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PULL THE PLUG
As recorded by DEATH
(From the 1988 Album LEPROSY)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted)
Email inverted_one@hotmail.com
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Verse 1
Moderate Metal Q=124
$
E5 Bb5 F5 C#5 G#5 C5 G5 E5
4/4
Gtr I
PM----| PM----|
E E E E H H H H H H H E E E E H 3x
*|--------------||------------|-----------|-------------|---------------||
*|--------------||o-----------|-----------|-------------|--------------o||
*|--------------||------------|-----------|-------------|---------------||
*|--------------||--3---------|-6---------|-5-----------|---------------||
*|-3-2-----2----||o-1----3----|-4----6----|-3-----5-----|-3-2-----2----o||
*|-----3-2-0----||-------1----|------4----|-------3-----|-----3-2-0-----||
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| ~~~ PM----|
| E E E E H H H H H H H E E E E H 3x
*|--------------||------------|-----------|-------------|---------------||
*|--------------||o-----------|-----------|-------------|--------------o||
*|--------------||------------|-----------|-------------|---------------||
*|--------------||--3---------|-6---------|-5-----------|---------------||
*|-3-2-----2----||o-1----3----|-4----6----|-3----[5]----|-3-2-----2----o||
*|-----3-2-0----||-------1----|------4----|-------------|-----3-2-0-----||
Bb5 F5 C#5 G#5 C5 G5
4/4 1/2
PM----|
H H H H H H E E E E
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|
|-3---------|-6---------|-5-----------|---------|
|-1----3----|-4----6----|-3-----5-----|-3-2-----|
|------1----|------4----|-------3-----|-----3-2-|
|
| ~~~ PM----|
| H H H H H H E E E E
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|
|-3---------|-6---------|-5-----------|---------|
|-1----3----|-4----6----|-3----[5]----|-3-2-----|
|------1----|------4----|-------------|-----3-2-|
Pre Chorus
Faster Q=160
F#5G5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------4s=5-|
|-0-0-0-0-7-8-0-0-0-0-5-7-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-3-2s=3-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------------|
F#5G5
PM------------------------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------4s=5-|
|-0-0-0-0-7-8-0-0-0-0-5-7-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-3-2s=3-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------------|
F#5G5
PM------------------------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------4s=5-|
|-0-0-0-0-7-8-0-0-0-0-5-7-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-3-2s=3-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------------|
F#5G5
PM------------------------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------4s=5-|
|-0-0-0-0-7-8-0-0-0-0-5-7-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-3-2s=3-|
Bb5
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q H.
|---------------------------------|----------|
|---------------------------------|----------|
|---------------------------------|----------|
|---------------------------------|-3--------|
|---------------------------------|-1--------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------|
Chorus
Slower Q=110
E5 E5 F5 B5G5Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S Q E S S S Q E S S S Q E E Q
||------------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------|
||----------2----------2--|---------3--4---3--|
||o---------2----------2--|---------3--2-5-1--|
||--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1-1----3----|
E5 E5 F5 B5G5C5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S Q E S S S Q E S S S Q E E Q
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|---------2----------2--|---------3--4---5---||
|---------2----------2--|---------3--2-5-3--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1-1----3-----||
Bridge
Fine
Gtr I
S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o--7p6---8p7---7-7p6---8p7---7-|-7p6---8p7---7-7p6---8p7---7--o||
||-------8-----9-------8-----9---|-----8-----9-------8-----9-----||
Gtr I
S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-7p6---8p7---7-7p6---8p7---7-|-7p6---8p7---7-7p6---8p7---7-o||
||------8-----9-------8-----9---|-----8-----9-------8-----9----||
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-2p1---3p2---2-2p1---3p2---2-|-2p1---3p2---2-2p1---3p2---2-o||
||------3-----4-------3-----4---|-----3-----4-------3-----4----||
Faster Q=124
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------6---5--|-----------------|--------6---5--|-----------------|
|-5---4----7----|-7---6---8----7--|-5---4----7----|-7---6---8----7--|
|---6-----------|---8--------9----|---6-----------|---8--------9----|
|
| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------9---8--|-----------------|--------9---8--|-----------------|
|----------9----|--------10----9--|----------9----|--------10----9--|
|---------------|-----------11----|---------------|-----------11----|
|-5---4---------|-7---6-----------|-5---4---------|-7---6-----------|
|---6-----------|---8-------------|---6-----------|---8-------------|
1/2
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------|
|--------6---5--|------------------|--------6---5--|---------|
|-5---4----7----|-7----6---8----7--|-5---4----7----|-7----6--|
|---6-----------|----8--------9----|---6-----------|----8----|
|
| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------|
|--------9---8--|------------------|--------9---8--|---------|
|-7---6----9----|-9----8--10----9--|-7---6----9----|-9----8--|
|---8-----------|---10-------11----|---8-----------|---10----|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------|
Verse 2
Double Time Q=210
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------6---5---|-----------------6---5---o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7---6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7---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 S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2--|
||--3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------|
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||
|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E 4x
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------6---5---|-----------------6---5----o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7---6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7---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 S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2--|
||--3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------|
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||
|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
Solo Rythm 1
Slower Q=180
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-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--||
Solo Rythm 2
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
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 3x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D.S. al Fine
F#G5F#F#G5F#5
3/4
PM------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|--------------*|
|---------------------------------|--------------*|
|---------------------------------|--------------*|
|---------------------------------|--------------*|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-5-4-4-5-4--*|
|---------------------------------|-2-3-2-2-3-2--*|
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
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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