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Pull the Plug

Death
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Song

DEATH - PULL THE PLUG

From the Album LEPROSY

Copyright 1988 Relativity Records Inc./

Roadrunner Records B.V.

Transcribed by: Richard Broadhead II (ver 1.2 - August 97)

Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

Riff A (end of Riff A)

e|---------||-------------------------------||
B|---------||-------------------------------||
G|---------||----3-----6-----5--------------||
D|-5-4-----||-2--3--3--6--6--5------5-4-----||
A|-3-2-5-4-||-2--1--3--4--6--3--ph--3-2-5-4-||
E|-----3-2-||-0-----1-----4-----3~------3-2-||

. . . . . . . .

Play Riff A a total of four times

________ _______ ____

Riff B | 1,3 | 2 | 4

e|------------------------------------------------------|----------|------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|----------|------|
G|*----------------------------------------------------*|----------|------|
D|*-------------------------------------------44444444-*|-33333333-|-3----|
A|--------------------------5-7-5-4\5-3333333322222222--|-11111111-|-1----|
E|-000000-7h8-0000-5h7-0000-3-5-3-2\3-11111111----------|----------|------|

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

______ ______

Riff C | 1,3 | 2,4

e|-----------------------------------|-------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------|
G|-----------------------------------|-------|
D|--------2--------2--------3--4---3-|-4---5-|
A|--------2--------2--------3--2-5-1-|-2-5-3-|
E|-0-0000-0-0-0000-0-1-1111-1----3---|---3---|

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

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|  Play This Riff 6 times
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-7p6---8p7---7p6-7p6---8p7---7~-|
E|-----7-----8---------7-----8----|

thanks to Baston for fixing this riff

e|---------|---------|----------|---------|
B|---------|---------|----------|---------|
G|---------|---------|----------|---------|
D|---------|-6---5~--|--2---1~--|-3---2~--|
A|-5---4~--|---7-----|----3-----|---4-----|
E|---6-----|---------|----------|---------|

. . . .

Play the above Riff four times, but on the 8th measure add an octave harmony

until the riff ends, plus on the fourth time only play the 1st 3 measures.

_______________ _______________

Riff D(play twice) Riff E | 1,3 | 2,4

e|------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
G|------------------------|*-------------------------------*|-----------------|
D|------------------------|*-------------------------------*|-----------------|
A|--------6-5---------6-5-|---------------------------------|-----------------|
E|44444444-4-644444444-4-6|33334444333344446666777766667777-|1111111111111111-|

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

Play Riff D 4 times

Play Riff E

Riff F

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------111111111111-------------|
E|-111111111111000000000000333333333333222222222222------------111111111111-|

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

continuation of above Riff

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------| Play Riff F a total of four times
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|

E|-000000000000000000000000-|

........................ ___________ __________

| 1,3 | 2,4

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

-777777777777333333333333666666666666222222222222-|-2-3-2-2-3-2-|

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

Play Riff A four times

Play Riff B

Play Riff C

************************************

| . palm mute

| ph pinched harmonic

| / slide up to

| ah artificial harmonic

| \ slide down to

| th tap harmonic

| ~ vibrato

| hr natural harmonic

| h hammer on

| b bend

| p pull off

| t tap with finger

| f full bend

| h half bend

| r release

| t tap bend

| X percussion mute

| p pick when bent

| > accented note

| () ghost note, sustained note

| p pre-bend

| w use bar

| * see comment

| d don't pick start of bend

************************************

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