ACTIVITY
Scream Bloody Gore
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SCREAM BLOODY GORE
As recorded by DEATH
(From the 1987 Album SCREAM BLOODY GORE)
Transcribed by James Williams Email [email protected]
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Fast Metal Q=210
F5 G5 G#5 F5 G5 G#5 F5 G5 G#5 F5 G5 G#5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||--------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6---||
||o-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--o||
||--0-0-0-1--3--4--|-0-0-0-1--3--4--|-0-0-0-1--3--4--|-0-0-0-1--3--4---||
1st Verse
$
G5 F5 E5 G5 F5 E5
Q Q H Q Q H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------|------------|---------------------------------|
||o-------------|------------|---------------------------------|
||--------------|------------|---------------------------------|
||---5--3--2----|-5--3--2----|---------------------------------|
||o--5--3--2----|-5--3--2----|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------|
||---3--1--0----|-3--1--0----|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--------------------||
|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---o||
|------------------------------------||
D5 F5 A5 F5 E5 G#5 E5 Eb5
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
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------7-7-7-7----------|---------6-6-6-6-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------9----------------|---------8-----------------------|
||--7-------10-------7-------10-------|-9-------6-------9-------8-------|
||o-5--------8----------------8-------|-7---------------7-------6-------|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D5 F5 A5 F5 E5 G#5 E5 Eb5
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||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------7-7-7-7----------|---------6-6-6-6-------------------||
|-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--o||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------------------9----------------|---------8-------------------------||
|-7-------10-------7-------10-------|-9-------6-------9-------8---------||
|-5--------8----------------8-------|-7---------------7-------6--------o||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Pre Chorus
E5 F5
Gtrs I, II
W W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------|----------|---------------------------------|
||o----------|----------|---------------------------------|
||-----------|----------|---------------------------------|
||-----------|----------|---------------------------------|
||o-2--------|-3--------|---------------------------------|
||--0--------|-1--------|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-3-3-4-4-3-3----||
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 S S S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--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-|
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||
|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-3-3-4-4-3-3---||
Chorus
F5 G5 G#5 F5 G5 G#5 F5 G5 G#5 F5 G5 G#5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q 4x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||--------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6---||
||o-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--|-------3--5--6--o||
||--0-0-0-1--3--4--|-0-0-0-1--3--4--|-0-0-0-1--3--4--|-0-0-0-1--3--4---||
Bridge
D.S.
D5 Eb5 B5 B5
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|--7-------|-8--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|--7-------|-8--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|--5-------|-6--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
D5 Eb5 A5 A5
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-8--------|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-8--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-5--------|-6--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|----------|----------|-5--------|-(5)----|
D5 Eb5 B5 B5
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-8--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-7--------|-8--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-5--------|-6--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
D5 Eb5
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|-7--------|-8----|
|-7--------|-8----|
|-5--------|-6----|
|----------|------|
2nd Verse
Moderate Metal Q=164
A5 A5 G#5 G#5 A5 A5
PM PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|--------9--8---|
||o-7------7------|-6------6------|-7------7------|-7-8-7---------|
||--5--5-5-5--5-5-|-4--4-4-4--4-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|---------------|
A5 A5 C5 C5 A5 A5
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------o||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------9--8---||
|-7------7------|-10------10------|-7------7------|-7-8-7--------o||
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|---------------||
3/4
Gtrs I, II
PM---| PM---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||-----------10-12-14-|----------10-12-14-|
||o-10-12-14----------|-10-12-14----------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
PM--------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------10-12-14-|----------10-12-14-|
|-10-12-13----------|-10-12-13----------|
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
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----||
Guitar Solo
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------9----10----12----|
|--------------9----10----12----------------------|
|-10----12----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7------|
|
| |--------6---------| |--------6---------|
| E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------10----15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12---|
|-10----12----13--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7----|
|
| |--------6---------| |--------6---------| |--------6---------| |--------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
|-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----6-----6----6-----6----6-----6----6-----6----6-----6----6-----6----6-----6----6----|
|
| |--------6---------| |--------6---------| |--------6---------| |--------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
|-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----6-----6----6-----6----6-----6----6-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|
| ~~
| |--------6---------| |--------6---------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-15p13p==12h15p13p==12-12---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--6-6--6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|
| ~~~
| E E H.
|-15---13---12------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E Q
|-13----12----10----------------------------------|
|-------------------13----12----10----------------|
|-------------------------------------12----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|
|
|~~~~~~
| +H E E E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------10---|
|-(12)----------------------9---10---12--------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--7-7--7-7--7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7-|
|
| E E H +Q
|-----------10b12================(10)r-------|
|-12---13------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--6-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6---6-6-6--6-----6-6-6-|
|
| H +Q Q
|-12b13================(12)r-------13b15========|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---6--6-6-6---6---6-6-6--6-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|
| +Q +Q H
|-(13)-------(13)r-------15b17================|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6----6-6-6-|
|
| +H. +Q
|-(15)-----------------------(15)r-------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Outro
Fast Metal Q=210
D5 F5 A5 F5 E5 G#5 E5 Eb5
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
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------7-7-7-7----------|---------6-6-6-6-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------9----------------|---------8-----------------------|
||--7-------10-------7-------10-------|-9-------6-------9-------8-------|
||o-5--------8----------------8-------|-7---------------7-------6-------|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D5 F5 A5 F5 E5 G#5 E5 Eb5
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||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------7-7-7-7----------|---------6-6-6-6-------------------||
|-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--o||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------------------9----------------|---------8-------------------------||
|-7-------10-------7-------10-------|-9-------6-------9-------8---------||
|-5--------8----------------8-------|-7---------------7-------6--------o||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Gtrs I, II
H H W
|-----------|------*|
|-----------|------*|
|-7---------|------*|
|-7---------|------*|
|-5---------|------*|
|-----------|------*|
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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