Death Certificate Guitar tab by Carcass

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Band: Carcass
Album: Heartwork
Song: Death Certificate

Copyright (c) Earache  1994
Version 1.0 - Jan 2 05

Transcribed By: Jittery Fucking Sniper
Email: buriedbytimeanddust@yahoo.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning B standard 2.5 steps down

Intro riff
|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-2-----------|-1-----------|-5----------|-4-----------|
|-2-----------|-1-----------|-5----------|-4-----------|
|-0-----------|-------------|-3----------|-2-----------|

Riff 1, guitar 1
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------15----------|-------------14----------|
|-----12-11-12----12-11----|----12-11-12----12-11----|
|-14-------------------14--|-13-------------------14-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

Riff 1, guitar 2
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-2------------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-0------------------------|-------------------------|

Riff 2, guitar 1
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------18----------|-------------17~---------|
|-----15-14-15----15-14----|----15-14-15-------------|
|--17-------------------17-|-16----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

Riff 2, guitar 2
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------15----------|-------------14~---------|
|-----13-12-13----13-12----|----13-12-13-------------|
|--15-------------------15-|-14----------------------|

Riff 3, both guitars
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|
|-7-------7-------|-7---------------|-5-------5-------|-4---------------|

Riff 4
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|--------------18----------|-------------17----------||-------------17~----|
|-----15-14-15----15-14----|----15-14-15----15-14----||----15-14-15--------|
|--17-------------------17-|-16-------------------17-||--16----------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|

Riff 5, palm mute where needed
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------2h3-------------3p2-----|------------2h3------------4/5----|
|-------4---------------4--------3~--|-------4--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------2/3----|
|-2-222---22------2-222---22---------|-2-222---22------2-222-222--------|

|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------2h3-------------3p2-----|------------2h3------------------|
|-------4---------------4--------3---|-------4-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------2-2-4-2-5\4-2-4-|
|-2-222---22------2-222---22---------|-2-222---22------0-0-2-0-3\2-0-2-|


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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-7-----7---8---7-|-2-----2---3---2-|-2-----2---3---2-|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---|-0-0-0---0---0---|

Riff 7
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|
|-7-------7-------|-7---------------|-5-------5-------|-4---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff 8
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4-5-------2-4-5--------2-4-5------------------|
|---2-----------2------------2----------4-5-4---4-5-4-|
|-0-----------3------------2----------5-------3-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------3h5p3-0-----|
|-----------------------------------------------X---|
|-----2-4-5------2-4-5-------2-4-5------------------|
|---2----------2-----------2----------4-------------|
|-0----------3-----------2----------5---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------3h5p3p0-0-----|
|-------------------------------------------------3/5-|
|-----2-4-5------2-4-5-------2-4-5--------------------|
|---2----------2-----------2----------4---------------|
|-0----------3-----------2----------5-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 9, guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-3---4-4-4-4-4-----|

Riff 9, guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1-1-1-----|

Riff 10, guitar 1
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-----------------|-2-----2---3---2-|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-4---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0-2-0-3-2-0-2-|

Riff 10, guitar 2
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-7-----7---8---7-|-----------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|-0---0-2-0-3-2-0-2-|

Solo

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------12--13--15--12h13-----12-------|
|--12p9---------------11----12-----11h12h14----------------------14----12h14-|
|----------9~~-----9------9-----9--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11h12---9h11---7h9-----7--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------10---9---7~~~----7h9h7--5--4~~~---9--7--9--10--9--10--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------/12p10p8---|
|------------------------------------------------------------12~-------------|
|---------------9-------9--11--9--11--12--11--12--14--12--14-----------------|
|--12--10--12------12--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-/14p12p10---/15p14p12---/17p15p14---/19p17p15---/20p19p17---19~------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--12----------------------|
|--15fb--------12----------|
|--------------14fb--------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------15fb---15--13--12thrill(13)---------------harm.------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------14~~---14fb---14--12--11-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12--------------12--13fbr--12thrill(13)--12h13h15--|
|--12--11thrill(12)--9~~-----14--14----14------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--12h14h15p14p12-------12--14--15--17fb-------------------------------------|
|--------------------15------------------------------------------------15~~--|
|------------------------------------------14~--16--17----14~--16--17--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------15-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--13--15---15fb---(15r)---13h15p13---12-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------14--17--16--14--16--14--12-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------14~~|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------14-15-17-15-14----14-15/19~---|
|-------------------------------------13h15h17----------------17-------------|
|------------------12h14p12--12h14h16----------------------------------------|
|----------12-14-16--------16------------------------------------------------|
|-12-14-15-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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