Ecstasy In Decay Chords & Tabs
Band: Cannibal Corpse
Album: Bloodthirst
Song: Ecstacy In Decay
. - 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) Both guitars = 1 time
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|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------14--------------------888888-----------14--------------||
|-7--------14--------7-------------------7--------14--------7-----||
|-0-----0--12-----0--0-----666666------0-0-----0--12-----0—-0-----||
RIFF 2 (0:07) Both guitars = 1 time
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|------88888877-----------88888899----------88888877-----------88888899---|
|--------------66-----------------88----------------66-----------------7\4|
|666666----------557p66666----------77666666----------557p66666-----------|
RIFF 1 (0:13) guitar one = 1 time
|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------14--------------------888888-----------14--------------||
|-7--------14--------7-------------------7--------14--------7-----||
|-0-----0--12-----0--0-----666666------0-0-----0--12-----0—-0-----||
RIFF 1b (0:13) guitar two = 1 time
|----------12-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------12-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------12-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------14--------------------888888---------------------------||
|-7--------14--------7-------------------7--------7/10------10\4--||
|-0-----0--12-----0--0-----666666------0-0--------0---------------||
RIFF 2 (0:20) guitar one = 1 time
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------88888877-----------88888899----------88888877-----------88888899---|
|--------------66-----------------88----------------66-----------------7\4|
|666666----------557p66666----------77666666----------557p66666-----------|
RIFF 2 (0:20) guitar two = 1 time
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-999999------------------8810p99999---------------------||
RIFF 3 (0:26)
guitar one = 4 times
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|-7-4-4-1-4-1-||
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. . .
chord (0:26)
guitar two = 1 time
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|-7-----------||
|-0-----------||
RIFF 3 (0:29)
Both guitars
|---7-times---|-last-one||
|-------------|---------||
|-------------|---------||
|-------------|---------||
|-7-4-4-1-4-1-|-7-4-4-1-||
|-------------|---------||
. . . . .
RIFF 4 (0:35) both guitars = 3 times
|--------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------|
|-10\7\6-------6/9-9-------------------------------|
|-8-\5\4-------4/7-7-----------7-4-4-1-4-1-7-4-4-1-|
|--------0-0-4-------0-0-4-9-6---------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 4 continue / fourth time
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|-10\7\6-------6/9-9-----------||
|--8\5\4-------4/7-7-----------||
|--------0-0-4-------0-0-4-9-6-||
. . . . . . . .
RIFF 5 (0:47) both guitars = 2 times
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|----------------------------------643-865-||
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|-8---11-----141211-131110-8---5-----------||
|--77---1010----------------77--44---------||
... . . . ... ...
RIFF 6 (0:51) both guitars
|---------3-times----------|----------last-one----------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------666666-||
|-6655--------------888888-|-6655-----------------------||
|-----88557744-------------|-----885577447p444444-------||
|-------------666666-------|----------------------------||
RIFF 7 (0:59) both guitars = 4 times
|-----ph-ph-ph-ph-ph-ph-ph-----ph-----ph--------------||
|-------------------------------------8h9-------------||
|-00001p01p01p04p03p01p01p000006h70000---0000----6666-||
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|--------------------------------------------4444-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
again RIFF 3 (1:12) complete
again RIFF 4 (1:20) complete
again RIFF 5 (1:32) complete
RIFF 6 (1:37) both guitars
|---------3-times----------|---last-one---||
|--------------------------|--------------||
|--------------------------|--------------||
|-6655--------------888888-|-6655---------||
|-----88557744-------------|-----88557744-||
|-------------666666-------|--------------||
RIFF 2 (1:43) guitar one = 1 time
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------88888877-----------88888899----------88888877-----------88888899---|
|--------------66-----------------88----------------66-----------------7\4|
|666666----------557p66666----------77666666----------557p66666-----------|
RIFF 2 (1:43) guitar two = 1 time
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|------88888877-----------88888899-----
|--------------66-----------------88---
|666666----------557p66666----------77-
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-------1111111111111010------------1111111111111212-----||
-----------------------99-------------------------------||
-999999------------------8810p99999----------------9/12-||
RIFF 1 (1:49) guitar one = 1 time
|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------12-------------------------------------12--------------||
|----------14--------------------888888-----------14--------------||
|-7--------14--------7-------------------7--------14--------7-----||
|-0-----0--12-----0--0-----666666------0-0-----0--12-----0—-0-----||
RIFF 1b (1:49) guitar two = 1 time
|----------12-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------12-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------12-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------14--------------------888888---------------------------||
|-7--------14--------7-------------------7--------7/10------10\4--||
|-0-----0--12-----0--0-----666666------0-0--------0---------------||
RIFF 2 (1:56) guitar one = 1 time
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------88888877-----------88888899----------88888877-----------88888899---|
|--------------66-----------------88----------------66-----------------7\4|
|666666----------557p66666----------77666666----------557p66666-----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cannibal_corpse/ecstasy_in_decay_tab.html ]
RIFF 2 (1:56) guitar two = 1 time
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RIFF 8 (2:01) guitar one = 1 time
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|-3-----2-----3------------------3-----2-----3-----||
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|-1-----0-----1-----444444444444-1-----0-----1-----||
|-3-----2-----3------------------3-----2-----3-----||
RIFF 8 (2:01) guitar two = 1 time
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|-3-----2-----3------------------3-----2-----3-----||
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|-1-----0-----1-----777777777777-1-----0-----1-----||
|-3-----2-----3------------------3-----2-----3-----||
RIFF 9 (2:09) guitar one = 2 times
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|-9t2h5p2-9t2h5p2-9t2h5p2-10t2h5p2-9t2h5p2-10t2h5p2-
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RIFF 9b (2:09) guitar two = 2 times
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|-----------------4-4-----
|-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2-----2-2-
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. . . . . . . . . . . .
