/-------------------------------------------------------------------------- / The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used/ / for private use and studying / /-------------------------------------------------------------------------- downloaded from the Catacombs of Displacer's Death Tab Site at http://www.superlink.net/~ferris/deathtab.htm join the death/black tab emailing list by emailing ferris@saturn.superlink.net CANNIBAL CORPSE SENTENCED TO BURN From their '98 album 'Gallery of Suicide' Tabbed by: Jason Mathie Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca Comments: I will only use the necessary strings for each riff, so be careful to make sure you're playing on the right strings. Guitars are tuned in drop-Db. Guitarists are Pat O'Brien and Jack Owen. I'm fairly sure that Riff A is played underneath practically the entire song, but it's so hard to hear... In any case, that would make this an excellent song to play with another guitarist. Tempo: 100 bpm Riff A (Both Gtrs) Db|----------------| Ab|----------------| Db|3210321032103210| P.M................ Play Riff A 2x Riff B (LeftGtr plays Riff A while RightGtr plays this) Db|0--3--6--6--3--0h|3--3--6--0--3--3p| Ab|0--3--6--6--3--0h|3--3--6--0--3--3p| Db|0--3--6--6--3--0h|3--3--6--0--3--3p| Play Riff B 4x, with lyrics on last 2x: Follow the one Evil masked in pride Charisma to lead Speeches laced with hate Leading the dense The bovine human herd Inherently stupid The fools deserve this fate Riff C (LeftGtr plays Riff A while RightGtr plays this) Db|----------------| Ab|----------------| Db|6306306305204030| P.M................ Play Riff C 4x, with lyrics: Warfare begins Cities are ablaze Tortured screams Skin turning black Carbonization They will all burn Mass execution They will all die Play Riff B 4x, with lyrics: Burning the world And all of it's life Throwing all the people In a pit of fire Watching the sheep Gathering to die Followers in life Follow to the grave Follow the one Evil masked in pride Charisma to lead Speeches laced with hate Leading the dense The bovine human herd Inherently stupid The fools deserve this fate Play Riff C 4x with lyrics (as before): Warfare begins Cities are ablaze Tortured screams... Play Riff A 4x with lyrics: Pile the bodies Set them aflame The human race Sentenced to burn Play Riff B 4x, with lyrics on last 2x: Burning flesh Miasma of their death Civilization It is destroyed Pits of corpses Unholy grave of war Hanging victims Guilty of free thought Play Riff C 4x, with lyrics (as before): Warfare begins Cities are ablaze Tortured screams... Play Riff A 6x, flanged on first 2x, with fill last 2x, and lyrics on last 4x: Pile the bodies Set them aflame The human race Sentenced to burn Fill (played 2x by RightGtr) Db|3p2---3p2---3p2---3p2---| Ab|---5p2---5p2---5p2---5p2| Db|------------------------| Riff D1 (played by RightGtr while LeftGtr plays Riff A) Db|--------<7>--<7>|----------------| Ab|---5------------|---5------------| Db|9-----------0---|9--------6"-0"--| P.M . Play Riff D1 2x Riff D2 (played by a 3rd Gtr, with Riff D1 and Riff A) Db|----3---<7>--<7>|---3------------| Ab|5---------------|5--------2"-----| Db|------------0---|------------3"--| P.M . Play Riff D2 2x Riff E1 (Both Gtrs) Db|----------------| Ab|2"----2"--5"--5"| Db|----3"------3"--| Play Riff E1 4x with lyrics: War of fire shred their souls Burn in hell doomsday's toll Riff E2 (RightGtr plays this, LeftGtr plays E1) Db|----------------| Ab|5"----5"--8"--8"| Db|----6"------6"--| Play Riff E2 4x with lyrics: Failed to see the trap they laid Demagogues lead them into the flame Play Riff B 4x while RightGtr solos (3 Gtrs needed again) Play Riff A 4x with lyrics: Pile the bodies Set them aflame The human race Sentenced to burn End on: Db|0----| Ab|0----| Db|0----| E-mail me with any concerns, questions, requests, corrections... Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca