Band: Dismember
Song: Skinfather
Album: Indecent & Obscene (1993)
Label: Nuclear Blast
b = bend p = pull off
h = half h = hammer on
f = full q = quarter
r = release t = tap
/ = slide up \ = slide down
ah = atificial harmonic ~ = vibrato
tr = trill
Tuning C F Bb Eb G C
Riff 1: (0:00 - 0:17)
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|-----77--66665588------7777--------------------|
|-5555--88---------5555------888877775577887777-|
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Riff 2:
(0:18 - 0:34)
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|-2-5----8-7-8---5-7--------5-----7---|
|-0-3----6-5-6---5-5--5-5-6---6-5---6-|
. . .
Drum fill (0:34-0:36)
Riff 3:
(0:37 - 0:53)
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|-0000006666777700000066667777------------------------------------|
|------------------------------000033111144441111-00003311114444--|
Riff 4:
(0:54 - 1:01)
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------9999------------------------------------------------|
|---------777710101010----10101010999999---------------------555588888888-|
|-----7777-----------------------------------88887777----6666-------------|
|-0000-----------------------------------0000--------8888-----------------|
Riff 5:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dismember/skinfather_tab_ver_2.html ]
(1:01 - 1:16)
[x2] [x2]
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|-7--7-7-7--7-666666667777-----|-2--2-2-2---------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5--5-------------0000-|-0--0-0-0-333311111111444433331111--|
Fill
(1:17)
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|------|
|------|
|------|
|-3--3-|
|-1--1-|
Riff 6:
(1:18 - 1:34)
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|-7--5--8-7-5-7-8-----7--5h7-8-7-5-7-8-|
|-5--5--6-5-3-5-6--5-------------------|
|-5-----6-5-3-5-6----------------------|
Riff 7:
(1:35 - 2:24)
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|-2-|-5-7-8-2---5-7-8-2---5-7-8-2---5-7-8--7-8--|
|-0-|-3-5-6-0---3-5-6-0---3-5-6-0---3-5-6--5-6--|
Riff 8:
Solo backing riff
(2:25 - 2:45)
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|-----------------------------------------------0000--------2222-|
|-------------111100001111111144441"------001111----111100-------|
|-000033332222--------------------------33----------------33-----|
Riff 9:
(2:45 - 2:57)
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|-------------------------5--8-7-|
|-0000000000000000000000--3--6-5-|
Riff 10:
(2:57 - 3:03)
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|-------------------------9-----11-|
|-------------------------7---9-9--|
|-0000000000000000000000--7---7-9--|
Riff 11:
Backing for 2nd & 3rd solos
(3:09 - 3:34)
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|---------33---------------------------------|
|-00000033--44331133333311334444444411114444-|
Repeat Riff 6 (3:34 - 3:50)