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Band:  Necrophagist
Album: Epitaph
Song:  Epitaph

Copyright (c) Relapse Records 2004
Version 1.1 – 16.04.2005

Transcribed By: Robert Nowak
Email:          robert.n74@web.de
Bands:          unchallengedhate.de
                japanischekampfhoerspiele.de

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning 2 half steps down: D-G-C-F-A-D

guitar one =  left channel
guitar two = right channel

NOTE: i wrote down all the notes of both guitars on top of each other
      so you can see what the other guitar is playing on every note

RIFF 1 Gtr. one (0:00) = both parts 2 times
|------------2-times--------------|--------------2-times--------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----3------------2----------------||
|-2---2---2/3/5\3-3---2-----2-----|-----------------------5-----5-----||
|---1---3-----------0---0-1---0-1-|-0-1---0-1-1--1-1----0---0-1---0-1-||
    .   .           .   . .   . .   . .   . . .  . .    .   . .   . .
RIFF 1 Gtr. two (0:00) = both parts 2 times
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-4-----4---5/7-------------------|-----------10-7--------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------10---9-----9-----||
|---0-2---2-----3-7---5-----5-----|-7-0-5-7-5------0----7---7-8---7-8-||
|-------------------0---0-1---0-1-|-----------------------------------||
    . .   .     .   .   . .   . .     . .   .      .    .   . .   . .
RIFF 2 GTR. one (0:16)
|------------------|-----2-times------|-----------------------------------
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
|------------------|------------------|-------------------3-h7p3\2h3p2-p0-
|-3----2-----2-----|-3----2-----2-----|-0-h3-h7p3-p0h3-h7-----------------
|----0---0-1---0-1-|----0---0-1---0-1-|-----------------------------------
     .   . .   . .      .   . .   . .
RIFF 2 Gtr. two (0:16)
|------------------|-----2-times------|------------8h12p8h12p8h12t17p12p8-
|------------------|------------------|---------10------------------------
|------------------|------------------|-------9---------------------------
|-10---9-----9-----|-10---9-----9-----|----10-----------------------------
|----7---7-8---7-8-|----7---7-8---7-8-|-12--------------------------------
|------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
     .   . .   . .      .   . .   . .
RIFF 2 Gtr. one continue
 ------------------|-----2-times------|------------8h12p8h12p8h12t17p12p8-
 ------------------|------------------|---------10------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-------9---------------------------
 -10---9-----9-----|-10---9-----9-----|----10-----------------------------
 ----7---7-8---7-8-|----7---7-8---7-8-|-12--------------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
     .   . .   . .      .   . .   . .

RIFF 2 Gtr. two continue
 ------------------|-----2-times------|-----------------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
 h9\---------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-------------------3-h7p3\2h3p2-p0-
 ------2-----2-----|-3----2-----2-----|-0-h3-h7p3-p0h3-h7-----------------
 --------0-1---0-1-|----0---0-1---0-1-|-----------------------------------
         . .   . .      .   . .   . .

RIFF 2 Gtr. one continue
 ------------------|-----2-times------|-----------------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-------------------3-h7p3\2h3p2-p0-
 -3----2-----2-----|-3----2-----2-----|-0-h3-h7p3-p0h3-h7-----------------
 ----0---0-1---0-1-|----0---0-1---0-1-|-----------------------------------
     .   . .   . .      .   . .   . .

RIFF 2 Gtr. two continue
 ------------------|------------------|------------8h12p8h12p8h12t17p12p8-
 -5----3-----3-----|-5----3-----5-----|---------10------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-------9---------------------------
 ----2---2-3---2-3-|----2---2-3---2-3-|----10-----------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-12--------------------------------
 ------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------
     .   . .   . .      .   . .   . .

RIFF 2 Gtr. one continue
 ------------------|-----2-times------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------5---4-----4-||
 -10---9-----9-----|-10---9-----9-----|--------------3h7p3\2---2—--2-3---||
 ----7---7-8---7-8-|----7---7-8---7-8-|-0h3h7p3p0h3h7--------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
     .   . .   . .      .   . .   . .                          .   . .

RIFF 2 Gtr. two continue
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------5---3-----3-||
 h9\---------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|-2----------------|--------------3h7p3\2---2---2-3---||
 ------5-----5-----|------5-----5-----|-0h3h7p3p0h3h7--------------------||
 --------0-1---0-1-|----0---0-1---0-1-|----------------------------------||
         . .   . .      .   . .   . .                          .   . .


