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Carnal Forge

Carcass
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★4.6(3)

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Song

CARCASS - CARNAL FORGE

From the Album HEARTWORK

Copyright 1994 EARACHE

Version 2.0 - NOV 2001

Transcribed by: Mikko Leimu

Version 2.0 by: death8699

Lead Transcribed by: Mike Morton

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. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

TUNING B (B,E,A,D,F#,b)

Carcass - Carnal Forge

RIFF A

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|Gtr
|-8----8----8h9p8----8-----------|-8----8----8h9p8----8-----------| I
|---10---10-------10---10-9-7----|---10---10-------10---10-9-7----|
|-----------------------------10-|-----------------------------10-|

| . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-6----6----6h7p6----6-----------|Gtr
|-8----8----8h9p8----8-----------|----8----8--------8----8-7-5----| II
|---10---10-------10---10-9-7----|------------------------------8-|
|-----------------------------10-|--------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|Gtr
|-8-----8------8h9p8------8------------| I
|---10----10----------10----10---9-7~--|
|--------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . ph

|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|10----10----10h11p10----10------------|Gtr
|---12----12----------12----12--11-8~--| II
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

. . . . . . ph

Riff B.1

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

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|Gtrs

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|I&II
|---------------------1------4-----|---------------------1------4-----|
|-0-000000-0-00000000----2p1---2p1-|-0-000000-0-00000000----2p1---2p1-|

| . ...... . ........ . ...... . ........

|

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

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|Gtrs

|----------------------------------|---------------------------9-8-7--|I&II
|---------------------1------4-----|---------44444444-7-8-9-10-7-6-5--|
|-0-000000-0-00000000----2p1---2p1-|-33333333---------5-6-7-8---------|

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

Riff B.2

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

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|Gtrs

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|I&II
|---------------------1------4-----|---------------------1------4-----|
|-0-000000-0-00000000----2p1---2p1-|-0-000000-0-00000000----2p1---2p1-|

| . ...... . ........ . ...... . ........

|

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

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|Gtrs

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|I&II
|---------------------1------4-----|---------------------1------4-----|
|-0-000000-0-00000000----2p1---2p1-|-0-000000-0-00000000----2p1---2p1-|

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

Riff C

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

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|Gtrs

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|I&II
|---------------------3------6-----|---------------------3------6-----|
|-3-333333-3-33333333----4p3---4p3-|-3-333333-3-33333333----4p3---4p3-|

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

RIFF D.1

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------4---3---2---|----------------------4---3---2---|Gtr
|--------------------5---5---4---3-|--------------------5---5---4---3-| I
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|

| . ...... . ...... . ...... . ......

|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------3h5-|------------------------------3h5-|
|----------------------4---3-------|----------------------4---3-------|Gtr
|--------------------5---5---4-----|--------------------5---5---4-----| II
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|

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

Riff C

FILL 1

|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|Gtr
|-2----------|-8----8----8h9p8----8----------| I
|-2----------|---10---10-------10---10-9-7~--|
|-0----------|-------------------------------|

| . . . . . .

|

|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-6----6----6h7p6----6----------|Gtr
|-2----------|----8----8--------8----8-7-5~--| II
|-2----------|-------------------------------|
|-0----------|-------------------------------|

. . . . . .

Riff D.2

|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------4---3---2---|-------4---3---2---|------4---3---2---|-------4---3---2---|Gtr
|----5---5---4---3-|-----5---5---4---3-|----5---5---4---3-|-----5---5---4---3-| I
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|

| . . . .

|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------3h5-|--------------3h5-|--------------3h5-|--------------3h5-|
|------4---3-------|------4---3-------|------4---3-------|------4---3-------|Gtr
|----5---5---4-----|----5---5---4-----|----5---5---4-----|----5---5---4-----| II
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|

| . . . .

|

|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------4---3---2---|-------4---3---2---|------4---3---2---|Gtr
|----5---5---4---3-|-----5---5---4---3-|----5---5---4---3-| I
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-0----------------|

| . . .

|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------3h5-|--------------3h5-|--------------3h5-|
|------4---3-------|------4---3-------|------4---3-------|Gtr
|----5---5---4-----|----5---5---4-----|----5---5---4-----| II
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|

. . .

