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Festering in the Crypt

Cannibal Corpse
Tab
★4.8(4)

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

Song

Cannibal Corpse

“Festering in the Crypt”

The Wretched Spawn

Tabbed by Lord Pasku [blackpasku@msn.com]

Tuning Bb (Bb-Eb-Ab-Db-F-Bb)

Riff1 x3 Rhythm Figure1 x1

||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||------/5--4~-------|>|------/5--4~--------------|
||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||-0--2--------0--2~-|>|-0--2--------2--1~---1--0-|

||

||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||------/5--4~-------|>|------/5--4~---------3--2-|
||-------------------|>|--------------------------|
||-0--2--------0--2~-|>|-0--2--------2--1~--------|

Riff1 x3

Rhythm Figure2 x1

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|------/5--4~-4--3----3--2-|
|--------------------------|
|-0--2--------2--1----1--0-|

|

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|------/5--4~---------3--2-|
|--------------------------|
|-0--2--------2--1~--------|

Riff2 x3 Rhythm Figure3 x1

|-------------------------------------|>|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|>|----------------------------|
|-------3/4b\3------------------------|>|-------3/4b\3---------------|
|-------------------------------------|>|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|>|----------------------------|
|-0--2----------0--2~-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|>|-0--2----------2--1~---1--0-|

| PM. . . . . . .|

|-------------------------------------|>|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|>|----------------------------|
|-------3/4b\3------------------------|>|-------3/4b\3---------------|
|-------------------------------------|>|-----------------------3--2-|
|-------------------------------------|>|----------------------------|
|-0--2----------0--2~-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|>|-0--2----------2--1~--------|

PM. . . . . . .|

Riff1 x3

Rhythm Figure2 x1

Riff2 x3

Rhythm Figure3 x1

Riff3 x8 Riff4

|-------------|>|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|>|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|>|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3---2---|>|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|>|-----------------/-3-\-----------------/-3-\-----------------|
|-0-2---2---1-|>|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-5-0-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

x4

-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-/-3-\-----------------|
-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Riff3 x4

Riff4 x4

Riff3 x8

Riff5 x4

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-------2-|
|-----------------------------------/-3-\---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|

Solo x3

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------/5-5-5-4-4-4----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-0--2--------------0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

| PM. . . . . . .|

| t t

|-12-12-12-14-14-14-15br--12-12-12-14-14-19p14p12h14h19p14p12h14-|

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

Lead Figure1 x1

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------/5-5-5-4-4-4--------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-0--2--------------2--1~---1--0-|

|

|-12-12-12-14-14-14-15br--14-14-14-13-13-13~--13-13-13-12-12-12\-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo x3

Lead Figure1 x1

Riff6 x4

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-------2---------------------------------|
|---/-3-\-----------------------------------|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|

Riff7 x4

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------3-------2---------|
|-------------------/-3-\-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---1-1-1-1-|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . .|

Riff1 x3

Rhythm Figure2 x1

Riff2 x3

Rhythm Figure3 x1

Rhythm Figure4 x1

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-2---4---5---4---2---4~~~-|
|-2---4---5---4---2---4~~~-|
|-0---2---3---2---0---2~~~-|

LEGEND:

PM = palm mute

x = ghost note

/ = slide down

\ = slide up

h = hammer on

p = pull off

b = bend

br = bend and release

/-#-\ = triplet

~ = vibrato

* = natural harmonic

[#] = artificial harmonic

(tr#) = trill

t = tapping

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