RIFF 3 Gtr. one (0:33)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------10---------------------------------------
|---------------8-------------------------3---2-------5---5-----5-----
|-----------7-----7---10-0-0------------4---5---5-4/7---7---8-------8-
|-0-5-0-5-6---5-----5---------------0-1-------------------------------
  . . . . .   .     .    . .        . . .   .   .       .   .   .   .

RIFF 3 Gtr. two (0:33)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------9---9-----------
|-7---7-----7-----7---10-----8------7---7-----7-----7---7---8---10--8-
|---5---5-6---5-6---5----5-5----------5---5-6---5-6-------------------
    .   . .   . .   .    . .          .   . .   . . .   .   .   .   .

RIFF 3 Gtr. one continue
 -----------------------------------------------------------||
 -----------------------------------------------------------||
 -----------------6----------7------------------------------||
 -------3---2-------------------------------------8-2-5-3-4-||
 -----4---5---5-4---4-7--4-5------------------7-------------||
 -0-1-------------------------------0-5-0-5-6---5-----------||
  . . .   .   .     .      .        . . . . .   .   . . . .

RIFF 3 Gtr. two continue
 -----------------------------------------------------------||
 -----------------------------------------------------------||
 -----------------------------------------------------------||
 ---------------------------------------------------2-5-3-4-||
 -7---7-----7-----7---10-----8------7---7-----7-------------||
 ---5---5-6---5-6---5----5-6----------5---5-6---5-6---------||
    .   . .   . .   .    . .          .   . .   . . . . . .

RIFF 4 BOTH guitars (0:40)
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|---3-----------------------------4-3---------------3--------
|-2-------------4-------------------------------4---3--------
|-----1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-0-1-2-----1-1-1-1-1---1-1--------
      . . . . .   . . . . . . . .     . . . . .   .

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

RIFF 4     a third guitar fades in at the end of the part...
|-------------------------------------------------------15---||
|-------------------------------------------------------17~--||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------||

again RIFF 3 (0:50)
again RIFF 4 (0:57)

RIFF 5 GTR. one (1:06) = 3 times
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|----------0---------------------------0------------------||
|-------4---------------------------3---------------------||
|----2---------------------------3------------------------||
|-0---------------------------1---------------------------||

RIFF 5 GTR. two (1:06) = 3 times
|--------------------------------------------|-only-1-&-3-||
|--------------------------------------------|------------||
|--------------------------------------------|------------||
|-2---------------------------3--------------|------------||
|-2---------------------------3--------------|--------ph--||
|-0-----------------------2~--1--------------|--------1---||

RIFF 5 GTR. one (1:21)   last time
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|----------0---------------------h4-/-7-------------------||
|-------4-----------------------0---------------9---9---9-||
|----2------------------------2-----/-5-------------------||
|-0-------------------------------------------7---7---7---||
                                              .   .   .
RIFF 5 GTR. two (1:21)   last time
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------h4-/-7---------7---7---7-||
|-2-----------------------------0-------------------------||
|-2---------------------------2-----/-5-------5---5---5---||
|-0-----------------------2~------------------------------||
                                              .   .   .

RIFF 6 GTR. one (1:26) = 2 times
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------4-----7-----4-----7---
|-------3-----5-----3-----5-------------------------------
|-----------------------------3-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-
|-1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------------
  . . .   . .   . .   . .   . . . .   . .   . .   . .   .

RIFF 6 GTR. two (1:26) = 2 times
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------4-----7-----4-----7---
|-------3-----5-----3-----5---ph--------------------------
|-----------------------------3\2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-
|-1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------------
  . . .   . .   . .   . .   .     .   . .   . .   . .   .

RIFF 6 GTR. one continue
 ---------------------------------------------------------||
 ---------------------------------------------------------||
 -----------------------------------4-----7---4-----4---4-||
 -------3-----5-----3-----5-------------------------------||
 -----------------------------3-2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2---||
 -1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------------||
  . . .   . .   . .   . .   . . . .   . .   . .   .   .

