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EMPTY WORDS

As recorded by Death

(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)

Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner

Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted) and David Williams (Warlock)

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'

Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Bobby Koelble'

Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner (Clean)'

Intro

Melotic Metal Q=100

4/4

Gtr III

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||

||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||

||------9-----9---9-|----12------(12)-|-----9-----9---7-|---10---9----(9)---||

||----7-----7-------|-----------------|---7-----7-------|-------------------||

||o-0-----8-----7---|-10--------------|-0-----8-----5---|-8----7-----------o||

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||

Verse

Moderate Metal Q=121

C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5

Gtr I

PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~

|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|

|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------|

|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|

| Gtr II

| PM PM| ~

|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------|

|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------|

|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|

C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5

PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~~

|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6--8----|

|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|---------------|

|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------|

| PM PM| ~~

|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-11----|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|

|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|---------------|

|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|---------------|

|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------|

C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5

PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~

|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|

|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------|

|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|

| PM PM| ~

|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------|

|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------|

|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|

Pre Chorus

Q=124

A5 E5 A5 F5 C#5 G#5

PM---------| ~

||-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------||

||o----------|----------|---------------10-9h10p9-|----13-12-10-9--------o||

||-----------|----------|--------10-9-7-----------|-10------------10-9----||

||--7--------|-2--------|-10-9-7------------------|-----------------------||

||o-7--------|-2--------|-------------------------|----------------------o||

||--5--------|-0--------|-------------------------|-----------------------||

||-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------||

||o----------|----------|-------------------------|----------------------o||

||-----------|----------|-------------------------|--6--------------------||

||--7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--6----------6---------||

||o-7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--4----------6--------o||

||--5--------|-0--------|--5--------1-------------|-------------4---------||

A5 E5

|----------|------|

|-7--------|-2----|

|-5--------|-0----|

|----------|------|

|-7--------|-2----|

|-5--------|-0----|

A5 F5

T T T T

|-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|--7-----------------------3----------------------|

|--5-----------------------1----------------------|

C#5 G#5

T T

|-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-20b22===(20)r==|

|----------------------------------------|

|--6-------------------------------------|

|--6-----------------------6-------------|

|--4-----------------------6-------------|

|--------------------------4-------------|

A5 E5

~~~~~~~

|-20-20-20-20s19-19-19s17-13-13s12-12-|-12s10-10-10s12-12-12-(12)--(12)-|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--7----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|

|--5----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|

A5 F5 C#5 G#

|-----------|-----------|

|-----------|-6---------|

|-7----3----|-6---------|

|-7----3----|-4---------|

|-5----1----|------4----|

|-----------|-----------|

|-----------|-6---------|

|-7----3----|-6----6----|

|-7----3----|-4----6----|

|-5----1----|------4----|

Q=116

Gtrs I, II

PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|

||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||

||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||

||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||

||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||

||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||

||-----------------------------|

||o----------------------------|

||-----------------------------|

||------------------3----------|

||o-----------------3----------|

||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|

1. 2.

G5 G#5 G5

~~~

|------------------------||-------------------------|

|-----------------------o||-------------------------|

|------------------------||-------------------------|

|---------5----------6---||---------5---------------|

[6]

|---------5----------6--o||---------5---------- --|

|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|

PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|

||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||

||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||

||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||

||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||

||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||

||-----------------------------|

||o----------------------------|

||-----------------------------|

||------------------3----------|

||o-----------------3----------|

||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|

1. 2.

