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Edge of Darkness

Carcass
Tab

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

Song

Band: Carcass

Album: Wake up and Smell the Carcass

Song: Edge of Darkness

. - 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: B standard

Riff A:

|------3---2-----------0h2p0----------------|
|--------1---1------1-------------3---------|
|--2------2---2----2-2-------2---0-----0----|
|--2------------1---------------------0-----|
|--0--------------------------3-------------|
|----------------------------------3--------| x2

Riff B:

|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3----------|
|--2---------------------------0-------0----|
|--2---0-5h7p5\4--7p4-----------------0-----|
|--0------------------6~-----3--------------|
|----------------------------------3--------| x2

Riff C:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------ph---------ph-------------------------|
|--7~--3b4r3------3b4r3--------543----2---5--|
|--5~---------3~--------2~-----321--0-0-0-3--| x4

PM . .

Put artificial harmonic ^ here for the 3rd time around,

along with a nut-shattering vibrato effect

Riff A x2 with second guitar doing this the second time around:

|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3---------|
|------------------------------0-------0---|
|-------------------------------------0----|
|---------------------6~-----3-------------|
|----------------------------------3-------|

Riff B x2 with second guitar doing this the second time around:

|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3---------|
|--2-----------------------------0-------0---|
|--2---0-5h7p5\4--7p4---7-7b9--------------0-|
|--0------------------6~-------3-------------|
|------------------------------------3-------| x2

Riff D:

Guitar 1:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--2--2-0---0h2p0-------------0-2h4p2-0------|
|--2------2-------2-5-4h5p4-0----------------|
|--0-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 coming in 2nd time around:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----7-5---5h7p5---5-4h5p4---4-7h9p7-0------|
|--7------7-------7---------5----------------|
|--7-----------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------------------------------|

Riff E:

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-7~-----5~------4~-------3~---2~---5~-|
|-5~-----3~----0-2~---0-0-1~-0-0~-0-3~-|

Riff F:

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2~------------------------------------------------|
|-2~---7-7b9r7--5~---7-7b9r7--4~---7-7b9r7--3~--2~--|
|-0~--0-0-------5~--0-0-------4~--0---------3~--2~--|
|---------------3~------------2~------------1~-00~-0|

PM . . . . . . .

Riff A + Guitar 2 thingy

Riff B + Guitar 2 thingy

Riff D

Riff G:

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

Riff E

Riff F

Riff E

Riff F

Riff A + Guitar 2 thingy

Riff B + Guitar 2 thingy

Riff D

Riff G a bunch of times + Solo

Riff A + Guitar 2 thingy

Riff B + Guitar 2 thingy

Riff D

riff G a bunch of times + Solo 2

Riff D

Riff A + Guitar 2 thingy

END

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