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Vacant Planets

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★4.7(6)

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Song

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/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be /

/ used for private use and studying /

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DEATH - VACANT PLANETS

From the Album HUMAN

Copyright 1991 RELATIVITY RECORDINGS

Version 666 - FEB '05

Transcribed by: Death8699 & Jerad Yarborough

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact

Death8699: at MethylinInfo@aol.com

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.. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic

f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

Tune Gtr to D (One Whole Step Down)

--VACANT PLANETS--

|Riff A|

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||:-------------------------------|-------------------------------:||
||:-------------------------------|-------------------------------:||
||-----6--------9-----7-----6-----|----6--------9-----7-----6------||
||--5-----5--7-----6-----8-----7--|-5-----5--7-----6-----8-----7---||

|| ||

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||:-------------------------------|----8--------11----9-----8-----:||
||:-------------------------------|-7-----7--9-----8----10-----9--:||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

Play Riff A a total of 2 times.

|Fill 1|

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------5--8--7-----|
|-5--8-----------8--|

Play Fill 1 a total of one time.

|Riff B|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--8-----7-----------7--8-----8-----------7--8-----7-----------2--3-----|
|--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--2--3--------1--|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|--------7--8-----7-----------7--8-----8-----------7--8-----7-----4--3-----6-----|
|--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--------4-----3~-|

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

Play Riff B a total of one time.

|Riff B.1|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--8-----7-----------7--8-----8-----------7--8-----7-----------2--3-----|
|--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--2--3--------1--|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:----------------------------------------------------------------------9-10-----|
|--------7--8-----7-----------7--8-----8-----------7--8-----7--7--9-10--------8--|
|--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----------------------|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|--------7--8-----7-----------7--8-----8-----------7--8-----7-----4--3-----6-----|
|--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--0--0--------0-----0--------4-----3~-|

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

Play Riff B.1 a total of one time.

|Riff C|

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|:----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|:----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------8--7--------|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------8--5--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

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

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--6--------------------------------|--------------------------------:|
|--6------3-------------------------|--------------------------------:|
|--4------3-------------------------|---------------------6--5--------|
|---------1-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------6--3---|

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

Play Riff C a total of one time.

|Riff C.1|

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|:----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|:----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------8--7--------|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------8--5--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

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

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------:|
|------7-----7--8--------6----------|--------------------------------:|
|---5-----5-----------4-------------|---------------------6--5--------|
|------------------2----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------6--3--|

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

Play Riff C.1 a total of one time.

Repeat Riff C a total of one time.

Repeat Riff C.1 a total of 3/4 of a time.

|Riff D|

||---------------------------|----------------------------||
||---------------------------|----------------------------||
||:--------------------------|----------------------------||
||:--------------------------|----------------------------||
||--3---------3---------3----|-3---------3---------5/6----||
||--1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1----|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-3/4----||

|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sl ||

||---------------------------|----------------------------||
||---------------------------|----------------------------||
||---------------------------|---------------------------:||
||---------------------------|---------------------------:||
||--3---------3---------3----|-3---------3---------6\5----||
||--1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1----|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-4\3----||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sl

Play Riff D a total of 2 times.

|Riff E|

||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||:-------------------------------------------------------------|
||:-------------------------8--8--8--8--------------------------|
||--------------7--7--7--7--------------7--7--7--7--------------|
||--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------4--4--4--4--|

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

||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------8--8--8--8--------------------------------------|
||--7--7--7--7--------------6___7-------------------------------|
||----------------------------h----4~---------------------------|

. . . . . . . .

 |--------------------------------------------------------------||
 |--------------------------------------------------------------||
 |--------------------------------------------------------------||
 |--------------------------8--8--8--8--------------------------||
 |--------------7--7--7--7--------------7--7--7--7--------------||
 |--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------4--4--4--4--||

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

 |--------------------------------------------------------------||
 |--------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------:||
 |--------------8--8--8--8-------------------------------------:||
 |--7--7--7--7--------------5___6-------------------------------||
 |----------------------------h----4----------------------------||

. . . . . . . . .

Play Riff E a total of one time.

|Riff F|

||--------------------|--------------------||
||--------------------|--------------------||
||:-------------------|-------------------:||
||:-------------------|-------------------:||
||----4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2--||
||--2-------2-----1---|-2-------1---1-0----||

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

Play Riff F a total of 2 times.

Repeat Riff E a total of one time.

Repeat Riff F a total of one time.

|Riff F.1|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------2-(2)-4----|
|---4-4-4---4-3---3--------|---4-4-4---3---2-(2)-4----|
|-2-------2-----1----------|-2-------1---1-0-(0)-2----|

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

|Riff G|

||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

||:-12_5_8_5-12_5_8_5-12_5_8_5-13_5_8_5-12_5_8_5-12_5_8_5-12_5_8_5-13_5_8_5-|

||---tp-h-p---tp-h-p----tp-h-p---p-h-p---tp-h-p---tp-h-p----tp-h-p---p-h-p--|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|| |

||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:----------------------------7--------------------------------------------|
||:-5-----------------------------------5-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------5--------------------------------------------|
||--3-----------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------:||

|-13_6_9_6-13_6_9_6-13_6_9_6-14_6_9_6-13_6_9_6-13_6_9_6-13_6_9_6-14_6_9_6--||

 |--tp-h-p---tp-h-p---tp-h-p---tp-h-p---tp-h-p---tp-h-p---tp-h-p---tp-h-p---||

| ||

 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |----------------------------8--------------------------------------------:||
 |-6-----------------------------------6-----------------------------------:||
 |----------------------------6---------------------------------------------||
 |-4-----------------------------------4------------------------------------||

Play Riff G a total of one time.

