Death – Misanthrope (Guitar Tab)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
Transcribed by Wreath
Words by Chuck Schuldiner Music by Death
Arranged by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Billy Koelble'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner I'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner II'
Intro/Verse
Fast Q=192
$
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S ||--------------------------------|------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|------------------------------| ||--4-----------------------------|-2----------------------------| ||o---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2--| ||--------------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-4---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------4-------------|-5-------------2-------------| |---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
N.C.
PM------------------------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-4-----------------------------|-2-------------5-------------| |---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-4---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------4-------------|-5-------------2-------------o|| |---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Verse
Slightly Slower Q.=116
N.C. D5
6/8
PM------| PM------| PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E ||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|------------| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------| ||--6-----------|-5-----------|-------------|-7----------| ||o-------------|-------------|-6-----------|-5----5-6-5-| ||----4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4-|------------|
N.C. G5
PM------| PM------| PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E 4x |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|------------o|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-7-----------|| |-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|-5-----------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|------5-6-5-o|| |---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-|-------------||
Interlude
Slightly Slower Q.=113 1.,2.,3. 4.
To Coda
To Coda
N.C. A5
PM| PM| PM--| PM PM| PM| PM--| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||---------- ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||---------- ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-9-------- ||--5-----4-----|-7-------4---|-5-----4-----|-7-------4----||-7-------- ||o---3-3---3-3-|---3-3-3---3-|---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0---0-o||---------- ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||----------
Chorus
Q=185
N.C.
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|| ||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o|| ||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|| ||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|| ||o-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3---------o|| ||--0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1------------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o|| ||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------|| Slightly Slower Q=185 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q ||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|| ||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------o|| ||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|| ||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|| ||o-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4---------o|| ||--0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o|| ||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------|| Interlude Moderately Q.=68 N.C. 6/8 Gtr I PM---| PM---| |-3-| |-3--| E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9------| |----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10--------10-9-| |-7------------------|-8-------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II | H. H. |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
3/8
PM---|
|-3-| E E E S S S E E S S S S S S |--------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------------------| |---------7h9p7------|-9-7------------------| |----9-10-------10-9-|-----10-9--7----6-----| |-7------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------------------|
|
| <
| |---3---|
| H. Q S S S |--------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------16-16---16--| |--------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------------------| N.C. 6/8 PM-------| PM-----| |-3-| |--3---| E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E |--------------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------7h9p7-------------|------------9h10p==9--------| |-----9-----10-------10--9-------|-----9---10-----------10--9-| |--7-----------------------------|--8-------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| <
| |--3--|
| E. Q.. S S S E. Q S E E |--------------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------15-15-15-|-15\------------------------| |-16\----------------------------|---------------------/17-14-| |--------------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------|
3/8
PM----|
|-3-| E E E S S S E E S S S S S S |----------------------|---------------| |----------------------|---------------| |-----------7h9p7------|-9--7----------| |------9-10-------10-9-|------10-9-7-6-| |--7-------------------|---------------| |----------------------|---------------|
|
| ~~~~~ | E E H Q. |----/19-19------------|---------------| |----------------------|---------------| |-16-------------------|---------------| |----------------------|---------------| |----------------------|---------------| |----------------------|---------------| E F D 6/8 PM---| PM--| |-3-| |-3--| E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9------| |----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10--------10-9-| |-7------------------|--8------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
|
| H. H Q |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-9------------------|-10--------------7---| |-x------------------|--x--------------x---| |-7------------------|--8--------------5---| |--------------------|---------------------|
E
3/8
PM---|
|-3-| E E E S S S E E S S S S S S |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |---------7h9p7------|--9--7-----------| |----9-10-------10-9-|-------10-9-7-6--| |-7------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|
|
| H. +Q. |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |-9------------------|-(9)-------------| |-x------------------|-(x)-------------| |-7------------------|-(7)-------------| |--------------------|-----------------| E F G F 6/8 PM---| PM--| |-3-| |-3--| E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9--------| |----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10---------10--9-| |-7------------------|--8--------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| H. H E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |-9------------------|-10-------------/12-10-| |-x------------------|--x---------------x--x-| |-7------------------|--8-------------/10--8-| |--------------------|-----------------------|
E
3/8
