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Compelled to Lacerate

Cannibal Corpse
Tab

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

Song

Band: (Cannibal Corpse)

Album: (Gore Obsessed)

Song: (Compelled to Lacerate)

Copyright (c) (Metal Blade Records) (2002)

Version 1.0 - (Sep 22--2004)

Transcribed By: (Philip Mead)

Email: (philkilla666@yahoo.com)

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - Bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

t - tap f - full bend h - half bend

ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend

* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend

x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend

, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

" - tremolo note <> - Trill

Tunning Key of B-Flat

INTRO: 2x

Tremolo Pick

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--8-7-6-5-4-------8-7-11-8-7-4-7-|
|6-----------6-5-6----------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Riff 1: 2x

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------3-----6-----------------|--------3-----6-----------------|
|--5-4-----------8-7-6-5---------|--5-4-----------8-7-6-5---------|
|3-----3---0-3-----------9-8-3-6-|3-----3---0-3-----------9-8-6-3-|

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

Riff 2: 2x

|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------6---------------------------|--------3---------------------|
|--8-7-----8-7-----------------------|--5-4-----5-4-----------------|
|6-----6-------6-6666-3333-0000-3322-|3-----3-------3---------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|

Tremolo Throughout

Left Channel ---------|

END |

|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|        |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------8888----------------------|-----------------------|
|7777-10 10 10 10-------4--7----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----15"///////---------|

Tremolo Throughout

Right Channel

END FIGURE

|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|    1
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|88-9999-88-12-12-12-12--11-11-77-66--------|----15"//////----------|

Tremolo Throughout |

|

Riff 2 again once, then ---------|

Riff 3: 2x

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------2-3-5----------------------------------------|
|----------------5-----------5-4-3----------------------------------|
|3-2-1-0--7-6-0----6-0----------------------------------------------|

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

Riff 2 again twice

Riff 1 once

Riff 3 twice

Riff 1 once

Riff 3 twice

then

Riff 4:4x

Tremolo Pick (with wammy bar and other crazy shit I don't know

what the hell is going on in the right channel!!)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-5-4-3-2-------6-5-9-6-5-2-5------------------------------------|
|4-----------4-3-4--------------------------------------------------|

Left Channel

Riff 5a: 1x -----------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------8888-8-8-11p8-88--11p8--88--------------|
|6/5------/7777-10-10-10-10-----------------------------------------|
|4/3-0-0------------------------------------------------------------|

- -

Riff 5b: 2x

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------------| FIGURE

|---------------------------8888-8-8-11p8-88--14p11--11-11----------|    2
|6/5------/7777-10-10-10-10-----------------------------------------|
|4/3-0-0------------------------------------------------------------|

- -

Right Channel

Riff 6: 3x

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|6/5----------------------------------------------------------------|   |
|4/3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|   |

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

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

Riff 7: Both Guitars

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|6-5---6//5--6/5-6/5--6//5-6/5--------------------------------------|
|4-3---4//3--4/3-4/3--4//3-4/3--------------------------------------|

Riff 8: 1x (less palm mutes this time around)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3-----6----------------------------------------------------|
|--5-4-----------8-7-6-5-4-3----------------------------------------|
|3-----3--0-3----------------6-3------------------------------------|

- - - - - -

Then Riff 3: 1x

Then Riff 8: 1x

Then Riff 3: 1x

Riff 9: 2x

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------1/2--2/4----4-3-2-1---------------------4-3-2-1-------4----|
|3-2-1-0-----------3---------0-1-2-3-2-1-0-1-2-3---------0-1-3----|

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

Riff 2 Again, only without the end slide

Then Riff 4 again: 4x

Then

Riff 10: 2x

(Left channel downpicks Low B for 32 notes,then right channel

kicks in and chugs out 32 notes)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|

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

Riff 10 Fill

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|6/5-6/5--6/5-6/5--6/5--6/5-----------------------------------------|
|4/3-4/3--4/3-4/3--4/3--4/3-----------------------------------------|

Riff 11: 2x

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|3------6------8------5------6/5--9/8-------------------------------|
|1-0000-4-0000-6-0000-3-0000-4/3--7/6-------------------------------|

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

|-------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------|---------|
|3------6------8------5-------9-8-7-6-|10-9-8-7-|
|1-0000-4-0000-6-0000-3-0000--7-6-5-4-|-8-7-6-5-|

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

2nd

time

Riff 1 Once

Riff 3 Twice

Riff 1 Once

Riff 3 Twice

Riff 4 Twice

End

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