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Retribution for the Dead

Autopsy
Tab

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

Song

-AUTOPSY - RETRIBUTION FOR THE DEAD from the

"Retribution for the Dead" MCD (c) 1991 Vile Music

-Transcribed by Chris Myhre. Version 1.1 Mar 2000 (ver 1.0b 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: 1.75 steps down (somewhere between C and C#)

-Notation legend: / = slide up; ^ = semitone trill; ~ = vibrato; w = wah-wah;

br = half bend and release; * = see note

1>|gtr 1 & 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2>|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3>|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4>|--------/9-------8^-------------------------------------------------------/9-------8^---
5>|2-------------------------8-------9-------5-------8-------3-------2---------------------
6>|--------------------------6-------7-------3-------6-------1-----------------------------

_______________________________________________

pA0 '

  --------------------------|------------'-pA1----------------'-pA2--------'-------------'
  --------------------------|------------'--------------------'------------'-------------'

--------------------------|------------'--------------------'------------'---repeat----'

  --------------------------|------------'--------------------'------------'-pA1-pA0-pA1-'
  ----8-----4-9-------------|9---4---3---'5-6-9-8---8-8-8-7-8-'9-----9-9-9-'-------------'
  ----6-----2-7-------------|7---2---1---'3-4-7-6---6-6-6-5-6-'7-----7-7-7-'-------------'

'-------|w/lead 1--------------|------------------------------------------------------x2

  '------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------'
  '------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------'
  '------------------------------|4------------------------------------------------------'
  '9---4---3---------------------|2----4---3---------------2------4------3---------------'
  '7---2---1---------------------|-----2---1---------------0------2------1---------------'

lead 1 (Although I know this lead is a bit inaccurate (partly because of the not so

practical tuning), I chose to include it to at least give you an idea of what to play)

  |------------------------------------------------------------11-------------13br--11-13--
  |------------------------12-----------16t---------------11---13pb-(14)br-----------------
  |11------10-----------------11----12w-12t-----11---12-----------*------------------------
  |---12-9----11-8-9-12----------12-----13t------------------------------------------------
  |---------------------8------------------------------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * *

  ----------------------13pb--(14)br-(14)br---------13br--11--/13-----| * prebend half-step,
  --12-14-15-12-------------------------------------------------------| then half-bend two

--------------------------------------------------------------------| times (up to 15)

----------------15~-------------------------------------------------| and release down to

--------------------------------------------------------------------| original note, then

--------------------------------------------------------------------| up whole step

'-----------|---------------'----------------| * (first note, above lead): prebend half-

'-----------|---------------'----------------| step, then half-bend and release down

'-----------|----repeat-----'----------------| to original note then half-step up

'4----------|--pA1-pA2-pA1--'----------------| (I'm not sure if this is what's actually

  '2----4---3-|---------------'9---4---3-------| being done)
  '-----2---1-|---------------'7---2---1-------|

|w/lead 2 2nd time---------------x3--------------------------------------------|

  |---------------------------------'--------------------------------------------|
  |---------------------------------'--------------------------------------------|
  |----2-------1---3----------------'----2---0---1---3---------------------------|
  |2-------3-----------4---3~-------'2-------------------4---3---6-6-4---6-6-4---|
  |0----------------------------4---'0---------------------------4-4-2---4-4-2---|

|lead 2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |-----------------10---12~-------------------------------------------------------|
  |----9---7---10--------------10~---10~-------9---10---8---10---------------------|
  |--------------------------------------------------------------8---10~---10~-----|
  |7---------------------------------------7-------------------------------------7-|

(w/lead) ___ __x7 x4

  |pB-------|1..|2..|pC------------------|--------x3---------|----------'* gtr 2----|

|-----------------|--------------------|---------|---------|----------'--harm.----|

|-----------------|--------------------|repeat pB|repeat pC|----------'-----------|

  |-----------------|--------------------|---------|---------|----------'*--*--*----|
  |3-3--3--3-----4--|3-3-6-5-4---6-5-4---|---------|---------|3----2----'6~-5~-4~---|
  |1-1--1--1-2~--2--|1-1-4-3-2---4-3-2---|---------|---------|1----0----'4~-3~-2~---|

___________________________

riff B | ____ __x4

|(w/lead)-------------x4-------x6-------x2-------x4--(w/lead)------|1,2 |3,4|------|----|

  |----------------------|--------'--------'--------|-------------------------|------|----|

|----------------------|--------'--------'--------|-------------------------|repeat|----|

|----------------------|--------'--------'--------|-------------------------|riff B|----|

  |3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4--4-|3-3--33-'4-4--44-'2-2--22-|3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4--4----|------|3---|
  |1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2--2-|1-1--11-'2-2--22-'0-0--00-|1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2--2--2~|------|1---|

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