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Robbing the Grave

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 - ROBBING THE GRAVE from the "Mental Funeral" CD (c) 1991 Vile Music

-Transcribed by Chris Myhre. Version 1.1 Mar 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/down; ~ = vibrato; . = palm mute;

pm = palm mute; br = half bend, release; * = see note

1>|gtr 1 & 2-------------------------------------------------------|------------x2-----
2>|----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------'-----
3>|----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------'-----
4>|----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------'-----
5>|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5--5--5-5-5--'4--4-
6>|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3--3--3-3-3--'2--2-

-------x2------------x2--* gtr 3 lead----------------------------------------------'

  --------'-------------|----(w/wah-wah)---------------------------------------------'
  --------'-------------|---------------------------------------------10*------------'
  --------'-------------|9*----------------------------------------------------------'
  -4-4-4--'3--3--3-3-3--|---------------10*------------11*---------------------------'

-2-2-2--'1--1--1-1-1--|000000000000000333333333333333444444444444444111111111111111'

  '----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------'
  '----------------------------------------------------*--*--------*--*-----*--|-----------'
  '7*------------------------6*------------------------10-10-\---/-10-10----10\|-----------'
  '----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------'
  '5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5--4--4--4-4-4--4--4--4-4-4--3--3---3-3--3--3---3-3--|2----------'
  '3--3--3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3--2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2--1--1---1-1--1--1---1-1--|0----------'

_________ __________

'riff A----------------------| 1,3 | 2,4 x4---------------------------------|

  '-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  '-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  '-------------------------------------------------|------------------------9---12---|
  '2--2--2------------2--2--2-------------4----3----|4---7---6---3---4---7---7---10---|
  '0--0--0----3~------0--0--0----2br------2----1----|2---5---4---1---2---5---7---10---|

. . . . . .

  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------x4
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |----------6------6--5------5--4------4--3------3--2------2----------------------|
  |4------4--4--4-4-4--3--3-3-3--2--2-2-2--1--1-1-1--0--0-0-0--3------3--2------2--|
  |2--2-2-2----------------------------------------------------1--1-1-1--0--0-0-0--|

w/fill 1 ______________ _____

|gtr 1 joins---| 1-8 |9 x9-----------------------------------------------------

|3rd time---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------

  |-------------------------4---------|-----------------------------------------------------
  |*-*-----4---4--*-*-----3---3-------|3-3-3--------------------------2-2-2-----------------
  |4-4---3---3----3-3---2--------3-3--|1-1-1-4------------------------0-0-0-3---------------
  |2-2-2----------1-1-1----------1-1--|------2----22222222222222222222------1----1111111111-

. . .................... ..........

____________ ________________

* stop here| 4 x4------|(w/lead)-------------------------x4 1 |

--last time-------------|------|----------------------------------|-----------------

------------------------|repeat|----------------------------------|-----------------

  ------------------------|riff A|----------------------------3-----|-----------------
  ---*--------2-----------|------|----------------------------1--3--|-----------------

-1111111111-0-----------|------|0000000000000000333333331111---1--|0000000000000000-

..........

______________

  |   2          |---------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  -2--2--------------------------------------------------------------------------

-0--0--000000003333333333333333444444444444444411111111111111113-3-333-3-3-333-

----------------* stop here-----x2-----------------------x4

------------------last time------|------------------------|

---------------------------------|------------------------| Don't palm mute last

---------------------------------|------------------------| chord last time

  ----------------*----------------|3--2--3--4--3--4--3--2--|
  -2-2-222-2-2-222-1-1-111-1-1-111-|1--0--1--2--1--2--1--0--|

. . . . . . . . <-(slight pm)

________________ _____

|fill 1 gtr 1---| 3 - 4 |4 x4

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

|--------------------------------------| gtr 1 plays this

|--------------------------------------| the 4 last time

 |---------------------------------3-3--| of the riff

|22222222222222221111111111111111-1-1--|

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