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                               OBITUARY - SUFFOCATION
                           From the Album - SLOWLY WE ROT
                         Copyright - ROADRUNNER RECORDS 1989
                             Version 1.0 - October, 2002

Transcribed by: James Williams (Inverted)

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.  - 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
nh - natural harmonic    ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
*  - see comment         ~  - vibrato bend
x  - Stuccatto           () - ghost note, sustained note
,  - slight palm mute    <> - Trill
"  - tremolo note

Standard Tuning: "E"A"D"G"B"E"

Note: Slowly We Rot is the only Obituary album played in
      standard tuning. All of their other albums are in D.


Riff 1-A                                          x1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6----------------------|--6----------------------|
|--4-------7-------6\7/6--|--4-------7-------5--5---|
|-----0000-5--0000-4\5/4--|-----0000-5--0000-3--3---|


Riff 1-B                                          x1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6----------------------|--6----------------------|
|--4-------7-------6\7/6--|--4-------7-------ph-----|
|-----0000-5--0000-4\5/4--|-----0000-5--0000-3~-----|


Riff 1-C
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6----------------------|--6----------------------|
|--4-------7-------6\7/6--|--4-------7-------5------|
|-----0000-5--0000-4\5/4--|-----0000-5--0000-3------|


Riff 2
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-------------3-------------------------------------------|
|--5--3----------3--1-------------------------------------------|
|--3-----0-0-0-0-1-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
         . . . .       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 3-A
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--6-7-----------4\5/4------------3--------|
|--4-5----6-7----2\3/2----5-4-----1--4--3--|
|-------0-4-5--0--------0-3-2--0-----2--1--|
        .      .        .      .

Riff 3-B
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--6-7-----------4\5/4--ph-ph-----ph-ph----|
|--4-5----6-7----2\3/2--1--2---ph-1--2--ph-|
|-------0-4-5--0---------------0--------1~-|
        .      .

Fill 1 (Then repeat Riff 2)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fill 2
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--------5---2--|
|--0-0-0-3---0--|
   . . .

Riff 4
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------33333333----------|
|---3333333322222222--------22222222--|


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


Riff 5
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|---------5------------------|
|---------3--5---------3--3--|
|--000000----3--000000-1--1--|


Riff 6
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------4-----------------------|
|--2-----2-----4-----2--5--4--3--|
|--0-----------2-----0--3--2--1--|
                     .  .  .  .

End
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------4------------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-----4-----2---5---4---2---4---3---2---2--|
|--0-----------2-----0---3---2---0---2---1---0---0--|
                     .   .   .   .   .   .   .


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