PM---|
|-3-| E E E S S S E E S S S S S S |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |---------7h9p7------|--9--7-----------| |----9-10-------10-9-|-------10-9-7-6--| |-7------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|
|
| H. +Q. |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |-9------------------|-(9)-------------| |-x------------------|-(x)-------------| |-7------------------|-(7)-------------| |--------------------|-----------------|
Faster Q.=79
N.C. C5 N.C. B5
6/8
Gtr I
PM--------------| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------5--|-------------------4--|
||--------------------5--|-------------------4--|
||o-------------------3--|-------------------2--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5
PM--------------| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------o||
|----------------------|-------7--------9---||
|-------------------5--|-------7--------9---||
|-------------------5--|-------5--------7--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--|-0-0-0----0-0-0-----||Guitar Solo
N.C. C5 N.C. B5
Gtr I
PM-----------------| PM----------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-------|----------------------4-------|
|-----------------------5-------|----------------------4-------|
|-----------------------3-------|----------------------2-------|
|--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0---------|--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---------||
| Gtr II | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | S S S H +S S S S H +S |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-13-12-10-12--------------(12)-|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-12-11-9-11--------------(11)-| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5
PM--------------| PM--| PM---|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------7-----------9----|
|--------------------5------|---------7-----------9----|
|--------------------5------|---------5-----------7----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3------|---0-0-0------0--0-0------||
| PM--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ | S S S H +S E E E Q. |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------9-----------| |-10-9-7-9--------------(9)-|-/10---9----7-------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------|
N.C. C5 N.C. B5
PM--------------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5--|--------------------------4----------|
|--------------------------------5--|--------------------------4----------|
|--------------------------------3--|--------------------------2----------|
|--0--0--0--0----0-----0--0--0-0----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0------------||
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3---|
| S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S Q +S S |-----------------------------------|-------15-19-17----15--------(15)-14-| |----12-13-15h17p==15p13-12---------|-17-19----------19-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-14--------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5
PM------------------------------------------------| PM--------| PM---|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------7--------------------9-----| |----------------------------------------------------------5--------------|-----------------7--------------------9-----| |----------------------------------------------------------5--------------|-----------------5--------------------7-----| |--0----0-----0----0-------0----0-------0-------0-----0----3--------------|--0----0-----0-----------------0--0-0-------|
|
| ~~
| |------3------| |-----------7-----------| |---------3----------| |------------3-------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|-15-14-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------17-17-16---17-16---13---13-12---16-13---12----13----12----------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------14----------14-12-12-|-11-11---12-11-9----11-9--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------12-10-9------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--3--3--3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3--3-3-||
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ | S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------10-12-13-13------| |-------------------8--9-11-11------|--9-11-12-12-----------------------| |--7--9-10-10-----------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III | ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ | S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. |------------------11-12-14-14------|-12-14-15-15------17-19-20-20------| |-10-12-13-13-----------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F#5 N.C. F#5
----------------------------| PM---------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------4----|---------------------4----------|
|--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-----2---2-2----|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------||
| |---3---|
| E E E S S S E E E S H T T |-----------------------------------|------------------------14-14---| |-13----12---10---(8)h10p==8-7----8-|-10----8-7----------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| H. H.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
N.C.
PM-----------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-||
| ~~~ | e e e e e e e e e Q. |-14---15-------------19---20---|-19---17----------------------| |-----------13---12-------------|-----------20---19------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------|
D.S.
F#5 N.C. F#5
---------------------------------------------| PM---------------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------4--------------|---------------------------4------|
|--2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2--------------|--2----2-2-2-2-2--2----2-2-2------||
| ~~~~~
| |------------------------------3------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. Q. |---------------------------------------------------------20-------|----------------------------------| |-20-20---19-17-16---19-17-19---20-19-17---17-19-20----22----22-20-|-20b22-----------20b22------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Out-Chorus
Q=185
&
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|| ||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o|| ||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|| ||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|| ||o-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3---------o|| ||--0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1------------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o|| ||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------|| Slightly Slower Q=185 N.C. PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q ||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|| ||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------o|| ||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|| ||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|| ||o-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4---------o|| ||--0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o|| ||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths