From Skin to Liquid

Song

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CANNIBAL CORPSE

FROM SKIN TO LIQUID

From their excellent '98 album "Gallery of Suicide"

Version 2 - added a solo, made some changes

Tabbed by: Jason Mathie

mathie@angelfire.com

This is such a great instrumental, rather out of character for Cannibal

Corpse (tempo, tuning) but so effective.

Comments:

This song is played on seven-string guitars, I assume, at least Owen was

playing one when I saw them in September '98. The tuning is Bb, which

is down 3 whole steps from the usual (Meshuggah tuning!). I tune my six

string to the lowest six, so Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb. Note the fourth interval

is between the 1st and 2nd strings rather than the 2nd and 3rd.

Generally one dash is a 16th note or a 32nd note in length, so either ----

or -------- is one beat.

Notation explanation:

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-9:--4:-- Time Signature changes. If you don't understand, listen

-8:--4:-- to the song.

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-/= 3 =\-- Triplets. Play three notes in the space of two.

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-/= 6 =\-- Sextuplets. Play six notes in the space of four.

--4"----- Tremolo pick. Pick the note evenly and very quickly.

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--3/5---- These are both slides to the 5th fret, picking only

--3//5--- the first note.

--<2b>--- Artificial harmonic, bending the string up slightly.

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--<3~>--- Artificial harmonic, with vibrato.

---p1r--- prebend slightly, pick the note and then release.

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Tempo: slow

Riff A

Db|-------3-----4-----3-|--------6-----6-----6-----6-|-------4-----3-----4-|--
Ab|9:---0-----0-----0---|12:---0-----0-----0-----0---|9:---0-----0-----0---|--
Eb|8:-1-----2-----1-----|-8:-4-----4-----4-----4-----|8:-2-----1-----2-----|--
Bb|--Clean-Gtr----------|----------------------------|---------------------|--

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Db|---3-----4-----3-----|----6-----------------------|---4-----3-----4-----|--
Ab|9:-------------------|----------------------------|9:-------------------|--
Eb|8:-1-----2-----1-----|----4-----------------------|8:-2-----1-----2-----|--
Bb|--Dist-Gtr-----------|----------------------------|---------------------|--
Db --|-------6-----6-----6-|-------9-----10|--------6-----6-----6-----6-|
Ab --|9:---0-----0-----0---|6:---0-----0---|12:---0-----0-----0-----0---|
Eb --|8:-4-----4-----4-----|8:-7-----8-----|-8:-4-----4-----4-----4-----|
Bb --|---------------------|---------------|----------------------------|

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Db --|---6-----------------|---9-----10----|----6-----------------------|
Ab --|9:-------------------|6:-------------|12:-------------------------|
Eb --|8:-4-----------------|8:-7-----8-----|-8:-4-----------------------|
Bb --|---------------------|---------------|----------------------------|

Play Riff A 2x

Then play:

Db|--------6-----6-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6-----6-|
Ab|12:---0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
Eb|-8:-4-----4-----4-----4-----|4-----4-----4-----4-----|
Bb|----------------------------|------------------------|

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Db|----6-----------------------|------------------------|
Ab|12:-------------------------|------------------------|
Eb|-8:-4-----------------------|------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|------------------------|

Riff B1

Db|-------------------------------------------|--------------------53------|--
Ab|4:-----9-----------------------------------|3:-/==3==\--4"--------4-64--|--
Eb|4:-5///7-------2---/====6====\-/====6====\-|4:----1--3----------------5-|--
Bb|---5///7---0---0---6-8-8-0-0-0-4-6-6-0-0-0-|---0------------------------|--

P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Db --|--------------------------|-----------------31------|
Ab --|--------------------4-<2b>|---------2"--------2-42--|
Eb --|----5\3-3\1-1-----1-------|---1--3----------------3-|
Bb --|0---------------0---------|0------------------------|

Play Riff B1

Riff B2

Db|-------------------------------------------|---/==3==\---3"-----53------|--
Ab|4:-----9-----------------------------------|3:----0--2------------4-64--|--
Eb|4:-5///7-------2---/====6====\-/====6====\-|4:------------------------5-|--
Bb|---5///7---0---0---6-8-8-0-0-0-4-6-6-0-0-0-|---0------------------------|--

P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Db --|--------------------------|-----------------31------|
Ab --|----4\2-2\0-0-------4-<2b>|---------2"--------2-42--|
Eb --|------------------1-------|---1--3----------------3-|
Bb --|0---------------0---------|0------------------------|

Now one of the guitars plays riff B2 while the other plays B1.

Then play:

Db|-------------------------------------------|--
Ab|4:-----9-----------------------------------|--
Eb|4:-5///7-------2---/====6====\-/====6====\-|--
Bb|---5///7---0---0---6-8-8-0-0-0-4-6-6-0-0-0-|--

P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Db --|------------------------|------------------------|
Ab --|------------------------|------------/=6==\/3\---|

Eb --|/=6==\/=6==\/=6==\/=6==\|/=6==\/=6==\7-7-7-------|

Bb --|066696066696066696066696|066696066696-6-6-67676\\|

P.M ........................ ......................

