"The End Complete" by Obituary
Album: "The End Complete"
Copied by Dimitrije N. Kostic from the transcription
by Patrick Mabry, which originally appeared in
Guitar School, March ’93 issue
* - palm mute
\ - dive down w/ tremolo bar
/ - dive up w/ tremolo bar
^ - hit on or off
X - hit muted string
P.H. - pinch harmonic
Both guitars tune down a whole step (D, G, C, F, A, D)
speed roughly 84 bpm
Riff A
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------10--9---------8---7---------10--9---------8---7--|
|-0-0--8-0-7--0-0-0--6---5----0-0--8-0-7--0-0-0--6---5--|
| * * * * * * * * * * * |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0-0-----------0-0---------0-0-0---------|
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff B
both guitars
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4--5-------5--6-------6--7-------7--8----(8)-\-----|
|--0--2--3----0--3--4----0--4--5----0--5--6----(6)-\-----|
* * * *
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4--5-------5--6-------6--7-------7----6-----------|
|--0--2--3----0--3--4----0--4--5----0--5----6-----------|
* * * *
Riff C
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-*------------------------------------------------|
|-*------------------------------------------------|
|----------5----------3------------7----------4----|
|--0-0-0-0-3----0-0-0-1----0-0-0-0-5----0-0-0-2----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Solo 1
(1) (2) (3)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|0\--(0)--(0)--(2.4)--(2.4)---(2.4)\--7--(7)--(3.2)--(3.2)--(3.2)-|
|--\-----------X--------------------------------------------------|
|---\-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
The decimal numbers in parentheses are natural harmonics. 2.4 is
the harmonic played 4/10 of the way into the second fret, etc.
End this phrase with three open D string (thickest string) dives down
(see (4))
(1) - Pull up and vibrate note with whammy bar simultaneously
(2) - That is a natural harmonic between the 3rd and 4th frets.
Pre-dive on the whammy and return slowly with the bar to the next note
(same one)
(3) - Dive and vibrato note with the whammy bar simultaneously
(4) - predive first open E to C#, then raise note to D#, then dive to
back to C#, raise to normal E, and then finish this stanza by diving to
slack
(guitar 3)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------15-13-12^13^12-12----------------------------------|
|---------------------------14-14^12\11^12^11--11-------------|
|--------------------------------------------14---14-12-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|(guitars 1 and 2) |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3--------------------------------1------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-3------------------------0-0-0-0-1------------------|
* * * * * * * *
(guitar 3)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------(P.H.)----11-11^12^11--11---(P.H.)|
|-----------------12--12-14---------14-----------14---14------|
|---------12^14^15--15----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|(guitars 1 and 2) |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-------------------------2-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-6-----------------0-0-0-0-2-------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
(guitar 3)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----14-X-14-16-------------------------------------------P.H.|
|-(14)-----------14----11-14-11-14-14^---^14—14^11^14^11-11-11-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|(guitars 1 and 2) |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3----------------------1----------------6------------|
|-0-0-0-0-3--------------0-0-0-0-1--------0-0-0-0-6------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----------2------3---4---5---|
|---0-0-0-0-2------3---4---5---|
* * * *
Riff D
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2222333322223333-----------------|
|-----------------2222333311111111-|
Riff E
This riff is played at a significantly faster speed
208 bpm
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-22332233---------|
|---------22331111-|
Riff F
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------7--8-----------3--2-----------7---8--|
|-0-0-0-0-5--6---0-0-0-0-3--2---0-0-0-0-5---6--|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-5---7---3---|
|-3---5---1---|
Solo 2
(guitar 3)
|-12^15^12--12^15^12--12^15^12--------12-------|
|---------15--------15--------15^12^15--15^12--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-12--15^12^15^12^15^12^15^12--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-15^12^15^12^15^12^15^12^15----------------15/|
|---------------------------14^12-------14-----|
|--------------------------------14-X-X--------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-(15)--(15)---(15)----------------------------|
|--------------------12^14^12^14^12^14^12^14^12|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-14---14--(14)-(14)^12^14---|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-12^14^12^14^12^14^12^14^12^14-------11^12----|
|-----------------------------------14---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------14-14-14-trill|
|-14^12-14^16^14--14--16-16--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------15-----|
|-14-14-17-14-trill-14---14-14-17/--17/---15---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------|
|-14^12----12---|
|-------14------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
Solo 3
<- - - trill - >
|-----------------------------------|
|-12----11---14--11^14^11^14^11^14--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-15^12^15^12^15^12-14---15/-----15------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
<- - - trill w/ bar - - - - ->
|-------------------------------|
|--12^15^12----------12^15^12---|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
<- - -trill - -> gradual dive w/ bar
|----------------------12----------------------|
|-12^15^12-------------14----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Riff G
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------4-----6--|
|----------------3-3-3---------------6--------4-----6--|
|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3--1-1-1--3-3-5-5-3-3--4--5--3--2--5--4--|
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---------1-1-3-3-1-1-----3--1--2--3--4--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Song Structure:
Riff A 4 times
Riff B 1 time
Riff A 2 times
Riff B 1 time
Riff A 2 times
Riff C 2 times
Solo 1
Riff D 4 times
Riff E 2 times
Solo 2 with Riff F 4 times
Riff E 2 times
Solo 3 with Riff F 2 times
Riff G 17 times
Lyrics (nobody knows for sure what they are =)
You will soon come with me to die
And find that death is not the end
Who I say who will who won’t be freed
Tell me that this is not the end complete
Even as the end’s complete
Finding strength with one’s defeat
Living in an endless score
Killing me with battled sores
I’m the one that’s sent to kill
Feeling all destructive will
Bring forth one dead sole decay
The end’s complete’s the final day
When the time has come to bare
Dying young fall to despair
To bring forth one dead sole decay
The end’s complete’s the final day
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