SOLO 1 w/RIFF F

RIFF G (2 times)

RIFF F (not in real time)

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|Gtr
|2--------8--------2--------8--| II
|2--------6--------2--------6--|
|0-----------------0-----------|

RIFF G

|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----4---5-4-2--------4---5-4-2---|-----8---/9-8-6--------8---/9-8-6---| II
|---2---2-------2----2---2-------2-|---6---6--------6----6---6--------6-|
|-0----------------0---------------|-4-----------------4----------------|

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

SOLO 1

|-------------------------------------------7/9-7---------|
|-----------------------------------------8-------8-------|
|-----------------4h5h7-5-4-2h4p2-------9-----------9-----|Gtr
|-0h2-4h5h7-5h7h9-----------------2---9---------------9---|III
|-----------------------------------7-------------------10|
|0--------------------------------------------------------|

|

| ' ' ' ' ' ' '

|-------------------------------14p11~-------------------|
|-----------------------10h12h14------14p11---------13br~|
|-----------------5h7h9~-------------------13~---12------|Gtr
|0---------2~4h5h7----------------------------14---------|III
|--3-2-0-------------------------------------------------|
|--------3-----------------------------------------------|

|

|

|------------------------------------16/18-------18/19----|
|------------------15----15-19-15-19-------17~17-------16~|
|---------16----16----16----------------------------------|Gtr
|17-14-17----17-------------------------------------------|III
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|18-19-18-16-14----------------------------15/17-13-------|
|---------------13-14/16--------------15~13---------13/16~|
|------------------------13~-14-17~-16--------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------|III
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

|

|8va...................................................

|---------17-19-20-19-17-------------------------------|
|17-18-20----------------20-18-17----------------------|
|---------------------------------20-18-17-------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------20-19-17-19~|III
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF H.1

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

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|Gtrs

|---------5-4-3-2-|---------5-4-3-2-|----------9-8-7-6-|----------9-8-7-6-|I&II
|-2-3-4-5-3-2-1-0-|-2-3-4-5-3-2-1-0-|-7-8-9-10-7-6-5-4-|-7-8-9-10-7-6-5-4-|
|-0-1-2-3---------|-0-1-2-3---------|-5-6-7-8----------|-5-6-7-8----------|

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

Repeat RIFF H.1

RIFF H.2

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------5-4-3-2-|---------5-4-3-2-|----------9-8-7-6-|----------9-8-7-6-|Gtr
|-2-3-4-5-3-2-1-0-|-2-3-4-5-3-2-1-0-|-7-8-9-10-7-6-5-4-|-7-8-9-10-7-6-5-4-| I
|-0-1-2-3---------|-0-1-2-3---------|-5-6-7-8----------|-5-6-7-8----------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------6-5-4-3-|----------6-5-4-3-|Gtr
|---------7-6-5-4-|---------7-6-5-4-|-2-3-4-5----------|-2-3-4-5----------| II
|-3-4-5-6---------|-3-4-5-6---------|------------------|------------------|

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

Repeat RIFF H.2

RIFF I

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------8----8----8h9p8----8---------| I
|------7p6-7p6------10p9-10p9--------10---10-------10---10-9-7--|
|-0000---------0000-----------0000------------------------------|

| .... .... ....

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-2------------------------------------------6------------------| II
|-2------------5--------------8--------------4--------5---------|
|-0------------3--------------6-----------------------3---------|

|

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------6----6----6h7p6----6---------|Gtr
|------5p4-4p4-------8p7--8p7---------8----8--------8----8-7-5--| I
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0000---------0000-----------0000------------------------------|

| .... .... ....

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------8----8----8h9p8----8---------| II
|------7p6-7p6------10p9-10p9--------10---10-------10---10-9-7--|
|-0000---------0000-----------0000------------------------------|

| .... .... ....

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------8----8----8h9p8----8---------| I
|------7p6-7p6------10p9-10p9--------10---10-------10---10-9-7--|
|-0000---------0000-----------0000------------------------------|

| .... .... ....

