/-------------------------------------------------------------------------- / The following is the author's own interpertation of the song, to be used/ / for private use and studying / /-------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH - PHILOSOPHER From the Album INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PATTERNS Copyright 1993 Relativity Records Inc./ Roadrunner Records B.V. Version 1.0a - May 96 Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II(Displacer) For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version; please contact Rich Broadhead at ferris@saturn.superlink.net Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It: http://mars.superlink.net/~ferris/deathtab.htm . - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic / - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic \ - slide down to th - tap harmonic ~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic h - hammer on b - bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend % - repeat measure r - release t - tap bend X - percussion mute p - pick when bent > - accented note Prefixes () - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar * - see comment d - don't pick start of bend Tuning goes D, G, C, F, A, D INTRO p h h t p p p h h t p p p h h t p p p h h t p p |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |-0-5-8-12-8-5-0-5-8-12-8-5-|-0-7-10-15-10-7-0-7-10-13-10-7-| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| GTR I |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| | | |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| GTR II |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |-7-------------------------|-12----------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| INTRO Continued p h h t p p p h h t p p p h h t p p p h h t p p |---------------------------|---------------------------| |-0-5-8-12-8-5-0-5-8-12-8-5-|-0-4-7-12-7-4-0-4-7-10-7-4-| |---------------------------|---------------------------| GTR I |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| | | |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| GTR II |---------------------------|---------------------------| |-10------------------------|-6-------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| Play Intro twice *here's an added bonus: If you tune your guitar to Drop D, this is how you * *would play this beginning, of course guitar II would just be down one step* |----5-----5---|----------------------------|----5-----5---|----5-----------| |---6-6---6-6--|-------13-------------------|---6-6---6-6--|---5-5---5-8p5--| |--7---7-7---7-|-----12--12------12-15p12---|--7---7-7---7-|--6---6-6-----6-| |-7-----7------|---14------14--14--------14-|-7-----7------|-7-----7--------| |--------------|-12----------12-------------|--------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------------------|--------------|----------------| Riff A (end of Riff A) |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |-4-------------------------|-4------------------------| |-4--2--4--3--3333--3333333-|-4--2--4--3--3333-3333333-| |-2--2--4--3--3333--3333333-|-2--2--4--3--3333-3333333-| |----0--2--1--1111--1111111-|----0--2--1--1111-1111111-| ... ...... ... ...... Play Riff A a total of four times Riff B (end of Riff B) |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|------------------| |---------------8h9-11~-|-------9~-9p8-4-6-| GTR II |-2------7~-----6h7-9~--|-2-----7~-7p6-2-4-| GTR I |-0--000----000---------|-0-000------------| GTR I & GTR II ... ... ... Riff C (end of Riff C) |----------------------|-----------------| |----------------------|-----------------| |----------------------|-----------------| |-------ph-------------|-------ph--------| |-6-----7~--6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----4~--2h5-5-| |-4-447-----4-4-4--4-4-|-4-447-----0h3-3-| ... . . . . . ... Play Riff C a total of two times Riff D (end of Riff D) |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-----11--8-9-8-----|-----11--8-9-8--------| |-2---9---6-7-6---9-|-2---9---6-7-6---9-10-| |-0---------------7-|-0---------------7-8--| Play Riff C twice Riff E |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------7-----------7-----|---------------------------| |-------------------------|-------10-----------10-----| |-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----8-8-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . continuation of Riff E (end of Riff E) |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------7-----------7-----| |-------5-----------5-----|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-| |-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|-------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play Riff E again, While the solo starts Riff F |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------5-----------7~~---|--------------------------| |-------------------------|-------8-----------10~~---| |-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-------|-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8--------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . continuation of Riff F (end of Riff F) |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------7-----------7-----| |-------5-----------5-----|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-| |-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|-------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play