Grotesque Impalement Chords & Tabs
Dying Fetus
Grotesque Impalement
Grotesque Impalement
. - palm mute
\ - slide down to
/ - slide up to
h - hammer on
p - pull off
t - tap
ph - pinch harmonic
~ - vibrato
b - bend
r - release bend
tr - trill
* - comment
Tuning: C# F# B E G# C#
Guitar I - John Gallagher (Left channel)
Guitar II - Sparky Voyles (Right channel)
Figure 1 x5
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|-4-----------------4-----------------4----------------------------------|
|-2--------3--------2--------3--------2--------3---------6-6-666-7-7-777-|
|---000000-1-000000---000000-1-000000---000000-1-000000--4-4-444-5-5-555-|
...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... . . ... . . ...
Guitar II plays this on first time
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|-4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------------------------6-6-666-7-7-777-|
|--------------------------------------------------------4-4-444-5-5-555-|
. . ... . . ...
Figure 2A x4
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|------------------------------10---------------------x4--------x4-------|
|-----2---2-----2---2---------8-------2---2-----2--t14p7h10--t15p8h11----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-----000-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
. . . . . . . . ... ... . . .
Guitar II plays this on first time
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|-----------------------------------------------------x4--------x4-------|
|--------------------------------------------------t14p7h10--t15p8h11----|
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Figure 2B x1
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|----x4--------x4-------x4--------x4--------x4--------x4-----|
|-t14p7h10--t13p6h9--t14p7h10--t15p8h11--t14p7h10--t17p10h13-|
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-----x4--------x4--------x4--------x4-------x4--------x4-----|
--t14p7h10--t15p8h111--t14p7h10--t13p6h9--t14p7h10--t15p8h11-|
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-----x4------------------------------------------------------|
--t14p7h10--5------------------------------------------------|
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Figure 3A x2
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|-6---5---3------6---5---2------|
|-4---3---1------4---3---0------|
Figure 3B x1
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|-5---6---5---6---|
|-3---4---3---4---|
Figure 3C x1
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6---5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---5-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-3-|
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--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6---5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Figure 3B x1
Play Figure 3C x1
Play Figure 3B x1
Figure 4A x3
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|---------------------------------4433---|
|-555-5-6---333-3-5-----------3322-------|
|-333-3-4---111-1-3---000-0--------------|
... . ... . ... . ........
Figure 4B x1
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|-555-5-6---333-3-5-|
|-333-3-4---111-1-3-|
... . ... .
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Figure 5A x7
|------------------------------------------|* Guitar II starts
|------------------------------------------| on second time
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|---------------557755-4444444455555555----|
|------55448877----------------------------|
|-0000-------------------------------------|
Figure 5B x1
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|---------------557755-----------------------------------|
|------55448877----------4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---|
|-0000-------------------2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---|
Figure 6A x3
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|-----------------------------------------------4-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5\4---5\4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5\4---5\4---2-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3\2-0-3\2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3\2-0-3\2---------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 6B x1
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|-----------------------------------------------4-3---------------|
|-5\4---5\4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5\4---5\4---2-1---------------|
|-3\2-0-3\2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3\2-0-3\2---------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 7A x5
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|-5\4---2-2---5\4---2-2---5---6---5---2-2---5\4---2-2-|
|-3\2---0-0---3\2---0-0---3-0-4-0-3---0-0---3\2---0-0-|
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--5-4-3-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------|
--3-2-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar II starts and plays this on second time
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|-5-4---------5-4---------5---6---5---------5-4-------|
|-3-2---------3-2---------3---4---3---------3-2-------|
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--5-4-3-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------|
--3-2-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 7B x1
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|-5\4---2-2---5\4---2-2---5---6---5---2-2---5\4---2-2-|
|-3\2---0-0---3\2---0-0---3-0-4-0-3---0-0---3\2---0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . .
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--5-4-3-2---------------------------------------------|
--3-2-1-0---------------------------------------------|
. . .
Play Figure 2A (Look above for amount of times)
Figure 8 x1
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|---|* Let chord ring
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|-2-|
|-0-|
Figure 9A x6
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|-----5---4-----------4-----------|
|-2---3---2---5---4---2---4---3---|
|-0-----------3---2-------2---1---|
. . . . . . . .
Figure 9B x1
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|-----5-5-4-4---------4-4---------|
|-2-2-3-3-2-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-4-4-3-3-|
|-0-0---------3-3-2-2-----2-2-1-1-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 9C x1
|-------------------------------------|* Let last chord ring
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|-----5-5-4-4---------4---------------|
|-2-2-3-3-2-2-5-5-4---2---4---3---2---|
|-0-0---------3-3-2-------2---1---0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Figure 3A x2
Play Figure 3B x2
Play Figure 3C x1
Play Figure 3B x1
Play Figure 4A x3
Play Figure 4B x1
Figure 10A x7
|-----------------------------------|* Guitar 2 starts
|-----------------------------------| on second time
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|---------4-------------------------|
|-2-----2-2-------4---5---4-----6-5-|
|-0-----0-------0-2-0-3-0-2-0---4-3-|
. . . . . . . . .
Figure 10B x1
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|---------4-------------------------|
|-2-----2-2-------4---5---4---------|
|-0-----0-------0-2-0-3-0-2---------|
. . . . . .
DONE!
