Death – Empty Words (Guitar Tab)
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As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted) and David Williams (Warlock)
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Bobby Koelble'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner (Clean)'
[Intro]
Melotic Metal Q=100
4/4
Gtr III
4x
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
B|o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
G|------9-----9---9-|----12------(12)-|-----9-----9---7-|---10---9----(9)---||
D|----7-----7-------|-----------------|---7-----7-------|-------------------||
A|o-0-----8-----7---|-10--------------|-0-----8-----5---|-8----7-----------o||
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||[Verse]
Moderate Metal Q=121
$
C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5
Gtr I
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~
e|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----| A|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------| E|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
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| Gtr II | PM PM| ~ e|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----| G|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| D|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------| A|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------| E|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------| C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5 PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~~ e|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| B|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| G|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| D|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6--8----| A|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|---------------| E|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------|
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| PM PM| ~~ e|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| B|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-11----| G|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| D|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|---------------| A|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|---------------| E|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------| C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5 PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~ e|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| G|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----| A|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------| E|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
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| PM PM| ~
e|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----|
G|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------|
A|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------|
E|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
Q=124
A5 E5 A5 F5 C#5 G#5
PM---------| ~
e|-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
B|o----------|----------|---------------10-9h10p9-|----13-12-10-9--------o||
G|-----------|----------|--------10-9-7-----------|-10------------10-9----||
D|--7--------|-2--------|-10-9-7------------------|-----------------------||
A|o-7--------|-2--------|-------------------------|----------------------o||
E|--5--------|-0--------|-------------------------|-----------------------|||
e|-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| B|o----------|----------|-------------------------|----------------------o|| G|-----------|----------|-------------------------|--6--------------------|| D|--7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--6----------6---------|| A|o-7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--4----------6--------o|| E|--5--------|-0--------|--5--------1-------------|-------------4---------|| A5 E5 e|----------|------| B|----------|------| G|----------|------| D|-7--------|-2----| A|-7--------|-2----| E|-5--------|-0----|
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e|----------|------| B|----------|------| G|----------|------| D|-7--------|-2----| A|-7--------|-2----| E|-5--------|-0----| A5 F5 T T T T e|-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
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e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|--7-----------------------3----------------------| A|--7-----------------------3----------------------| E|--5-----------------------1----------------------| C#5 G#5 T T e|-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-20b22===(20)r==| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------|
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e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|--6-------------------------------------| D|--6-----------------------6-------------| A|--4-----------------------6-------------| E|--------------------------4-------------| A5 E5 ~~~~~~~ e|-20-20-20-20s19-19-19s17-13-13s12-12-|-12s10-10-10s12-12-12-(12)--(12)\-| B|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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e|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|--7----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------| A|--7----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------| E|--5----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------| A5 F5 C#5 G# ~ e|-----------|-----------| B|-----------|-----------| G|-----------|-6---------| D|-7----3----|-6---------| A|-7----3----|-4---------| E|-5----1----|------4----|
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e|-----------|-----------| B|-----------|-----------| G|-----------|-6---------| D|-7----3----|-6----6----| A|-7----3----|-4----6----| E|-5----1----|------4----|
Q=116
Gtrs I, II
PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|
e||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
B||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
D||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
A|o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
E||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
F5
e|-----------------------------|
B|o----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------3----------|
A|o-----------------3----------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
G5 G#5 G5
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e|------------------------||-------------------------|
B|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
G|------------------------||-------------------------|
D|---------5----------6---||---------5---------------|
A|---------5----------6--o||---------5----------[6]--|
E|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|
e||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
B||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
D||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
A||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
E||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
F5
e|-----------------------------|
B|o----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------------3----------|
A|o-----------------3----------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
G5 G#5 G5
~~~
e|------------------------||-------------------------|
B|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
G|------------------------||-------------------------|
D|---------5----------6---||---------5---------------|
A|---------5----------6--o||---------5----------[6]--|
E|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
Q=112
E5 F5 D5 G5 E5F5
3/4 5/8
Gtr I
e|-----------|----------|
B|-----------|----------|
G|-----------|----------|
D|-----------|----------|
A|-----------|----------|
E|-----------|----------||
| Gtr II e|-----------|----------| B|-----------|----------| G|-----------|----------| D|-9--10--7--|-12--9-10-| A|-7---8--5--|-10--7--8-| E|-----------|----------|
E5 F5 D5 G5 E5 F5
3/4 5/8
PM----------------------------------|
e|--------------------------|-----------------------| B|--------------------------|-----------------------| G|--------------------------|-----------------------| D|--------------------------|-----------------------| A|--------------------------|-----------------------| E|---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
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e|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-9-------10-------7-------|-12-------9-----10-----|
A|-7--------8-------5-------|-10-------7------8-----|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------|
E5 F5 D5
3/4
Gtr I
T T T
e|--12p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-13p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-10p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-|