Riff F again but exchange the last measure for |-------------------------| |-----------------------3-| |-----------------------2-| |-------7-----------5\4-0-| |-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-------| |-------------------------| . . . . . . . . Solo(all highers notes are guitar I, lower note are guitar two) |--------------|----------------------------------------| |-10--12-12-12-|-10/12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13/15-15-15-15-| |-7---9--9--9--|-7-/9--9--9--9-/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12-| |--------------|----------------------------------------| |--------------|----------------------------------------| |--------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------17----------------|-----------------------------------| |----------15-17-18----18p17-15-13-12-|----12-13-15-13-12-----------------| |-14-16-17----------------------------|-14----------------14-10-9---------| |-------------------------------------|---------------------------12-9h10-| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| really fast---------------\ |---------------------------|13--13---------------| |---------------------------|--15--15p13p12-12~~~~| |-------------------14h16h17|10--10---------------| |-12-10-9~~~~~--------------|--12--12p10p9--9~~~~~| |-------------------12h14h15|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------------------17h19---19p17---17h19-| |-17h18h20-17h18h20-17h18h20-17h18h20-17h18h20-20-----h20-----h20------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-h20p17h19---17h19p17---17h20-19p15---17h19p17---17h19h20-|-20bf--------| |----------h20--------h17-----------h20--------h20---------|-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------| starts with Riff G |-20bf~~~~-------20-19-17h19p17-15--|--15bf-15bf-15~-17--15p12-| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------15-----------| |-16p13----13-12~~~~-| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| Riff G (end of Riff G) |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| GTR I |---4-5-----3-----6-----4-5\4---| |-2-------3-----6-----2-------5-| |-------1-----4-----0-----------| | |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| GTR II |-5-----------------------------| |-2-----3-----6-----2-----------| |-------1-----4-----0-----------| Play Riff G a total of Five times |-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------| GTR I |---4-5-----3-|-------------| |-2-------3---|-6-6\5-------| |-------1-----|-4-----------| | |-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------| GTR II |-5-----------|-------------| |-2-----3-----|-6-----------| |-------1-----|-4-----------| Play Riff A four times Play Riff B, then Riff C twice, then Riff D, then Riff C twice Riff H |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------| |-7--8--------|-7--8---------| |-5--6--------|-5--6---------| BASS SOLO over Riff H Riff I |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------| |-2--3--------|-2--3---------| |-0--1--------|-0--1---------| with Riff I |-------|----------------------------------------------------------------- |*12bh~-|-12p10----------------------------------------------------------- |-------|------12p11h12p11p9h12p11p9h11p9h11h12p11p9---------------------- |-------|-------------------------------------------h10-9-10h13p10h13h14-- |-------|----------------------------------------------------------------- |-------|----------------------------------------------------------------- *this note starts just before Riff I continuation of above measure ------------------------|----------20--17h19------------------17--17-19------| ----17------------------|-17-----19--19-----19bhr--19~~~--19----19-----20p19-| --16--14bfr-12\11/14/16-|---16/17----------------17--------------------------| ------------------------|----------------------------------------------------| ------------------------|----------------------------------------------------| ------------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |------| |------| |-17---| |---19-| |------| |------| Riff H with a bass solo, then Riff I with the following solo |-12--12/15-15~-12--12/14-14~-12--12\11-----|-13p12h14h16p14p13-------| |---12------------12------------12------13~-|-------------------15-17-| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------| continuation of above measure |-17h19h21p19p17h19p17---------------------------16h17h19p17p15--------------| |---------------------h20p17p16h17p16h17h19h20h17--------------h17h19p16-----| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------17-16| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| continuation of above measure |----------------| |----------------| |----16----------| |-19---17-16~~~~-| |----------------| |----------------| Riff H with bass solo Riff H(second measure) |-10---------|just play that same thing over and over, listen for rhythm on |-13bfr------|tape |------------| |------------| |------------| |------------| If Anybody can figure out the rest of the solos let me now, I can't get my radio loud enough For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version; please contact Rich Broadhead at ferris@saturn.superlink.net Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It: http://mars.superlink.net/~ferris/deathtab.htm