G5 G#5 G5

~~~

|------------------------||-------------------------|

|-----------------------o||-------------------------|

|------------------------||-------------------------|

|---------5----------6---||---------5---------------|

[6]

|---------5----------6--o||---------5---------- --|

|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|

Q=112

E5 F5 D5 G5 E5F5

3/4 5/8

Gtr I

|-----------|----------|

| Gtr II

|-----------|----------|

|-9--10--7--|-12--9-10-|

|-7---8--5--|-10--7--8-|

|-----------|----------|

E5 F5 D5 G5 E5 F5

3/4 5/8

PM----------------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|

|---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|

|-9-------10-------7-------|-12-------9-----10-----|

|-7--------8-------5-------|-10-------7------8-----|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|

E5 F5 D5

3/4

Gtr I

T T T

||--12p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-13p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-10p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-|

||o----------------------------------------------------|

||-----------------------------------------------------|

||o----------------------------------------------------|

||-----------------------------------------------------|

| Gtr II

||-----------------------------------------------------|

||o----------------------------------------------------|

||-----------------------------------------------------|

||---9---------------10----------------7---------------|

||o--7----------------8----------------5---------------|

||-----------------------------------------------------|

G5 E5 F5

5/8

T T T

|-15p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-12p7p4h7p4h7-13p7p4h7p4h7---||

|---------------------------------------------o||

|----------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------o||

|----------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------o||

|----------------------------------------------||

|-12----------------9-----------10-------------||

|-10----------------7------------8------------o||

|----------------------------------------------||

Chorus

Fast Metal Q=160

To Coda

E5 C/E

4/4

Gtrs I, II

PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~

||------------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------||

||o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o||

||------------------------|---------------|-------7-----|-------------||

||---9--------------------|-10------------|-5-------5---|-7-----9-----||

||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o||

||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------|-------------||

Solo - Schuldiner

Gtr I

~ ~

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|

|-7---------------------------9h10-|---------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| Gtr II

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5

~~ ~~

|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|-12-----------------------12h13-|------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|-10-------------------(10)-14-16-17-|

|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|----------5---------5------5----|----------7---------7----------7----|

|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5--5----|

|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-16-14-16-14-12----12-14-12-14-16-14-16-17-16-17-|

|----------------15-------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------15----15-17-15-17-19-|

|-15----15-17-15-17-18-17-18----18----------------|

|----17-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|

|-------------------------------------------------|

C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5

|-15b17====================15r-17h19h20-|-20b22===========================|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|--------------5---------5---------5----|--------------7---------7-----7--|

|--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3---3--3----|--5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-20---------------20---------------|-20---------------20-------20r---22b24====|

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1--1--1-----1-|

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5

|-(22)-----(22)r====(22)-20---19-17------|---------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------20-|-18---17-------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|-----------19-17---16S==14-------|

|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------5--------------5-------5-|------------7------------7-----7-|

|---3--3-3---3--3-3---3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|

|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

~~ ~

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|-14---16---16------------------7-----|--------9------------10-----9h10p9---|

|------------------------7h9h10-------|-7h9h10-------7h9h10-----------------|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5

~~~ ~

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-(9)---------9---10---9-7---9h10p|=9p7---------------------------|

|---------------------------------|-----10---9-7-------------(7)--|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------5----------5-----5----|----------7---------7------7---|

|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Q=180

A5 E5

9/8

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

||-------------------------|------------------|

||o-13-12-10-12---(12)-----|-(12)--------(12)-|

||-------------------------|------------------|

||o------------------------|------------------|

||-------------------------|------------------|

||o------------------------|------------------|

||-------------------------|------------------|

||o--7-----------------(7)-|---2----------(2)-|

||---5-----------------(5)-|---0----------(0)-|

F5 G5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----------------10-----|-----------------||

|-13-12-10-12-13--------|-12--------(12)-o||

|-----------------------|-----------------||

|-----------------------|----------------o||

|-----------------------|-----------------||

|-----------------------|----------------o||

|-----------------------|-----------------||

|--3----------------(3)-|--5---------(5)-o||

|--1----------------(1)-|--3---------(3)--||

Q=176

E5 F5

~~ ~~

||-------------------------|----------------|

||o-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-10--------(10)-|

||-------------------------|----------------|

||o------------------------|----------------|

||-------------------------|----------------|

||o------------------------|----------------|

||-------------------------|----------------|

||o--2-----------(2)-------|--3---------(3)-|

||---0-----------(0)-------|--1---------(1)-|

G5 F5

~~ ~~

|------------------------|-10--------(10)---||

|-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-----------------o||

|------------------------|------------------||

|------------------------|-----------------o||

|------------------------|------------------||

|------------------------|-----------------o||

|------------------------|------------------||

|--5-----------(5)-------|--3---------(3)--o||

|--3-----------(3)-------|--1---------(1)---||

E5 F5

Gtr I

||---------------|----------------|

||o--------------|----------------|

||---------------|----------------|

||--9--------(9)-|-10--------(10)-|

||o-7--------(7)-|--8---------(8)-|

||---------------|----------------|

| Gtr II

||---------------|----------------|

||o--------------|----------------|

||---------------|----------------|

||o-2--------(2)-|--3---------(3)-|

||--0--------(0)-|--1---------(1)-|

1. 2.

G5 F5 F5

|----------------|-----------------||----------|

|----------------|----------------o||----------|

|----------------|-----------------||----------|

|-12--------(12)-|-10--------(10)--||--10------|

|-10--------(10)-|--8---------(8)-o||---8------|

|----------------|-----------------||----------|

|----------------|----------------o||----------|

|----------------|-----------------||----------|

|--5---------(5)-|--3---------(3)-o||---3------|

|--3---------(3)-|--1---------(1)--||---1------|

Chorus

Q=160

D.S. al Coda

E5 C/E

4/4

Gtrs I, II

PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~

||------------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------||

||o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o||

||------------------------|---------------|-------7-----|-------------||

||---9--------------------|-10------------|-5-------5---|-7-----9-----||

||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o||

||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------|-------------||

Tablature Legend

----------------

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

-----------

| - 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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