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Song: To Be Dead
Artist: Deicide
Album: Once Upon the Cross (1995)
Tabbed by Chris Rezendes ([email protected])
Tuning: Half step down
Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
: slide down
Comments: This song is cool. I usually overlook this song because the other songs on the album are so cool, but I've been really listening to it lately, and it's riffery structure is really cool. Anyway, the tab came out awesome IMO, and if you spot a mistake, don't be afraid to point it out to me, because I'm not going to bite you. Well, not unless you look like Evander Holyfield. Wait, that's Mike Tyson. Okay, yeah, that's right, I'm not going to bite you. Later, Hipsters and Peacemuffins.
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Open with this-
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|--10/--|
Riff 1 x8
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------111---------222-333-----111----------|
E|--000-222-----000-111---------222-----222-333--|
Riff 2 x8
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|------3h4-2h3-----2---1h2--|
E|--3-4---------1-2---1------|
Riff 2B x4
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------0h1--|
D|-------------------------------|
A|------3h4-2h3-----2---1h2------|
E|--3-4---------1-2---1----------|
Repeat Riff 2 x8
Repeat Riff 2B x4
Riff 3 x6
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------3---------3---------7---------8------|
A|--2-----3---2-----3---3-4---6-----6---7-----7--|
E|----1-2-------1-2---------5-----5---6-----6----|
Riff 3 (the way I tabbed it out above is exactly how it's played, but it's kind of confusing, so I'll break it down for you here)
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|----------3--|----------3--|----------7--|----------8------|
A|--2-----3----|--2-----3----|--3-4---6----|----6---7-----6--|
E|----1-2------|----1-2------|------5------|--5---6-----5----|
Repeat Riff 1 x8
Repeat Riff 2 x8
Repeat Riff 2B x4