RIFF 6 GTR. two continue
 ---------------------------------------------------------||
 ---------------------------------------------------------||
 -----------------------------------4-----7---4-----7---7-||
 -------3-----5-----3-----5-------------------------------||
 -ph--------------------------3-2-2---2-2---2-2---5---5---||
 -3\1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------------||
      .   . .   . .   . .   . . . .   . .   . .   .   .


RIFF 7 GTR. one (1:40)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----7--|
|3----4---4-3----4---4-3---------------3----4---4-3----4---4--------------|
|----------------------------7-----7------------------------2-2-2---2-2--2|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-----0-0---0-0---0-1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .     . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .  . . .   . .  .

RIFF 7 GTR. two (1:40) same as GTR. one
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----7--|
|3----4---4-3----4---4-3---------------3----4---4-3----4---4--------------|
|----------------------------7-----7------------------------2-2-2---2-2--2|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-----0-0---0-0---0-1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .     . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .  . . .   . .  .

RIFF 7 GTR. one continue
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|5----6---6-5----6---6-------4-----4---5----6---6-5----6---64----5---5---7|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|3--3---3---3--3---3---2-2-2---2-2---2-3--3---3---3--3---3--2--2---2---5--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    .   .      .   .   . . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .     .   .   .

RIFF 7 GTR. two continue
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------4-----4------------------------4----5---5---7|
|3----------3--------------------------3----------3-----------------------|
|-----4---4------4---4-2-2-2---2-2---2------4---4------4---42--2---2---5--|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-------------------1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .   . . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .     .   .   .

again RIFF 6 (1:50)

RIFF 7 GTR. one (1:57)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----7--|
|3----4---4-3----4---4-3---------------3----4---4-3----4---4--------------|
|----------------------------7-----7------------------------2-2-2---2-2--2|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-----0-0---0-0---0-1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .     . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .  . . .   . .  .
RIFF 7 GTR. two (1:57) same as GTR. one
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----7--|
|3----4---4-3----4---4-3---------------3----4---4-3----4---4--------------|
|----------------------------7-----7------------------------2-2-2---2-2--2|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-----0-0---0-0---0-1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .     . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .  . . .   . .  .
RIFF 7 GTR. one continue
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|5----6---6-5----6---6-------4-----4---5----6---6-5----6---64----5---5-/-7|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|3--3---3---3--3---3---2-2-2---2-2---2-3--3---3---3--3---3--2--2---2---/-5|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    .   .      .   .   . . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .     .   .

RIFF 7 GTR. two continue
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------4-----4------------------------4----5---5-/-7|
|3----------3--------------------------3----------3-----------------------|
|-----4---4------4---4-2-2-2---2-2---2------4---4------4---42--2---2---/-5|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-------------------1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .   . . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .     .   .

RIFF 8 GTR. one (2:07) = 4 times
|----------------------------------------|-1-&-3-time|-2-&-4-time||
|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------||
|----------------------------------------|-5---------|-5-----5---||
|----------------------------------------|-5---------|-5---------||
|--------4--------------4----------------|-3---------|-3-----3---||
|-1233~--0-----1233~----0---1233~--0-----|-------4~--|-----------||
  ...          ...          ...

RIFF 8 GTR. two (2:07) = 4 times (pick the 0 on the d string lightly)
|----------------------------------------|-1-&-3-time|-2-&-4-time||
|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------||
|----------------------------------------|-----------|-------8---||
|----0------------0------------0---------|-5---------|-5---------||
|--------4--------------4----------------|-3---------|-3-----6---||
|-123----0-----123------0---123----0-----|-3-----4~--|-3---------||
  ...          ...          ...

SOLO

RIFF 9 Rhythm under SOLO GTR. one (2:39) = 4 times
|-----------------------------------------------|-1-&-3-time|-2-&-4-time||
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------------------------------------------|-5---------|-5-----5---||
|-------4-----4-------3-----3---------4-----4---|-5---------|-5---------||
|-------------4-------------3---------------4---|-3---------|-3-----3---||
|-2-2-2---2-2-2---1-1---1-1-1---2-2-2---2-2-2---|-------4~--|-----------||
  . . .   . .     . .   . .     . . .   . .
RIFF 9 Rhythm under SOLO GTR. two (2:39) = 4 times
|-----------------------------------------------|-1-&-3-time|-2-&-4-time||
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|-------8---||
|-------4-----4-------3-----3---------4-----4---|-5---------|-5---------||
|-------------4-------------3---------------4---|-3---------|-3-----6---||
|-2-2-2---2-2-2---1-1---1-1-1---2-2-2---2-2-2---|-3-----4~--|-3---------||
  . . .   . .     . .   . .     . . .   . .

