Disposal of the Body

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Song

CANNIBAL CORPSE

DISPOSAL OF THE BODY

From their excellent album 'Gallery of Suicide'

Tabbed by: Jason Mathie

Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca

In my opinion, the best song from this album. Probably has something to

do with its incredible speed.

Comments:

For some reason most of these metal tunes don't seem to use the high

strings very much, do they? You will only see the bottom three strings

throughout this tab.

Palm muting? Don't worry about it. Except for cutting notes short,

none of the notes in these riffs need to be muted.

I didn't much feel like figuring out the solo in this track. You're on

your own if you think you can play it.

Tuning is Drop-Db. This means tune to Eb then drop the sixth string down

one full step to Db.

Time signatures change once or twice in this tune. Changes look like this:

|7:----| For those of you who don't know, 7/8 is simply a normal

|8:----| 4-beat measure with one half-beat taken off.

|------| Listen to the song and you'll understand.

|---*-/---| This means 'repeat the last measure'

  |----/----|
  |---/-*---|

Generally one dash is a sixteenth note in length. So ---- is one beat.

Pat O'Brien has the left stereo channel, Jack Owen the right.

And finally, since the lyrics to Cannibal Corpse songs are so amusing,

and this song is no exception, I have included them in the proximity of

the riffs they should be sung to.

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Tempo 275 bpm (hahaha, good luck)

Intro

Db  |----------------|----------------|
Ab  |5-------3---2---|6-------4---3---|
Db  |7-------5---4---|8-------6---5---|

Both Gtrs play Intro 4x

Then play:

Db  |-LeftGtr--------|---------|---------|7:---------------|
Ab  |2---------------|---------|---------|8:---------------|
Db  |4---------------|---------|---------|-----------------|

| | | | |

Db  |-RightGtr-------|---*-/---|---*-/---|7:-------0h3-0h4-|
Ab  |3222222252222222|----/----|----/----|8:-322222--------|
Db  |----------------|---/-*---|---/-*---|-----------------|
Db  |4:-----------------|---------|---------|----------------|
Ab  |4:-2---------------|---------|---------|----------------|
Db  |---4---------------|---------|---------|----------------|

| | | | |

Db  |4:-----------------|---*-/---|---*-/---|--0h3-0h4-0h3\\-|
Ab  |4:-3222222252222222|----/----|----/----|22--------------|
Db  |-------------------|---/-*---|---/-*---|----------------|
Db  |----------------|--------------0h|3-0h4-0h3-0h4-0h|3-0h4-0h3\\\\\\|
Ab  |2222222252222222|32222222522222--|----------------|---------------|
Db  |4---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|

| | | | |

Db  |----------------|--------------0h|3-0h4-0h3-0h4-0h|3-0h4-0h3\\\\\\|
Ab  |3222222252222222|32222222522222--|----------------|---------------|
Db  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
Db  |----------------|---*-/---|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|1h2p1h2-0h1p0h1-|
Ab  |3222222252222222|----/----|----------------|----------------|
Db  |----------------|---/-*---|----------------|----------------|

| | | | |

Db  |----------------|---*-/---|----------------|----------------|
Ab  |3222222252222222|----/----|----------------|----------------|
Db  |----------------|---/-*---|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|1h2p1h2-0h1p0h1-|

Main Riff

Db  |----------------|---*-/---|---*-/---|------0h2-0h3---|
Ab  |3222222252222222|----/----|----/----|322222----------|
Db  |----------------|---/-*---|---/-*---|----------------|
Db  |----------------|---*-/---|--------------0h|3-0h4-0h3-0h1---|
Ab  |3222222252222222|----/----|32222222522222--|----------------|
Db  |----------------|---/-*---|----------------|----------------|
Db  |----------------|--------------0h|3-0h4-0h3-0h4-0h|3-0h4-0h3-0h1---|
Ab  |3222222252222222|32222222522222--|----------------|----------------|
Db  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db  |----------------|---*-/---|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|1h2p1h2-0h1p0h1-| L-Gtr
Ab  |3222222252222222|----/----|----------------|----------------|
Db  |----------------|---/-*---|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|1h2p1h2-0h1p0h1-| R-Gtr

