'Hammer Smashed Face' by Cannibal Corpse - Guitar Tutorial

            From: [email protected] (Andrew Birkett)

Okay, here is 'Hammer Smashed Face' by Cannibal Corpse.  It's a
bit difficult to hear the guitar at some bits (!) so I'm not
claiming that it is perfect.

Please send any corrections to [email protected].

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Hammer Smashed Face
by: Cannibal Corpse
album: Tomb of the Mutilated

Corrected by Vield   26 may 2001
Transcribed by Andrew Birkett 1994
Eddited by Don Schaberg 1997


Riff 1           1a                 Riff 2
|--------------| |----------------| |------------------|
|--------------| |----------------| |------------------|
|--------------| |----------------| |------------------|
|--------------| |----------------| |---------55554444-|
|-2--2--2---6-| |-------------6-| |------------------|
|-0--0--0---6-| |-000-000-000-6-| |-00002223---------|
  .  .  .               

Riff 2a             2b 
|------------------|---|
|------------------|---|
|------------------|---|
|------------------|---|
|------------------|-2-|
|-0000000000000000-|-0-|
                     .

Bass solo           
|-----------------|
|-------3---------|
|-2---2---3---3---|
|---0-------1---0-|


Riff 3              Riff 4             Riff 5
|-----------------| |----------------| |---------------|
|-----------------| |----------------| |--------a.h----|
|-----4-----------| |----------------| |---------3-----|
|-----------------| |----3-----------| |---------------|
|-2-----2-3-------| |-2----2-3-------| |-4-5-4-5-------|
|-----------2-0-1-| |----------2-0-1-| |-2/32/3-----0-|
          . . . .            . . . .                 .

Fill 6
|-------| 
|-------| 
|-------| 
|-------| 
|-5-4-2-| 
|-3-2-0-| 
  . . .

Riff 7
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7----------------------------3--------|
|-7h10p7--6h9p6--8-9--5--8-7-5---3h6p3-2h5p2--4-5--1--5-4-2-|
|----------------6-7-----6-5-3----------------2-3-----3-2-0-|
	         . .     . .                  . .     . . .
	     
Riff 8
|-----------------------------|
|----------------------a.h----|
|-----------------------3-----|
|-----------------------------|
|-2h5p2--1h4p1--4-5-4-5-------|
|---------------2/32/3-----0-|
                            .

Riff 9               Riff 10
|------------------| |----------------------|
|------------------| |----------------------|
|------------------| |----------------------|
|---------55554444-| |----------------------|
|------------------| |------4/5---------4/5-|
|-00002223---------| |-0000-2/3---0000--2/3-|
			    

Riff 11
|--------------------------------|  the first 4 measures are with the 
|--------------------------------|  f#(2) on E and the next four are 
|--------------------------------|  played with the 4343ect. the final
|----------43434343--------------|  four are played with the 2
|-2-2-2----------------------7--|  it's played 12 times total
|-0-0-0-2p3--------------1-1--7-|      
  . . . . .                 . .

Riff 12
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7--------------------------------3-|
|-7777101010107777666699996666-8-9-5---333366663333222255552222-4-5-1-|
|------------------------------6-7------------------------------2-3---|
                               . . .                            . . .

Riff 13
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------------------3-|
|-222255552222111144441111-4-1-|
|--------------------------2---|
                           . .

And here's how to put it all together...

The introduction

Riff 1,  played 3 times then riff 2.
Riff 1a, played 3 times then riff 2.
Riff 1a, played 3 times then riff 2.
Riff 2a, played 3 times then riff 2b.

The bass solo 

The verse

Riff 3, played 4 times
Riff 4, played 4 times
Riff 3, played 4 times

Riff 5, played 8 times

Chorus

Fill 6, once
Riff 7, played twice
Riff 8, played 4 times
Fill 6, once
Riff 7, played twice.

The rest of it

Riff 5, played 8 times

Riff 1, played 3 times
Play this 4 times: Riff 9, played 3 times then Riff 10 once.

Riff 4, 4 times
Riff 3, 4 times

Riff 5, 8 times

Chorus, as above

Riff 5, 8 times

Riff 1, 3 times.

Riff 11, 12 times.

Riff 12, 2 times

Riff 13, 4 times

Riff 12, 2 times

Riff 8, 4 times
Riff 5, 8 times

Riff 1, once

Then an abrupt finish on E5.