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The Cryptic Stench

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

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Song: The Cryptic Stench

Artist: Cannibal Corpse

Album: Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)

Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)

Tuning: Half step down

Notation Key

v: vibrato

t: tremolo bar

^: bend

.: palm mute

~: trill

p: pull-off

h: hammer-on

x: ghost note

/: slide up

\: slide down

Comments: This song is too fucking wierd. Other than that, I have nothing to say. Except that the tab came out just fine and dandy, and if you spot a mistake, you are welcome to correct it, or you can be a good little pal and point it out to me. Later.

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Fig. 1 x2

e|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--3---------5-----8/9---7/8-----3------|--5-----8/9---7/8-----3------|
E|--1-0-00-00-3-000-6/7-0-5/6-000-1-000--|--3-000-6/7-0-5/6-000-1-000--|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|--5-----8/9---7/8-----5-----5-----5------|
E|--3-000-6/7-0-5/6-000-3-000-3-000-3-000--|

Riff 1 x1

e|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|--3---------2222------3--|----------2222------5--|
E|--1-0-00-00------1111-1--|--0-00-00------1111-3--|
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------2222------3--|----------2222------5--|
E|--0-00-00------1111-1--|--0-00-00------1111-3--|

Repeat Fig. 1 x1

Repeat Riff 1 x1

Repeat Fig. 1 x2

Riff 2 x4 (Tearing at the neck, my sharpened teeth pierce the meat...)

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|------------2-4t5--6--|
E|--000000000--------4--|

Riff 2B x4 (The oldest of souls, left behind after life...)

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-------------------3--|
A|------------2-4t5--1--|
E|--000000000-----------|

Riff 3 x2 (Indulgence in the blood...)

e|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|-------7777-3333-2222--|-----------------------|------------9/8-9/6---------------------|
A|--4444-----------------|-------6666-2222-1111--|--444444444-7/6-7/4-333333333333333333--|
E|-----------------------|--3333-----------------|----------------------------------------|

Riff 4 x2 (Tapping the gushing sap...)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--44444444477773333333333333366662222-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------33333333366662222222222222255551111--|

Repeat Riff 2 x4

Repeat Riff 2b x4

Fig. 2 x4 (Ghastly beauty look into my eyes...)

e|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------7777--|----------------------6666--|
A|--4/5---5\4----55558888------|--4/5---5\4---44447777------|
E|--2/3-x-3\2-x----------------|--2/3-x-3\2-x---------------|

Fig. 3 x2 (Returning to the grave...)

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--4/5---5\---2222-----3--|--4/5---5\---2222-----5--|
E|--2/3-x-3\-x-----1111-1--|--2/3-x-3\-x-----1111-3--|

Fig. 4 x1

e|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
A|------------5--|------------5--|------------5--|--------------------------|
E|--00100-444-3--|--00100-444-3--|--00100-444-3--|--00100-444-3v-3/1-1-1r0--|

Fig. 5 x3

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|--5---------------------------|
E|--3-00100--6v--3v--3/1-1-1r0--|

Fig. 6 x1

e|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
A|--5-----------5--|------------5--|------------5--|------------5--|--------------------------|
E|--3-00100-666-3--|--00100-444-3--|--00100-444-3--|--00100-444-3--|--00100-444-3v-3/1-1-1r0--|

Repeat Riff 2 x4

Riff 5 x2 (Life and death are too clear...)

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------2-4h5p4-6--|
E|--000333666444333333333333---------4--|

Riff 6 x4 (Scripts of the dead...)

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------7777--------------------------------|
A|--4444----2222-----------------6p3p0------|
E|--------------6666333333333333-------2-3--|

Fill 1 x1

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|--6p3p0-----6p3p0-----6p3p0------|
E|--------2-3-------2-3-------2-3--|

Repeat Fig. 2 x5

Riff 7 x4

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--6p3p0-----0-2-4h5p4-6--|
E|--------2-3-----------4--|

end x1

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--6--|
A|--------2h3p2----|--------1h2p1----|--5--|
E|--0-2-3-------3--|--0-1-2-------2--|--4--|

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