guitar one continue = 2 times
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-11t4h7p4-11t4h7p4-11t4h7p4-12t4h7p4-11t4h7p4-12t4h7p4-
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guitar two continue = 2 times
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-----------------6-6-----
-7-7-4-4-7-7-4-4-----4-4-
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. . . . . . . . . . . .
guitar one continue = 2 times
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-9t2h5p2-9t2h5p2-9t2h5p2-10t2h5p2-9t2h5p2-10t2h5p2-
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guitar two continue = 2 times
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-----------------4-4-----
-5-5-2-2-5-5-2-2-----2-2-
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guitar one continue = 1 time
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-12t5h8p5-12t5h8p5-12t5h8p5-13t5h8p5-12t5h8p5-13t5h8p5-
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guitar two continue = 1 time
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-----------------7-7-----
-8-8-5-5-8-8-5-5---------
---------------------6-6-
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guitar one continue = 1 time
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-13t6h10p6-13t6h10p6-13t6h10p6-14t6h10p6-13t6h10p6-14t6h10p6-
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guitar two continue = 1 time
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---------------------8-8-----
-10-10-6-6-10-10-6-6-----3-3-
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guitar one continue = 1 time
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-10t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-9t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-9t3h6p3-
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guitar two continue = 1 time
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-----------------5-5-----
-6-6-3-3-6-6-3-3---------
---------------------3-3-
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guitar one continue (2:19) = 2 times
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-10t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-11t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-11t3h6p3-
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guitar two continue (2:19) = 2 times
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-----------------6-6-----
-6-6-3-3-6-6-3-3-----3-3-
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guitar one continue = 2 times
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-12t5h8p5-12t5h8p5-12t5h8p5-13t5h8p5-12t5h8p5-13t5h8p5-
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guitar two continue = 1 times
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-----------------7-7-----
-8-8-5-5-8-8-5-5-----5-5-
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guitar one continue = 2 times
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-10t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-11t3h6p3-10t3h6p3-11t3h6p3-
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guitar two continue = 2 times
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-----------------6-6-----
-6-6-3-3-6-6-3-3-----3-3-
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guitar one continue = 1 time
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-13t6h9p6-13t6h9p6-13t6h9p6-14t6h9p6-13t6h9p6-14t6h9p6-
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guitar two continue = 1 time
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-----------------8-8-----
-9-9-6-6-9-9-6-6-----6-6-
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. . . . . . . . . . . .
guitar one continue = 1 time
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-11t4h7p4-11t4h7p4-11t4h7p4-12t4h7p4-11t4h7p4-12t4h7p4-||
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guitar two continue = 1 time
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---------------------11-11\---||
-12-12-9-9-12-12-9-9----------||
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. . . . . . . . . .
again RIFF 8 (2:28) = 1 time
again RIFF 5 (2:36) = 4 times
RIFF 6 (2:46) both guitars
|---------3-times----------|----------last-one----------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------666666-||
|-6655--------------888888-|-6655-----------------------||
|-----88557744-------------|-----885577447p444444-------||
|-------------666666-------|----------------------------||
again RIFF 7 (2:53) = 4 times
RIFF 1 (3:06) guitar one = 1 time / ENDING
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|-7-4-4-1-4-1-7-4-4-1-4-1-7-4-4-1-4-1-7-4-4-1-4-1-7-||
|-------------------------------------------------0-||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 1 (3:06) guitar one = 1 time / ENDING
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|-7-----------------------------------------------7-||
|-0-----------------------------------------------0-||
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