Riff C

Db|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|--------/= 3 =\-----------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|1---1-----------p1r----p1r------|1-------------1-1---------1-<3>h4-|
Bb|--3---3-0--3--2-----3-------3---|--4-4-3-3-2-2-----4-4-3-3---------|

Play Riff C 2x

Play Riff B1

Riff B3

Db|-------------------------------------------|---/==3==\---3"-----53------|--
Ab|4:-----9-----------------------------------|3:----0--2------------4-64--|--
Eb|4:-5///7-------2---/====6====\-/====6====\-|4:------------------------5-|--
Bb|---5///7---0---0---6-8-8-0-0-0-4-6-6-0-0-0-|---0------------------------|--

P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Db --|--------------------------|---------1"------31------|
Ab --|----4\2-2\0-0-------4-<2b>|---0--2------------2-42--|
Eb --|------------------1-------|-----------------------3-|
Bb --|0---------------0---------|0------------------------|

Now one of the guitars plays riff B3 while the other plays B1.

Then play:

Db|-------------------------------------------|--
Ab|4:-----9-----------------------------------|--
Eb|4:-5///7-------2---/====6====\-/====6====\-|--
Bb|---5///7---0---0---6-8-8-0-0-0-4-6-6-0-0-0-|--

P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Db --|------------------------|---------------|
Ab --|------------------------|2:-------------|

Eb --|/=6==\/=6==\/=6==\/=6==\|4:-/=6==\/=6==\|

Bb --|066696066696066696066696|---066696066696|

P.M ........................ ............

Riff D

Db|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Ab|4:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Eb|4:--------7-----------------------|------7---5-7-------------------|
Bb|--0-6-6-6---6-9-6-0-6-6-6-106-9-6-|0-6-8---8-----8-0-6-9-9-0-9-6-6-|

P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tempo change, speed up 50

Play Riff D 2x, drums go half-time

Then play:

/== play 3x ========================\

Db||--------------------/=3=\---------||--------------------/=3=\---------|
Ab||*0-------------------------------*||0-----------2---------------------|
Eb||*1----------2-------1h2p1-----x--*||1-----------1-------1h2p1-----x---|
Bb||------------0-------------0---x---||----0---0-----------------0---x---|

P.M . . || . . . . |

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Db||----------------------------------||-----------SoloGtr--------0---4---|
Ab||*--------------------------------*||--------------------2-------------|
Eb||*--------------------------------*||----------------------------------|
Bb||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|

Riff E

Db|-------------------------/=3=\-----|
Ab|2------------------------1-1-1-----|
Eb|1-----------<3~>-------------------|
Bb|---------------------0---------3p0-|

P.M .

Two Guitars play the backing Riff E under the following little solo:

Bb|--------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
Gb|--------------|------11h12p11--10h11|10b11--r10-10~----|--------12-11-12-|
Db|9~------------|8h9------------------|------------------|-----------------|
Ab|--------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
Eb|--------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
Bb|--------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
Bb|11~------------12|-----------------|----------------18-|b19------~~~~~~--|
Gb|---------12-11---|11"--------------|----------19-18----|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------|-----------9b10--|r9-----------------|-----------------|
Eb|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Bb|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|

Riff F1

Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|------0--1--0----|1-------0-------|---------------|
Bb|----------------|0--2-----------2-|----------------|2tr5-----------|

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Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|-----------------|----------------|4tr7-----------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|------0--1--0----|1-------0-------|---------------|
Bb|----------------|0--2-----------2-|----------------|---------------|

Play Riff F1

Riff F2

Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|-----------------|----------------|4tr7-----------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|------0--1--0----|4-------3-------|---------------|
Bb|----------------|0--2-----------2-|----------------|---------------|

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Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|-----------------|----------------|4tr7-----------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|------0--1--0----|1-------0-------|---------------|
Bb|----------------|0--2-----------2-|----------------|---------------|

Play Riff F2

Play Riff E 4x under solo (let open string ring slightly between taps):

r.h r.h r.h r.h r.h r.h r.h

Bb|t7-t6-t12-t8-t7-t11-t7-t6-t14-t8-t7|t11-t7-t6-t12-t8-t7-t11-t7-t6-t15-t8-t7|
Gb|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

r.h r.h r.h +1/4 hold

Bb|t11-t8-t7-t11-t12-t15-t14-t6-t7-t8-t7-|6b--~~~~--------19--18--19--|22b24~~
Gb|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------
Db|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------
Ab|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------
Eb|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------
Bb|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------

Then Play Riff F1

Riff F3

Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|---------4-------|2-------1-------|---------------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|4--6--7-----6--3-|----------------|3tr6-----------|
Bb|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|

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Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|2tr5-----------|
Ab|----------------|---------4-------|----------------|---------------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|4--6--7-----6--3-|4-------3-------|---------------|
Bb|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|

Play Riff F3

Play Riff F2

Riff F4

Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|---------4-------|----------------|2--------------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|4--6--7-----6--3-|7-------4-------|2--------------|
Bb|----------------|-----------------|----------------|0--------------|

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Db|--------/==3==\-|/==3==\--/==3==\-|----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|---------4-------|----------------|2--------------|
Eb|1-------3--4--3-|4--6--7-----6--3-|4-------1-------|2--------------|
Bb|----------------|-----------------|----------------|0--------------|

Play Riff F4

After a long delay, play the following under the solo:

Riff B1, B2, B1, B3, B1 and B2 ... fade out

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August 12, 1999

E-mail me with any comments, criticism...

mathie@angelfire.com