The Death Song

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Song

The Death Song by Marilyn Manson

Guitarist: John5

Album: Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)

Dif.: 5

Tabbed by TWIGGy5

NOTE: * = strum 8x

Intro/Bridge (Synth. Arr for Gtr. 3)

E|----------12---------|
B|-12-11-------12-11---|
G|-------9-----------9-|

Very Weird Rhythm To This

Verse (Gtr. 1) (w/ tremelo)

G|-7^---(7)---|

^ ½ step then back down to bracketed 7

Chorus (Gtr. 1)

G|-9*-7*-9*-7*-5*-7*-5*-7*-|
D|-9*-7*-9*-7*-5*-7*-5*-7*-|
A|-7*-5*-7*-5*-3*-5*-3*-5*-|

Post-Chorus/End

G|-9----------------\-|
D|-9----------------\-|
A|-7----------------\-|

^ let ring then after a while slide don’t pik the slide though

Verse 2 (Gtr. 2) (“We light a candle….”)

E|--12-------|
B|-----12-11-| lots of times

Chorus P2 (Gtr. 1)

G|-12*-10*-|
D|-12*-10*-|
A|-10*--8*-|

Fill 1 (Gtr. 1)

G|-7/9--9-9\--------|-%-|
D|-7/9--9-9\-2--2-2-|-%-|
A|-5/7--7-7\-2--2-2-|-%-|
E|-----------0--0-0-|-%-|

Fill 1 (Gtr. 2)

G|-7/9--9-9\--------|-%-|

Fill 2 (Gtr. 2)

G|-12*-10*-|

Outro (Gtr. 2)

E|-15h17--15--------------|
B|-----------17--17-17-17-|

Song Structure: -

Intro

Verse Bass Effects And Stuff (“We’re on a bullet….”)

Verse (Gtr. 1) (“I saw a cop…..”)

Chorus (“We sing the death song…..”)

Post-Chorus

Verse 2

Verse (Gtr. 1) (“I saw a priest…..”)

Chorus

Chorus P2 (Gtr. 1)

Fill 1 (Gtr. 1)/Fill 1 (Gtr. 2)

Chorus P2 (Gtr. 1)/Chorus P2 (Gtr. 2)

Fill 1 (Gtr. 1)/Fill 1 (Gtr. 2)

Bridge (Gtr. 3)

Chorus

Chorus P2 (Gtr. 1)

Chorus (Gtr. 1)/Outro (Gtr. 2)

End

Singing Kids……………………………

ARTIST-Marilyn Manson

SONG-The Death Song

(Standard Tuning)

Chorus 1

          D|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7
          A|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--2
          E|-----------------------------------------------------------------0

Chorus 2

          D|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7
          A|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5
          D|12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11
          A|10-10-10-10-09-09-09-09

Background Riff (played straight after chorus 2)

          G|--------7
          D|79-9-7-5

A|57-7-5

Chorus 3

Same as chorus 2

Background Riff (played half way into chorus 3)

B|810/8

G| 9~

That’s about it, have fun!

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Tabbed by : julian015@hotmail.com

Artist : Marilyn Manson

Album : Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)

Song : Track #11 - The Death Song

* = play each note 8 times

First chorus :

          B|--------------------------------------------|
          G|-*9-*7-*9-*7-*5-*7-*5-*7-9------------------|
          D|-*9-*7-*9-*7-*5-*7-*5-*7-9-(let-chord-ring)-|
          A|-*7-*5-*7-*5-*3-*5-*3-*5-7------------------|
          E|--------------------------------------------|

Second chorus :

          B|---------------------------------|
          G|-*9-*7-*9-*7-*5-*7-*5-*7-*12-*11-|
          D|-*9-*7-*9-*7-*5-*7-*5-*7-*12-*11-|
          A|-*7-*5-*7-*5-*3-*5-*3-*5-*10-*9--|
          E|---------------------------------|

It's all based around that.

Pretty simple, really.