Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face Chords & Tabs

 

Hammer Smashed Face Chords & Tabs

Cannibal Corpse Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Bass Tab

Hammer Smashed Face Bass Tab

Band:  Cannibal Corpse
Album: Tomb of the Mutilated
Song:  Hammer Smashed Face
Transcribed By: The Great Southern Trendkill
Email:          fromadyingfetus@aol.com


Riff 1             Riff 1a                  Riff 2
~~~~~~             ~~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~

|----------------| |----------------------| |------------------|
|----------------| |----------------------| |---------555-444--|
|----------------| |----------------------| |------------------|
|-0--0--0---6\---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6\-| |-000-222----------|


Bass Solo           
~~~~~~~~~

|-----------------|
|-------3---------|
|-2---2---3---3---|
|---0-------1---0-|

Riff 3             Riff 4             Riff 5
~~~~~~             ~~~~~~             ~~~~~~

|----4-----------| |----------------| |------------------|
|----------------| |----3-----------| |------------------|
|2-----2-3-------| |-2----2-3-------| |--------1---------|
|----------2-0-1-| |----------2-0-1-| |-2-3-2-----0------|
   

Fill 6
~~~~~~
 
|---------| 
|---------| 
|---------| 
|--3-2-0--| 


Riff 7 - The main chorus bit, and the one that people recognise!
~~~~~~

|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2h5p2--1h4p1-------0--------|------------------------------|
|---------------2-2-----2-1---|--3h6p3-2h5p2-------1---------|
|---------------------------3-|---------------3-3-----3-2-0--|
                                  
             
Riff 8 - the second chorus riff
~~~~~~
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cannibal_corpse/hammer_smashed_face_btab_ver_3.html ]
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--2h5p2--1h4p1---------1-----|
|----------------2h3p2-----0--|

Riff 9                      Riff 10
~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~~

|-------------------------| |-----------------|
|-------------5-5-5-------| |-----------------|
|-------------------4-4-4-| |-----------------|
|-0-0-0-2-2-2-------------| |-0-0--2---0-0--2-|
                            PM--+    PM--+

Riff 11 - The slow grinding one
~~~~~~~
				  
|-------------------------------|  
|----------43434343-------------|  
|-------------------------------|  
|--0-0-0---------------1-1--7\--|  


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.
Then for the last few bars, pick the open E string fast with palm muting.

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.

Then come the two chorus riffs, 7 and 8, but with drastically altered timing.
Listen to the recording, and you should see what I mean.

Riff 8, 4 times
Riff 5, 8 times

Riff 1, 3 times

Then an abrupt finish on E5.