|Riff H|

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

|-15_8_11_8-15_8_11_8-15_8_11_8-16_8_11_8-|

|--tp-h--p---tp-h--p---tp-h--p---tp-h--p--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

| |

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

|-12_5_8_5--12_5_8_5--12_5_8_5--13_5_8_5--|

|--tp-h-p----tp-h-p-----tp-h-p----p-h-p---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|-15_8_11_8-15_8_11_8-15_8_11_8-16_8_11_8-|

|--tp-h--p---tp-h--p---tp-h--p---tp-h--p--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

| |

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

|-12_5_8_5--12_5_8_5--12_5_8_5--13_5_8_5--|

|--tp-h-p----tp-h-p-----tp-h-p----p-h-p---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|-15_8_11_8-15_8_11_8-15_8_11_8-16_8_11_8-|

|--tp-h--p---tp-h--p---tp-h--p---tp-h--p--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

| |

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

|-13_6_9_6--13_6_9_6--13_6_9_6--14_6_9_6--|

|--tp-h-p----tp-h-p----tp-h-p----tp-h-p---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-15_8_11_8-15_8_11_8---------------------|
|--tp-h--p---tp-h--p----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

| |

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-13_6_9_6--13_6_9_6----------------------|
|--tp-h-p----tp-h-p-----------------------|

Play Riff H a total of 2 times except on the last bar use on the second time only.

|Fill 2|

|---------------|
|---------------|
|--------3------|
|-4------3------|
|-4------1------|
|-2-------------|

Play Fill 2 a total of one time.

|Solo|

|-------------14_17-19_17_14----------------------13_16_18_16_13--20-|
|----------14---h-----p--p---19_17_14-15-------14---h--h--p--p-------|
|-14_16_17---------------------p--p------13_16-----------------------|
|---h--h-----------------------------------h-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19----19_b1/2----19~----8-0-0-7-0-12-0-0-8-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-13-0-0---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------10_12-13-10-11----12-13-15-13-12-----------------|
|-10_12_13_10_12_13---h------------------------------15-13-12--------|
|---h--h--p--h--h---------------------------------------------15-14--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12---13---------------------9_10_12_10_9---------------------------|
|-----------14---12---9_10_12--h--h--p--p--12_9_10-12_10_9-----------|
|----------------------h--h------------------p-h-----p--p--12--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------9_10_12_10_9-------------------------------9_10_12---------|
|-9_10_12--h--h--p--p--12_10_9---------------9_10_12--h--h-----------|
|--h--h------------------p--p--12_10_9_10_12--h--h-------------------|
|--------------------------------p--p-h--h---------------------------|
|----------------------17--------------------------------------------|
|-9_10_12_10_9-10-(10)-------15--------------------------------------|
|--h--h--p--p----------------------16----14--------------12----14----|
|--------------------------------------------14----12----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------17-----------|
|-------------------17----16----------14----------17-----------------|
|-14----13----14-------14-------14----------15-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19----20----19----17-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------18-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------19----17----16----12~----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------17-20-20_fb-----|
|----------------20_17-------17-------------------19-----------------|
|----------14-17---p---17----------17/18-------18--------------------|
|-------14-------------------------sl-------19-----------------------|
|-12_15----------------------------------21--------------------------|
|---h----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19-----------------------------------------------------14----------|
|-------20~--------16--------16_fb-16-14-16~----14_16_17-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------h--h---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-14-16-14-14_fb--------14_fb~-------------14_17_14_16_14---------|
|-------------17_fb--------17_fb~----14_16_17---h--p--h--p-----------|
|--------------------------------------h--h--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17_14_16_14-17_16_14\13--------------------------------------------|
|---p--h--p-----p--p--sl--14_13_11-13_11-----------------------------|
|---------------------------p--p-----p---14_13_11\10-13_10_11_10-----|
|------------------------------------------p--p--sl----p--h--p-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------11-----|
|-------------------------------------10----11----13----14-----------|
|-12_11_9-11~--------9----11----12-----------------------------------|
|---p--p-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13----14----13----11----13~--------------------15----13------------|
|------------------------------------13----16----13----11----15------|
|------------------------------------11----14----------------13------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------tr-----------------------------------------|
|---------tr------16----15(16)----------15----16---------------------|
|-16----15(16)----13----12(13)----16----12----12----12/13-13/15------|
|-14----13(14)--------------------14-----------------sl----sl--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------14-17-14-16-14-17-14-16-14-17-14----|
|-15----15/16-15--------13_15_16-------------------------------------|
|--------sl---------------h--h---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-14--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------16_15_13\12-15_12_13_12--------------------------------------|
|---------p--p--sl----p--h--p---14_13_11-13-(13)----13----11---------|
|---------------------------------p--p--------------------------12---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|Riff I|(Under Solo)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|

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

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

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Play Riff I a total of 2 times.

|Riff J|(Under Solo)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|

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

Play Riff J a total of 2 times.

|Riff J.1|(Under Solo)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------5--8--7---------------------|
|----------------------------------5--8-----------8------------------|

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

Play Riff J.1 a total of one time.

Repeat Riff B a total of one time.

Repeat Riff B.1 a total of one time.

Repeat Riff C a total of one time.

Repeat Riff C.1 a total of one time.

Repeat Riff C a total of one time.

Repeat Riff C.1 a total of 3/4 of a time.

Repeat Riff D a total of 2 times.

Repeat Riff E a total of one time.

Repeat Riff F a total of 2 times.

Repeat Riff E a total of one time.

|Ending|

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|:-------------------|-------------------:|
|:-------------------|-------------------:|
|----4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2--|
|--2-------2-----1---|-2-------1---1-0----|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|:-------------------|-------------------:|
|:-------------------|-----------------2-:|
|----4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2--|
|--2-------2-----1---|-2-------1---1-0-0--|

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

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