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- "Flesh And The Power It Holds" by DEATH -
From "Sound Of Perseverance" (1998)
Music & Lyrics by Chuck Schuldiner
Tune down to DGCFAD (one step down)
b bend r release
/ slide up slide down
h hammer-on p pull-off
. palm muting a.h. artificial (pinched) harmonic
Riff A1
gtr1
|---------13-----------------10-------------------
|------12----13-----------12----10--------12------
|---11----------10-----11----------7----11--11----
|-9------------------9-----------------9------9---
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|gtr2
|---------13-----------------10-----------19------
|------12----13-----------12----10------19--19----
|---11----------10-----11----------7--16------16--
|-9------------------9----------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
Riff A2
gtr1
|---------13---------------15----------17---------------
|------12----13----------15--15------17--17------20-----
|---11----------10-----14------14--16------16--19--19---
|-9------------------12----------14----------17---------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|gtr2
|---------13--------------------------------------------
|------12----13------------13----------15---------------
|---11----------10-------13--13------15--15------18-----
|-9--------------------12------12--14------14--17--17---
|--------------------10----------12----------15---------
|-------------------------------------------------------
play riff A1
play riff A2
play riff A1
play riff A2
Riff B1
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
---7---7------10--10-9------12---12------10--9-10-9---
-0---0------0---0------10-0----0-------0---0----------
------------------------------------------------------
play riff B1 again for a total of 2 times
Riff B2
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|---7---7------10-10-9-----12--12-----10--9-10-9---
|-0---0------0---0-----10-0---0------0---0---------
|--------------------------------------------------
|
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|---7---7------7---7-5------3---3------------------
|-0---0------0---0--------0---0------0-3-0-2-3-2---
|--------------------------------------------------
play riff B2 again for a total of 2 times
Riff C1
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
-----9---9--------------------------12---12-----------
---7-------7---7---10-9h10p9-----10---------10---10---
-0-----0-----0---0----------10-0-------0-------0------
------------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . .
continuation of riff C1
----------------------------
----------------------------
-----------------16---------
---15-14h15p14------17------
-0-------------15--15--15---
----------------------------
.
Riff C2
gtr1
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|-----9---9--------------------------12---12---------
|---7-------7---7---10-9h10p9-----10---------10---10-
|-0-----0-----0---0----------10-0-------0-------0----
|----------------------------------------------------
| . . . . . . .
|gtr2
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|-----9---9--------------------------12---12---------
|---7-------7---7---10-9h10p9-----10---------10---10-
|-0-----0-----0---0----------10-0-------0-------0----
|----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . .
continuation of riff C2
gtr1
|---------------------------
|---------------------------
|----------------16---------
|---15-14h15p14------17-----
|-0------------15--15--15---
|---------------------------
| .
|gtr2
|---------------------------
|----------------20--18-----
|---17-16h17p16-------------
|--------------17--17--17---
|-0-------------------------
|---------------------------
.
Riff D1
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-7-----8---7-----8---10---8--7-----8---7-----8---10---12---
--00000-----00000-000--000-00-00000-----00000-000--000-----
..... ..... ... ... .. ..... ..... ... ...
Riff D2
gtr1
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-7-----8---7-----8---10---8--7-----8---7-----8---10---12---
|--00000-----00000-000--000-00-00000-----00000-000--000-----
| ..... ..... ... ... .. ..... ..... ... ...
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-9-----10--9-----10--12---10-------------------------------
|-----------------------------7-----8---7-----8---10---12---
|--00000-----00000-000--000-00-00000-----00000-000--000-----
..... ..... ... ... .. ..... ..... ... ...
play riff D1
play riff D2
Riff:) E
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
-3-----2-----3--5------
-3-----2-----3--5--5---
-1-----0-----1--3--5---
play riff D1
play riff D2
play riff D1
play riff D2
play riff E
Riff F | 4th time only
------------------------------------------|--------------
------------------------------------------|--------------
-8-----8-----8-----8----------------------|--------------
---6-----6-----6-----6--------------------|--------------
-----6-----6-----6-----6--555-666-333-444-|-999-888-5----
--------------------------333-444-111-222-|-777-666-3----
... ... ... ... ... ...
play riff F again 3 times for a total of 4 times
Riff G1
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-555-666-333-444-999-888-5---
-333-444-111-222-777-666-3---
... ... ... ... ... ...
play riff G1 again twice for a total of 3 times
Riff G2
gtr1
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-555-666-333-444-999-888-5---
|-333-444-111-222-777-666-3---
| ... ... ... ... ... ...
|gtr2
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-555-666---------------------
|-333-444---------------------
(no p.m.)
play riff G2 again 3 times for a total of 4 times
Riff H1
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-7--77-7-7--77-7-7--77-7-6---
-5--55-5-5--55-5-4--44-4-4---
-5--55-5-5--55-5-5--55-5-4---
-----------------------------
Riff H2
gtr1
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-7--77-7-7--77-7-7--77-7-6---
|-5--55-5-5--55-5-4--44-4-4---
|-5--55-5-5--55-5-5--55-5-4---
|-----------------------------
|gtr2
|-----------------------------
|-8--88-8-8--88-8-8--88-8-7---
|-7--77-7-7--77-7-7--77-7-6---
|-5--55-5-5--55-5-4--44-4-4---
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
Riff I
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------a.h. 2nd time
-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5------------
--44444-44444-44444-44444-33333-33333-33333-33333-------
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
play riff I again for total of 2 times
play riff H1
play riff H2
play riff I twice
Riff J
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------11/12-12---------1514---------11/12-12---14-15-14-13---
---------9-/10-10---------1312---------9-/10-10---12-13-12-11---
-0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0----------0---------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
play riff J again 3 times for a total of 4 times
After the solo
Riff:) K
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-3-----2-----3-----2-----3-----2-----3-----2---
-3-----2-----3-----2-----3-----2-----3-----2---
-1-----0-----1-----0-----1-----0-----1-----0---
play riff D1
play riff D2
play riff D1
play riff D2
play riff E
play riff D1
play riff D2
play riff D1
play riff D2
play riff E
play riff F 4 times
play riff G1 3 times
play riff G2 4 times
play riff H1
play riff H2
play riff I twice
play riff H1
play riff H2
play riff I twice, that's it!
- Transcription : Jerome Lachenal -
Another masterpiece by DEATH.
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