A | 0-3`0-3`0---0-3-5-0---0-0-3`0-7-8-7-0 | 
D | 0-3`0-3`0---0-3-5-0---0-0-3`0-7-8-7-0 | a couple of times 
 
the first time it will go to        
 
D |-3`0                              
A |-3`0 
D |-3`0 
 
then it's back to Main Verse. 
Then when you come back, you get to the Interlude: 
                      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3            1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
D |7-8-7-0-7-8-7-0 |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-|0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
A |7-8-7-0-7-8-7-0 |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-|0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
D |7-8-7-0-7-8-7-0 |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-|0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
 
    1 + 2 + 3             after that one twice, the 7's and then        
D  -7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-0|   |-10-10-10-11-11-11| 
A  -7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-0|   |-10-10-10-11-11-11|  
D  -7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-0|   |-10-10-10-11-11-11|  
              > > > > 
 
Page then screams and the guitar screams this: 
 
D |*-0--0-0-0-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3*| 
A | -0--0-0-0-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3 | 
D |*-0--0-0-0-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3*| 
 
When he says "IRONHEAD!!!!!!!!" 
go back to the pre-chourus, and it's pretty much done. 
That was fun, now wasn't it? 
 
 
 




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