Skip to content
Living Monstrosity cover art

Living Monstrosity

Death
Tab
4.7(3)

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

Song

LIVING MONSTROSITY BY DEATH

FROM THE "SPIRITUAL HEALING" ALBUM

Copyright 1990 Relativity Records

Version 2.0 - October 1997

ReTranscribed by: Richard Broadhead()

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

join the death/black tab emailing list by emailing

Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

. - 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

Riff A

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----7-------6-------10------9-|
|-55555---44444---88888---77777-|

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

Play RIff A a total of Two times

Riff B

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

|-55555555444444448888888877777777-|

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

Play Riff B A Total Of Two Times

Riff C

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------5555555544444444---------|

|-0000000088888888777777773333333344444444----------------55555555-|

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

continuation of Riff C (end of Riff C)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------555555554444-------------|

|-0000000088888888777777773333333344444444------------555566661111-|

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

Play Riff C A Total Of 4 Times

Riff D

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

Play Riff D A Total Of 4 Times

Riff E

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------6-7-6-|
|----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-7-6-|
|----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-5-4-|

|-333333333--3333333333--3333333333--3344444444------|

Play Riff E a total of 4 times

Play Riff A two times

Play Riff B four times

Play twice

|--------------|
|----8-------7-|
|-6-------4----|
|----5-------4-|
|-4-------2----|
|--------------|

Riff F(Gtr 1 and 2 are in 5th harmony with eachother)

|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------9-----------9------|
|-------6-----------6--------689-986-----689-986---| GTR I
|----467-764-----467-764--689-------98689-------98-|
|-467-------76467-------76-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|

| Play twice------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------11-------------|
|-------9-----------9------|--------9-11-12--12-11-9------|
|----689-986-----689-986---|-8-10-11----------------11-10-| GTR II
|-689-------98689-------98-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

continuation of Riff F _____________________

Play twice ------------------| | 1. | 2.

|------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----||
|------------------------------||-------------------|-14--------------|-14~-||
|---------------11-------------||*---------11-13-14-|---14-13-11------|----*||
|--------9-11-12--12-11-9------||*-11-13-14---------|-----------14-13-|----*||
|-9-11-12----------------12-11-||-------------------|-----------------|-----||
|------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----||

| _____________________

| Play twice------------------| | 1. | 2.

|------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----||
|------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----||
|------------------------------||*------------------|-11--------------|-11~*||
|---------------9--------------||*----------9-11-12-|----12-11-9------|----*||
|--------7-9-10---10-9-7-------||--9--11-12---------|-----------12-11-|-----||
|-7-9-10-----------------10-9--||-------------------|-----------------|-----||

Play Riff F twice

Riff G

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---6----5------|
|-4-4--3-3--6-5-|
|-2----1----4-3-|

Play Riff G a total of four times

Riff H

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|---2-------1----|
|-0---0-2-3---1~-|

Play Riff H a total of 2 times

Play Riff G four times

Play Riff H 2 times

Play Riff G four times

Play Riff H 2 times

Riff I(watch palm mutes)

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

Play Riff I a Total of 6 times, on the sixth time leave out the last 3

notes.

Riff J

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-345-----4-3---|
|-123-3-5-2-1-3-|
|-----1-3-----1-|

. . . .

Play Riff J a total of 4 times

Play Riff I a Total of 4 times, on the 4th time leave out the last 3 notes.

Play Riff J of four times.

Play Riff C three times.

Play Riff D four times .

Play Riff E four times.

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

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.