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Song: Mental Decay
Artist: Necrophagia
Album: Season of the Dead

Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)
Date started tab: 12/5/02
Date finished tab: 12/5/02

Tuning: Standard
Copy: Rough Draft

Notation Key
~: vibrato
^: bend
.: palm mute
r: release
t: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
\: slide down

Comments:  This is a fun little song, but it was a bitch to tab what with all the
multi-layered riffs.  Son of a bitch.  If you spot a mistake, point it out to me so I
can fix it.  Later.

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Fade in-

Riff 1 x6
  Guitar 1 x8
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------333--|
E|--4--5--4--777--4--5--4-------|

  Guitar 2 x2 (start after guitar 1 has played twice)
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|-----7\----8\--|
G|--222-111-421--|--222-111-421--|--2~----3~-----|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  then this x1
e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|--222-111-421--|--222-111-421--|
D|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|

Riff 2 x14 (guitar 2)
e|--7-5-6-7-8-7-6-5--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Here are the chords that Guitar 1 plays underneath Riff 2
(start when Riff 2 is played 3rd time)
e|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|
B|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|
G|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|
D|--11---10--|--8--10--11--14--|--15\5--|--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-6--|--9--|
A|---9----8--|--6---8---9--12--|--13\3--|--3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-4--|--7--|
E|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|

Riff 1 x6
  Guitar 1 x8
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------333--|
E|--4--5--4--777--4--5--4-------|

  Guitar 2 x2 (start after guitar 1 has played twice)
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|-----7\----8\--|
G|--222-111-421--|--222-111-421--|--2~----3~-----|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  then this x1
e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|--222-111-421--|--222-111-421--|
D|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|

Riff 2 x14 (guitar 2)
e|--7-5-6-7-8-7-6-5--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Here are the chords that Guitar 1 plays underneath Riff 2
(start when Riff 2 is played 3rd time)
e|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|
B|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|
G|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|
D|--11---10--|--8--10--11--14--|--15\5--|--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-6--|--9--|
A|---9----8--|--6---8---9--12--|--13\3--|--3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-4--|--7--|
E|-----------|-----------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|

Riff 3 x4
e|------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------|
B|------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------|
G|------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------|
A|------------------|--1~--------------|--------------------|--1~------4--5--|
E|--1~-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-----0-0-0-0-0-0--|--1~-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-----0-0--2--3--|
       . . . . . .        . . . . . .        . . . . . . .        . .

Riff 4 x2 (guitar 2, start playing when Gtr. 1 hits Riff 3 the 3rd time)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--777777777777-888888888888-777777777777-666666666666--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Fill 1 x1
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|

Riff 5 x8
e|-----------------|---------|
B|-----------------|---------|
G|-----------------|---------|
D|--666666-555555--|--7-6-5--|
A|-----------------|--5-4-3--|
E|-----------------|---------|

Riff 6 x4
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-----------------------4-5--|
E|--555555-444444-555555------|

Riff 7 x4
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|----4-3----|----4-3----|----7-6----|----7-6----|
A|--3-----4--|--3-----4--|--6-----7--|--6-----7--|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
D|----4-3----|----4-3----|----7-6----|----8h9-8~--|
A|--3-----4--|--3-----4--|--6-----7--|--8---------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|

Riff 8 x1 (under solo)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|--333333333333333-444-333333333333333-444--|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|--666666666666666-777-666666666666666-777--|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff 3 x3
Repeat Fill 1 x1
Repeat Riff 5 x8
Repeat Riff 6 x4

Fig. 1 x3
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|-----------------|--8--------------|-----------------|-----------8--|
D|--7--------------|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|--8--------------|--6------7-8--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|--6-6-6--7-6--|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-----------------|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|--4-4-4--5----|

Riff 9 x1 (Guitar 2 jumps in with this as Guitar 1 hits the 3rd time on Fig. 1)
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|--6666666666666--|-----------------|------------666--|
E|--5555555555555--|-----------------|--6666666666666--|--44444-555------|

End x1
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--7--|
A|--7--|
E|--5--|

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