'Mentally Blind' by Death - Guitar Tutorial

                                     DEATH - MENTALLY BLIND
                         From the Album INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PATTERNS
                         Copyright 1993 Relativity Records Inc./    
                                        Roadrunner Records B.V.
     
                              Version 1.1 - May 96
                                  
Transcription made by: Richard Broadhead II() 
For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version; 
               please contact Rich Broadhead at 

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

Thanks To Robin van der Harst([email protected]) for the corrections

Tuning (1:D 2:A 3:F 4:C 5:G 6:D)

.  - 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 

Start the song with a pick scrape

Riff A    
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------3~---|-------------------3~---|
|---------------3-2------|---------------3-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----------|
  . . . . . . . . .        . . . . . . . . .

continuation of Riff A               (end of Riff A)
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5----------|-------------5-----------|
|---------------5---8~---|---------------5---8p7---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-----8-|
  . . . . . . . . .        . . . . . . . . .

Play Riff A 2 more times for a total of 3 times

Riff B
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2---------9------------|-------9-----------------|
|-2-----------10-7-10~---|---------10-7-10~--9~----|
|-0---0-0-0--------------|-0-0-0-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
      . . .                . . .

continuation of Riff B                  (end of Riff B)
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2---------9------------|-------9---------------------|
|-2-----------10-7-10~---|---------10-7-109------9----|
|-0---0-0-0--------------|-0-0-0-------------10-8---10-|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
      . . .                . . .

Play Riff B one more time for a total of two times

Riff C                                          (end of Riff C)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8------7------7------8------10------8------10------12-------|
|--555555-555555-666666-666666--777777-777777--888888--888888-|
   ...... ...... ...... ......  ...... ......  ......  ......
                    
Play Riff C 1 more time, then pause

Then play Riff C one fifth up, then play riff C one fifth up, but
on the E stop and vibrato it.                   

Riff D  Play from this bar to the end of the measure twice
|------|------12-------13-15----------12-------13-15----17~--------|
|------|---------12-13-------15~---------12-13-------15------------|
|-9----|-----------------------------------------------------------|  GTR I
|-9----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Hold
|
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----|-9-----------------------9--------------------------10-----| GTR II
|-9----|-9-----------------------9--------------------------10-----|
|-7----|-7-----------------------7--------------------------8------|
|-0----|-0-----------------------0---------------------------------|
  Hold   Hold

GTR I solos, while GTR II plays the following
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9----12-----------|-9----12--------7-|-9----12-----------|-9----12--------7|
|-9----12---7----10-|-9----12---7----7-|-9----12---7----10-|-9----12---7----7|
|-7----10---7----10-|-7----10---7----5-|-7----10---7----10-|-7----10---7----5|
|-0---------5----8--|-0---------5------|-0---------5----8--|-0---------5-----|
          
Play This 2 Times
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------9----------11---------12----------14---|  
|-2-2-2-7----2-2-2-9----2-2-2-10----2-2-2-12---|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0-------0-0-0------|
|----------------------------------------------|
  . . .      . . .      . . .       . . .

Pick slide, then play the following 16 times
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-------7--|
|-0-0-0----|
|----------|
  . . .

Play This Riff two times(GTR I plays top Riff, GTR II plays bottom Riff)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------10-9--7--9~--|
|-------------7------10~-----9~------------7------10~------------------|
|-7777-7-7777---7777----7777---7777-7-7777---7777----7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*....   ....   ....    ....   ....   ....   ....    ....              |
|                                                                      |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------13-12-10-12~-|
|-------------9------12~-----11~------------9-----12~------------------|
|------9-----------------------------9---------------------------------|
|-7777---7777---7777----7777----7777---7777---7777---7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 *....   ....   ....    ....    ....   ....   ....   ....

* - slight palm mute

Play This Riff two times(GTR I plays top Riff, GTR II plays bottom Riff)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------10-9-7-9~----|
|-------------7~-----10~-----9~------------7~-----10~------------------|
|-7777-7~7777---7777----7777---7777-7~7777---7777----7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*....   ....   ....    ....   ....   ....   ....    ....
|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------13-12-10-12~-|
|-------------9~-----12~-----11~------------9~----12~------------------|
|------9~----------------------------9~--------------------------------|
|-7777---7777---7777----7777----7777---7777---7777---7777--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 *....   ....   ....    ....    ....   ....   ....   ....

* - slight palm mute

Pick slide, then play Riff A 3 times
Play Riff B two times
Play Riff C 3 times, Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff D four times

|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------| GTR I
|-2----3-----0-----5-----|-2---------|
|-2----3-----0-----5-----|-2---------|
|-0----1-----------3-----|-0---------|
|             
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------| KEYBOARD & GTR II
|-14---15----12-----17---|-14--------|
|-14---15----12-----17---|-14--------|
|-12---13----10-----15---|-12--------|

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

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