Perverse Suffering Chords & Tabs
Band: Cannibal Corpse
Album: Live Cannibalism
Song: Perverse Suffering
. - 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 channel (Jack Owen)
guitar two = right channel (Pat O’Brien)
Intro (0:06) both
|-DRUMS-|----------------|
|-------|----------------|
|-------|----------------|
|-------|----------------|
|-------|-7----4----3----|
|-------|-5----2----1----|
Riff 1 (0:07) both gtr. = 3 times
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|----------------7----4----3----||
|-0h1h4h3h4p3p0--5----2----1----||
Riff 2 (0:13) both gtr. = 2 times complete
|-------------3-times---------------|----last-time-Riff-1-again----||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------7----4----3----||
|-0h1h4h3h4p3-0-0h3h4p3/6h7p6\3h4p3-|-0h1h4h3h4p3p0—5----2----1----||
Riff 3 (0:28) both gtr.
|--------------3-times---------------|---------------last----------------||
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------1------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------1------------7----4----3----||
|-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--5----2----1----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 3 (0:38) both gtr. = 2 times complete
|--------------1-times---------------|--------------second---------------||
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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|-------1------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------1------------7----4----3----||
|-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--5----2----1----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
break (0:48) both
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|-6--------------|
|-4----5----4----|
|------3----2----|
Riff 4 (0:49) both gtr. = 4 times
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|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0--------------------ph---------3-2-0--------|
|-0-2-3-------5h6p5--5-5-5-1-1-1-3----0-2-3-------5h6p5--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
* = number of repeating
Jack Owen (ending one & three)
--*6-----*6-----*4-----*12-----||
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-16t13---------19t16--18t15-\--||
--------18t15------------------||
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Pat O’Brien (ending one & three)
----*3-------*3------*2------*8----||
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-------------------9h12p9--8h11p8--||
-11h14p11--8h11p8------------------||
Jack Owen (ending two & four)
--*6-----*6-----*4-----*8-----*4-----*3----||
------------------------------------21t18--||
-----------------------------19t16---------||
-16t13---------19t16--18t15----------------||
--------18t15------------------------------||
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Pat O’Brien (ending two & four)
----*3-------*3------*2------*4------*2-------*2-----||
-----------------------------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------10h13p10--||
-----------------------------------9h12p9------------||
-------------------9h12p9--8h11p8--------------------||
-11h14p11--8h11p8------------------------------------||
Riff 5 (1:13) = 4 times
Jack Owen
|--*14----*14----*14---|-ending-one&three--|--ending-two&four--|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-6--5--------------|
|-16t13---------16t13--|-------4--3--------|-4--3--5--4--------|
|--------18t15---------|-5--4--2--1--2--3--|-------3--2--4--3--|
|----------------------|-3--2--------0--1--|-------------2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 5 (1:13) = 4 times
NOTE: Pat taps with his right middle finger and pull off
with his left pinky finger in the same fret
Pat O’Brien
|---*8-------*8-------*8-----|-ending-one/three--|--ending-two&four--|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-6--5--------------|
|----------------------------|-------4--3--------|-4--3--5--4--------|
|-9t6h9p6--6t3h6p3--9t6h9p6--|-5--4--2--1--2--3--|-------3--2--4--3--|
|----------------------------|-3--2--------0--1--|-------------2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
break (1:35) both
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|-7----4----3----|
|-5----2----1----|
Riff 3b (1:36) both gtr. = 2 times complete
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|-------1------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------1------------7----4----3----|
|-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--5----2----1----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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-------1------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------1------------|
-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-3---4-0-3h4p3--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jack Owen (ending one)
--*6-----*6-----*4-----*12-----||
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-16t13---------19t16--18t15-\--||
--------18t15------------------||
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Pat O’Brien (ending one)
----*3-------*3------*2------*8----||
-----------------------------------||
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-------------------9h12p9--8h11p8--||
-11h14p11--8h11p8------------------||
Jack Owen (ending two)
--*6-----*6-----*4-----*8-----*4-----*3----||
------------------------------------21t18--||
-----------------------------19t16---------||
-16t13---------19t16--18t15----------------||
--------18t15------------------------------||
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cannibal_corpse/perverse_suffering_tab_ver_2.html ]
Pat O’Brien (ending two)
----*3-------*3------*2------*4------*2-------*2-----||
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-------------------------------------------10h13p10--||
