Cannibal Corpse
Tomb of the Mutilated
Hammer Smashed Face

Copyright (c)  Metal Blade Records 1992
Version 1.41 - 30.10.2011

Transcribed By: Yaniv Dekel
Email:          lickywebster@yahoo.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning D# G# C# F# A# D#

Note: This is how the song is played on the ToTM record.
      Do not compare this tab to live CC recordings.


Riff A1 x1
D#|---------------------------------=----------------------|
A#|---------------------------------=----------------------|
F#|---------------------------------=----------------------|
C#|---------------------------------=----------55554444----|
G#|-2-2-2-8\---2-2-2-8\---2-2-2-8\--=----------------------|
D#|-0-0-0-6\---0-0-0-6\---0-0-0-6\--=--00112222------------|
    * * *      * * *      * * *
*(Mute with left hand after)

Riff A2 x2
D#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------55554444-|
G#|-------------8\--------------8\--------------8\-------------------|
D#|-000-000-000-6\--000-000-000-6\--000-000-000-6\--00112222---------|
    ... ... ...     ... ... ...     ... ... ...

Riff A3 x3            End with
D#|------------------|-----------|
A#|------------------|-----------|
F#|------------------|-----------|
C#|------------------|-----------|
G#|------------------|-2---------|
D#|-0000000000000000-|-0---------|
    ................    

Bass solo x4
F#|--------------------|
C#|-----9--------------|
G#|-7-----8---8--------|
D#|---6-----7---0-6----|


Riff B x4       |1-3  |4       Riff C x4
D#|-------------|-----|-----| |------------------|
A#|-------------|-----|-----| |------------------|
F#|-------------|-----|-----| |------------------|
C#|-----9-------|-----|-----| |-----4------------|
G#|-7-----8---8-|-----|-----| |-2p1---1-3--------|
D#|---6-----7---|-0h6-|-6p0-| |-----------2-0h1--|


Riff B x4

Riff D x8           Fill x1
D#|----------------|-----------|
A#|----------------|-----------|
F#|----------------|-----------|
C#|---------ph-----|-----------|
G#|-4/5\4/5-1-(0)--|-5-3-2-----|
D#|-2/3\2/3----0---|-3-1-0-----|
                     . .

Main Riff x2
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------7-----------------------------3-----------------|
G#|-7h10p7-6h9p6--9-8-5---7-6-5----3h6p3-2h5p2--5-3-1---5-3-2---------|
D#|---------------7-6-----5-4-3-----------------3-1-----3-1-0---------|
                  . .     . .                   . .     . .

Riff E x4
D#|------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
C#|----------------------ph------|
G#|-2h5p2-1h4p1--4/5\4/5-1-(0)---|
D#|--------------2/3\2/3----0----|

then play
Fill      x1
Main riff x2
Riff D    x8
Riff A1   x1 (until = mark)

Riff F x4
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------55554444--------55554444--------55554444----------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------/4-----/4--|
D#|-00112222--------00112222--------00112222---------000-/2-000-/2--|
                                                     ...    ...

Riff C    x4
Riff B    x4
Riff D    x8

Fill      x1
Main riff x2
Riff E    x4
Fill      x1
Main riff x2

Riff D    x8
Riff A1   x1 (until = mark)

Riff G1 x12
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|
G#|-2-2-2--------1-0-8\------------|
D#|-0-0-0-2~-----1-0-6\------------|
    . . .        . .

Riff G2 (played by the right guitar from the 5th to the 8th time)
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|
C#|-------4~-----------------------|
G#|-2-2-2--------1-0-8\------------|
D#|-0-0-0--------1-0-6\------------|
    . . .        . .

Riff H x2
D#|---------------------------------------------
A#|---------------------------------------------
F#|---------------------------------------------
C#|---------------------------------------7-----
G#|-77777777-10101010-7777-6666-9966--9-8-5-----
D#|-----------------------------------7-6-------
                                      . .

   ---------------------------------------------|
   ---------------------------------------------|
   ---------------------------------------------|
   -----------------------------------3---------|
   -33333333-6666-3333-2222-5522--5-2-1---------|
   -------------------------------3-0-----------|
                                  . .

Riff I x4
D#|---------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------3--|
G#|-22222222-55555555-11111111-44444444--5-2-1--|
D#|--------------------------------------3-0----|
                                         . .

Riff H x2
Riff E x4
Riff D x8

And end the whole thing with
D#|----------------|
A#|----------------|
F#|----------------|
C#|----------------|
G#|-2-2-2-8\---2---|
D#|-0-0-0-6\---0---|
    * * *       

Done.