ACTIVITY
Misanthrope
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MISANTHROPE
As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
Transcribed by Wreath
Words by Chuck Schuldiner Music by Death
Arranged by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Billy Koelble'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner I'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner II'
Intro/Verse
Fast Q=192
$
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--4-----------------------------|-2----------------------------|
||o---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------4-------------|-5-------------2-------------|
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
N.C.
PM------------------------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------|-2-------------5-------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-4---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------4-------------|-5-------------2-------------o||
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Verse
Slightly Slower Q.=116
N.C. D5
6/8
PM------| PM------| PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
||--6-----------|-5-----------|-------------|-7----------|
||o-------------|-------------|-6-----------|-5----5-6-5-|
||----4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4-|------------|
N.C. G5
PM------| PM------| PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E 4x
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-7-----------||
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|-5-----------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------5-6-5-o||
|---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-|-------------||
Interlude
Slightly Slower Q.=113 1.,2.,3. 4.
To Coda
To Coda
N.C. A5
PM| PM| PM--| PM PM| PM| PM--| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||----------
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||----------
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-9--------
||--5-----4-----|-7-------4---|-5-----4-----|-7-------4----||-7--------
||o---3-3---3-3-|---3-3-3---3-|---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-0---0-o||----------
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||----------
Chorus
Q=185
N.C.
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3---------o||
||--0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1------------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||
Slightly Slower Q=185
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4---------o||
||--0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||
Interlude
Moderately Q.=68
N.C.
6/8
Gtr I
PM---| PM---|
|-3-| |-3--|
E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10--------10-9-|
|-7------------------|-8-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H. H.
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
3/8
PM---|
|-3-|
E E E S S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|-9-7------------------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|-----10-9--7----6-----|
|-7------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| <
| |---3---|
| H. Q S S S
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------16-16---16--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
N.C.
6/8
PM-------| PM-----|
|-3-| |--3---|
E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------7h9p7-------------|------------9h10p==9--------|
|-----9-----10-------10--9-------|-----9---10-----------10--9-|
|--7-----------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| <
| |--3--|
| E. Q.. S S S E. Q S E E
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------15-15-15-|-15------------------------|
|-16----------------------------|---------------------/17-14-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
3/8
PM----|
|-3-|
E E E S S S E E S S S S S S
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|-----------7h9p7------|-9--7----------|
|------9-10-------10-9-|------10-9-7-6-|
|--7-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| E E H Q.
|----/19-19------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|-16-------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
E F D
6/8
PM---| PM--|
|-3-| |-3--|
E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10--------10-9-|
|-7------------------|--8------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| H. H Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-9------------------|-10--------------7---|
|-x------------------|--x--------------x---|
|-7------------------|--8--------------5---|
|--------------------|---------------------|
E
3/8
PM---|
|-3-|
E E E S S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------7h9p7------|--9--7-----------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|-------10-9-7-6--|
|-7------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
| H. +Q.
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-9------------------|-(9)-------------|
|-x------------------|-(x)-------------|
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
E F G F
6/8
PM---| PM--|
|-3-| |-3--|
E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---------7h9p7------|---------9h10p9--------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|----9-10---------10--9-|
|-7------------------|--8--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| H. H E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-9------------------|-10-------------/12-10-|
|-x------------------|--x---------------x--x-|
|-7------------------|--8-------------/10--8-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
E
3/8
PM---|
|-3-|
E E E S S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------7h9p7------|--9--7-----------|
|----9-10-------10-9-|-------10-9-7-6--|
|-7------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
| H. +Q.
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-9------------------|-(9)-------------|
|-x------------------|-(x)-------------|
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
Faster Q.=79
N.C. C5 N.C. B5
6/8
Gtr I
PM--------------| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------5--|-------------------4--|
||--------------------5--|-------------------4--|
||o-------------------3--|-------------------2--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5
PM--------------| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------o||
|----------------------|-------7--------9---||
|-------------------5--|-------7--------9---||
|-------------------5--|-------5--------7--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--|-0-0-0----0-0-0-----||
Guitar Solo
N.C. C5 N.C. B5
Gtr I
PM-----------------| PM----------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-------|----------------------4-------|
|-----------------------5-------|----------------------4-------|
|-----------------------3-------|----------------------2-------|
|--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0---------|--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S H +S S S S H +S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-13-12-10-12--------------(12)-|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-12-11-9-11--------------(11)-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5
PM--------------| PM--| PM---|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------7-----------9----|
|--------------------5------|---------7-----------9----|
|--------------------5------|---------5-----------7----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3------|---0-0-0------0--0-0------|
|
| PM--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
| S S S H +S E E E Q.
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------9-----------|
|-10-9-7-9--------------(9)-|-/10---9----7-------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
N.C. C5 N.C. B5
PM--------------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5--|--------------------------4----------|
|--------------------------------5--|--------------------------4----------|
|--------------------------------3--|--------------------------2----------|
|--0--0--0--0----0-----0--0--0-0----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3---|
| S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S Q +S S
|-----------------------------------|-------15-19-17----15--------(15)-14-|
|----12-13-15h17p==15p13-12---------|-17-19----------19-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. D5 N.C. E5
PM------------------------------------------------| PM--------| PM---|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------7--------------------9-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------5--------------|-----------------7--------------------9-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------5--------------|-----------------5--------------------7-----|
|--0----0-----0----0-------0----0-------0-------0-----0----3--------------|--0----0-----0-----------------0--0-0-------|
|
| ~~
| |------3------| |-----------7-----------| |---------3----------| |------------3-------------|
| 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.
|-15-14-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------17-17-16---17-16---13---13-12---16-13---12----13----12----------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------14----------14-12-12-|-11-11---12-11-9----11-9--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------12-10-9------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--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 E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------10-12-13-13------|
|-------------------8--9-11-11------|--9-11-12-12-----------------------|
|--7--9-10-10-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
| S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|------------------11-12-14-14------|-12-14-15-15------17-19-20-20------|
|-10-12-13-13-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F#5 N.C. F#5
----------------------------| PM---------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------4----|---------------------4----------|
|--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-----2---2-2----|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
|
| |---3---|
| E E E S S S E E E S H T T
|-----------------------------------|------------------------14-14---|
|-13----12---10---(8)h10p==8-7----8-|-10----8-7----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| H. H.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
N.C.
PM-----------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| ~~~
| e e e e e e e e e Q.
|-14---15-------------19---20---|-19---17----------------------|
|-----------13---12-------------|-----------20---19------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
D.S.
F#5 N.C. F#5
---------------------------------------------| PM---------------------|
S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------4--------------|---------------------------4------|
|--2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2--------------|--2----2-2-2-2-2--2----2-2-2------|
|
| ~~~~~
| |------------------------------3------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. Q.
|---------------------------------------------------------20-------|----------------------------------|
|-20-20---19-17-16---19-17-19---20-19-17---17-19-20----22----22-20-|-20b22-----------20b22------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Out-Chorus
Q=185
&
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------o||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
||o-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3---------o||
||--0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1------------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||
Slightly Slower Q=185
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E H E E E E E E E Q E E E H E E E E E E E Q
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
||o-----3--------|-----3-4--------|-----3--------|-----3-4---------o||
||--0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1----|-0-1----------|-0-2-----2-1------||
Slightly Faster Q=188
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3---|-----3-4-----3----o||
||--0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1---1-|-0-2-----2-1-------||
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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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