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/ Carcass / Symphonies Of Sickness (1989) / Empathological Necroticism guitar tab

#----------------------------------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. #
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From: bfar333@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Brian Farmer)

Carcass "Empathological Necroticism"
(taken from "Symphonies of Sickness" CD)
transcribed by grievous - a tireless mofo.
(drop me e-mail if you find mistakes)

Argh - this tune is a monster, but a personal favorite for
it's lack of guitar solos.  A lot of the spots where vibrato
is indicated should be only lightly wiggled - listen to the
disc and you'll notice Bill Steer uses a light vibrato quite
frequently to great effect.  As a matter of fact, go buy the
damn CD if you don't have it - it's a masterpiece of
technical grind-death-sludge with an original style.  The
lyrics aren't included because I assume you already have the
record if you want to play this...

Tune all strings down 5 half-steps (e.g. B E A D ...)

*=vibrato
[pm]=palm mute
[dp]=double pick

INTRO RIFF (x4)
              (let ring)              (let ring)
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------3--------------6-6-6----8-------------------------
A-4-4-4-2--1-3------------4-4-4-4--6-2----------------------
E-2-2-2-0----1------------------3----0-----------------------

After the intro riff, chop an open E power chord 16 times.

RIFF 1 (x4)
           *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D--------3-----6-6-6----8------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--1-3---4-4-4-4--6-2---------------------------------
E-2-2-2----1---------3----0----------------------------------

RIFF 2 (x4)
                *   *   *                        *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--7/8--3-------------4-4-4-7/8--3--5---6--------------
E-2-2-2--5/6--1-3-2/4-3/5---2-2-2-5/6--1-3-3-4-4-5-----------

Repeat Riffs 1 and 2...

RIFF 3 (x4)
                       *                     *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5-----------5---4/3/5----5---5-----5-----------------------
A-3-4--4-4--4-3-4----------3-4-3-4-3-3-4-5/3/7---------------
E---2--2-2--2---2------------2---2-1---2-3/1/5---------------

RIFF 4 (x4)
                     *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5---8--------3---------------------------------------------
A-3-4-6-7-2--3-1-5/8/7---------------------------------------
E---2---5-0--1---3/6/5---------------------------------------

RIFF 5 (x4)
                                     ########
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5-----------8-----------5-------------8--------------------
A-3-4--4-4-4--6-7--7-7-7--3-4--4-4-4--7-6-3-2----------------
E---2--2-2-2----5--5-5-5----2--2-2-2--5---1-0----------------

(replace the ###### bit with the following on the 4th repeat)
  [     pm       ]
e------------------
B------------------
G------------------
D-----8888---------
A-7777666633332222-
E-5555----11110000-

RIFF 6 (x3)                          (on 4th, do this)
(trem picking - go nuts)             [ pm - crunch ]
e----------------------------------|-------------------------
B----------------------------------|-------------------------
G----------------------------------|-----3-4-----------------
D-------------11112222-------------|--5-21-23-6--------------
A-----33330000--------11114444-----|-43-0---1-45-------------
E-2222------------------------3333-|-2---------3------------

RIFF 7 (x2)
(more trem picking)
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------4444-------------11111111-------------------------
A---------------3333-222222----------0000-3333---------------
E-22222222-------------------------------------22222222------

e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------4444------55555555----------44443333--------------
A---------------3333---------------------------44443333------
E-22222222--------------------33333333-----------------------

Repeat Intro Riff and ALL riffs...

RIFF 8 (x4 of course)
                              *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------2---------------2--------------------------------
A---3-4-0-1---3-----3-4-0-1---3------------------------------
E-2-------------0-2------------------------------------------

Outro Riff (repeat ad infinitum - it fades out on the record)
[palm mute the whole thing...]

         [   dp   ]       [   dp   ]       [   dp   ]
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------33333333-4-4-4-4------------------
D---------55555555-2-2-2-2-11111111-2-2-2-2-33333333---------
A-4-4-4-4-33333333-0-0-0-0------------------11111111---------
E-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------

         [   dp   ]
e--------------------
B--------------------
G--------------------
D-6-6-6-6------------
A-4-4-4-4-55555555---
E---------33333333---


And that, at long last, is it.


Carcass albums
1996 Wake Up And Smell The... Carcass
1995 Swansong
1993 Heartwork
1991 Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
1989 Symphonies Of Sickness
1988 Reek Of Putrefaction
Symphonies Of Sickness tabs
01Reek Of Putrefaction tabbass tab
02Exhume To Consume tabbass tab
04Ruptured In Purulence tabbass tab
05Empathological Necroticism tabbass tab
07Swarming Vulgar Mass Of Infected Virulency tabbass tab
08Cadaveric Incubator Of Endoparasites tabbass tab
09Slash Dementia tabbass tab

 

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