. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
S - Sustained Note G - Gallop
Tunning: Tune Low to High:
6=Df 5=Gf 4=Cf 3=Ff 2=Af 1=Df
Riff#1. Slighty Fast..
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|2---------2---------2---------6-4-3||
|0-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1-4-2-1||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff#2. Heavy! Fill 1. Fill 2.
|-----------------|-----|------|---------||
|-----------------|-----|------|---------||
|-----------------|-----|------|---------||
|----6-----6-----6|-----|6-----|---------||
|5-4-4-5-4-4-5-4-4|5-4-3|4-5---|5-4-3-4-5||
|3-2---3-2---3-2--|3-2-1|--3-4~|3-2-1-2-3||
. . . . . . . . . ph . . . . .
Riff#3.
(Play 2 times) (Play 2 times)
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|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|--5-------6---5--------|--5-------6---5--------||
|------4-5---------5-4--|------4-5---------5-4--||
|3---3-------3---3-----5|3---3-------3---3-----5||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff#4. Fill 1. Fill 2.
|-----------------------------------|------------|------------|-----------||
|-----------------------------------|------------|------------|-----------||
|-----------------------------------|----------ph|------------|-----------||
|-----------------------------------|--5-------4-|------------|-----------||
|-----------------------------------|------4-----|--2-1-----ph|--2-1------||
|1-1-1-2-1-0-1-1-1-2-1-0-1-1-1-2-1-0|3---3---3---|3-----1\2-2-|3-----5-4-3||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat#3,4:this time play only the second fill.
Riff#5A.Fast.. (Real Fast starting here)
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|9-------------9-------------8------------10101010----------------||
|7--G---G------7--G---G------6--G---G-------------7777888810101010||
|--000-000-0-7---000-000-0-6---000-000-0-7------------------------||
... ... . . ... ... . . ... ... . ., , , , ................
Riff#5B. Real Fast..
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|9-------------9-------------8------------10101010----------------||
|7-------------7-------------6--------------------7777888810101010||
|-0000000000007-0000000000006-000000000000------------------------||
............. ............. ............, , , , ................
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/suffocation/catatonia_tab_ver_2.html ]
Riff#6. Real Fast..
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|--------6--------------------------------------------||
|44444444-5555555577776666------------7------------4/5||
|-------------------------555544444444-55555555-5-6---||
........,............................,........ . .
Riff#7. Real Fast.. Fill 1.
|--------------------------|-------|---------||
|--------------------------|-------|---------||
|--------------------------|-------|---------||
|--------2--------2--------|-------|--4---3--||
|00000000000000000000000000|-------|0---0---0||
|--------------------------|5-3-2-5|---------||
........ ........ ........ . . . . . . .
Repeat Riffs#6,1.
Riff#8. Fast.
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------6---6---5---6---6---6---5--------6---6---5---6---6---6----||
|-------x---x---x---x---x---x---x--------x---x---x---x---x---x---7||
|000000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff#9A. Fast/Solo Riff.. (Play 3 times)
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|--------4--------4/5--------55554444--------4-3---3||
|22222222------------33333333--------------------4--||
|---------33333333-------------------22222222-------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
........ ........ ........,,,,,,,,......... . . .
Riff#9B. (Play once only)
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|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|222222222222------------333333333333------------||
|------------333333333333------------222222222222||
|------------------------------------------------||
................................................
Riff#10.
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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------2-----3-----2-----2/3-|
|4-4-4-5-5-5-0-4-4-4-5-5-5-0-4-4-4-5-5-5-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff#10 continued...
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|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|2-2-2-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-3-2-0-3-2-----3-----2-----3-----2/3||
|------------------------------------0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transition Note..
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|6|
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Repeat Riff#8.
Riff#11.Fast...
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|3-0-4-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-0-00000000||
. . . . . . . . . . . . ........
End Chord.
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|9---3-||
|7-/-1-||
|--r---||
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