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Misanthrope

Death
Tab
4.5(4)

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Song

DEATH

Misanthrope

(Symbolic - 1995)

(Music & Lyrics - Chuck Schuldiner)

Tuning: D (One full step down)

Intro & verse:

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|  X 6
|-9--------------7----------------9-------4--------5---------2--------|

|--77777777777777-777777-10-777777-333333---333333----000000---000000-|

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

Riff A (A view from.....)

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----------5-----------------------7----------6-----------|
|-------------------------6-----------5----5-6-5-------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4--------------0-0-0-0-0-|

lpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Continuation of riff A:

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7----------|
|-6-----------6-----------5----------|  X 4
|------------------------------5-6-5-|
|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------------|

lpm . . . . . . . . . .

Riff B (Some were decided...)

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----4-----7-------4---5-----4-----7-------4---|
|---3-3---3-3---3-3-3---3---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Continuation of riff B:

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------9-|
|-5-----4-----7-------4---5-----4-----7-|  X 4
|---3-3---3-3---3-3-3---3---0-0---0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|

Chorus riff:

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|  X 4
|-----3-4--------------3------|
|-0-2-----2-1------0-1--------|

. . . . . . . .

|--------------------|       |-------------------|
|--------------------|       |-------------------|
|--------------------|       |-------------------|
|--------------------|  X 3  |-------------------|
|-----3-4-----3------|       |-----3-4-----3-----|
|-0-2-----2-1----1---|       |-0-2-----2-1-------|

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

Interlude:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7h9p7-------------9h10p9-------------7h9p7------9-7------------|
|---9-10-------10-9---9-10--------10-9---9-10-------10-9-----10-9-7-6---|  X 4
|-7-----------------8------------------7--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo over interlude:

|------------------------------------------------/19-19~---------|
|-12-12-12\------------15-15-15\-----------13--12----------------|
|--------------------------------------------14------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7~-------------------8~------------------5---7~----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7~-------------------8~------------------10-8-7~---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---13-12-10-12---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------12-11-9-11--~----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------10-9-7-9-----------------------2-----|
|-------------------------------------------10-9-7-9--5-3-2-------2-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------5-3-2--0-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------20p17--------|
|-----------------16h17p16-----------------------------17-19-20------19-20---|
|--------16-17----------------17-16------------------------------------------|
|----14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

_______________________tremolo picking__________________________________________

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--20-19-17-16-17-19-17-16------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------17-16-14-16-17-16-14---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------17-14-16-~----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------7-7---10-12-13-13---13-12-10-12p10-7-8-10-8-7--|
|------------------------8-9------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-9-10-10-----------------------------------------------------|
|--7-9-10-10----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------19-20-19-17--------|
|-----19-20-------------------20-19--|
|-----------17-16--------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

______________________tremolo picking_____________________________________________

|-----------------17-19-20-19-17--------------------------------------------------|
|--19-20-17-19-20----------------20-19-16-17-19-17-16-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------17-16-14-16-17-16-14-16b-~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm uner solo:

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------5-----------4-----------------7---------9------|
|----------5-----------4-----------5-----7---------9------| (play twice & twice under
|----------3-----------2-----------5-----5---------7------|   solo)
|-000000000---000000000---0000000003--000-------000-------|

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

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4-----------4--|  X 2
|----------------------------------4-----------4--|

|-333333333333333333333333222222222---222222222---|

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Corrections, abuses, love letters (girls only), hate mails : hallowed@slayerized.com

RIP Chuck

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