SOLO continue

RIFF 10 Rhythm under SOLO   BOTH guitars (3:11)
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------5-----8-----5-----8---
|-------4-----6-----4-----6-------------------------------
|-----------------------------4-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-
|-2-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----------------------------
  . . .   . .   . .   . .   . . . .   . .   . .   . .   .
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------5-----8---5-----8---8-
 -------4-----6-----4-----6-------------------------------
 -----------------------------4-3-3---3-3---3-3---6---6---
 -2-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----------------------------
  . . .   . .   . .   . .   . . . .   . .   .     .   .
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------5-----8-----5-----8---
 -------4-----6-----4-----6-------------------------------
 -----------------------------4-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-
 -2-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----------------------------
  . . .   . .   . .   . .   . . . .   . .   . .   . .   .
 ---------------------------------------------------------||
 ---------------------------------------------------------||
 -----------------------------------5-----8---5-----6---6-||
 -------4-----6-----4-----6-------------------------------||
 -----------------------------4-3-3---3-3---3-3---4---4---||
 -2-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----------------------------||
  . . .   . .   . .   . .   . . . .   . .   .     .   .

RIFF 7 GTR. one (3:25)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----7--|
|3----4---4-3----4---4-3---------------3----4---4-3----4---4--------------|
|----------------------------7-----7------------------------2-2-2---2-2--2|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-----0-0---0-0---0-1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .     . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .  . . .   . .  .

RIFF 7 GTR. two (3:25) same as GTR. one
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----7--|
|3----4---4-3----4---4-3---------------3----4---4-3----4---4--------------|
|----------------------------7-----7------------------------2-2-2---2-2--2|
|1--1---1---1--1---1-----0-0---0-0---0-1--1---1---1--1---1----------------|
    .   .      .   .     . .   . .   .    .   .      .   .  . . .   . .  .

RIFF 7 GTR. one continue
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
|5----6---6-5----6---6-------4-----4---
|--------------------------------------
|3--3---3---3--3---3---2-2-2---2-2---2-
|--------------------------------------
    .   .      .   .   . . .   . .   .

RIFF 7 GTR. two continue
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
|----------------------------4-----4---
|3----------3--------------------------
|-----4---4------4---4-2-2-2---2-2---2-
|1--1---1---1--1---1-------------------
    .   .      .   .   . . .   . .   .

RIFF 7 GTR. one continue
other ending and directly jump into RIFF 1 again
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|5----6---6-5----6---6------5---5---7-ph--------------------5-||
|----------------------3--------------5-bh--br-3----5---5-----||
|3--3---3---3--3---3------2---2---5---------------------------||
|----------------------1-----------------------1--1---1---1---||
    .   .      .   .      .   .   .               .   .   .



RIFF 7 GTR. two continue
other ending and directly jump into RIFF 1 again
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|5----6---6-5----6---6------5---5---7---------------5---5---2-||
|----------------------3-----------------------7--------------||
|3--3---3---3--3---3------2---2---0---------------0---0-------||
|----------------------1--------------4~----0--5----------1---||
    .   .      .   .      .   .   .               .   .   .

again RIFF 1 (3:37)

again RIFF 2 (3:53)

 RIFF 2 ending GTR. one
 ------------------|-----2-times------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------5---4-----4-||
 -10---9-----9-----|-10---9-----9-----|--------------3h7p3\2---2—--2-3---||
 ----7---7-8---7-8-|----7---7-8---7-8-|-0h3h7p3p0h3h7--------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
     .   . .   . .      .   . .   . .                          .   . .

 RIFF 2 ending GTR. two
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|------------------|----------------------5---3-----3-||
 h9\---------------|------------------|----------------------------------||
 ------------------|-2----------------|--------------3h7p3\2---2---2-3---||
 ------5-----5-----|------5-----5-----|-0h3h7p3p0h3h7--------------------||
 --------0-1---0-1-|----0---0-1---0-1-|----------------------------------||
         . .   . .      .   . .   . .                          .   . .

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