Both Gtrs play Main Riff 1x with lyrics:

The basement incinerator

Is where they'll put the dead

Hose the floor and clean the room

Anywhere they bled

Into boxes go the bags

Fill the space with rocks

In the dark of night

He throws them off the docks

Rotting in the river

Never to be found

Under tons of concrete

Deep beneath the ground

From behind he grabs his mouth

The blade goes to the neck

Bulging veins pumping blood

He struggles to protect

Chorus Riff

Db  |-LeftGtr--------|----------------|4-4-4-4---------|----------------|
Ab  |2-2-2-2---------|------------5-5-|--------5-5-4-4-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
Db  |--------4-4-3-3-|0-0-0-0-6-6-----|----------------|----------------|

| | | | |

Db  |-RightGtr-------|----------------|4-4-4-4---------|3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|
Ab  |2-2-2-2---------|------------5-5-|--------5-5-4-4-|----------------|
Db  |--------4-4-3-3-|0-0-0-0-6-6-----|----------------|----------------|
Db  |-BothGtrs-------|----------------|----------------|------------6-6-|
Ab  |2-2-2-2---------|------------5-5-|--------5-5-8-8-|5-5-5-5-8-8-----|
Db  |--------4-4-3-3-|0-0-0-0-6-6-----|6-6-6-6---------|----------------|

Play Chorus Riff 2x with lyrics:

If you don't cut open the stomach

The corpse will rise and float

The victim is discovered dead

Rotting organs bloat

The killer chops the body

With a scalpel and an axe

The parts are then drained

And put into the sacks

Play Main Riff again, RightGtr only for the first 4 bars, then Both

Gtrs and lyrics:

Grab the neck, Slit the throat, Take the life

Hang the corpse - Prepare to drain the blood

Bone saw, meat cleaver, filleting knife

Carve the corpse - Dissect him in the tub

Smash the teeth, Slice off scars, Crush the bones

With a crowbar - Scrape off all tattoos

Repeat Chorus Riff (with same lyrics)

Then Both Gtrs play the following, first 8 bars with lyrics:

Db  |----------------|----------------|3-------1---0---|4-------2---1---|
Ab  |5-------3---2---|6-------4---3---|3-------1---0---|4-------2---1---|
Db  |7-------5---4---|8-------6---5---|----------------|----------------|

Chunks of a skull, Sawn in half bones

Db  |6-------4---3---|7-------5---4---|9-------7---6---|10------8---7---|
Ab  |6-------4---3---|7-------5---4---|9-------7---6---|10------8---7---|
Db  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Body is found, Killer unknown

Db  |------------------------|---*-/---|---*-/---|--------------------|
Ab  |------------------------|----/----|----/----|--------------------|
Db  |x---x-x-x---x---x-x-x---|---/-*---|---/--*--|x---x-x-x---3h4p3h4-|

e s s e e s s e e s s e

\====3====/ \====3====/ \====3====/

Db  |------------------------|---*-/---|---*-/---|----------------|
Ab  |------------------------|----/----|----/----|----------------|
Db  |x---x-x-x---x---x-x-x---|---/-*---|---/--*--|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|

e s s e e s s e

\====3====/ \====3====/

Db  |------------------------|---*-/---|----------------|----------------|
Ab  |------------------------|----/----|----------------|----------------|
Db  |x---x-x-x---x---x-x-x---|---/-*---|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|1h2p1h2-0h1p0h1-|

e s s e e s s e

\====3====/ \====3====/

Db  |-LeftGtr----------------|---*-/---|----------------|----------------|
Ab  |------------------------|----/----|----------------|----------------|
Db  |x---x-x-x---x---x-x-x---|---/-*---|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|1h2p1h2-0h1p0h1-|

|\====3====/ \====3====/ | | | |

| | | | |

Db  |-RightGtr---------------|---*-/---|3h4p3h4-2h3p2h3-|1h2p1h2-0h1p0h1-|
Ab  |------------------------|----/----|----------------|----------------|
Db  |x---x-x-x---x---x-x-x---|---/-*---|----------------|----------------|

e s s e e s s e

\====3====/ \====3====/

LeftGtr plays Main Riff while RightGtr solos

Song ends on