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                          OBITUARY - DYING
                    >From the Album CAUSE OF DEATH
                      Copyright RC Records 1990

                         Version 1.0 May 2001

Transcribed by James Williams (INVERTED)
Email:smann@ainet.com

Notation used:

 " - tremolo note                   p - pull off
 . - palm mute                      h - hammer on
 ~ - vibrato                        \ - slide down
 x - mute all strings (Staccato)    / - slide up
ph - pinched harmonics

Tuning "D"G"C"F"A"D" (one whole step down)

Note: This song has a very crunchy sound. So if I put
      palm mute for a note do it or it will sound f*?#ed
      up. For best sound play through an Overdrive, it
      has a warmer tone and is what Obituary used on most
      of their songs.

Riff 1 - A       (on forth repetition stop here---|)
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-----------3--------------------------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0--1--0-0-0-0--3-2-2-1-3-2-2-1-3-2-2-1-3-2-2-1--|
pm    . . .      . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                                                  ^
Riff 1 - B
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3--4------------------------------------------------|
|--3--1--2-----------3------------------------------------|
|--1--------0-0-0-0--1--0-0-0-0--3-2-2-1-3-2-2-1-3-2-2-1--|
pm          . . .      . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .

Fill 1
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----3--4x-------4--3x--------|
|--3--1--2x----4--2--1x----3x--|
|--1-----------2-----------1x--|

Note: Riffs 2 - A and 2 - B go together but in different
            patterns so listen to song and refer to song structure
      for exact timing and intervals.

Riff 2 - A
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|
pm . . . . .  .  . .   . . . .

Riff 2 - B
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--3--------5-----------------7--|
|--1--------3--------5--------5--|
|--------------------3-----------|
( let ring.......................)

Riff 2 - C
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
pm . . . . . .

The fast part of the song (double time feel)
all strings played open no palm mute.

Riff 3 - A
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|------------3---------------3--4--|
|------------1------------3--1--2--|
|--00000000-----00000000--1--------|

Riff 3 - B
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------3---------------------------------------|
|------------1---------------------------------------|
|--00000000-----33333333-44444444-11111111-22222222--|

Riff 3 - C
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--33333333-44444444-11111111-22222222--|

Riff 3 - D
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--5--------6--------3--------4---------|
|--3--------4--------1--------2---------|

Riff 4 - A                                 Fill 2
|---------------------------------------|  ||--------||
|---------------------------------------|  ||--------||
|---------------------------------------|  ||--------||
|--7---------3-------4-------5----6-----|  ||--------||
|--5------3--1----4--2----5--3----4--6--|  ||--------||
|---------1-------2-------3----------4--|  ||--5///--||

Riff 4 - B (Tremolo pick very fast!)
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--5"-----3"-1"---4"-2"---5"-3"---4"-6"--|
|----------------------------------------|

Fill 3
||--------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------||
||--5x-------6x-------3x-------4x-------||
||--3x-------4x-------1x-------2x-------||

Riff 5 Guitar - 1 ( Half time feel )
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|Gtr 1
|--------------------------3----------------------------|
|--------------------------1-------------------------3--|
|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-1--|
pm . . . . .  . .  . . .    . . . .  . .  . . . . .

Riff 5 - A through 5 - C are played by guitar 2 and double
over "Riff 5 guitar 1" read song stucture for exact pattern.

Riff 5 - A
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|Gtr 2
|--------------------------3----------------------------|
|--------------------------1-1h2p1h3p1---------------3--|
|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--------------0-0--0-0-0-0-1--|
pm . . . . .  . .  . . .               .  . . . .

Riff 5 - B
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr 2
|--------------------------3-----------------------------|
|--1h2p1h3p1---------------1-1h2p1h3p1--------------ph---|
|-------------0-0--0-0-0-0--------------0-0--0-0-0-0-1~--|
pm            .   . . .               .  . . . .

Riff 5 - C
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|Gtr 2
|--------------------------3----------------------------|
|--1h2p1h3p1---------------1-1h2p1h3p1---------------3--|
|-------------0-0--0-0-0-0--------------0-0--0-0-0-0-1--|
pm            .   . . .               .  . . . .

The slow evil part with ghastly sounding vocals.

We're dying for are souls to learn...
We're dying for are souls to burn...
We're dying....

Riff 6 - A
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--5--------4--------2--3--3--------5--------4--------|
|--3--------2--------2--3--1--------3--------2--------|
|--3--------2--------0--1-----------3--------2--------|
(let ring.............................................)

Riff 6 - B
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--5--------4--------2--3----|
|--3--------2--------2--3----|
|--3--------2--------0--1----|
(let ring....................)

Riff 7
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------2--3--3--|
|--5--4--------4--3-----------------2--3--1--|
|--3--2--0--0--2--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--1-----|
pm       .          .  .  .

SONG STUCTURE

Riff (1-A) x 4
Riff (1-B) x 4
Fill ( 1 ) x 1
Riff (2-A) x 8
Riff (2-B) x 1
Riff (2-A) x 2
Riff (2-B) x 1
Riff (2-A) x 2
Riff (2-B) x 1
Riff (2-A) x 2
Riff (2-B) x 1
Riff (2-C) x 12
Riff (2-B) x 2
Riff (3-A) x 1
Riff (3-B) x 1
Riff (3-A) x 1
Riff (3-B) x 1
Riff (3-C) x 4
Riff (3-A) x 1
Riff (3-B) x 1
Riff (3-A) x 1
Riff (3-B) x 1
Riff (3-C) x 2|
Riff (3-D) x 1|--- Gtr 1|
Riff (3-C) x 1|         |--- Both guitars
                        |    play together.
Riff (3-C) x 2|--- Gtr 2|
Riff (3-D) x 2|
Riff (4-A) x 2
Fill ( 2 ) x 1
Riff (4-B) x 2
Fill ( 3 ) x 1
Riff ( 5 ) x 6|--- Gtr 1|
                        |
Riff (5-A) x 1|         |--- Both guitars
Riff (5-B) x 1|         |    play together.
Riff (5-C) x 1|--- Gtr 2|
Riff (5-B) x 1|
Riff (5-C) x 2|
Riff (6-A) x 2
Riff ( 7 ) x 1
Riff (6-B) x 1
Riff ( 7 ) x 1
Riff (6-A) x 1
Riff ( 7 ) x 1
Riff (6-A) x 2
Riff ( 7 ) x 2
Riff (6-A) x 1 End !

Well thats the whole song. Let me know what you think.
For those of you that care, I've tabed Body Bag and
corrossive by Obituary,And Take the Throne by Hypocrisy.
So check them out.