MALEVOLENT CREATION
Multiple Stab Wounds
Album: The Ten Commandments
1991 Pavement Music


tabbed by Hellspawn (infernal_throne@hotmail.com)


Legend:

h       = hammer-on                b/     =  bend half a step           
p       = pull-off
t       = tap                        )
pm...   = palm mute                b/     =  bend one whole step
"       = tremolo picking          
          (or 32th note)           b/\    =  bend half a step and release
tr      = trill
/       = slide up                   )
\       = slide down               b/ \   =  bend one whole step and release
~       = vibrato
x\\\\   = pick slide               b      =  bend without picking
4/4     = time signature           B      =  bend with picking
( )     = tie note                 /\/\/\ =  wide vibrato
x       = muffled note             
ah      = artificial harmonic
s       = short note

|----|           |----|----|            |------------|
|----| play      |----|----| play       |------------| stay tacet for the
|-*/-| previous  |---*//---| previous   |---rest( )--| number of bar 
|-/*-| bar       |---//*---| two bars   |------------| indicated in parens
|----|           |----|----|            |------------|
|----|           |----|----|            |------------|


Timing: 4/4: ----   = 1 beat
       12/8: ------ = 1 beat
             |_3_|  = triplet

Gtr 1 = Left speaker
Gtr 2 = Right speaker

Tune Down 1 whole step  (6:D 5:G 4:C 3:F 2:A 1:D)

4/4
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|o-----------------o||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|o-----------------o||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--4444444444444444-||--3333444433334444|-1111111122222222|-3333444433334444|

  ________________   _______________
 |1.2.            | |3.             |  Riff A
|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------o|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------o|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----3/4-----5/6--|-----3/4-5\3-4---||------------------|-----------------|
|-111-1/2-300-3/4--|-111-1/2-3\1-2---||--6666555522222222|-2222222222222222|

                         (end Riff A)  Riff B
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||----------4-------|-4-4-----4-4-4-4-|
|-5555444411111111|-1111111111111111-||--666655552---222-|-2-2-222-2-2-2-2-|

                         (end Riff B)
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o|
|-----------------|-----------------o|
|---------3-------|-3-3-----3-3-3-3--|
|-555544441---111-|-1-1-111-1-1-1-1--|

play Riff A 2 times

5/4
 Riff C
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------4-------3---|---------------------|---------4-------3---|
|--666655552-----221---|-11111---11111---1111|-666655552-----221---|

           (end Riff C)  Riff D
|----------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------o||o---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------o||o---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
|-11111---11111---1111-||--66665555222222221111|-11111111111111111111|

                                 (end Riff D)
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------o|
|---------------------|---------------------o|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-66665555222222221111|-11111111111111111111-|

 Riff E (Gtr 1)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5---|
|-----------------|---------6666----|-----------------|-----------4-----|
|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|-1-2-1-2-----6666|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|-1-2-1-2-4-------|
|                                                                       |
|       (Gtr 2)                                                         |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------rest-------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5---|
|-----------------|---------6666----|-----------------|-----------4-----|
|-----------------|-------------6666|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|-1-2-1-2-4-------|

                                                            (end Riff E)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------6-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-----|
|-----------------|---------6666----|-----------------|-------------4---|
|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|-1-2-1-2-----6666|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|-1-2-1-2-------4-|

play Riff E 2 times (2nd time under solo)

 Riff F                  (end Riff F)
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|
|o----------------|-----------------o||o-----------------|----------p------o|
|o---------p------|------------p----o||o--------h---h----|-666666665-4-----o|
|---------4-1--p--|--------p--5-6----||--------2-3-5-6666|-------------6\1--|
|-11111111----4-1-|-2222225-6--------||--222222----------|------------------|

play Riff F 4 times
play Riff C 2 times
play Riff D 2 times

12/8
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o-------------10/11\10-9/10---|-------------12\11-11-11\10-10-|
|--4---3-------8-/9-\8--7/8----|-4---3-------10\9--9--9-\8--8--|
|--2---1-1-1-1-----------------|-2---1-1-1-1-------------------|

|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------12-o|
|-------------10/11\10-9/10---|-------------12\11-11-11-10----o|
|-4---3-------8-/9-\8--7/8----|-4---3-------10\9--9--9---------|
|-2---1-1-1-1-----------------|-2---1-1-1-1--------------------|

4/4
|------------------|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|o-----------------|--*/--|--*/--|---------------6-|-----------------|
|o-----------------|--/*--|--/*--|-------------5---|-----------------|
|------------------|------|------|-----------4-----|-----------------|
|--1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|------|------|-1-2-1-2-4-------|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|

                                                         play 3 times
|-----------------|------|------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------|------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--*/--|--*/--|-----------------|---------6-------o|
|-----------------|--/*--|--/*--|-----------------|-----------5-----o|
|-----------------|------|------|-----------------|-------------4----|
|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|------|------|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|-1-2-1-2-------4--|

end with:
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-6-|
|-----------------|-----------4---4-|
|-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|-1-2-1-2-4-------|