• Song:

    Tortured Existence

  • Artist:

    Defeated Sanity

  • Album:

    Prelude to the Tragedy

--- DEFEATED SANITY  ---
                            "Tortured Existence"
                     From album: "Prelude To The Tragedy"


                            TABULATURE LEGEND:
                   " - tremolo             h - hammer on
                   ~ - vibrato             \ - slide down
                   p - pull off            / - slide down
                  tr - trill               ^ - pinch harmonics
                   = - sustained note      b - bend string
                p.m. - palm muting         t - tapping

TUNING: C [C, F, Bb, Eb, G, C]

[Intro]
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------8"...-7"----------------8"...-7"-5"--|
|-0"...-6"...----------0"-0"...-6"...--------------|
|                                                 |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------8"...-7"----------------8"...-7"-5"--|
|-0"...-6"...----------0"-0"...-6"...--------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------9"...-8"----------------9"...-8"----|
-|----------------------------------------------5"-|
-|-0"...-6"...----------0"-0"...-6"...-------------|
 |                                                 |
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------8"...-7"----------------8"...-7"-5"-|
-|-0"...-6"...----------0"-0"...-6"...-------------|

[Riff 2 (x4)]
||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||o-------------7"-5"-------o||
||--0"-6"-9"-8"-------0"...--||

[Riff 3 (x2)]
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------8"......-------7"...----------|
||---0"......-------6"......----------------------------0"...---|
|                                                              |
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------9----------9--8--9----------11------9-------|
||--10----------10-----10-9h10----------10--10------10-----10---|
||------9--9-9--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
    .   .  . .  .  .   .       .  .  .  .   .   .   .   .  .

-|-----------------------------------------------------------||
-|----------------------------------------------------------o||
-|-----------------------------------------------------------||
-|-----------------------------------------------------------||
-|------------------------------8"......-------7"...--5"...-o||
-|-0"......-------6"......-----------------------------------||
 |                                                            |
-|-----------------------------------------------------------||
-|-----------------9----------9--8--9----------11------9-----||
-|-10----------10-----10-9h10----------10--10------10-----10-||
-|-----9--9-9------------------------------------------------||
-|-----------------------------------------------------------||
-|-----------------------------------------------------------||
   .   .  . .  .  .   .       .  .  .  .   .   .   .   .  .

[RIFF 2 (x3)]

[Outro 1]
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------7"-5"-|
|-0"-6"-9"-8"-------|

[Riff 4 (x8)]
||--------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------||
||o--------3-2-------4------3----------o||
||--4-44-4-----4-3-4---44-4---33-3-4-2--||
    . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .

[Outro 2]
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---4-3---6---8---6"-4"-3"----|
|-0-----4---4---4----------6"-|
  . . . . . . . .

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------4-2---5-6---8---5---7---4----------5------------------|
|-------------------3-----------7---6---5---5---4-7-------------6"-4"-3"----|
|-000000000000000-0-------7-------------------------00-0---00-0----------6"-|
| ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .             |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8---5---7---4----------5------------------|
|-----------------------------------6---5---5---4-7-------------6"-4"-3"----|
|---------------------------------------------------00-0---00-0----------6"-|
                                  . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .

[Riff 5a]
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------4-2---5-6---8---5---7---4----------5-------------------|
|-------------------3-----------7---6---5---5---4-7-------------6"-4"-3"-----|
|-000000000000000-0-------7-------------------------00-0---00-0----------6"--|
                  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .

-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|---------------------4-2---5-6---8---5---7---4----------5---------------|
-|-------------------3-----------7---6---5---5---4-7-------------6"-4"-3"-|
-|-000000000000000-0-------7-------------------------00-0---00-0----------|
                   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .

[Outro 3] /quick tremolo notes/
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-5-7-7-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5---------4-5-5-5-2-3-3-3-1-1-1-1--|
|-6-6-6-6-------------------------1-1-1-1--------------------------|
|                                                                 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-5-7-7-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5---------4-5-5-5-2-3-3-3-1-1-1-1--|
|-6-6-6-6-------------------------1-1-1-1--------------------------|


-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|---------------------------------[7t12].........-|
-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
 |                                 \pick tapping/  |
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|

[Riff 6]
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-5-7-7-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5---------4-5-5-5-2-3-3-3-1-1-1-1--|
|-1-1-1-1-------------------------1-1-1-1--------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|
-|---------------------------------[7t12].........-|
-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
                                   \pick tapping/

[Riff 7]
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-7-7-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-4-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

-|--------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------|
-|-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-1----------------------------|
-|---------------------------------4-3-1-5----|
-|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
                                   . . . .

[RIFF 6 (x2)] [RIFF 7] [RIFF 3 (x2)] [RIFF 2 (x4)]

[Outro 4]
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-7-5-----2-----|
|-0"-6"-9"-8"-|-----3-4---4-1-|
                . . . . . . .

