Cannibal Corpse — Hammer Smashed Face Tab
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From: abx@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Andrew Birkett)
Okay, here is 'Hammer Smashed Face' by Cannibal Corpse. It's a
bit difficult to hear the guitar at some bits (!) so I'm not
claiming that it is perfect.
Please send any corrections to abx@dcs.ed.ac.uk.
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Hammer Smashed Face — Cannibal Corpse
Transcribed by Andrew Birkett 1994
Riff 1 Riff 1a Riff 2
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I————————————————I I——————————————————————I I————————————————I
I————————————————I I——————————————————————I I————————————————I
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I————————————————I I——————————————————————I I—————————5—5—4——I
I—2——2——2———6———I I———————————————————6—I I————————————————I
I—0——0——0———6———I I—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—6—I I—0—0—2—2————————I
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Bass solo
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I———————3—————————I
I—2———2———3———3———I
I———0———————1———0—I
Riff 3 Riff 4 Riff 5
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I————4———————————I I————————————————I I——————————————————I
I————————————————I I————3———————————I I——————(p.h)———————I
I2—————2—3———————I I—2————2—3———————I I————————1—————————I
I——————————2—0—1—I I——————————2—0—1—I I—2—3—2—————0——————I
PM———————+ PM———————+
Fill 6
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I—————————I
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I——————2——I
I——3—2—0——I
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Riff 7 — The main chorus bit, and the one that people recognise!
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I—2h5p2——1h4p1——4—4——0————————I————————————————————3—————————I
I———————————————2—2—————2—1———I——3h6p3—2h5p2——5—5——1—————————I
I———————————————————————————3—I———————————————3—3—————3—2—0——I
PM——+ PM——+
Riff 8 — the second chorus riff
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I—————————————————————(p.h)———I
I——2h5p2——1h4p1—————————1—————I
I————————————————2h3p2—————0——I
Riff 9 Riff 10
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I—————————————5—5—5———————I I—————————————————I
I———————————————————4—4—4—I I—2—2——4———2—2——4—I
I—0—0—0—2—2—2—————————————I I—0—0——2———0—0——2—I
PM——+ PM——+
Riff 11 — The slow grinding one
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I———————————————————————————————I On the original, the two guitars do
I———————————————————————————————I a trill as indicated by the 4343434.
I———————————————————————————————I But, if you just play the 2 on the
I——————————43434343—————————————I bottom string and give it a lot of
I——2—2—2————————————————————7——I vibrato is sounds kinda similar and
I——0—0—0———2~~~~~~~————1—1——7——I is a lot easier to do.
PM———+ PM—+
And here's how to put it all together...
The introduction
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Riff 1, played 3 times then riff 2.
Riff 1a, played 3 times then riff 2.
Riff 1a, played 3 times then riff 2.
Then for the last few bars, pick the open E string fast with palm muting.
The bass solo
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The verse
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Riff 3, played 4 times
Riff 4, played 4 times
Riff 3, played 4 times
Riff 5, played 8 times
Chorus
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Fill 6, once
Riff 7, played twice
Riff 8, played 4 times
Fill 6, once
Riff 7, played twice.
The rest of it
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Riff 5, played 8 times
Riff 1, played 3 times
Play this 4 times: Riff 9, played 3 times then Riff 10 once.
Riff 4, 4 times
Riff 3, 4 times
Riff 5, 8 times
Chorus, as above
Riff 5, 8 times
Riff 1, 3 times.
Riff 11, 12 times.
Then come the two chorus riffs, 7 and 8, but with drastically altered timing.
Listen to the recording, and you should see what I mean.
Riff 8, 4 times
Riff 5, 8 times
Riff 1, 3 times
Then an abrupt finish on E5.
Enjoy!
Andrew
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