Vacant Planets

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VACANT PLANETS

As recorded by Death

(From the 1991 Album HUMAN)

Transcribed by Jerad Yarborough [email protected]

Words and Music by Chuck Shuldiner

Arranged by Jerad Yarborough

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'guitar1 (Chuck)'

Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'guitar 2 (Paul)'

Intro

Q=150

N.C.

5/4 3/4

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E

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

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

||----8-----11---9----8----||-------------||

||--7---7-9----8---10---9--||-------------||

||o---6------9---7----6---o||-----5-8-7---||

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

Verse

1.,3. 2.,4.

N.C. N.C.

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 4x E E E E Q

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

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

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

||o---7-8---7---|---7-8---8---|---7-8---7---|-------2-3---o||-4-3---6-----||

||--0-----0---0-|-0-----0---0-|-0-----0---0-|-0-2-3-----1--||-----4---3---||

Pre-Chorus

Q=175

N.C.

4/4

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

S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

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

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

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

||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----8-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

1.,3.

C#5/AF5/C

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

H H S S S S S S S S S S E E E 4x

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

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

|------5----|----------------------------||

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

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

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

2.,4.

C#5 C5 N.C.

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

Q E E Q E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E

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

|--6--6-7-5--5-(3)-|---------------------------||

|--4------3--------|---------------------6-5---||

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

Chorus

F5N.C. F5N.C. F5

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

E S S S S E S S S S E E

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

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

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

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

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

N.C. F5N.C. G5G#5 F5N.C. F5N.C. F5

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

E S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E

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

|-3---------3---------5S6-|-3---------3---------3----|

|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-3S4-|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1----|

Interlude

Q=205

F5N.C. F5N.C. G#G5 N.C.

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

E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

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

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

|--------------------------||-||------------------|-8-8-8-8---------|

|-3---------3---------6S5-o||-||o---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-7-7-|

|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-4S3--||-||--5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|

To Coda

N.C.

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

|-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q

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

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

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

|-----------------|-8-8-8-8--------||-|

|---------7-7-7-7-|---------5-6---o||-|

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

N.C.

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

E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E

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

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

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

||o---4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2--o||

||--2-------2-----1---|-2-------1---1-0-----||

N.C.

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

|-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 E E E E Q Q Q

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

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

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

||------------------|-8-8-8-8---------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8---------||

||o---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-7-7-|---------5-6----o||

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

N.C.

E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E

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

|---4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2-|---4-4-4---4-3---3-|

|-2-------2-----1---|-2-------1---1-0---|-2-------2-----1---|

E5 F#5

3/4 4/4

E S S E E E E W +H Q Q

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

|---------------|-(2)--------|----------------||

|---4-4-4---3---|--2---------|-(2)----4-------||

|-2-------1---1-|--0---------|-(0)----2-------||

Bridge

Q=200

N.C. N.C.

Gtr I

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-12-5h8p5-12-5h8p5-|-12--5h8p5-13-5h8p5-|

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

| Gtr II

| W +H H

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

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

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

|-------------------|------------5-------|

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

N.C.

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-12-5h8p5-12-5h8p5-|-12--5h8p5-12-5h8p5--|

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

| W +W

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

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

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

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

N.C. N.C.

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-13-6h9p6-13-6h9p6-|-13--6h9p6-14-6h9p6-|

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

| W +H H

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

|-------------------|------------8-------|

|--6----------------|-(6)----------------|

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

|--4----------------|-(4)----------------|

N.C.

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-13-6h9p6-13-6h9p6-|-13--6h9p6-14-6h9p6--|

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

| W +W

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

|--6----------------|-(6)-----------------|

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

|--4----------------|-(4)-----------------|

N.C.

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

||o-15-8h11p8-15-8h11p8-|-15-8h11p8-16-8h11p8-|

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

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

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

| T T T T

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

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

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

||--12-5h=8p5-12-5h=8p5-|-12-5h=8p5-13-5h=8p5-|

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

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

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-15-8h11p8-15-8h11p8-|-15-8h11p8-16-8h11p8-|

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

| T T T T

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-12-5h=8p5-12-5h=8p5-|-12-5h=8p5-13-5h=8p5-|

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

N.C.

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-15-8h11p8-15-8h11p8-|-15-8h11p8-16-8h11p8-|

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

| T T T T

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-13-6h=9p6-13-6h=9p6-|-13-6h=9p6-14-6h=9p6-|

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

T T T T

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

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

|-15-8h11p8-15-8h11p8-|-15-8h11p8-16-8h11p8---||

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

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

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

| T T T T

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

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

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

|-13-6h=9p6-13-6h=9p6-|-13-6h=9p6-14-6h=9p6--o||

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

Solo

F#5 Bb5 N.C.

Gtr I

PM----------------------------------------------------------

H H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-4-----8----------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-2-----6----------------||--5-5----5----5--5-5----5----5--5-5----5----5--5-5----5----5-|

| Gtr II

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

| H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------14h17-||-19p==17p==14--------------------------------------13h==16h==|

|---------------14-------||----------------19p==17p==14---15-------------14-------------|

|------14h16h17----------||------------------------------------13h==16------------------|

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

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

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----|

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

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

| E E E Q Q Q

|-18p==16p==13---20-------19-------19b20----------|

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

N.C.

