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Death
Tab
4.7(3)

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Song

DEATH - OPEN CASKET

From the Album LEPROSY

Copyright 1988 Relativity Records Inc./

Roadrunner Records B.V.

Version 1.0 - October 1996

Transcribed by: David Hatfield and Richard Broadhead II

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Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic

/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic

\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic

~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic

h - hammer on p - pull off

() - ghost note, sustained note * - see comment

Riff A

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

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

|

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

_______________

continuation of Riff A | 1.

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------------------------6---------------|
|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

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

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------------------------------------|

__________________

| 2.

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-ph-----------------|
|-6~-----------------|
|--------------------|

|

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-(5)----------------|
|-(3)----------------|

Play Riff A three times

Riff B

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----777666------------------777666------666-------|
|-444------777666444333333444------777666---555555-|

Play Riff B 4 times

Riff C

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------9-------------8-----|
|-6----7--6------7------9------6-----|
|-4----------7~---------7------------|

Play Riff C a total of 4 times

Riff D

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------8--------------|
|-----66--------66-------------|

|-4444--55555555--444433333333-|

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

Play Riff D 6 times

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----777666------------------777666------666-------|
|-444------777666444333333444------777666---555555-|

|

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|----------------------------------------8---------|
|----------------6--5--------------------6--7------|
|----------------4--3-----------------------5------|

Play Riff B 5 times

Riff E

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3333333377777777-|

|-1111111111111111111111118888777744444444-----------------|

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

Play Riff E a total of two times

Riff F (end of Riff F)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------66666666---------|

|-44444444777777776666666633333333444444447777777--------55555555-|

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

Play Riff F a total of two times

Play Riff E two times

Play Riff F four times

Riff G

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----8-----7-----8-----5-----6-----5-----6-----|
|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|

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

Play Riff G 7 times

play 2 times play 2 times play 4 times

|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|---8-7-----8-7---|--------------------------|---8-7-----8-7---|
|-6-6-5-9-6-6-5-4-|----666555------666555----|-6-6-5-9-6-6-5-4-|
|-4-----7-4-----2-|-444------777444------222-|-4-----7-4-----2-|

Play Riff A 3 times

Play Riff B 4 times

Play Riff D 8 times

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