Centuries Of Torment Chords & Tabs
Band: Cannibal Corpse
Album: Gallery Of Suicide
Song: Centuries Of Torment
tabber: ben chaffins
Copyright (c) Metal Blade 1998
Version 1.0 – 2-12-11
. - 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 6 half steps down: Bb-Eb-Ab-Db-F-Bb
Guitar one = left side
Guitar two = right side
RIFF 1
(0:00) gtr. 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8---5------------------------8---5------------11-8--11-8--5---|
|---------77777777777777777777---------77777777-----------------|
|-6---3------------------------6---3------------9--6--9--6--3---|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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------------------8---5------------11-8--11-8--5--------------------|
-7777777777777777---------77777777-----------------7777777777777777-|
------------------6---3------------9--6--9--6--3--------------------|
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-8---5------------11-8--11-8--5--------------------8---5------------11-8--||
---------77777777-----------------7777777777777777---------77777777-------||
-6---3------------9--6--9--6--3--------------------6---3------------9--6--||
RIFF 1
(0:00) gtr. 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---8---55555555555555555555-5---8---55555555-8--11-8888-5--8---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---6------------------------3---6------------6--9-------3--6---|
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-55555555555555555-5---8---55555555-8--11-8888-5--8---5555555555555555-|
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-------------------3---6------------6--9-------3--6--------------------|
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-5---8---55555555-8--11-8888-5--8---5555555555555555-5---8--55555555-8--11--||
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-3---6------------6--9-------3--6--------------------3---6-----------6--9---||
RIFF 2 = 8 times
(0:22) gtr. 1
|-----------||
|-----------||
|-----------||
|-588-------||
|------4-7--||
|-----------||
... . .
RIFF 2 = 8 times
(0:22) gtr. 2
|-----------||
|-----------||
|-----------||
|-----------||
|-144-------||
|------0-3--||
... . .
RIFF 3 = 2 times
(0:30) gtr. 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------6------------------------------|
|-----------------ph----------------------2/5---5-------88-------------------|
|-----------------9bf-4-7-----444444444444--------4-------77-----------------|
|-0000000000006h9---------6-9-----------------------0000----6666666666666666-|
. . . .
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-----------------ph-----------5555555555555/11--8h11p8-----------10-9-|
-----------------10bh-4-7------------------------------10-9-8-11------|
-0000000000006h9----------6-9-----------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . .
------------------||
------------------||
------------------||
-8888888888888888-||
------------------||
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RIFF 3 = 2 times
(0:30) gtr. 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------ph--8-----------------------8---------55-------------------|
|-----------------9bf---7-----4444444444444/7---7---------44-----------------|
|-0000000000006h9---------6-9---------------------0-3333----6666666666666666-|
. . . .
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-----------------ph-----------5555555555555/11--8h11p8----------------|
-----------------10bh-4-7------------------------------10-9-8-11-10---|
-0000000000006h9----------6-9---------------------------------------7-|
. . . . . . . . . .
------------------||
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-8888888888888888-||
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RIFF 4
(0:51) gtr. 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-55555555-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------77777777-------5p4-----777777774444444-------5p4-------------|
|------------------0-6p3-----6p3-----------------0-6p3-----6p3-3/6h7p6-|
. .
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-55555555-----------------------------------------------------||
---------77777777-------5p4-----777777774444444-------5p4-5p4-||
------------------0-6p3-----6p3-----------------0-6p3---------||
. .
RIFF 4
(0:51) gtr. 2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------55555555----------------------------------------------------------||
|-77777777--------------------------------77777777--------------------------||
|------------------0h3h6/9h10p96-99999999---------0h3h6/9h10p9-6h7-3/6h7p6--||
--------------------------------------------------------------------||
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---------55555555---------------------------------------------------||
-77777777--------------------------------77777777-------------------||
------------------0h3h6/9h10p96-99999999---------0h3h6/9h10p9-6-----||
RIFF 5 = 3 times
(0:59) gtr. 1
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5p4-5p4-|
|-6666666666666666-0-3p2p1p0---------|
.
