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CARCASS - THIS IS YOUR LIFE

From the HEARTWORK EP

Copyright 1994 EARACHE RECORDS

Version 2.0 - NOVEMBER 2001

Originally Transcribed by: Mike

Lead by: Juha-Pekka Maaninen

Version 2.0 by: death8699

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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

Tune Gtr to B

~ T H I S I S Y O U R L I F E ~

Riff A

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

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

|-----------------|-----------------|------3------3-3-|------------------|I&II
|------5------5/7-|------2------2/3-|-1111-1---11-1-1-|-2222-------------|
|-3333-3---33-3/5-|-0000-0---00-0/1-|-----------------|-----333311114444-|

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

|

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

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

|-----------------|-----------------|------3------3-3-|------------------|I&II
|------5------5/7-|------2------2/3-|-1111-1---11-1-1-|-2222-------------|
|-3333-3---33-3/5-|-0000-0---00-0/1-|-----------------|-----333311114444-|

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

|

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

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

|-----------------|-----------------|------3------3-3-|------------------|I&II
|------5------5/7-|------2------2/3-|-1111-1---11-1-1-|-2222-------------|
|-3333-3---33-3/5-|-0000-0---00-0/1-|-----------------|-----333311114444-|

|

|

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

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

|-----------------|-----------------|------3------3-3-|------------------|I&II
|------5------5/7-|------2------2/3-|-1111-1---11-1-1-|-2222-------------|
|-3333-3---33-3/5-|-0000-0---00-0/1-|-----------------|-----333311114444-|

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

Riff B - Let ring throughout

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

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

|-----5-----7-----5-----9-7h9p7-5-4----|I&II
|---2-----5-----4-----5-------------5~-|
|-0-----3-----5-----7------------------|

|

|

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

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

|-----5-----7-----5-----9-7h9p7-5------|I&II
|---2-----5-----4-----5-------------5~-|
|-0-----3-----5-----7------------------|

|

|

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

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

|-----5-----7-----5-----9-7h9p7-5-4----|I&II
|---2-----5-----4-----5-------------5~-|
|-0-----3-----5-----7------------------|

|

|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------7---|Gtrs
|-----5-----7-----5-----9-7-5-7---|I&II
|---2-----5-----4-----5-------5---|
|-0-----3-----5-----7-------------|

^

Hold

Riff A 1tx

Riff B 1tx

Riff C

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-----|-------------------------7--9--|Gtrs
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---7--7--|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---7--9--|I&II
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---5--7--|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---5--7--|
|-0-0---3-3---5-5---7-7------5--|-0-0---3-3---5-5---7-7---------|

|

|

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-----|-------------------------7-----|Gtrs
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---7--7--|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---7-----|I&II
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---5--7--|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---5-----|
|-0-0---3-3---5-5---7-7------5--|-0-0---3-3---5-5---7-7-----x\--|

Riff A .5tx

Riff B 1tx

Riff C 1tx

Riff D

|----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|Gtr
|-2--2------5~~~-|-2--2-------------|-2--2------5~~~-|---5-----8----| I
|-2--2--5h7------|-2--2--5h7p5------|-2--2--5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0--------3~~~-|-0--0-----------|-0-3---0-6----|

| . .

|

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

| . .

|

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

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

|-2--2------5~~~-|-2--2-------------|-2--2------5~~~-|---5-----8----|I&II
|-2--2--5h7------|-2--2--5h7p5------|-2--2--5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0--------3~~~-|-0--0-----------|-0-3---0-6----|

| . .

|

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

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

|-2--2------5~~~-|-2--2-------------|-2--2------5~~~-|---5-----8----|I&II
|-2--2--5h7------|-2--2--5h7p5------|-2--2--5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0--------3~~~-|-0--0-----------|-0-3---0-6----|

| . .

|

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

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

|-2--2------5~~~-|-2--2-------------|-2--2------5~~~-|---5-----8----|I&II
|-2--2--5h7------|-2--2--5h7p5------|-2--2--5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0--------3~~~-|-0--0-----------|-0-3---0-6----|

. .

