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Death Certificate

Carcass
Tab
4.9(8)

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

Song

CARCASS - DEATH CERTIFICATE

From the Album HEARTWORK

Copyright 1994 Sony Music Entertainment

Version 2.0 - December 96

Thanks to Brian Fleming and the guy at Cornell whose name I forget (Jon?)

for their corrections, plus Mike for his brilliant additions.

Many Corrections and Additions:Richard Broadhead II()

For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version;

please contact Rich Broadhead at

Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It:

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend

() - ghost note r - release t - tap bend

* - see comment p - pick when bent

Tuning: B(every string down 2.5 steps)

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

w q w q

Riff A

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------15----------|-------------14----------|
|-----12-11-12----12-11----|----12-11-12----12-11----|  GTR I
|-\14-------------------14-|-13-------------------14-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

| straight 8ths...

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|  GTR II
|-2------------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-2------------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-0------------------------|-------------------------|

continuationf of Riff A

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------18----------|-------------17~~~~~~~~--|
|-----15-14-15----15-14----|----15-14-15-------------| GTR I
|-\17-------------------17-|-16----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------| GTR II
|--------------15----------|-------------14~~~~~~~---| (octave down)
|-----13-12-13----13-12----|----13-12-13-------------|
|-\15-------------------15-|-14----------------------|

|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------| GTR III
|-5------------------------|-4-----------------------|
|-5------------------------|-4-----------------------|
|-3------------------------|-2-----------------------|

Riff B (straight 8ths again...)

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|
|-7-------7-------|-7---------------|-5-------5-------|-4---------------|

Play Riff B a total of two times

Riff C(faster than before)

||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------15----------|-------------14----------|
||*----12-11-12----12-11----|----12-11-12----12-11----|  GTR I
||*\14-------------------14-|-13-------------------14-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|

________________________ __________________

continuation of Riff C | 1. | 2.

|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|--------------18----------|-------------17----------||-------------17bh~--|
|-----15-14-15----15-14----|----15-14-15----15-14---*||----15-14-15--------|
|--17-------------------17-|-16-------------------17*||--16----------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|

Riff D

|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------2h3-------------3p2-----|------------2h3------------4/5------|
|-------4---------------4--------3~~-|-------4----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------2/3------|
|-2-222---22------2-222---22---------|-2-222---22------2-222-222----------|

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

continuation of Riff D

|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------2h3-------------3p2-----|------------2h3------------------|
|-------4---------------4--------3---|-------4-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------2-2-4-2-5\4-2-4-|
|-2-222---22------2-222---22---------|-2-222---22------0-0-2-0-3\2-0-2-|

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

Play Riff D a total of two times

Chorus:

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-7-----7---8---7-|-3-----3---4---3-|-3-----3---4---3-|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-1---1---1---1---|-1-1-1---1---1---|

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

q e e e e e e sim. e e e e e e e e

continuation of Chorus

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-7-----7---8---7-|-2-----2---3---2-|-2-----2---3---2-|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---|-0-0-0---0---0---|

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

q e e e e e e sim. e e e e e e e e

continuation of Chorus (end of chorus)

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-7-----7---8---7-|-3-----3---4---3-|-3-----3---4---3-|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-1---1---1---1---|-1-1-1---1---1---|

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

q e e e e e e sim. e e e e e e e e

Play Riff B twice

Play Riff C

Play Riff D twice

Play Chorus

Play Riff A

Play Riff B(but slower) twice

Play The below twice

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|
|-7-------7-------|-7---------------|-5-------5-------|-4---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4-5-------2-4-5--------2-4-5------------------|
|---2-----------2------------2----------4-5-4---4-5-4-|
|-0-----------3------------2----------5-------3-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------3h5p3-0-----|
|-----------------------------------------------X---|
|-----2-4-5------2-4-5-------2-4-5------------------|
|---2----------2-----------2----------4-------------|
|-0----------3-----------2----------5---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4-5-------2-4-5--------2-4-5------------------|
|---2-----------2------------2----------4-5-4---4-5-4-|
|-0-----------3------------2----------5-------3-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------3h5p3p0-0-----|
|-------------------------------------------------3/5-|
|-----2-4-5------2-4-5-------2-4-5--------------------|
|---2----------2-----------2----------4---------------|
|-0----------3-----------2----------5-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff E

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-3---4-4-4-4-4-----|

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

|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|  GTR II
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1-1-1-----|

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

Play Riff E a total of two times

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------ph------------------------|

|-////slide/pick slide------7b~-----------------------|

|-////------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff E twice again, then slide

Play Riff D

Play Chorus

guitar 1

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

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

| guitar 2

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-7-----7---8---7-|-----------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|-0---0-2-0-3-2-0-2-|

. . . . . . . . . .

For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version;

please contact Rich Broadhead at

Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It:

Check out this carcass page http://www.imsa.edu/~slayer/gods.html

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