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Mentally Blind

Death
Tab
4.4(3)

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Song

DEATH - MENTALLY BLIND

From the Album INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PATTERNS

Copyright 1993 Relativity Records Inc./

Roadrunner Records B.V.

Version 1.1 - May 96

Transcription made by: Richard Broadhead II()

For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version;

please contact Rich Broadhead at

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Thanks To Robin van der Harst(mkivits@pobox.qstone.nl) for the corrections

Tuning (1:D 2:A 3:F 4:C 5:G 6:D)

. - 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

Start the song with a pick scrape

Riff A

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

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

continuation of Riff A (end of Riff A)

|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5----------|-------------5-----------|
|---------------5---8~---|---------------5---8p7---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-----8-|

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

Play Riff A 2 more times for a total of 3 times

Riff B

|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2---------9------------|-------9-----------------|
|-2-----------10-7-10~---|---------10-7-10~--9~----|
|-0---0-0-0--------------|-0-0-0-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|

. . . . . .

continuation of Riff B (end of Riff B)

|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2---------9------------|-------9---------------------|
|-2-----------10-7-10~---|---------10-7-10\9------9----|
|-0---0-0-0--------------|-0-0-0-------------10-8---10-|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|

. . . . . .

Play Riff B one more time for a total of two times

Riff C (end of Riff C)

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8------7------7------8------10------8------10------12-------|

|--555555-555555-666666-666666--777777-777777--888888--888888-|

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

Play Riff C 1 more time, then pause

Then play Riff C one fifth up, then play riff C one fifth up, but

on the E stop and vibrato it.

Riff D Play from this bar to the end of the measure twice

|------|------12-------13-15----------12-------13-15----17~--------|
|------|---------12-13-------15~---------12-13-------15------------|
|-9----|-----------------------------------------------------------|  GTR I
|-9----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----|-----------------------------------------------------------|

| Hold

|

|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----|-9-----------------------9--------------------------10-----| GTR II
|-9----|-9-----------------------9--------------------------10-----|
|-7----|-7-----------------------7--------------------------8------|
|-0----|-0-----------------------0---------------------------------|

Hold Hold

GTR I solos, while GTR II plays the following

|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9----12-----------|-9----12--------7-|-9----12-----------|-9----12--------7|
|-9----12---7----10-|-9----12---7----7-|-9----12---7----10-|-9----12---7----7|
|-7----10---7----10-|-7----10---7----5-|-7----10---7----10-|-7----10---7----5|
|-0---------5----8--|-0---------5------|-0---------5----8--|-0---------5-----|

Play This 2 Times

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------9----------11---------12----------14---|
|-2-2-2-7----2-2-2-9----2-2-2-10----2-2-2-12---|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0-------0-0-0------|
|----------------------------------------------|

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

Pick slide, then play the following 16 times

|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-------7--|
|-0-0-0----|
|----------|

. . .

Play This Riff two times(GTR I plays top Riff, GTR II plays bottom Riff)

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------10-9--7--9~--|
|-------------7------10~-----9~------------7------10~------------------|
|-7777-7-7777---7777----7777---7777-7-7777---7777----7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|*.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... |

| |

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------13-12-10-12~-|
|-------------9------12~-----11~------------9-----12~------------------|
|------9-----------------------------9---------------------------------|
|-7777---7777---7777----7777----7777---7777---7777---7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

*.... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....

* - slight palm mute

Play This Riff two times(GTR I plays top Riff, GTR II plays bottom Riff)

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------10-9-7-9~----|
|-------------7~-----10~-----9~------------7~-----10~------------------|
|-7777-7~7777---7777----7777---7777-7~7777---7777----7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|*.... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....

|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------13-12-10-12~-|
|-------------9~-----12~-----11~------------9~----12~------------------|
|------9~----------------------------9~--------------------------------|
|-7777---7777---7777----7777----7777---7777---7777---7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

*.... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....

* - slight palm mute

Pick slide, then play Riff A 3 times

Play Riff B two times

Play Riff C 3 times, Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff D four times

|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------| GTR I
|-2----3-----0-----5-----|-2---------|
|-2----3-----0-----5-----|-2---------|
|-0----1-----------3-----|-0---------|

|

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

|------------------------|-----------| KEYBOARD & GTR II

|-14---15----12-----17---|-14--------|
|-14---15----12-----17---|-14--------|
|-12---13----10-----15---|-12--------|

For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version;

please contact Rich Broadhead at

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

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