'Death Certificate' by Carcass - Guitar Tutorial

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                                     CARCASS - DEATH CERTIFICATE
                         From the Album HEARTWORK
                         Copyright 1994 Sony Music Entertainment

                              Version 2.0 - December 96
                                  
Thanks to Brian Fleming and the guy at Cornell whose name I forget (Jon?)
for their corrections, plus Mike for his brilliant additions.

Many Corrections and Additions:Richard Broadhead II() 
For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version; 
          please contact Rich Broadhead at 

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.  - palm mute                          /  - slide up to                       
  - slide down to                      ~  - vibrato                            
h  - hammer on                          b  - bend 
p  - pull off                              Suffixes for bend    
t  - tap with finger                            f - full bend    h - half bend
() - ghost note                                 r - release      t - tap bend
*  - see comment                                p - pick when bent 

Tuning: B(every string down 2.5 steps)

|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2-----------|-1-----------|-5-----------|-4-----------|
|-2-----------|-1-----------|-5-----------|-4-----------|
|-0-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-2-----------|
  w             q             w             q

 Riff A
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------15----------|-------------14----------| 
|-----12-11-12----12-11----|----12-11-12----12-11----|  GTR I
|-14-------------------14-|-13-------------------14-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| straight 8ths...
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|  GTR II
|-2------------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-2------------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-0------------------------|-------------------------|

 continuationf of Riff A
|--------------------------|-------------------------|  
|--------------18----------|-------------17~~~~~~~~--|  
|-----15-14-15----15-14----|----15-14-15-------------| GTR I
|-17-------------------17-|-16----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------| GTR II
|--------------15----------|-------------14~~~~~~~---| (octave down)
|-----13-12-13----13-12----|----13-12-13-------------|
|-15-------------------15-|-14----------------------|
|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------| GTR III
|-5------------------------|-4-----------------------| 
|-5------------------------|-4-----------------------|
|-3------------------------|-2-----------------------|

Riff B (straight 8ths again...)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|
|-7-------7-------|-7---------------|-5-------5-------|-4---------------|

Play Riff B a total of two times

Riff C(faster than before)
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------15----------|-------------14----------| 
||*----12-11-12----12-11----|----12-11-12----12-11----|  GTR I
||*14-------------------14-|-13-------------------14-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
                             ________________________   __________________
 continuation of Riff C     | 1.                       | 2.
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|--------------18----------|-------------17----------||-------------17bh~--|
|-----15-14-15----15-14----|----15-14-15----15-14---*||----15-14-15--------|
|--17-------------------17-|-16-------------------17*||--16----------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|

 Riff D
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------2h3-------------3p2-----|------------2h3------------4/5------|
|-------4---------------4--------3~~-|-------4----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------2/3------|
|-2-222---22------2-222---22---------|-2-222---22------2-222-222----------|
  . ...   ..      . ...   ..           . ...   ..      . ... ...

 continuation of Riff D
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------2h3-------------3p2-----|------------2h3------------------|
|-------4---------------4--------3---|-------4-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------2-2-4-2-54-2-4-|
|-2-222---22------2-222---22---------|-2-222---22------0-0-2-0-32-0-2-|
  . ...   ..      . ...   ..           . ...   ..      . .   .     .

Play Riff D a total of two times

Chorus:
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-7-----7---8---7-|-3-----3---4---3-|-3-----3---4---3-|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-1---1---1---1---|-1-1-1---1---1---|
      .   .   .         .   .   .         .   .   .       . .   .   .
  q   e e e e e e   sim.                                e e e e e e e e

 continuation of Chorus
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-7-----7---8---7-|-2-----2---3---2-|-2-----2---3---2-|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---|-0-0-0---0---0---|
      .   .   .         .   .   .         .   .   .       . .   .   .
  q   e e e e e e   sim.                                e e e e e e e e

continuation of Chorus                                  (end of chorus)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-7-----7---8---7-|-3-----3---4---3-|-3-----3---4---3-|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-1---1---1---1---|-1-1-1---1---1---|
      .   .   .         .   .   .         .   .   .       . .   .   .
  q   e e e e e e   sim.                                e e e e e e e e

Play Riff B twice
Play Riff C
Play Riff D twice
Play Chorus
Play Riff A
Play Riff B(but slower) twice

Play The below twice

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-4-5---5-4-5-|---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-|
|-7-------7-------|-7---------------|-5-------5-------|-4---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4-5-------2-4-5--------2-4-5------------------|
|---2-----------2------------2----------4-5-4---4-5-4-|
|-0-----------3------------2----------5-------3-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------3h5p3-0-----|
|-----------------------------------------------X---|
|-----2-4-5------2-4-5-------2-4-5------------------|
|---2----------2-----------2----------4-------------|
|-0----------3-----------2----------5---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4-5-------2-4-5--------2-4-5------------------|
|---2-----------2------------2----------4-5-4---4-5-4-|
|-0-----------3------------2----------5-------3-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------3h5p3p0-0-----|
|-------------------------------------------------3/5-|
|-----2-4-5------2-4-5-------2-4-5--------------------|
|---2----------2-----------2----------4---------------|
|-0----------3-----------2----------5-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

 Riff E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-3---4-4-4-4-4-----|
| . . . . .   . . . . .     . . . . .   . . . . .
|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|  GTR II
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1-1-1-----|
  . . . . .   . . . . .     . . . . .   . . . . .

Play Riff E a total of two times
  
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------ph------------------------|
|-////slide/pick slide------7b~-----------------------|
|-////------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff E twice again, then slide

Play Riff D
Play Chorus

  guitar 1
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-4-----4---5---4-|-----------------|-2-----2---3---2-|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-4---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0-2-0-3-2-0-2-|
|     .   .   .                           .   .   .         . . . . . . .   
| guitar 2
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-7-----7---8---7-|-----------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-2---2-4-2-5-4-2-4-|
|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|-0---0-2-0-3-2-0-2-|
                        .   .   .                           . . . . . . .

For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version; 
          please contact Rich Broadhead at 

Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It:
               

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