Death - "The Philosopher" Guitar Tab
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CHUCK SCHULDINE
As recorded by Death
(From the 1993 Album INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PATTERNS)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Arranged by Chuck Schuldiner
Transcribed by Gael Pirlot (GaelPirlot@gmail.com)
This may be transcribed somewhere on the Internet (not on MetalTabs), but I
thought I would put up my version.
Please leave me feedback to let me know if it should be reworked (an e-mail
commenting on errors, etc. would also help).
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Lead Harmony'
Intro (0:00)
Q=130
4/4
Gtrs I, II
T T T T
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----9h12-16p12p9---9h12-16p12p9-|----11h14-19p14p11---11h14-17p14p11-|
||--9--------------9--------------|--9----------------9----------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--9-----------------------------|-14---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-7-----------------------------|-12---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
T T T T
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|----9h12-16p12p9---9h12-16p12p9-|---8h11-16p11p8---8h11-14-11-8---||
|--9--------------9--------------|-9--------------9----------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-12-----------------------------|-8-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-10-----------------------------|-6------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Verse (0:15)
5/4
PM----| PM----------|
8x
||--------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------|--------------------------||
||--4-----------|--------------------------||
||o-2--2--4--3--|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||-----0--2--1--|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
Pre-Chorus (0:48)
4/4
Gtr I
PM| ~ PM| PM| ~ ~
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-2------7------6-7--9-|-2------7--7p6-----|
|-0--0-0----0-0--------|-0--0-0--------7-9-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| ~ PM| PM| ~ ~
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------8-9-11-|-------------------|
|-2------7-------------|-2------7--7p6-----|
|-0--0-0----0-0--------|-0--0-0--------7-9-|
PM| ~ PM--| PM| PM| ~ PM| ~
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-6------7--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6----|
|-4--4-4----4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-3--|
|
| PM| ~ PM--| PM| PM| ~ PM| ~
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-6------7--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6----|
|-4--4-4----4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-3--|
Gtrs I, II
PM| ~~~ PM--| PM| PM| ~ PM| ~
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|-6------[7]--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6----|
|-4--4-4------4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-3--|
Chorus (1:00)
~
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|------/11----|-8-9-8-------|------/11----|-8-9-8---------|
|-2-----------|-------------|-2-----------|---------------|
|-2-----/9----|-6-7-6-------|-2-----/9----|-6-7-6----9-11-|
|-0-----------|----------7--|-0-----------|----------7--9-|
Post-Chorus (1:08)
PM| ~~~ PM--| PM| PM| ~ PM| ~~~
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-6------[7]--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6------|
|-4--4-4------4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-[3]--|
PM| ~ PM--| PM| PM| ~ PM| ~~~
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-6------7--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6------|
|-4--4-4----4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-[3]--|
Guitar Solo (1:16)
Q=105
3/4
PM--| PM------| PM--------| PM------| PM---
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------7-----------7-----|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-------------------------|
-----| PM------| PM--------| PM------| PM|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------7-----------7-------|
|-------5-----------5-----|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5---|
|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|---------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM------| PM-----------| PM------| PM---
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------7--------------7-----|----------5-----------5-----|
|------------------------------|---3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|--5-5--5---5-5-5-5---5----5-5-|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-14---16-----------(16)-------|-(16)-----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
------| PM-------| PM---------| PM------| PM|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------7------------7--------|
|---------5--------------5------|--5-5--5----5-5-5-5-5---5-5----|
|--3-3--3----3-3--3-3--3----3-3-|-------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-14---16---16---16---17---17---|-17---17S==19------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM---| PM---------| ~~ PM---| PM---------| ~~
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------5-----------------7-------|-----------5-----------------7-------|
|-------------------------------------|--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3----------|
|--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5----------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-------------------17----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------15-17-18----18-17-15-------|----------15-------------------------|
|-14-16-17----------------------17-16-|-14-16-17----17-16-14----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------15-14-12-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------14-15-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|----------------20-24-20-------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------22-24----------24-22-------|----------22-------------------------|
|-21-23-24----------------------24-23-|-21-23-24----24-23-21----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------22-21-19-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------21-22-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM---| PM-------| PM--------------------| PM-------| PM|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------7--------------7-----|
|-----------5--------------5-------------|--5-----5--5------5--5-5-5-5---5-5-|
|--3--3--3------3--3-3-3-3----3-----3----|-----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-12-------------------------------------|-------15--------------------------|
|----15-14-14-(14)-----------14-14-15-15-|-17-17----15-14-(14)---------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------18--------------------------|
|----------------------------16-16-17-17-|-19-19----17-16-(16)---------------|
|-19-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----22-21-21-(21)-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
PM--------| PM-----------------------| ~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------------------------------7----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----5-----5----------5----5-----5--------5----5----------------|