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-2------------7------------------------------------------------| II
|-2------------5--------------8--------------5--------3---------|
|-0---------------------------6--------------3--------1---------|

|

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------6----6----6h7p6----6---------|Gtr
|------5p4-4p4-------8p7--8p7---------8----8--------8----8-7-5--| I
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0000---------0000-----------0000------------------------------|

| .... .... ....

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------8----8----8h9p8----8---------| II
|------7p6-7p6------10p9-10p9--------10---10-------10---10-9-7--|
|-0000---------0000-----------0000------------------------------|

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

RIFF J

|---19fr-16hr----------|--16hr---------------|
|-------------17hr~----|-------17hr----------|
|----------------------|------------16hr~----|Gtr
|----------------------|---------------------| I
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|

|

|

|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|Gtr
|-2--------------------|---------------------| II
|-2--------------------|-6-------------------|
|-0--------------------|-4-------------------|

|

|

|--19fr-16hr-------------|----------|
|------------17hr~-------|---(17)---|
|------------------------|----------|Gtr
|------------------------|----------| I
|------------------------|----------|
|------------------------|----------|

|

|

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

|------------------------|pick slide|

|------------------------|----------|Gtr
|-2-----------------8----|---x\-----| II
|-2-----------------6----|---x\-----|
|-0----------------------|----------|

Riff H.1

Riff D.3

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------4---3---2---|----------------------4---3---2---|Gtr
|--------------------5---5---4---3-|--------------------5---5---4---3-| I
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|

| . ...... . ...... . ...... . ......

|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------3h5-|------------------------------3h5-|
|----------------------4---3-------|----------------------4---3-------|Gtr
|--------------------5---5---4-----|--------------------5---5---4-----| II
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|-0-000000-0-000000----------------|

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

RIFF K

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| I
|--------44444444----------------|--------44444444-----------------|

|33333333--------4444444455555555|33333333--------4444444444444444-|

|................................ ................................

|

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|Gtr
|--------33333333----------------|--------22222222-----------------| II

|-2222222--------3333333344444444|11111111--------2222222222222222-|

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

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

SOLO 2 w/RIFF L

RIFF L

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-------------------------------------------------1111111144444444|

|-000000000000000000000000000000003333333333333333----------------|

| ................................................................

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| II
|---------------------------------5555555555555555----------------|

|000000000000000000000000000000000----------------666666633331111-|

|................................................................

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-------------------------------------------------1111111144444444|

|-000000000000000000000000000000003333333333333333----------------|

| ................................................................

|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------| II
|---------------------------------5555555555555555--------5--3-|
|000000000000000000000000000000000----------------6666666-3--1-|

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

SOLO 2

|15-14-12----------17-15-14----------19-17-15-------------|
|---------15-14-12----------17-15-14----------19-17-15----|
|------------------------------------------------------16~|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------|IV
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

|

| 8va..........................

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|12-13-13br-12h13-12-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------14-14~----------14-16-14----14-16-17|IV
|---------------------------14-16-17----------17---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|

|........................................................

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------15-17-15----15-18-15----15-17-15---|
|14-16-14----14-16-17----------17----------17----------17|Gtr
|---------17---------------------------------------------|IV
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|

|..............

|---------------18br-18-17-15-17-15h17p15---------|
|15-18-15----15---------------------------17b-17~-|
|---------17--------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------|IV
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|12h15t19p15p12h15t19p15p12h15t19p15p12h15t19p15p12h15|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------|IV
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|t20p15p12h15t20p15p12h15t20p15p12h1520p15p12h15|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------|IV
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|

|

|t22p15p12h15t22p15p12h15t22p15p12h15t22p15p12h15|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------|IV
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|14-15-14h15p14p12-14~----------------------------|
|--------------------------7-8----7-8-10b~-8h10p8-|
|-----------------------/9~----9~-----------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------|IV
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|----------------------17b~-|
|/12h15p12----12-15p12------|
|----------14---------------|Gtr
|---------------------------|IV
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

Riff B.2

Riff C

Riff D.1

Riff 3

Fill 1

Riff D.3

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