transcribed by grievous - a tireless mofo.
View chords used in this chart
Argh - this tune is a monster, but a personal favorite for
it's lack of guitar solos. A lot of the spots where vibrato
is indicated should be only lightly wiggled - listen to the
disc and you'll notice Bill Steer uses a light vibrato quite
frequently to great effect. As a matter of fact, go buy the
damn CD if you don't have it - it's a masterpiece of
technical grind-death-sludge with an original style. The
lyrics aren't included because I assume you already have the
record if you want to play this...
Tune all strings down 5 half-steps (e.g. B E A D ...)
*=vibrato
[pm]=palm mute
[dp]=double pick
INTRO RIFF (x4)
(let ring) (let ring)
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------3--------------6-6-6----8-------------------------
A-4-4-4-2--1-3------------4-4-4-4--6-2----------------------
E-2-2-2-0----1------------------3----0-----------------------
After the intro riff, chop an open E power chord 16 times.
RIFF 1 (x4)
*
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D--------3-----6-6-6----8------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--1-3---4-4-4-4--6-2---------------------------------
E-2-2-2----1---------3----0----------------------------------
RIFF 2 (x4)
* * * *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--7/8--3-------------4-4-4-7/8--3--5---6--------------
E-2-2-2--5/6--1-3-2/4-3/5---2-2-2-5/6--1-3-3-4-4-5-----------
Repeat Riffs 1 and 2...
RIFF 3 (x4)
* *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5-----------5---4/3/5----5---5-----5-----------------------
A-3-4--4-4--4-3-4----------3-4-3-4-3-3-4-5/3/7---------------
E---2--2-2--2---2------------2---2-1---2-3/1/5---------------
RIFF 4 (x4)
*
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5---8--------3---------------------------------------------
A-3-4-6-7-2--3-1-5/8/7---------------------------------------
E---2---5-0--1---3/6/5---------------------------------------
RIFF 5 (x4)
########
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5-----------8-----------5-------------8--------------------
A-3-4--4-4-4--6-7--7-7-7--3-4--4-4-4--7-6-3-2----------------
E---2--2-2-2----5--5-5-5----2--2-2-2--5---1-0----------------
(replace the ###### bit with the following on the 4th repeat)
[ pm ]
e------------------
B------------------
G------------------
D-----8888---------
A-7777666633332222-
E-5555----11110000-
RIFF 6 (x3) (on 4th, do this)
(trem picking - go nuts) [ pm - crunch ]
e----------------------------------|-------------------------
B----------------------------------|-------------------------
G----------------------------------|-----3-4-----------------
D-------------11112222-------------|--5-21-23-6--------------
A-----33330000--------11114444-----|-43-0---1-45-------------
E-2222------------------------3333-|-2---------3------------
RIFF 7 (x2)
(more trem picking)
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------4444-------------11111111-------------------------
A---------------3333-222222----------0000-3333---------------
E-22222222-------------------------------------22222222------
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------4444------55555555----------44443333--------------
A---------------3333---------------------------44443333------
E-22222222--------------------33333333-----------------------
Repeat Intro Riff and ALL riffs...
RIFF 8 (x4 of course)
*
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------2---------------2--------------------------------
A---3-4-0-1---3-----3-4-0-1---3------------------------------
E-2-------------0-2------------------------------------------
Outro Riff (repeat ad infinitum - it fades out on the record)
[palm mute the whole thing...]
[ dp ] [ dp ] [ dp ]
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------33333333-4-4-4-4------------------
D---------55555555-2-2-2-2-11111111-2-2-2-2-33333333---------
A-4-4-4-4-33333333-0-0-0-0------------------11111111---------
E-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------
[ dp ]
e--------------------
B--------------------
G--------------------
D-6-6-6-6------------
A-4-4-4-4-55555555---
E---------33333333---
And that, at long last, is it.
How to play transcribed by grievous - a tireless mofo.
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.