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/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used /
/ for private use and studying /
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CARCASS EMOTIONAL FLATLINE
From the Album WAKE UP AND SMELL THE CARCASS
Copyright 1996 EARACHE RECORDS
Version 1.0 - SEPTEMBER 1997
Transcribed by: Scott King
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
Tune Down 2.5 steps to B
Intro|-------------------||-------------------||-------------------||--5---3---2--------||--3---1---0---3--2-||--------------1--0-|
Riff 1 Play 2 Times|------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS|------------------------------------------------------------------|1&2|--------3-----3-2--------5-----5-----------3-----3-2--------5-----||------------------------------------------------------------------||--3-333---333------3-333---333---3---1-111---111------1-111---111-| .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
|------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||-5----------3-----3-2-------5-----5-----------3-----3-2-----------||------------------------------------------------------------------||---1--3-333---333-----3-333---333---3---1-111---111-----1-111-----| ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
|--------------||--------------|END|--------------|RIFF|-5H7---5H7\---| 1|--------------||----000-------| ...
Riff 2 Play 1 Time|------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS|------------------------------------------------------------------|1&2|-----------------3-----------------------------------------3---5--||--5---3----------1---3----5------------------5---3---------1---3--||--3---1---0000-------1----3-------/10--10\---3---1---0000---------|
.... .... |------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------3----------------------------||--5----x\--------------5---3---------1---3---5--------------5---3-||--3----x\-----/15\-----3---1---0000------1---3----/10--10\--3---1-|
.... |-------------------------||-------------------------|END|-------------------------|RIFF|--------5---3---2--------| 2|--------3---1---0---3--2-||--0000--------------1--0-| ....
Play Riff 1 2 Times
Play Riff 2 1 Time
Riff 3 Play 2 Times |--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS|-----7----5----2-2-2b3r2-2p0---------8-----7-----5---3-0-2----|1&2|---7-------------------------3-----8---8-----8-------------3--||-5-----55---55-------------------6-------6-----6---6----------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
. . .. .. . . . . . .|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|END|-----7----5----2-2b4r2-0-2p0-----2-3-2-3-5--5-7-5-7-7b9~-7----|RIFF|---7-------------------------3-----------------------------8--| 3|-5-----55---55------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------| . . .. ..
Riff 4 Play 2 Times|----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|GTRS|----------------------------------------------------------|1&2|----------------6-----------------------------------------||--5---2--3---2--4---5-5--5-2--22222222--------0-1-1p0-----||--3---0--1---0------3-3--3-0--00000000--1-0-1---------3-1-| ........
Play Riff 2 1 Time
Play Riff 1 2 Times
Play Riff 2 1 Time
Solo (Incomplete)|--------15-17-18-15H17H18---15---------------------------||-------------------------18----18-16~---(16)\--/13-15-16-|GTR|-9/12~---------------------------------------------------| 1|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------15-17-18-15H17H18---15------------------------||--13H15H16---13---------------------------18----18--18b20--18b20r18-16~||----------15----15-12~-------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------22-22-22-22-18-15--------||-/13-15-16-13h15h16---------------------15------||-------------------15---------------------15----||--------------------------------------------17--||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 3 (with Solo) 2 Times
Play Riff 4 4 Times
Play Riff 2 1 Time
Outro |--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|GTRS|--------------------------------------------------|1&2|--------5---3---2----------5---3---2--------------||--------3---1---0---3--2---3---1---0---3--2-------||--0000--------------1--0---------------1--0-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------/---------------------|GTR|----------------------------------/-----------15-(15)\---| 1|-----------------------------*---/------------15-(15)\---||-7--8--7---/12-10--/14~~--------/-------------13-(13)\---||----------------------------/14\-------------------------|
| || ||---------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------/----------------------|GTR|---------------------------------/------------15-(15)\---| 2|----------------------------*---/-------------15-(15)\---||-----------------/10~~---------/--------------13-(13)\---||-8--6--5---1-0-------------/11\--------------------------|
*Not sure what they are doing here, I think they are sliding
down from the selected notes slowy and depressing the whammy
bar at the same time.