B|o----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|o----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------||
| Gtr II e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|o----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|---9---------------10----------------7---------------| A|o--7----------------8----------------5---------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| G5 E5 F5 5/8 T T T e|-15p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-12p7p4h7p4h7-13p7p4h7p4h7---|| B|---------------------------------------------o|| G|----------------------------------------------|| D|----------------------------------------------|| A|---------------------------------------------o|| E|----------------------------------------------||
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e|----------------------------------------------|| B|---------------------------------------------o|| G|----------------------------------------------|| D|-12----------------9-----------10-------------|| A|-10----------------7------------8------------o|| E|----------------------------------------------||
[Chorus]
Fast Metal Q=160
To Coda
E5 C/E
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~
4x
e|------------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|| B|o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o|| G|------------------------|---------------|-------7-----|-------------|| D|---9--------------------|-10------------|-5-------5---|-7-----9-----|| A|o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o|| E|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------|-------------|| [Solo - Schuldiner] Gtr I ~ ~ e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-7-------------------------------| D|-7---------------------------9h10-|---------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
~~ ~~
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-12-----------------------12h13-|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-10-------------------(10)-14-16-17-|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| D|----------5---------5------5----|----------7---------7----------7----| A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5--5----| E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-16-14-16-14-12----12-14-12-14-16-14-16-17-16-17-| D|----------------15-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
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e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| E|-------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------15----15-17-15-17-19-| B|-15----15-17-15-17-18-17-18----18----------------| G|----17-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
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e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
e|-15b17====================15r-17h19h20-|-20b22===========================|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------------5---------5---------5----|--------------7---------7-----7--|
A|--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3---3--3----|--5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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e|-20---------------20---------------|-20---------------20-------20r---22b24====|
B|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
e|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1--1--1-----1-|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
~~
e|-(22)-----(22)r====(22)-20---19-17------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------20-|-18---17-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|-----------19-17---16S==14-------|
D|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
e|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------5--------------5-------5-|------------7------------7-----7-|
A|---3--3-3---3--3-3---3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|
E|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~ ~
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-14---16---16------------------7-----|--------9------------10-----9h10p9---|
D|------------------------7h9h10-------|-7h9h10-------7h9h10-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
~~~ ~
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-(9)---------9---10---9-7---9h10p|=9p7---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----10---9-7-------------(7)--|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----------5----------5-----5----|----------7---------7------7---|
A|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q=180
A5 E5
9/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-------------------------|------------------|
B|o-13-12-10-12---(12)-----|-(12)--------(12)-|
G|-------------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------------|------------------|
A|o------------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------||
e|-------------------------|------------------| B|o------------------------|------------------| G|-------------------------|------------------| D|-------------------------|------------------| A|o--7-----------------(7)-|---2----------(2)-| E|---5-----------------(5)-|---0----------(0)-| F5 G5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e|----------------10-----|-----------------|| B|-13-12-10-12-13--------|-12--------(12)-o|| G|-----------------------|-----------------|| D|-----------------------|-----------------|| A|-----------------------|----------------o|| E|-----------------------|-----------------||
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e|-----------------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------------|----------------o||
G|-----------------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------------|-----------------||
A|--3----------------(3)-|--5---------(5)-o||
E|--1----------------(1)-|--3---------(3)--||
Q=176
E5 F5
~~ ~~
e|-------------------------|----------------|
B|o-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-10--------(10)-|
G|-------------------------|----------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------|
A|o------------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------||
e|-------------------------|----------------| B|o------------------------|----------------| G|-------------------------|----------------| D|-------------------------|----------------| A|o--2-----------(2)-------|--3---------(3)-| E|---0-----------(0)-------|--1---------(1)-| G5 F5 ~~ ~~ e|------------------------|-10--------(10)---|| B|-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-----------------o|| G|------------------------|------------------|| D|------------------------|------------------|| A|------------------------|-----------------o|| E|------------------------|------------------||
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e|------------------------|------------------||
B|------------------------|-----------------o||
G|------------------------|------------------||
D|------------------------|------------------||
A|--5-----------(5)-------|--3---------(3)--o||
E|--3-----------(3)-------|--1---------(1)---||
E5 F5
Gtr I
e|---------------|----------------|
B|o--------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|
D|--9--------(9)-|-10--------(10)-|
A|o-7--------(7)-|--8---------(8)-|
E|---------------|----------------||
| Gtr II
e|---------------|----------------|
B|o--------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------------|
A|o-2--------(2)-|--3---------(3)-|
E|--0--------(0)-|--1---------(1)-|
1. 2.
G5 F5 F5
e|----------------|-----------------||----------|
B|----------------|----------------o||----------|
G|----------------|-----------------||----------|
D|-12--------(12)-|-10--------(10)--||--10------|
A|-10--------(10)-|--8---------(8)-o||---8------|
E|----------------|-----------------||----------||
e|----------------|-----------------||----------| B|----------------|----------------o||----------| G|----------------|-----------------||----------| D|----------------|-----------------||----------| A|--5---------(5)-|--3---------(3)-o||---3------| E|--3---------(3)-|--1---------(1)--||---1------|
[Chorus]
Q=160
D.S. al Coda
&
E5 C/E
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~
9x
e|------------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|| B|o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o|| G|------------------------|---------------|-------7-----|-------------|| D|---9--------------------|-10------------|-5-------5---|-7-----9-----|| A|o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o|| E|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------|-------------||
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| (n) Ghost note
| ~ Vibrato
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| [n] Artificial harmonic (Pinch harmonic)
| r Release
| PM palm mute
| s slide
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