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MISANTHROPE

As recorded by Death

(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)

Transcribed by Wreath

Words by Chuck Schuldiner Music by Death

Arranged by Chuck Schuldiner

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Billy Koelble'

Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner I'

Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner II'

Intro/Verse

Fast Q=192

$

N.C.

4/4

Gtrs I, II

      PM------------------------|     PM--------|   PM--------|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S

||--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--4-----------------------------|-2----------------------------|
||o---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------|

N.C.

    PM--------|   PM--------|     PM--------|   PM--------|

E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S

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

N.C.

    PM------------------------|     PM--------|   PM--------|

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S

|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------|-2-------------5-------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

N.C.

    PM--------|   PM--------|     PM--------|   PM--------|

E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x

|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-4---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------4-------------|-5-------------2-------------o||
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--||

Verse

Slightly Slower Q.=116

N.C. D5

6/8

      PM------|     PM------|     PM------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E

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

N.C. G5

    PM------|     PM------|     PM------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E 4x

|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-7-----------||
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|-5-----------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------5-6-5-o||
|---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-|-------------||

Interlude

Slightly Slower Q.=113 1.,2.,3. 4.

To Coda

To Coda

N.C. A5

PM| PM| PM--| PM PM| PM| PM--| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E

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

Chorus

Q=185

N.C.

4/4

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E

||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3---------o||
||--0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1------------||

Slightly Faster Q=188

N.C.

    PM----------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||

Slightly Slower Q=185

N.C.

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q

||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4---------o||
||--0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1------||

Slightly Faster Q=188

N.C.

    PM----------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||

Interlude

Moderately Q.=68

N.C.

6/8

Gtr I

PM---| PM---|

|-3-| |-3--|

E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E

|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10--------10-9-|
|-7------------------|-8-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| H. H.

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

3/8

  PM---|

|-3-|

E E E S S S E E S S S S S S

|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|-9-7------------------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|-----10-9--7----6-----|
|-7------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|

|

| <

| |---3---|

| H. Q S S S

|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------16-16---16--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|

N.C.

6/8

PM-------| PM-----|

|-3-| |--3---|

E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E

|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------7h9p7-------------|------------9h10p==9--------|
|-----9-----10-------10--9-------|-----9---10-----------10--9-|
|--7-----------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|

|

| <

| |--3--|

| E. Q.. S S S E. Q S E E

|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------15-15-15-|-15\------------------------|
|-16\----------------------------|---------------------/17-14-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|

3/8

   PM----|

|-3-|

E E E S S S E E S S S S S S

|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|-----------7h9p7------|-9--7----------|
|------9-10-------10-9-|------10-9-7-6-|
|--7-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|

|

| ~~~~~

| E E H Q.

|----/19-19------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|-16-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|

E F D

6/8

PM---| PM--|

|-3-| |-3--|

E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E

|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10--------10-9-|
|-7------------------|--8------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|

|

| H. H Q

|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-9------------------|-10--------------7---|
|-x------------------|--x--------------x---|
|-7------------------|--8--------------5---|
|--------------------|---------------------|

E

3/8

  PM---|

|-3-|

E E E S S S E E S S S S S S

|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------7h9p7------|--9--7-----------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|-------10-9-7-6--|
|-7------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

|

| H. +Q.

|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-9------------------|-(9)-------------|
|-x------------------|-(x)-------------|
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

E F G F

6/8

PM---| PM--|

|-3-| |-3--|

E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E

|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9--------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10---------10--9-|
|-7------------------|--8--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|

|

| H. H E E

|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-9------------------|-10-------------/12-10-|
|-x------------------|--x---------------x--x-|
|-7------------------|--8-------------/10--8-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|

E

3/8

  PM---|

|-3-|

E E E S S S E E S S S S S S

|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------7h9p7------|--9--7-----------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|-------10-9-7-6--|
|-7------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

|

| H. +Q.

|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-9------------------|-(9)-------------|
|-x------------------|-(x)-------------|
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

Faster Q.=79

N.C. C5 N.C. B5

6/8

Gtr I

    PM--------------|      PM--------------|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.

||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------5--|-------------------4--|
||--------------------5--|-------------------4--|
||o-------------------3--|-------------------2--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|

N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5

  PM--------------|      PM--|    PM--|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.

|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------o||
|----------------------|-------7--------9---||
|-------------------5--|-------7--------9---||
|-------------------5--|-------5--------7--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--|-0-0-0----0-0-0-----||

Guitar Solo

N.C. C5 N.C. B5

Gtr I

   PM-----------------|            PM----------------|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.

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

|

| Gtr II

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| S S S H +S S S S H +S

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-13-12-10-12--------------(12)-|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-12-11-9-11--------------(11)-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5

   PM--------------|            PM--|      PM---|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------7-----------9----|
|--------------------5------|---------7-----------9----|
|--------------------5------|---------5-----------7----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3------|---0-0-0------0--0-0------|

|

| PM--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~

| S S S H +S E E E Q.

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------9-----------|
|-10-9-7-9--------------(9)-|-/10---9----7-------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|

N.C. C5 N.C. B5

   PM--------------------------|       PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.

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

|

| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| |---3---|

| S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S Q +S S

|-----------------------------------|-------15-19-17----15--------(15)-14-|
|----12-13-15h17p==15p13-12---------|-17-19----------19-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5

   PM------------------------------------------------|                       PM--------|                  PM---|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------7--------------------9-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------5--------------|-----------------7--------------------9-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------5--------------|-----------------5--------------------7-----|
|--0----0-----0----0-------0----0-------0-------0-----0----3--------------|--0----0-----0-----------------0--0-0-------|

|

| ~~

|  |------3------|    |-----------7-----------|    |---------3----------|    |------------3-------------|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.

|-15-14-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------17-17-16---17-16---13---13-12---16-13---12----13----12----------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------14----------14-12-12-|-11-11---12-11-9----11-9--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------12-10-9------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

N.C.

PM--------------------------------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--3--3--3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|

|

| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~

| S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------10-12-13-13------|
|-------------------8--9-11-11------|--9-11-12-12-----------------------|
|--7--9-10-10-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~

| S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.

|------------------11-12-14-14------|-12-14-15-15------17-19-20-20------|
|-10-12-13-13-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

F#5 N.C. F#5

 ----------------------------|         PM---------------|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.

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

|

| |---3---|

| E E E S S S E E E S H T T

|-----------------------------------|------------------------14-14---|
|-13----12---10---(8)h10p==8-7----8-|-10----8-7----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|

| H. H.

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

N.C.

PM-----------------------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|

|

| ~~~

| e e e e e e e e e Q.

|-14---15-------------19---20---|-19---17----------------------|
|-----------13---12-------------|-----------20---19------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

D.S.

F#5 N.C. F#5

 ---------------------------------------------|                       PM---------------------|

S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.

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

|

| ~~~~~

|  |------------------------------3------------------------------|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. Q.

|---------------------------------------------------------20-------|----------------------------------|
|-20-20---19-17-16---19-17-19---20-19-17---17-19-20----22----22-20-|-20b22-----------20b22------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Out-Chorus

Q=185

&

N.C.

4/4

Gtrs I, II

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E

||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3---------o||
||--0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1------------||

Slightly Faster Q=188

N.C.

    PM----------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||

Slightly Slower Q=185

N.C.

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q

||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4---------o||
||--0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1------||

Slightly Faster Q=188

N.C.

    PM----------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||

Duration Legend

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

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

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

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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