[Outro 5 (x4)] /last time hold ending chord/
||----------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------6---||
||o-----------------------------------4--o||
||--00001p0003p0002p0001p0003p000-0-1-4---||
|                                 . .      |
||----------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------6---||
||o-2--------2---------2--------------4--o||
||--0--------0---------0----------0-1-4---||
    .        .         .          . .

[Riff 8 (x2)]
||--------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------0h5h6p5p0--|
||--6-5-3-2-1-0-6-5-3-2-1-0-|-6-5-3-2-1-0-6-5-3------------|
    . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . .

-|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
-|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
-|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
-|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
-|-------------------------|-------------0h5h6p5p0-----------o||
-|-6-5-3-2-1-0-6-5-3-2-1-0-|-6-5-3-2-1-0-----------0h5h6p5p0--||
   . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . .

[Outro 6]
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------0h5h6p5p0--|
|-6-5-3-2-1-0-6-5-3-2-1-0-|-6-5-3-2-1-0-6-5-3------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . .

-|-------------------------|-------------|
-|-------------------------|-------------|
-|-------------------------|-------------|
-|-------------------------|-------------|
-|-------------------------|-------------|
-|-6-5-3-2-1-0-6-5-3-2-1-0-|-6-5-3-2-1-0-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . .

[Riff 9 (x4)]
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------6---|
||o-----------------------------------4---|
||--00001p0003p0002p0001p0003p000-0-1-4---|
                                  . .

  [ending 1,2,3]
-|---------------------------------------||
-|--------------------------------------o||
-|---------------------------------------||
-|-----9-8---8-7---7---6---8p7p6p5-------||
-|-------------------6---5---------7----o||
-|-7-8-----9-----8-----------------------||
   . . . . . . . . . . . .

[ending 4]
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----9-8---8-7---7---6---8p7p6p5-------------|
|-------------------6---5---------6"-4"-3"----|
|-7-8-----9-----8--------------------------6"-|

[Riff 5b (x2)]
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------4-2---5-6---8---5---7---4---|
||o-------------------3-----------7---6---5---5---4-|
||--000000000000000-0-------7-----------------------|
                    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

----------------------------||
---------------------------o||
----------------------------||
--------5-------------------||
-7-------------6"-4"-3"----o||
---00-0---00-0----------6"--||
 . .. . . .. .

[Outro 7]
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------4-2---5-6---8---5---7---|
|-------------------3-----------7---6---5---5-|
|-000000000000000-0-------7-------------------|
                  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Outro 8]
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-4---3---------------------------|-4---3---------------------------|--|
|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1---|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1------|
|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0-|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0----|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|-4---3----------------------------|
|---2-----------------------------|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1----|
|---------------------------------|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0--|
  . .                               . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Riff 10a]
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------2-3-5-6-5-3-5~--|
|-4---3---------------------------|-4---3---4-------------------|
|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1---|---2---1---3-----------------|
|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0-|-----------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . .    |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------2-3-5-6-5-3-5~--|
|-4---3---------------------------|-4---3---4-------------------|
|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1---|---2---1---3-----------------|
|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0-|-----------------------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . .

-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|-4---3---------------------------|-4-2-3-1-5"-4"-------------|
-|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1---|---------------5"-4"-------|
-|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0-|---------------------3"-2"-|
 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . .                   |
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|-4---3---------------------------|-4-2-3-1-5"-4"-------------|
-|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1---|---------------5"-4"-------|
-|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0-|---------------------3"-2"-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . .

[Riff 10b]
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------2-3-5-6-5-3-5~--|
|-4---3---------------------------|-4---3---4-------------------|
|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1---|---2---1---3-----------------|
|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0-|-----------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . .    |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------^---|
|---------------------------------|-------------4-5-7-8-7-5-7~--|
|-6---5---------------------------|-6---5---6-------------------|
|---4---3-4---5---7---6---5---4---|---4---3---5-----------------|
|-----------1---1---4---4---4---3-|-----------------------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . .

-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|-4---3---------------------------|-4-2-3-1-5"-4"-------------|
-|---2---1-4---3---5---4---2---1---|---------------5"-4"-------|
-|-----------1---1---2---2---1---0-|---------------------3"-2"-|
 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . .                   |
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
-|-6---5---------------------------|-6-4-5-3-7"-6"-------------|
-|---4---3-4---5---7---6---5---4---|---------------7"-6"-------|
-|-----------1---1---4---4---4---3-|---------------------5"-4"-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . .

[Outro 9] /quick tremolo notes/
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------5-5-5-5----|

[RIFF 4 (x4)] [RIFF 3 (x2)]

[Ending]
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------7-5-----2---3-2-|
|-0"-6"-9"-8"-----3-4---4-1-0-|
              . . . . . . . .

END OF SONG
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