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Taken with permission from www.cannibalcorpse1.com
Cannibal Corpse 'Return To Flesh'
=====================TABLATURE EXPLANATION=====================
/ and \ are slides up and down
....... are palm mutings
!!!!!!! are tremolo pickings
4p3 means pull-off from 4 to 3
3h4 means hammer-on from 3 to 4
[14] These notes are the second guitar harmoizations
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Song Structure
Intro Intro 4 times
Riff A 2 times
Intro 3 times } with
+Transition 1 } riff A without harmonizations
Riff B 4 times
1st verse Riff C 4 times (verse)
Riff B 4 times
Riff C 4 times (verse) (in fact 3,9 times)
+Transition 1
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 8 times (pre-chorus)
Riff F 4 times (chorus) (in fact 3,9 times)
+Transition 2
Solos Riff C 4 times (on first solo)
Riff B 4 times (between the solos)
Riff C 4 times (on 2nd solo)(in fact 3,9 times)
+Transition 1
2nd verse Riff G 1 times (bridge)
Riff E 8 times (pre-chorus)
Riff F 4 times (chorus)
outro Riff H 8 times (outro riff)(in fact 7,9 times)
+Transition 1
Riff G 1/2 times (just the 2nd half of the
bridge: the harmonized part)
Conclusion riff 1 time
TUNING DOWN 1/2 STEPS
INTRO
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
-------------------------------.|
-------/9(9)\---------/8(8)\---.| 4 times
-6-5-3-/7(7)\---6-5-3-/6(6)\----|
-4-3-1-/7(7)\---4-3-1-/6(6)\----|
. . . . . .
Riff A
1________________ 2_____________
-------|------------------|------------------||
-------|------------------|------------------||
-------|------------------|-----------------.||
-------|--3-----------2---|[6]----------[5]-.||
-6-5-3-|-[5]--5---4--[4]--|-8---[8]-[7]--7---||
-4-3-1-|-----[7]-[6]------|-----10---9-------||
. . . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Transition 1
-------|
-------|
-------| (In fact the Intro riff is played 4 times
-------| with riff AAA, but it is cut on the 4th time:
-6-5-3-| play only the 3 first power palm muted chords)
-4-3-1-|
. . .
Riff B (harmonisation on 3th and 4th time)
--------------------------|---------------------------||
--------------------------|---------------------------||
--------------------------|---------------------------||
--------------------------|---------------------------||
-5p44-7p44----------------|-8p77-10p77----------------||
-----------4p33-6p33------|------------7p66-9p66------||
!!!! !!!! !!!! !!!! !!!! !!!! !!!! !!!!
. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..
RIFF C (with voice) 1,2,3_______
--------------------------------------------|-----------||
--------------------------------------------|-----------||
-------------------0-3-0--0-----------------|-----------||
-------2-----------0-3-0--0-----2-----7-6-6-|-----------||
-5-----0------------------------0-----5-4-4-|-----------||
-3-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----------0-0---0-0-------|4p3h4p3-3--||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
on the 4th time go directly to riff D
RIFF D (mix between Intro Riff & Riff A)
1_______________________
-------------------------------|------------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------------|
-------/9(9)\---------/8(8)\---|--------3-----------2---|
-6-5-3-/7(7)\---6-5-3-/6(6)\---|-6-5-3-[5]--5---4--[4]--|
-4-3-1-/7(7)\---4-3-1-/6(6)\---|-4-3-1-----[7]-[6]------|
. . . . . . . . . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
End of Riff D
2_________________________
--------------------------||
--------------------------||
--------------------------||
--------[6]----------[5]--||
--6-5-3--8---[8]-[7]--7---||
--4-3-1------10---9-------||
. . . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIFF E (pre-chorus, beware of the measure (5/4 for the tempo of riff D))
---------------------------|
---------------------------|In parenthesis there are
---------------------------|harmonisationsof times 5 to 8.
----(77)-------------(66)--|
-6-5-88---6-5-2-------77---|
-4-3------4-3-0-1/3\1------|
. . !! . . . !!
RIFF F (chorus)
1,2,3___
-------------------|-------------|--------|| On 4th time
-------------------|-------------|--------|| replace by
-------------------|-------------|--------|| Transition 2
-----5-------------|-----5-------|--------||
-4-----4--7-4--5---|-4-----4--7-4|-5430---||
---3-------------4-|---3---------|--------||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Transition 2
--------|
--------|
--------|
--------|
-2-3-4--|
-0-1-2--|
. . .
RIFF G (bridge)
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
-5555552222228888885555554444441111114444444-------|
--------------------------------------------333333-|
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Riff G (second part = harmonized two guitars)
-------------------------------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------------------||
-3333330000006666663333332222222222222-----------------||
-55555522222288888855555544444444444441111111111111111-||
--------------------------------------3333333333333333-||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIFF H (outro)
-----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------||
-------------------------------6\5-||
-0-0-5-6-0-0-5-6-000099993333--4\3-||
. . . . . . . . !!!!!!!!!!!!
Conclusion riff
--------||
--------||
--------||
--------|| end of song
-6-5-2--||
-4-3-0--||
. . .
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