RIFF 5 continue
last time before jumping into next part
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-6666666666666666-0-3p2p1-||
.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cannibal_corpse/centuries_of_torment_tab.html ]
RIFF 5 = 3 times
(0:59) gtr. 2
|------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------------|
|----------------------------------5p4-5p4-|
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-0-3p2p1p0---------|
RIFF 5 continue
last time before jumping into next part
|----------------------------------||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----------||
|----------------------------------||
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----------||
|----------------------------------||
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-0-3p2p1p0-||
again RIFF 3 (1:06)
again RIFF 4 (1:27)
again RIFF 5 (1:35)
RIFF 6
(1:42) gtr. 1
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|-------11----11----111111-------------15-----11-11------||
|--------------------------------9-----------------------||
|--------8-----8-----8-8-8-------5-----12------8--8------||
|-7-----10-----9-----9-9-9-7-----7-----13-----10-10------||
|-0------------------------0------------------------6----||
RIFF 6
(1:42) gtr. 2
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12----12-----15-15-15--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-----8-----8-8-8--------9-----9-----12-12-12--|
|-7-----10-----9-----9-9-9-7-----10----10-----13-13-13--|
|-0------------------------0----------------------------|
RIFF 7
(1:49) gtr. 1
|12-times|12-times|24times|
|--------|--------|-------|
|-16-----|-14-----|-12----|
|--------|--------|-------|
|-14-----|-12-----|-10----|
|--------|--------|-------|
RIFF 7
(1:49) gtr. 2
|12-times|12-times|24times|
|--------|--------|-------|
|--------|--------|-------|
|--------|--------|-------|
|-17t14--|-19t12--|-17t10-|
|--------|--------|-------|
RIFF 6b
(1:55) gtr. 1
|-------10-----9-----9-9-9-------7----------------------|
|--------------------------------------12---------------|
|---------------------------------------------10-10-12--|
|--------8-----8-----8-8-8-------5------9-----8--8--8---|
|-7-----10-----9-----9-9-9-7-----7-----10-----10-10-10--|
|-0------------------------0----------------------------|
RIFF 6
(1:55) gtr. 2
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12----12-----15-15-15-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-----8-----8-8-8--------9-----9-----12-12-12-|
|-7-----10-----9-----9-9-9-7-----10----10-----13-13-13-|
|-0------------------------0---------------------------|
RIFF 7
(2:01) gtr. 1
|12-times|12-times|24times||
|--------|--------|-------||
|-16-----|-14-----|-12----||
|--------|--------|-------||
|-14-----|-12-----|-10----||
|--------|--------|-------||
RIFF 7b
(2:01) gtr. 2
|12-times|12-times|24times||
|--------|--------|-------||
|--------|--------|-------||
|--------|--------|-------||
|-17t14--|-16t12--|-19t10-||
|--------|--------|-------||
RIFF 8
(2:07) gtr.1
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-101010101010101010101010999999999999-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------888888888888888888888888-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
---4-times---|---4-times----|---4-times----|---4-times----||
-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
-101010101010|-131313131313-|--------------|--------------||
-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-121212121212-|-121212121212-|-151515151515-||
-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-111111111111-|-111111111111-|-141414141414-||
-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-101010101010-|-101010101010-|-131313131313-||
RIFF 8
(2:07) gtr.2
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-777777777777555555555555-------------------------|
|-------------------------555555555555555555555555-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
---4-times----|---4-times----|---4-times----|---4-times----||
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
-101010101010-|-131313131313-|-161616161616-|-191919191919-||
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-111111111111-|-141414141414-|-161616161616-||
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
SOLO: (2:27)
again RIFF 1 under solo
again RIFF 2 (2:49)
RIFF 9
(2:56) both guitars / gtr. 1 = 4 times / gtr. 2 = 2 times
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-11-14-118-8----5-85-5/8--11-14-118-8---5/8-8/11-118-8/11-----||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-9--12-9-6-6--0-3-63-3/6--9--12-9-6-6---3/6-6/9--9-6-6/9------||
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-11-14-118-8----5/8-85-5/8--7-4-7-6-3-6-7-4-7-8-5-8------||
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-9--12-9-6-6--0-3/6-63-3/6--5-2-5-4-1-4-5-2-5-6-3-6------||
(3:16) only gtr. 2 = 2 times
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-14-17-1411-11-----8-118-8/11--14-17-1411-11---8/11-11/14-1411-11/14------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-12-15-129--9----0-6-9-6-6/9---12-15-129--9----6/9--9-/12-129--9-/12------||
---------------------------------------------------------------------||
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-14-17-1411-11-----8/11-118-8/11--10-7-10-9-6-9-10-7-10-11-8-11------||
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-12-15-129--9----0-6/9--9-6-6/9---8--5-8--7-4-7-8--5-8--9--6-9-------||
RIFF 6b
(3:36) gtr. 1
|-------10-----9-----9-9-9-------7----------------------|
|--------------------------------------12---------------|
|---------------------------------------------10-10-12--|
|--------8-----8-----8-8-8-------5------9-----8--8--8---|
|-7-----10-----9-----9-9-9-7-----7-----10-----10-10-10--|
|-0------------------------0----------------------------|
RIFF 6
(3:36) gtr. 2
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12----12-----15-15-15-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-----8-----8-8-8--------9-----9-----12-12-12-|
|-7-----10-----9-----9-9-9-7-----10----10-----13-13-13-|
|-0------------------------0---------------------------|
RIFF 7
(3:42) gtr. 1
|12-times|12-times|24times||
|--------|--------|-------||
|-16-----|-14-----|-12----||
|--------|--------|-------||
|-14-----|-12-----|-10----||
|--------|--------|-------||
RIFF 7b
(3:42) gtr. 2
|12-times|12-times|24times||
|--------|--------|-------||
|--------|--------|-------||
|--------|--------|-------||
|-17t14--|-16t12--|-19t10-||
|--------|--------|-------||
RIFF 8b / ending
(3:48) gtr.1
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-101010101010101010101010999999999999-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------888888888888888888888888-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
---4-times---|---4-times----|-----------||
-------------|--------------|-----------||
-101010101010|-131313131313-|-13--------||
-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-121212121212-|-12--------||
-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-111111111111-|-11--------||
-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-101010101010-|-----------||
RIFF 8b / ending
(3:48) gtr.2
|--------------------------------------------------|---4-times----|
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-101010101010-|
|-777777777777555555555555-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------555555555555555555555555-|-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------|
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-9-9-9-9-9----1212121212----1515151515----1818181818----21--------------||
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-6-6-6-6-6----9-9-9-9-9-----1212121212----1515151515----18--------------||
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