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 DEATH - OPEN CASKET
                         From the Album LEPROSY
                         Copyright 1988 Relativity Records Inc./
                                        Roadrunner Records B.V.

                         Version 1.0 - October 1996

Transcribed by: David Hatfield and Richard Broadhead II
for questions, comments, corrections, or newest version please email Rich at
                                                rich@dsrmusic.com


Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

.  - palm mute                          ph    - pinched harmonic
/  - slide up to                        ah    - artificial harmonic
\  - slide down to                      th    - tap harmonic
~  - vibrato                            hr    - natural harmonic
h  - hammer on                          p     - pull off
() - ghost note, sustained note         *     - see comment

 Riff A
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------4---------------5---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|   . . . . . . .   . . . . . . .   . . . . . . .   . . . . . . .
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                   _______________
 continuation of Riff A                           | 1.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------------------------6---------------|
|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|   . . . . . . .   . . . . . . .   . . . . . . .   . . . . . . .
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------------------------------------|
  __________________
 | 2.
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-ph-----------------|
|-6~-----------------|
|--------------------|
|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-(5)----------------|
|-(3)----------------|

Play Riff A three times

 Riff B
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----777666------------------777666------666-------|
|-444------777666444333333444------777666---555555-|

Play Riff B 4 times

Riff C
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------9-------------8-----|
|-6----7--6------7------9------6-----|
|-4----------7~---------7------------|

Play Riff C a total of 4 times

Riff D
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------8--------------|
|-----66--------66-------------|
|-4444--55555555--444433333333-|
  ....  ........      ........

Play Riff D 6 times

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----777666------------------777666------666-------|
|-444------777666444333333444------777666---555555-|
|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|----------------------------------------8---------|
|----------------6--5--------------------6--7------|
|----------------4--3-----------------------5------|

Play Riff B 5 times

 Riff E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3333333377777777-|
|-1111111111111111111111118888777744444444-----------------|
  ........................................................

Play Riff E a total of two times

  Riff F                                        (end of Riff F)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------66666666---------|
|-44444444777777776666666633333333444444447777777--------55555555-|
  ...............................................................

Play Riff F a total of two times
Play Riff E two times
Play Riff F four times

Riff G
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----8-----7-----8-----5-----6-----5-----6-----|
|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|
    . .   . .   . .   . .   . .   . .   . .   . .

Play Riff G 7 times

 play 2 times       play 2 times              play 4 times
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|---8-7-----8-7---|--------------------------|---8-7-----8-7---|
|-6-6-5-9-6-6-5-4-|----666555------666555----|-6-6-5-9-6-6-5-4-|
|-4-----7-4-----2-|-444------777444------222-|-4-----7-4-----2-|

Play Riff A 3 times
Play Riff B 4 times
Play Riff D 8 times