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Hole in the Head

Autopsy
Tab
4.8(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

-AUTOPSY - HOLE IN THE HEAD from the "Mental Funeral" CD (c) 1991 Vile Music

-Transcribed by Chris Myhre. Version 1.1 Feb 2000 (ver 1.0 Oct 97)

-For questions, corrections, etc email me: bowel_ripper@hotmail.com

-For best print edit the left/right margins in page setup to make the tab fit the sheet

-Tuning: two steps down (1:C, 2:G, 3:D#, 4:A#, 5:F, 6:C)

-Notation legend: / = slide up; \ = slide down; ^ = semitone trill; p = pull-off;

* = see note; x = mute string with left hand; h = hammer-on; ~ = vibrato; . = palmmute

riff A ________ __________

1>|gtr 1 & 2------------------------------------------------------|   1    |   2     x2
2>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3>|------9--7--------------9--7--9--10--------9--7-----------7--9-----------10--------|
4>|---8--------9--8-----8------------------8--------9--8--9--------8------------------|
5>|7-----------------7------------------7---------------------------------------------|
6>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

gtr 1 riff B1 riff C gtr 2 harmonizes

|-----x2--gtr 1 & 2-----------------------x4---------------------|one time through---x2

  |------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  |repeat|------9----------------------------|10--11-10----10^-----10--11-10------------|
  |riff A|----8----9--8-------8h9--8---------|8---9--8--12-8^---12-8---9--8--12-11^--12-|
  |------|7---------------10----------10--9--|----------10------10-----------10-9^---10-|
  |------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

| ___ ___

|gtr 2 x2 |1 |2 |

  |-------12--10-----------------12--10--12--13---------12--10--------------10--12------13-|
  |---11----------12--11-----11---------------------11----------12--11--12----------11-----|
  |9----------------------9----------------------9-----------------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |-------12----------------------------------x4-----------------------------------------x2
  |----11-----12--11-------11h12--11-----------|11--12-11----11^-----11--12-11------------|
  |9-------------------12-------------12--11^--|----------12------12-----------12-11^--12-|
  |--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  |--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  |--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

_______________________ ____________________________

  |-----------------------|       1               |        2                  x2----------|
  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------'----------|
  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------'----------|
  |-----3-----------------------3-----------------------3----*---*-*---*-*---*-'-----3----|
  |2----1------------------2----1---------4--3-4p3-2----1----5---5-4---4-3---3-'2----1----|
  |0---------2----5--4-5p4-0---------3-------------0---------3---3-2---2-1---1-'0---------|

* gtr 2 harmonizes

_________ __________

|gtr 1 x2----------|gtr 1 comes--------------------------------| 1,3,5 | 2,4 x5

|gtr 2 x1----------|in 2nd time-----------------------------------------------------|

  |------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  |5\4------4\3------|-------------------4---4h5------------------------------1---1h2-|
  |3\2------2\1------|2222222232222223-2---2-----1111111121111112-1-4-1-4/5-1---1-----|

|--------------------------------------------------------------x4---* 1st time play------x4

|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----this chord only-----'

  |---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------'
  |---------------------------------------------------------------|---*---------------------'
  |4-4-4-4-5\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5\4-5\4-3-3-3-3-4\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4\3-4\3|4/54-----3^----2^----1^--'
  |2-2-2-2-3\2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\2-3\2-1-1-1-1-2\1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2\1-2\1|2/32-4/5-----4-----3-----'

(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)<-palm mute 3rd/4th time only

'---|--------------------------* gtr 2 plays these--------x3----------------------------

'---|----------------------------notes 3rd time------------|----------------------------

  '---|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------
  '---|-------------------------5*--------4*-----------------|----------------------------
  '4/5|3----3-3-3-3-4--3--2--3--3-----6*--2--------------3-2-|2-2-3--8------------2-2-2-3-
  '2/3|1----1-1-1-1-2--1--0--1--------4~---------2-3-2~--1-0-|0-0-1-----7--6--1^--0-0-0-1-

________________________ ________________________________________

-----| 1, 2 | 3 x3

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  -3-3----------------------3--2-----------------------------------------|
  -1-1--4-3-0-4-3h4p3-0-4-3-1--0-4-3-0-4-3h4p3-0-4-3-4-3-0-4-3h4p3-0-4-3-|

|-----------------------------------------------------------|(w/lead)----------x8

  |-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
  |-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
  |-------------------------5--------4--------3---------------|------4--3---------|
  |3----3-3-3-3-4--3--2--3--3--------2--------1--------7\--3--|2-----2--1---------|
  |1----1-1-1-1-2--1--0--1-------4~-------3~-------2~--5\--1--|0--------------2-3-|

. .

________ ________ * it sounds ___ _______

|----------------------| 1-5 | 6-9 |---like they're--|1-8| 9 x9-------------

|--------------------------------------------somehow muting------------|-------------

|--------------------------------------------this note-----------------|-------------

  |------------------------------------------------------------4--x-x----|-----3-------
  |------2"---------------3-5/6-5--3-5-6-6--------*---------2--2--x-x----|2----1-------
  |0"--------3"--0"-1"-0"-1-3/4-3--1-3-4-4--0"----7"--4"----0------------|0---------2--

. .

  ---------------------------------------|--------|------|--------------|

---------------------------------------|--------|------|--------------| * gtr 1 applies

---------------------------------------|repeat--|repeat|-repeat first-| octave 2nd time,

  ----------------3----------------------|riff B1*|riff C|half of riff A| gtr 2 3rd time
  -----------2----1----------------------|--------|------|--------------|
  --5--4-5p4-0---------3---3-2---2-1---1-|--------|------|--------------|

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