ACTIVITY
Born Dead
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BORN DEAD
As recorded by Death
(From the 1988 Album LEPROSY)
Transcribed by Tormentor15
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner and Rick Rozz
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Rick Rozz'
Moderately Fast Q=150
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|
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| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
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[3]
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- -------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3--||
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| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
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|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
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|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
[3]
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- --------||
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Faster Q=220
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S
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|-4--------------------------------|---------7--------|
|-2--------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0-----------|
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| Gtr II
| Q H. H Q S S S S
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|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-2-------7--------|
|-4--------------------------------|-0----2--5-5-5-5--|
|-2--------------------------------|------0-----------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------|
||--4-------------------------------|---------7-------|
||o-2-------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
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|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||
Slower Q=210
H H H H
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||o-----------|-----------|
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||o-2----3----|-5----8----|
||--0----1----|-3----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x W
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------|
|-----------------3-3-3-3---------|-----------------3-3-3-3---------o||------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-1-1-1--||------|
T T T T
|-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2-|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
T T T T
|-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-----------3------------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
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|-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
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T T T T
|-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|
|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
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T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-|
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T T T T
|-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5--|
|------------------------------|
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T T T T T T T T
|-----------3------------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-|
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T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|
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A Tempo Q=150
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-2-----------8-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
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||o-2-----------8-------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-2-----------8-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Faster Q=210
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
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||o-2-----------8-------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
Faster Q=220
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-6--------------------------------|-6--------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4--------------------------|-4-4-4-4--------------------------|
|---------2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|---------2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| Q H. Q H.
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|-6--------------------------------|-6--------------------------------|
|-4--------------------------------|-4--------------------------------|
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--------------------------|-3-3-3-3---------------------------|
|---------1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|---------4-4-4-4--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Q H. Q Q H
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|-5---------------------------------|
|-3--------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
[3]
|----------------------------------|---------4------- ---------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------|-6--------------------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-------------------------|-4-4-4-4--------------------------|
||o---------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|---------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-5-------------------------------|-5--------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-------------------------|-3-3-3-3--------------------------||
|---------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|---------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|-4--------------------------------|---------7--------|
|-2--------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0-----------|
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| Gtr II
| Q H. H Q S S S S
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-2-------7--------|
|-4--------------------------------|-0----2--5-5-5-5--|
|-2--------------------------------|------0-----------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------|
||--4-------------------------------|---------7-------|
||o-2-------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||
Slower Q=210
H H H H
||------------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|
||o-2----3----|-5----8----|
||--0----1----|-3----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x W
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------*|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||------*|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------*|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3---------o||------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-1-1-1--||------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n]
- artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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