-----------------------------------9h12p9------------||
-------------------9h12p9--8h11p8--------------------||
-11h14p11--8h11p8------------------------------------||
Riff 5 (1:58) = 2 times
Jack Owen
|--*14----*14----*14---|----ending-one-----|----ending-two-----|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-6--5--------------|
|-16t13---------16t13--|-------4--3--------|-4--3--5--4--------|
|--------18t15---------|-5--4--2--1--2--3--|-------3--2--4--3--|
|----------------------|-3--2--------0--1--|-------------2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 5b (2:08) = 2 times
Jack Owen
|--*14----*14----*14---|----ending-one-----|----ending-two-----|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-6--5--------------|
|-19t16---------19t16--|-------4--3--------|-4--3--5--4--------|
|--------21t18---------|-5--4--2--1--2--3--|-------3--2--4--3--|
|----------------------|-3--2--------0--1--|-------------2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 5 (1:58) = 4 times
Pat O’Brien
|---*8-------*8-------*8-----|-ending-one/three--|--ending-two&four--|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-6--5--------------|
|----------------------------|-------4--3--------|-4--3--5--4--------|
|-9t6h9p6--6t3h6p3--9t6h9p6--|-5--4--2--1--2--3--|-------3--2--4--3--|
|----------------------------|-3--2--------0--1--|-------------2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
break (2:19) both
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|-7----4----3----|
|-5----2----1----|
Riff 6 (2:20) both
|---------first-one----------|------next-three-times--------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------ph---|-------------------------ph---||
|-0-7-0-1-4-3-0-7-0-1-4-3----|-0-7-0-1-4-3-1-0-7-0-1-4-3----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 7 (2:31) both = 4 times
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|---3-5-6\5-----3-5---6\5-----3-5-6\5-----3-5---6-ph--||
|-0-1-3-4\3---0-1-3-0-4\3---0-1-3-4\3---0-1-3-0-4-3---||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 6 (2:47) both
|---------first-one----------|------next-three-times--------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------ph---|-------------------------ph---||
|-0-7-0-1-4-3-0-7-0-1-4-3----|-0-7-0-1-4-3-1-0-7-0-1-4-3----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 7 (2:57) both = 4 times
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|---3-5-6\5-----3-5---6\5-----3-5-6\5-----3-5---6-ph--||
|-0-1-3-4\3---0-1-3-0-4\3---0-1-3-4\3---0-1-3-0-4-3---||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 8 (3:13) = 2 times
Jack Owen
|--------------*4----*3------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|-------------15t12—14t11-\--------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|---3---6\5--------------------3---6\5-----6\5---4---||
|-0-1-0-4\3------------------0-1-0-4\3---0-4\3-0-2---||
. . . . . . . . .
Riff 8 (3:13) = 2 times
Pat O’Brien
|---------------*3------*3------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
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|-------------8t5h8p5—7t4h7p4---------------------------||
|---3---6\5-----------------------3---6\5-----6\5---4---||
|-0-1-0-4\3---------------------0-1-0-4\3---0-4\3-0-2---||
. . . . . . . . .
break (3:20) both
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|---7----4----3----|
|-0-5----2----1----|
.
Riff 4 (3:21) both gtr. = 4 times
|--------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0--------------------ph---------3-2-0--------|
|-0-2-3-------5h6p5--5-5-5-1-1-1-3----0-2-3-------5h6p5--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jack Owen (ending one & three)
--*6-----*6-----*4-----*12-----||
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-16t13---------19t16--18t15-\--||
--------18t15------------------||
-------------------------------||
Pat O’Brien (ending one & three)
----*3-------*3------*2------*8----||
-----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------||
-------------------9h12p9--8h11p8--||
-11h14p11--8h11p8------------------||
Jack Owen (ending two & four)
--*6-----*6-----*4-----*8-----*4-----*3----||
------------------------------------21t18--||
-----------------------------19t16---------||
-16t13---------19t16--18t15----------------||
--------18t15------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------||
Pat O’Brien (ending two & four)
----*3-------*3------*2------*4------*2-------*2-----||
-----------------------------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------10h13p10--||
-----------------------------------9h12p9------------||
-------------------9h12p9--8h11p8--------------------||
-11h14p11--8h11p8------------------------------------||
Riff 5 (3:46) = 4 times
Jack Owen
|--*14----*14----*14---|-ending-one/three--|----ending-two-----|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-6--5--------------|
|-16t13---------16t13--|-------4--3--------|-4--3--5--4--------|
|--------18t15---------|-5--4--2--1--2--3--|-------3--2--4--3--|
|----------------------|-3--2--------0--1--|-------------2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 5 (3:46) = 4 times
Pat O’Brien
|---*8-------*8-------*8-----|-ending-one/three--|----ending-two-----|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-6--5--------------|
|----------------------------|-------4--3--------|-4--3--5--4--------|
|-9t6h9p6--6t3h6p3--9t6h9p6--|-5--4--2--1--2--3--|-------3--2--4--3--|
|----------------------------|-3--2--------0--1--|-------------2--1--|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
both / ending
|-----ending-four-----||
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|-6--5----------------||
|-4--3--5--4----------||
|-------3--2-----ph---||
|-------------0--3----||
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