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Band: CANNIBAL CORPSE
Album: LIVE CANNIBALISM
Song: HAMMER SMASHED FACE (LIVE)
Copyright (c) METALBLADE RECORDS 2001
Version 666 - MARCH 2005
Transcribed by: Death8699 & Bobby Rafuse
Email: MethylinInfo@aol.com
.. - 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
Tuning E-Flat (1/2 Step Down)
--HAMMER SMASHED FACE (LIVE)--
|Fill 1|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--X/__----X--|
sl sl sl
[Gtr.1] [Gtr.2]
Play Fill 1 a total of one time only.
|Riff 1|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--2------2------2------8___---|-2------2------2------8___-------|
|--0------0------0------6___---|-0------0------0------6___-------|
| @ @ @ sl @ @ @ sl |
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-------------------------------|-------------------5--5--5--5--4--|
|--2------2------2------8___---|----------------------------------|
|--0------0------0------6___---|-0--0--1--1--2--2-----------------|
@ @ @ sl . . . . . .
Play Riff 1 a total of one time only.
|Riff 1a|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---8___---|-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---8___-----|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---6___---|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---6___-----|
| . . . . . . . . . sl . . . . . . . . . sl |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------------------------------|-------------------5--5--5--5--4---|
|--2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---8___---|-----------------------------------|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---6___---|-0--0--1--1--2--2------------------|
. . . . . . . . . sl . . . . . .
Play Riff 1a a total of 4 times.
|Fill 2|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------2-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Fill 2 a total of one time only then guitars pause.
|Bass|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------2--------3--------|-------2--------3--------|
|----2-----2-----------3--|----2-----2-----------3--|
|-0-----------1-----1-----|-0-----------1-----1-----|
| |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------2--------3--------|-------2--------3--------|
|----2-----2-----------3--|----2-----2-----------3--|
|-0-----------1-----1-----|-0-----------1-----1-----|
Play Bass Riff a total of one time only.
|Riff 2|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------9-----------------------|
|--7___6-------8-------8-----------|
|----p-------------7-------5___6---|
h
Play Riff 2 a total of 4 times.
|Riff 2a|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------4-------------------|
|--2___1-------1---2-----------|
|----p-----------------1_0_1---|
p h
Play Riff 2a a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 2 a total of 3 times.
|Riff 2b|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------9-----------------------|
|--7___6-------8-------8-----------|
|----p-------------7-------6___0---|
p
Play Riff 2b a total of one time only.
|Riff 3|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------------[a.h.]--------|--------------[a.h.]--------|
|-4---/5---4----1~-----2----|-4---/5---4----1~-----2----|
|-2---/3---2-----------0----|-2---/3---2-----------0----|
sl sl sl sl
Play Riff 3 a total of 8 times.
|Fill 3|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-----------2--------|
|-5----4----2--------|
|-3----2----0--------|
. .
Play Fill 3 a total of one time only.
|Riff 4|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-----------------------7-----------|-----------------------3-------2---|
|--7_10_7---6_9_6---9-9-5-------5---|-------------------5-5-1---5-4-2---|
|---h--p-----h-p----7-7-----7-6-3---|-8_11_8---7_10_7---3-3-----3-2-0---|
| . . . . h p h p . . . . |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|---h--p-----h-p--------7-----------|--h--p-----h--p--------3-------2---|
|--7_10_7---6_9_6---9-9-5-------5---|-8_11_8---7_10_7---5-5-1---5-4-2---|
|--7_10_7---6_9_6---7-7-----7-6-3---|-8_11_8---7_10_7---3-3-----3-2-0---|
h p h p . . . . h p h p . . . .
Play Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
|Riff 4a|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------------------------[a.h.]-----|--------------------------[a.h.]-----|
|------------------4/542---1~-------|------------------4/542---1~-------|
|-7_10_7---6_9_6---2/32 --------0---|-7_10_7---6_9_6---2/32 --------0---|
h p h p sl sl sl h p h p sl sl sl
Play Riff 4a a total of 4 times.
Repeat Fill 3 a total of one time only.
Repeat Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 3 a total of 8 times.
Repeat Riff 1 a total of one time only.
|Riff 1b|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------------5-5-5-5-4~--|--------------5-5-5-5-4~--|--------------5-5-5-5-4~--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-1-1-2-2--------------|-0-0-1-1-2-2--------------|-0-0-1-1-2-2--------------|
| |
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|--------------------------|
|-----4-------3------------|
|-0-0-2---0-0-1------------|
. . . .
Play Riff 1b a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 2a a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 2 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 3 a total of 4 times.
Repeat Fill 3 a total of one time only.
Repeat Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 4a a total of 2 times.
Repeat Fill 3 a total of one time only.
Repeat Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 3 a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 1 (first 3 bars only).
|Riff 5|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--2---2---2-------------3-2-6---|-2---2---2-------------3-2-6---|
|--0---0---0---2_3-2_3_2-1-0-6---|-0---0---0---2_3-2_3_2-1-0-6---|
. . . h h p . . sl . . . h h p . . sl
Play Riff 5 a total of 4 times.
|Riff 5a|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-------------3-2-6---|-2---2---2-------------3-2-6---|
|-0---0---0---2_3-2_3_2-1-0-6---|-0---0---0---2_3-2_3_2-1-0-6---|
| . . . h h p . . sl . . . h h p . . sl |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|-------------4_5-4_5_4----------|-------------4_5-4_5_4----------|
|-2---2---2----h---h-p--3-2-6---|-2---2---2----h---h-p--3-2-6---|
|-0---0---0-------------1-0-6---|-0---0---0-------------1-0-6---|
. . . . . . . . . . sl
Play Riff 5a a total of 6 times.
Repeat Fill 3 a total of one time only.
|Riff 6|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-6-6-9-9-----/12-----|---------------------------------/8----|
|----------------------------7-7-/10-----|-8-8-8-8-11-11-8-8-7-7-10-10-3-3-/6----|
sl sl
Play Riff 6 a total of 2 times.
|Riff 6a|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------/7---|-----------------------------------/7---|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-6-6-6-6-9-9-2-2-/5---|-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-6-6-6-6-9-9-2-2-/5---|
sl sl
Play Riff 6a a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 6 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 4a a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 3 a total of 4 times.
|Ending|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|----------------------------------2-----|
|-2-------2-------2-------8____---2-----|
|-0-------0-------0-------6____---0-----|
. . . sl
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