Riff D.1

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

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

|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|---5-----8----|I&II
|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-3---0-6----|

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

|

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

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

|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|---5-----8----|I&II
|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-3---0-6----|

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

|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|Gtr
|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|---5-----8----| I
|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-3---0-6----|

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

|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|-------------4~~~-|-------------4~~~-|-------------4~~~-|--------------|Gtr
|---------4h5------|---------4h5------|---------4h5------|---5-----8----| II
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---5-----8----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-3---0-6----|

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

|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|Gtr
|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|-------------5~~~-|---5-----8----| I
|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---------5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-3---0-6----|

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

|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
|-------------4~~~-|-------------4~~~-|-------------4~~~-|--------------|Gtr
|---------4h5------|---------4h5------|---------4h5------|---5-----8----| II
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---5-----8----|
|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0----------|-0-3---0-6----|

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

Solo p p

|---/---17----15-12----12---p---15-12---p-----p--------|
|-15----------------15----15-12-------15-12-15-12---/--|
|-------------------------------------------------14---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------p-----------------------------|
|-12-12-15-12----12---p--p--------------|
|-------------15----15-14-12----12~~----|
|----------------------------14---------|
|---------------------------------------|

|

|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------12----|
|-------------------------12----12-14-12-14----14-|
|-------12----12-14-12-14----14-------------------|
|-12-15----15-------------------------------------|

|

|

|---------------------------p---------------------|
|-------------------------15-12-xx------p--p------|
|-12-13-12-13-14-13-14-xx-------------15-14-12----|
|----------------------------------------------14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

| /

|-----------------------------------12-15---|
|---/---------/--\--p--------h---12---------|
|-14--------14---(14)12----12-13------------|
|-----------------------14------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|

| h p p

|-15-14-15-14-12----12-----------------------------|
|----------------15----15-12----12-----------------|
|----------------------------15----15-14-12----12--|
|-------------------------------------------14-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|

| h p p h

|-------------------------15--19--17--19-17-15--14--15-|
|---------12--15--12--15-------------------------------|
|-----12-----------------------------------------------|
|-14---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|

| h p

|-12--14--12------17-------12-------15-------19-------22~\-|
|-------------15-----15\10----10/12----12/15----17/20------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|

| p p p

|-17-12----12---p---15-12----12---p---15-12----12---p------|
|-------15----15-12-------15----15-12-------15----15-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------15-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|--h--p------------------------------|
|12-15-12----12---p--p---------------|
|---------15----15-14-12----12~~-----|
|------------------------14----------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

Riff D.2

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

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

|-2--2------5~~~-|-2--2-------------|-2--2------5~~~-|---5-----8----|I&II
|-2--2--5h7------|-2--2--5h7p5------|-2--2--5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0--------3~~~-|-0--0-----------|-0-3---0-6----|

| . .

|

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

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

|-2--2------5~~~-|-2--2-------------|-2--2------5~~~-|---5-----8----|I&II
|-2--2--5h7------|-2--2--5h7p5------|-2--2--5h7------|---5-----8----|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0--------3~~~-|-0--0-----------|-0-3---0-6----|

| . .

|

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

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

|-2--2-----------|-2--2-------------|-2--2-----------|---5-----8----|I&II
|-2--2-----------|-2--2-------------|-2--2-----------|---5-----8----|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0-------------|-0--0-----------|---3-----6----|

Riff B 1tx

Riff C 1tx

Riff B 1tx

Riff C.1

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-----|-------------------------7--9--|Gtrs
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---7--7--|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---7--9--|I&II
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---5--7--|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---5--7--|
|-0-0---3-3---5-5---7-7------5--|-0-0---3-3---5-5---7-7---------|

|

|

|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-----|-------------------------7---------|Gtrs
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---7--7--|-2-----5-----7-----9-----7---7---2-|I&II
|-2-2---5-5---7-7---9-9---5--7--|-2-----5-----7-----9-----5---7---2-|
|-0-0---3-3---5-5---7-7------5--|-0-0-0-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-----5---0-|

. . . . . . . . ^

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