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Hammer Smashed Face

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

Song

Cannibal Corpse

Tomb of the Mutilated

Hammer Smashed Face

Copyright (c) Metal Blade Records 1992

Version 1.6 - 23.12.2021

Transcribed By: Yaniv D

. - 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

Tuning D# G# C# F# A# D#

Riff A1 x1

D#|---------------------------------=----------------------|
A#|---------------------------------=----------------------|
F#|---------------------------------=----------------------|
C#|---------------------------------=----------55554444----|
G#|-2-2-2-8\---2-2-2-8\---2-2-2-8\--=--2-3-4---------------|
D#|-0-0-0-6\---0-0-0-6\---0-0-0-6\--=--0-1-2---------------|

* * * * * * * * *

*(Mute with left hand after)

Riff A2 x2

D#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------55554444-|
G#|-------------8\--------------8\--------------8\--2-3-4------------|
D#|-000-000-000-6\--000-000-000-6\--000-000-000-6\--0-1-2------------|

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

Riff A3 x3 End with

D#|------------------|-----------|
A#|------------------|-----------|
F#|------------------|-----------|
C#|------------------|-----------|
G#|------------------|-2---------|
D#|-0000000000000000-|-0---------|

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

Bass solo x4

F#|--------------------|
C#|-----9--------------|
G#|-7-----8---8--------|
D#|---6-----7---0-6----|

Riff B x4 |1-3 |4 Riff C x4

D#|-------------|-----|-----| |------------------|
A#|-------------|-----|-----| |------------------|
F#|-------------|-----|-----| |------------------|
C#|-----9-------|-----|-----| |-----4------------|
G#|-7-----8---8-|-----|-----| |-2p1---1-3--------|
D#|---6-----7---|-0h6-|-6p0-| |-----------2-0h1--|

Riff B x4

Riff D x8 Fill x1

D#|----------------|-----------|
A#|----------------|-----------|
F#|----------------|-----------|
C#|---------ph-----|-----------|
G#|-4/5\4/5-1--2---|-4-3-2-----|
D#|-2/3\2/3----0---|-2-1-0-----|

. .

Main Riff x2

D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------7-----------------------------3-----------------|
G#|-7h10p7-6h9p6--9-8-5---7-6-5----3h6p3-2h5p2--5-4-1---4-3-2---------|
D#|---------------7-6-----5-4-3-----------------3-2-----2-1-0---------|

. . . . . . . .

Riff E x4

D#|------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
C#|----------------------ph------|
G#|-2h5p2-1h4p1--4/5\4/5-1--2----|
D#|--------------2/3\2/3----0----|

then play

Fill x1

Main riff x2

Riff D x8

Riff A1 x1 (until = mark)

Riff F x4

D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------55554444--------55554444--------55554444----------------|
G#|-2-3-4-----------2-3-4-----------2-3-4------------2-3-4---2-3-4--|
D#|-0-1-2-----------0-1-2-----------0-1-2------------0-1-2---0-1-2--|

Riff C x4

Riff B x4

Riff D x8

Fill x1

Main riff x2

Riff E x4

Fill x1

Main riff x2

Riff D x8

Riff A1 x1 (until = mark)

Riff G1 x12

D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|
G#|-2-2-2--------3-0-8\------------|
D#|-0-0-0-2~-----1-0-6\------------|

. . . . .

Riff G2 (played by the right guitar from the 5th to the 8th time)

D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|
C#|-------4~-----------------------|
G#|-2-2-2--------3-0-8\------------|
D#|-0-0-0--------1-0-6\------------|

. . . . .

Riff H x2

D#|---------------------------------------------
A#|---------------------------------------------
F#|---------------------------------------------
C#|---------------------------------------7-----
G#|-77777777-10101010-7777-6666-9966--9---5-----
D#|-----------------------------------7-0-------
   ---------------------------------------------|
   ---------------------------------------------|
   ---------------------------------------------|
   -----------------------------------3---------|
   -33333333-6666-3333-2222-5522--5---1---------|
   -------------------------------3-0-----------|

Riff I x4

D#|---------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------3--|
G#|-22222222-55555555-11111111-44444444--5---1--|
D#|--------------------------------------3-0----|

Riff H x2

Riff E x4

Riff D x8

And end the whole thing with

D#|----------------|
A#|----------------|
F#|----------------|
C#|----------------|
G#|-2-2-2-8\---2---|
D#|-0-0-0-6\---0---|

* * *

Done.

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