Death - Story To Tell Chords & Tabs

 

Story To Tell Chords & Tabs

Death Chords & Tabs

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Story To Tell Tab

   
        - "Story To Tell" by DEATH - 
           From "Sound Of Perseverance" (1998)
           Music & Lyrics by Chuck Schuldiner

        Tune down to DGCFAD (one step down)

        b bend          r release       
        / slide up      \ slide down
        h hammer-on     p pull-off      
        . palm muting   a.h. artificial (pinched) harmonic

Riff A
 gtr1
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-2----7-7\5-5/9-9--2----7-7\5-5-5-------12-12\9-9/11---
|-2----5-5\3-3/7-7--2----5-5\3-3-3--5----10-10\7-7/9----
|-0--0--------------0--0------------3--3----------------
|    .                 .               .
|gtr2
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-2----7-7\5-5/9-9--2----7-7\5-5-5-------12-12\9-9/11---
|-2----5-5\3-3/7-7--2----5-5\3-3-3--5----10-10\7-7/9----
|-0--0--------------0--0------------3--3----------------
     .                 .               .

 gtr1
|----14-15--12-11---------
|-----------------13-12---
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-7-----------------------
|-5-----------------------
|
|gtr2
|-------------------------
|----12-13--10-9----------
|-----------------10-9----
|-------------------------
|-7-----------------------
|-5-----------------------

1st solo (gtr1) over riff A (gtr2)
-12--12/14-14/15-15\14-14--14/15-15--15-17-17-15-15-19-19---
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

-24br-15h17-17--15-15---14-14---
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------

Riff B
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------------4---------5--------------7-----------5-----
-2----------2---------3---2----------5-----------3-----
-0----0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---
      . . .   . . . .   .      . . .   . . . . .   .

play riff B again
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Riff C
 gtr1
|---------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------8--7-----
|--------------------------------------5-5------7---
|-2-----5\4---7---------2-----5\4---7---------------
|-2-----3\2-5-5---7---5-2-----3\2-5-5---------------
|-0---------3-----5---3-0---------3-----------------
|           .         .           .    . .
|
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------5--4-----
|-2-----5\4---7---------2-----5\4---7-----------5---
|-2-----3\2-5-5---7---5-2-----3\2-5-5--3-3----------
|-0---------3-----5---3-0---------3-----------------
            .         .           .    . .

play riff C again twice for a total of 3 times

Riff D           |1,2,3       |4
-----------------|------------|--------------
-----------------|------------|--------------
-----------------|------------|--------------
-------9---------|-11-----12--|-10-10p9------
-------7---------|-9------10--|---------10---
-000000--0-0-0-0-|----0-0-----|--------------
 ......  . . . .      . .

play riff D again, but 4th time same as the other times

Riff E
-----------------
-----------------
-----------------
-----------------
---7-9---5-7-----
-0-----------8---

play riff E again 3 times for a total of 4 times

Riff F (not sure about this one :)
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---------------------
---------------------
------------7-6------
-5-4---4-4--5-4--4---
-3-2---2-2-------2---
                 .

play riff F again 15 times for a total of 16 times

Riff G
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-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
-----7---------------7---------------------
-5---5---4---2--4-5--5---------------------
-3-------2---0--2-3-----2222222222222222---
                        ................

play riff G again

Riff H
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-4-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-5-5-5---4-4-4---4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5---
-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-0-3-3-3---2-2-2---2-2-0-0-0-0-3-3-3---
-------------------------------------------------------

play riff H again 3 times for a total of 4 times

Riff I
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----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------
-2--2-2-2--------2--2-2-2---
-0--0-0-0--------0--0-0-0---
    . .             . .          

Riff J
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-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----3----4---------3----4---
-----1----2---------1----2---
-0-0----0-------0-0----0-----
 . .    .       . .    .

Riff K
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-----------------3-2---2-------
-2--2-2-2--0-2-3-----3---3-2---
-0--0-0-0----------------------
 .  . . .

Riff L
-----------------------------------3-2-----------
-----------------------------2-1-------3-2-------
-----------------------3-2-------3---------3-2---
-----------------3-2-------3---------------------
-2--2-2-2--0-2-3-----3---------------------------
-0--0-0-0----------------------------------------
 .  . . .

play riff J

Riff M
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-----------------------
-------------3-3-4-4---
-2---4-------1-1-2-2---
-2---2---6-------------
-0-------4-------------

play riff M again 3 times for a total of 4 times
play riff I
play riff J
play everything from riff B to riff F

 - Transcription : Jerome Lachenal -

A "story to tell" : DEATH rules !

Questions, comments -> jerome.lachenal@epfl.ch