Catatonia (Grind Mix) - Suffocation - Despise The Sun
Rhythm Guitar Transcribed on Bass
Tuning* (Low - High): Db Gb B E
Palm Mute Notation:
pml - Light Pm; pm - Moderate Pm; pmh - Heavy Pm
*A NOTE BEFORE STARTING: It appears that on the album, Guitar 2
(right channel) is tuned slightly higher than Guitar 1 (left channel)
- the difference is between 1/4 to 1/2 step higher.
INTRO DRUM FILL
A Play 6 Times
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------2-----------2-----------6--5--3--|
|-0---3-2-1-1-0---3-2-1-1-0---3-2-1-1-4--3--1--|
pm...... pm...... pm......pmh......
B1
|----------------------------------------|
|-------6---------6---------6------------|
|-5--4--4---5--4--4---5--4--4---5--4--3--|
|-3--2------3--2------3--2------3--2--1--|
pm.... pm.... pm.... pm.......
B2 - Guitar 1 (Left Channel) P.H.
|----------------------------------------|
|-------6---------6---------6--4-----3~--|
|-5--4--4---5--4--4---5--4--4--2---------|
|-3--2------3--2------3--2--------3------|
pm.... pm.... pm.... pm
B2 - Guitar 2 (Right Channel)
|----------------------------------------|
|-------6---------6---------6--4-----5---|
|-5--4--4---5--4--4---5--4--4--2--5--3---|
|-3--2------3--2------3--2--------3------|
pm.... pm.... pm.... pm.
Repeat B1
B3
|---------------------------------------|
|-------6---------6---------------------|
|-5--4--4---5--4--4---5--4--3--2--3--4--|
|-3--2------3--2------3--2--1--0--1--2--|
pm.... pm.... pm................
C1 Play 2 Times
|-------------------------------------|
|----5-----------6-----5--------------|
|----------4-----------------5--4-----|
|-3-----3-----4-----3-----3--------5--|
C2 - Guitar 1 (Left Channel) Play 2 Times
|----4-----------5-----4--------------|
|----------3-----------------4--3-----|
|-2-----2-----3-----2-----2--------4--|
|-------------------------------------|
pml.................................
C2 - Guitar 2 (Right Channel)
|-------------------------------------|
|----5-----------6-----5--------------|
|----------4-----------------5--4-----|
|-3-----3-----4-----3-----3--------5--|
pm..................................
D1 (1) (2 & 3) (4) P.H.
|-------------------|-------------------|----2-----------3~-|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------1--------|
|-3--3--3--4--3--3--|-3--3--3--4--3--2--|-0-----0-----1-----|
|-1--1--1--2--1--1--|-1--1--1--2--1--0--|-------------------|
pmh...................................
D2 (1) (2 & 3) (4)
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------3--|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------1--|
|-3--3--3--4--3--3--|-3--3--3--4--3--2--|-1--4--3-----------|
|-1--1--1--2--1--1--|-1--1--1--2--1--0--|----------5~-------|
pmh................................... pm.......pml
Repeat D1
D3 (1) (2 & 3) (4)
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3--3--3--4--3--3--|-3--3--3--4--3--2--|-------------------|
|-1--1--1--2--1--1--|-1--1--1--2--1--0--|-3--6--5--3--2--1--|
pmh................................... pm................
Repeat C1 & C2
Repeat D1 & D3
E1 (Left Channel Only)
|---------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------9---------------------8--|
|-7--------------10--7--------------10--9--6--|
|----000-000-000-8------000-000-000-8---7-----|
pm.......... pm..........
E2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------10-10-10-10-----------------------------|
|----------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|
|-000-000-000-7------------------------------------------|
pm.............pml.....................................
Repeat E1 + E2 (Right Channel Joins In)
F1
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------9-------------------------8--|
|-7------------------10--7------------------10--9--6--|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8---7-----|
pm.............. pm..............
F2
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------10-10-10-10-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7------------------------------------------|
pm.................pml.....................................
Repeat (F1 + F2) x 3
G1
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------7-7-----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-----5-5-5-5-7-7-6-6-------------|
|-----------------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|
pml.....................................
G2
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-7-7---------------------4-h5--|
|-----5-5-5-5-7-p5--4-h5--------|
pm...........pml...............
Repeat (G1 + G2)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/suffocation/catatonia_tab.html ]
H1
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------7--5--8--7--|
|-4/5-5-5-5-5-4/5-5-5-5-5-4/5-5-5-5-5-5--3--6--5--|
pm..................................pmh.........
H2
|-------------------------------------4-----3-----|
|----------------------------------------5-----4--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4/5-5-5-5-5-4/5-5-5-5-5-4/5-5-5-5-5-------------|
pm.................................. pm pm
Repeat (H1 + H2)
Repeat (G1 + G2) x 2
Repeat A
Fill Guitar 1 (Left Channel)
|----------------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------------------|
|-7---------7h11-7h11-7h10-7h11-7h11-7h11-7h10-|
|----0-0-0-------------------------------------|
pm.....pml................................
Guitar 2 (Right Channel)
|----------------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (Left Channel)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------7h11-7h11-7h10-7h11-7h11-7h10-|
|-0-0-0--------------------------------|
pm.....pml...........................
Guitar 2 (Right Channel)
|--------------------------------------|
|-(9)----------------------------------|
|-(7)----------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------|
I1 (Both Guitars)
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7h11-7h11-7h10-7h11-7h11-7h11-7h10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
pm..........pml................................
I2
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------7h11-7h11-7h10-7h11-7h11-7h10-|
|-0-0-0--------------------------------|
pm.....pml...........................
Repeat (I1 + I2) x 3
J1 (Over Solo)
|-----------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-------------------------4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------4-4-4-4---------|
|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
pml.............................................................
J2
|-----------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------3-3-2-2-0-0-3-3-|
|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
pml.............................................................
Repeat (J1 + J2) x 2
K1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
pml.............................................................
K2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
pml.............................................................
L1 (Solo Ends)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-6--------7--------6--------7--------6--7--6--3--|
|-4--4--4--5--4--4--4--4--4--5--4--4--4--5--4--1--|
pm.... pm.... pm.... pm....pml.........
L2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------3--------2--------3--------------2--3--|
|-0--0--0--1--0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--1--0--------|
pm.... pm.... pm.... pm..........pml...
L3
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4--3--5--5--3--4--4--3--5--5--3--4--5--4--3--|
|-2--2--1--3--3--1--2--2--1--3--3--1--2--3--2--1--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
pml...pm.pml...pm.pml...pm.pml..................
L4
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------3--------2--------3-----2--------------|
|-0--0--0--1--0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0--0--1--2--|
pm.... pm.... pm.... pm. pm....pml...
Repeat L1, L2, L3 & L4
Repeat (J1 + J2) x 2
M Play 3 Times
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-----5-----7-----5-----4-----4-----5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-5--0--3--0--5--0--3--0--2--0--2--0--3--|
pm..........pmh....................................
M' (Outro)
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------9\-\-\----|
|-------------7-----5-----7-----5-----4-----4-----7\-\-\----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-5--0--3--0--5--0--3--0--2--0--2--0------------|
pm..........pmh................................
The End.
Erik
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erik_heino@hotmail.com