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Carrion

Kreator
Tab

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Song

Artist: Kreator

Song: Carrion

Album: Pleasure To Kill

Year: 1986

Tabbed by Jori Merilainen, send any corrections, suggestions

or questions to: Thrasher_0682@yahoo.com

Tune down one whole step (DGCFAd)

Another great song from the album Pleasure To Kill.

There just isn't a one bad song in this album.

A fucking masterpiece, if you don't have it, you

don't know what you're missing!!!

1) Intro:

F|---------------------------|
C|---------------------------|
G|--x\\-2------200300500302--|
D|--x\\-0--------------------|

Rhytm guitar plays only the D5-chord,

both guitars end with D5.

2) Intro solo rhytm:

F|-------------------------------------------------------------------10---9----|
C|--10\9-----12---10---10---9------------10-------12---10---10---9----8---7----|
G|---8\7-----10----8----8---7---10---9----8-------10----8----8---7-------------|
D|-------0-0----0----0----0---0--8-0-7-0----0-0-0----0----0----0---0----0---0--|

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

|Rhytm guitar: (comes in 2nd time)

F|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--x\---------------------------------------------------------------------x\--|
G|--x\-2------2r--------------------------2--------2r----------------------x\--|
D|-----0------0r--------------------------0--------0r----------------------*---|

*ends with a slide and starts to play the solo rhytm

3a) Verse: (palm-mute throughout)

F|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444666666666666666666666666--|

3b) Verse fill:

F|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------8---7----|
G|--8---7---10---8---8---7-----------8---7---10---8---8---7------------|
D|----0---0----0---0---0---0-8-0-7-0---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0--|

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

4) Chorus: "Reaching out for your life..."

F|----------------------------------------|
C|--4--5--------------4--5----------------|
G|--2--3--------------2--3--0-0000000000--|
D|--------0-0000000000--------------------|

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

5) Alternate chorus & solo rhytm:

F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------4-3-2-----------------------4-3-2-----------------------7-6-5--------|
G|--2222222222222222------4-3-2-0000000000000000------4-3-2-5555555555555555------7-6-5--|
D|--................------------................------------................-------------|

Ending of the riff:

F|----------------------|
C|--9--10--11-----------|
G|--7---8---9--10-9-----|
D|------------------10--|

7a) Fill 1:

F|---------------------------|
C|--9-7----------------------|
G|------9-9-8-7--------------|
D|--------------9-8-7-5-4-3--|

. . . . . . . . . .

7b)

F|-----------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------7-----------9-----------10-----12------|
G|--2-----------5-----------7------------8-----10------|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0--|

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

7c) Fill 2:

F|--12-10----10-------10-8----8------8-6---6-----6-4----------|
C|--------12----12-11------10---10-9-----8---8-7-----6--------|
G|---------.-----.--.-------.----.-.-----.---.-.-----.--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------0-2-3--|

|Rhytm guitar: . . .

F|--7r-----------------5r------------3r-----------------------|
C|--5r-----------------3r------------1r-----------6r----------|
G|------------------------------------------------4r----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------0-2-3--|

. . .

7d) Fill 3:

F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10-8----8------8-6---6-----6-4---4-----4-2----------|
D|-------10---10-9-----8---8-7-----6---6-5-----4-0-2-3--|

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

8a) Post-solo:

F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5-------------5-------------5-------------------5-5-5--|
G|--3-0000000000003-0000000000003-0000000000005-5-5-3-3-3--|
D|----............--............--............3-3-3--------|

8b) Solo rhytm:

(play this measure 2 times)

F|----------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000--|

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

9) Ending:

F|--------------|
C|--------------|
G|-3333-5555-2--|
D|-1111-3333-0--|

THE END.

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