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Slash Dementia

Carcass
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: Slash Dementia

Artist: Carcass

Album: Symphonies of Sickness (1989)

Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)

Tuning: B flat

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: I looooove this song! Half of this album really rocks, and the other half is just kinda "Meh" to quote Lisa Simpson. M-E-H, Meh. Anyway, this is like the most badass song on the whole album. This is, IMO, Carcass' best song from the 80's. Anyway, the tab came out great IMO, and if you spot a mistake, please point it out to me or send me the correction. Later, Lizards of the Dark and Snakes of the Deep.

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Intro x1

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--666---------------------------------333-----------|
E|-----777888666555333111000111333666555---333111000--|

Riff 1 x4 (verse)

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--------444333-------222111--|
E|--444333-------222111--------|

Fig. 1 x4

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

Repeat Riff 1 x4

Repeat Fig. 1 x4

Fig. 2 x2

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------333333--------333333-666-----|
D|--222222-333333-000000000000--------444555-----------555--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------|---------|---------|
B|-----------------|---------|---------|
G|-----------------|---------|---------|
D|----------6-7-7--|--3------|--3-6----|
A|--2----4--4-5-5--|--1-4-5--|--1-4-5--|
E|--0----2---------|----2-3--|------3--|

Fig. 3 x1

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

Fig. 4 x4

e|-------------------------------------|---------|---------|
B|-------------------------------------|---------|---------|
G|-------------------------------------|---------|---------|
D|--3----------------------------------|--3------|--3-6----|
A|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3h4p3----|--1-4-5--|--1-4-5--|
E|----------------------------------3--|----2-3--|------3--|

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

Fig. 5 x1

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

Riff 2 x4

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------333------------------|
D|--------------------------333444------------|
A|--111111111111111111111----------3t4--------|
E|-------------------------------------55555--|

Riff 3 x2

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------333------------------------------|
D|----------------333444------------------------|
A|--1111111111-----------11111111111-3t4--------|
E|---------------------------------------55555--|

Fig. 6 x2

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

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

Repeat Riff 3 x2

Repeat Fig. 6 x2

Fig. 7 x1

e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|------------------------|
G|----------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------8----------|-----------8---12---11--|
A|--7---10---6---5---4--|--7---10---6---10----9--|
E|--5----8-------3---2--|--5----8----------------|
e|----------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------8----------|-----------8---12------11--|
A|--7---10---6---5---4--|--7---10---6---10-9h10--9--|
E|--5----8-------3---2--|--5----8-------------------|

Repeat Fig. 1 x4

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