|
|-12h14h==15-12h14h==15-12h14h==15-15h17h19-15h17h==19-19p17p15-17-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM-----------| PM-------------------| ~
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5--------------------------------7---------------|
|--3-------3-----3----------3----3-----3----3-----3--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-19h20p19p==17-15h17h==19p17p15---17h19h20p==19p17-15h==17h19p17p15---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM--------| PM-----------| PM---
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5------------------5-----|
|--3----3-----3---------3------3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|
|-17h19h==20-20pb22---(20)pb22---------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
---------| PM------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------7------------------------5--4---|
|--5----5-5----5--5--5--5-----5-----------5-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|-20b22r======20-19-17-17h19p17-------------|
|-------------------------------20-(20)-----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Bridge (1:45)
Q=70
7/8
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-----------0---------------------------
|-------4-------------------------------
|--2----------------------------------3-
|-------------------------1-------------
|
|
|---------------------------------------
|-21b22r==(21)b22r(21)b22r==(21)b22r(21)
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
7/8
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
------------3-------------------0------------4-5-4---|
--------------------------6---------------2--------5-|
--------------------4-----------------0--------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-----------------------------------------------------|
b22r(21)b22r==(21)-20-17-16----16--------------------|
----------------------------17----17-16-(16)---------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------0-------------------------|
|------4-------3-----0-----4-5-4---|
|---2--------3-----6-----2-------5-|
|----------1-----4-----0-----------|
|
|~~~~~~
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(16)-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
1.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||------0-------------------------|-----0--------------------------||
||----4-------3-----0-----4-5-4---|---4-------3-----0-----4-5-4----||
||o-2-------3-----6-----2-------5-|-2-------3-----6-----2-------5-o||
||--------1-----4-----0-----------|-------1-----4-----0------------||
Verse (2:05) x 8
Pre-Chorus (2:37)
Chorus (2:50)
Post-Chorus (2:58)
Outro (3:06) - This part alternates between Steve DiGiorgio and Chuck.
It fades out as Chuck picks up the speed on the second solo, which
made it hard to figure out.
Backing guitar for Steve's solos:
3/4 4/4
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|-7------|-8------|-(8)----|
|-5------|-6------|-(6)----|
First solo comes in on end of rhythm figure:
3/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|-7------|-8------|-(8)------------|
|-5------|-6------|-(6)------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------[13]--|
First solo:
3/4
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----2----------------------------------|
|----0----------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------16-14-17----------------------|
|------------------17p16p14-17p16p14-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-([13])--------------------------------|
4/4
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------|-(3)---------------------------------|
|--1----------------------------------|-(1)---------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------17---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----16----14-(14)-15--------14h15---|
|-14-17-16-14----------------14----14h|=15--------------------17-16---------|
|-------------15-14-(14)--15----15----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
3/4 4/4
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|--2-------------------------|--3----------|--(3)----------------------|
|--0-------------------------|--1----------|--(1)----------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
|-------------20----17-19----|-------------|------------17-19----------|
|-17-------19----19-------20-|-19----19----|-(19)----19-------20-19----|
|----16h17-------------------|----17-------|------------------------17-|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
Steve solo for another 6 measures
Solo 2:
3/4 4/4
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--2------------|--3------------|-(3)----------------|
|--0------------|--1------------|-(1)----------------|
|
| ~~ ~~ ~~
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-17----17-20---|-17----17-19---|-17-----17-16-------|
|----16---------|----16---------|-----16-------17----|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
3/4
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---2---------------------------------------------------|
|---0---------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
|----------------------------------------17-19-21-19-17-|
|----------------19-21-19-18----------------------------|
|-(17)--20-22-20-------------17h18h19p18----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------------------------|
|--1----------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|-19-17----------------------------------15-17-19-17-15-|
|-------20----17h19----17h19----17h19-20----------------|
|----------20-------20-------20-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
4/4
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------------------|
|-(1)----------------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~ ~~
|--------------------------------------|
|-16h17p16-----------------------------|
|----------17-16-14-16-------------17--|
|----------------------17-14-16-17-----|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
Steve solo for another 6 measures
Solo 3:
3/4
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--2-------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|
|-15----(15)----(15)----(15)----(15)-----|
|-18b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
4/4
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---3-----------------------------------|--(3)-----------------|
|---1-----------------------------------|--(1)-----------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-(15)--(15)----(15)----(15)----(15)----|-(15)----(15)-(15)----|
|-(18)--(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r|=(18)b19r(18)-(18)----|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
3/4 4/4
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|-2------|-3------|-(3)----|
|-0------|-1------|-(1)----|
3/4 4/4
|--------|--------|--------*|
|--------|--------|--------*|
|--------|--------|--------*|
|--------|--------|--------*|
|-7------|-8------|-(8)----*|
|-5------|-6------|-(6)----*|
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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