PM--------------------------------

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-|

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

| ~~

| H S S S S S S S S

|-19---------------8-0-0-7-0-12-0-0-|

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

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-----5----5-----5----5----|

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

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S

|-8-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-13-0-0---------------------10h==12-|

|-------------------------10h12h13p10h==12h13---------|

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

N.C.

PM------------------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|--5--5----5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5----5----5-|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E

|-13-10-11---12-13-15-13-12-------------------------------|

|---------------------------15-13-12-------12---13--------|

|------------------------------------15-14-----------14---|

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

N.C.

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

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--|

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

| |--3---|

| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|--------------9h10h12p10p9-----------------------|

|-12---9h10h12--------------12p9h==10-12p10p9-----|

|---------------------------------------------12--|

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

N.C.

PM------------------------------------------

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-|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|---------9h10h12p10p9-----------------------|

|-9h10h12--------------12p10p9---------------|

|------------------------------12p10p9h10h12-|

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

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5----5----5-3---3--3-2-2--|

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

| |--3---|

| S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q

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

|-----------------9h10h12p10p==9-10---(10)--------|

|---------9h10h12---------------------------------|

|-9h10h12-----------------------------------------|

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

N.C.

PM------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|---5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|

| +E E Q Q Q

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

|-(10)--------15----------------17-------|

|----------------------16----------------|

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

N.C.

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

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 E E E E E E

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

|-14-------------12---14-------------------|

|------14---12-------------14---13---14----|

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

N.C.

PM------------------------------------

E 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-|

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

| E E E E E E E E

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

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

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

|----14--------14--------15-------------|

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

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|

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

| E E E E E E E E

|-----19---20---19---17------------------|

|-------------------------18-------------|

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

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

N.C.

PM--------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

| ~~

| H H

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

|-16---------------12---------------|

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

N.C.

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

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--|

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

| S S E E E S S E E S S

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

|--------------------------20p17------17----------|

|----------------14---17---------17--------17S18--|

|-----------14------------------------------------|

|-(12)h(15)---------------------------------------|

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

N.C.

PM--------------------------------------------------

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----|

| E E E E E E Q. E

|---------------------17---20---20b22============19---|

|----------------19-----------------------------------|

|-----------18----------------------------------------|

|------19---------------------------------------------|

|-21--------------------------------------------------|

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

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2--||

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

| ~~

| W

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

|-20--------------------------------||

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

N.C.

H. E S S

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

|-16------------------------16b18---16-14-|

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

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

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

N.C.

|---3---|

H S S S E S S S S

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

|-16---------------14h16h==17-------------------|

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

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

| 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--|

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

N.C.

~~~~~

H. Q

|-14---------------------------14----------|

|-17b19========================17b19-------|

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

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

| 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-|

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

N.C.

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

S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E

|------------14h==17p14h16p14-------------------------------|

|-14h16h==17------------------17p14h16p14-17p16p==14-13----|

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

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

| 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--|

N.C.

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

S S S S S S S S E S S S S E E E

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

|-14p13p==11-13p11--------------------------------------------|

|------------------14p13p==11-10---13p10h11p10---------------|

|-----------------------------------------------12p==11p==9---|

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

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

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

N.C.

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

|-11--------------------------------|

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

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

| 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--|

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

N.C.

E E E E E E E E

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

|-----------------------------------11---|

|---------------10---11---13---14--------|

|-9---11---12----------------------------|

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

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

| 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-|

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

N.C.

E E E E H

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

|-13---14---13---11---13----------------|

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

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

| 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--|

N.C. N.C.

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

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

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------16-------|

|-------------------15-------13-------|----------16-------15tr16-------13-------|

|-13-------16-------13-------11-------|-15-------14-------13tr14----------------|

|-11-------14-------------------------|-13--------------------------------------|

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

| 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 S S S S S S S S

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

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

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

N.C. N.C.

Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E

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

|-15tr16----------------15-------16-------|------------------------------------------|

|-12tr13-------16-------12-------12-------|-12S==13---13S==15---15-------15S==16-----|

|--------------14-------------------------|------------------------------------------|

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

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

| 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

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

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

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

N.C.

H S S S S S S S S

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

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

|-15---------------13h15h16----------------|

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

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

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

N.C.

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

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

|-------------------------16p15p13-12-15p12h13p12--|

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

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

| 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--|

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

Q=150

D.S. al Coda

N.C. N.C.

3/4

|---3---|

S S S E +H E E E E Q Q

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

|-14p13p==11-13---(13)---------------13---11---|---------------||

|----------------------------------------------|-12------------||

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E

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

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

|----------------------------------------------|--5-8-------8--||

Outro

Q=205

N.C.

4/4

E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E

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

|---4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2-|

|-2-------2-----1---|-2-------1---1-0---|

E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E

|-------------------|-------------------*|

|---4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2-*|

|-2-------2-----1---|-2-------1---1-0-0-*|

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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