Band: Cannibal Corpse
Album: Gore Obsessed
Song: Grotesque
- - 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
Attention:
Both guitars are palying against each other most of time
So listen very carefully...
Left side =guitar one
Right side=guitar two
guitar one
|-riff-A1------------------3-times------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--------7--10--6--8--11------7-----10----------7-----10------|
|----8--7-------------------0-0----0-----7\5--0-0----0-----7\5--|
. . . . . . . . . .
guitar two
|-riff-A2------------------3-times---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-555555444444777777888888-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5p3335p3335p3335p3335p3335p3335p3335p333-|
guitar one
|-riff-B1--------------2-times--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------8/9-9-9--------/11------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12-10----|
|-9-7---9-7---7-5---6/7-7-7--5--4--/9----9-7---------12-|
|-----7-----7-----0----------6--5------------7----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
------fast-------------------fast------|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
-81080001012100-------10-8---81080-9---|
----------------9-7--------9-------7---|
--------------------7------------------|
. . . . . .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cannibal_corpse/grotesque_tab.html ]
guitar two
|-riff-B2--------------2-times----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-11-------------5----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-9--------1/3-3-3--------5-3---5-3----------555555-|
|------0------------2--0------2-----2--222222-------|
. . . . . .
----fast----------------fast-------|
-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|
-4640006860-------------4640-------|
-----------5------333333-----7-5---|
------------222222---------------0-|
. . .
guitar one
|-riff-C1-------------------2-times------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------10---10-------10----------------7777101010101313131310101010-|
|-6-0-6-0----0----0-9-0----0-10-9-7---9999-----------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . .
--------------------------------------------------|--------|
--------------------------------------------------|--------|
--------------------------------------------------|--------|
--------------------------------------------------|4-times-|
-7777-----------------10---10-------10------------|--------|
-----99997777-6-0-6-0----0----0-9-0----0-10-9-7---|66666666|
. . . . . . . . . . .
guitar two
|-riff-C2-------------------2-times--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------111111-------------------|
|-------777777-------------------101010777------777----------------|
|-333333------6666\3--6-5-3---666------------------6h7p65h6p54h5p4-|
. . .
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------777777------------------------------------------------|
-333333------6666\3--6-5-3---6-5-3---6-5-3---6-5-3---6-5-3---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
riff B = 2 times
riff C = 2 times
both guitars
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-6-5-3---6-5-3---6-5-3---6-5-3---|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
both guitars
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
guitar one
|-riff-D-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3-/-6---------------3-/-6---------6-/-3---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------1-/-4--8-755--------1-/-4--8-755--4-/-1---------|
|-3-200---------------3-200-----------------------3-200--|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-3-/-6---------------3-/-6---------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------8-\-5-\-3-\-2--8-\-5-\-3-\-2--|
-1-/-4--8-755--------1-/-4--8-755--------------------------------|
--------------3-200----------------6-\-3-\-1-\-0--6-\-3-\-1-\-0--|
. ... . ... . ...
guitar two
|-riff-D-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------5-/-8---------------5-/-8---------8-/-5---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-200--3-/-6--9-866-3-200--3-/-6--9-866--6-/-3--3-200--|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . ...
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-/-8---------------5-/-8---------8-\-5-\-3-\-2--8-\-5-\-3-\-2--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-/-6--9-866-3-200--3-/-6--9-866--6-\-3-\-1-\-0--6-\-3-\-1-\-0--|
. ... . ... . ...
|guitar one|guitar-two|-------both guitars-------|
|----------|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|----ph----|--------------------------|
|----------|----------|--------------------------|
|----4-----|----4-----|--------------------------|
|-------0--|----------|-663333111100663333111100-|
.
|guitar one|guitar-two|---------both guitars---------|
|----------|----------|------------------------------|
|----------|----ph----|------------------------------|
|----------|----------|-8-\-5-\-3-\-2--8-\-5-\-3-\-2-|
|----4-----|----4-----|------------------------------|
|-------0--|----------|-6-\-3-\-1-\-0--6-\-3-\-1-\-0-|
.
|guitar one|guitar-two|-------both guitars-------|
|----------|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|----ph----|--------------------------|
|----------|----------|--------------------------|
|----4-----|----4-----|--------------------------|
|-------0--|----------|-663333111100663333111100-|
.
guitar one
|-riff-E-------------------2-times-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3/5--5-5-5----------------------------3/5--5-5-5---|
|-----------4466—-4/6--6-6-6---------------3/4--4-4-4---4/6--6-6-6---|
|-55555---33------5/7--7-7-7---55555---33—-4/5--5-5-5---5/7--7-7-7---|
|------222--------------------------222----5/6--6-6-6----------------|
. . . . . . . . .
guitar two
|-riff-E-------------------2-times-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------55--3/5--5-5-5----------------------------3/5--5-5-5---|
|-----------88--—-4/6--6-6-6---------------3/4--4-4-4---4/6--6-6-6---|
|-55555---77------5/7--7-7-7---55555---77—-4/5--5-5-5---5/7--7-7-7---|
|------666--------------------------666----5/6--6-6-6----------------|
. . . . . . . . .
both guitars
|-riff-F-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3/5--5-5-5---3/5--5-5-5--------------3/5-5-5/7-7-7\5-5-|
|-4/6--6-6-6---4/6--6-6-6--------------4/6-6-6/8-8-8\6-6-|
|-5/7--7-7-7---5/7--7-7-7--------------5/7-7-7/9-9-9\7-7-|
|---------------------------0—5h8p5p0--------------------|
guitar one
-riff-G--------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
-444444444444------------222222-------5-3---6-4---6-4---5-3----|
-------------333333111111------333333-----3-----4-----4-----3--|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
guitar two
-riff-G---------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
-555555555555------------333333-------7-5---7-5---7-5---10-8----|
-------------444444222222------444444-----4-----4-----4------0--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
riff F = 1 time
riff G = 1 time
under solo / riff F = 4 times
guitar one (above bass part)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-2------5------8------11------|
|-2----------------------------|
|-0------3------6------9-------|
guitar two (above bass part)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-11-----8------11-----14------|
|----------------------14------|
|-9------6------9------12------|
guitar one
|-riff-H------4-times--------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------|
|-11------777777777777-------------|
|-12------------------666666444000-|
guitar two
|-riff-H------2-times--------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------|
|-11------777777777777-------------|
|-12------------------666666444000-|
guitar two
|-riff-H--------------2-last-times-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|
|-11------1111111111111111111111111111-------------------|
|-12----------------------------------101010101010888888-|
riff B = 2 times
both guitars
|------------4-times--------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
guitar one
|----------------4-times-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-555555555---/---111111111111111111---\---|
|------------------------------------------|
|-333333333---/---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----\---|
guitar two
|------------4-times--------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---3-2-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
both guitars ending on:
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-2---|
|-2---|
|-0---|