Breaking the Broken Control Denied
As recorded by Control Denied
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE ART OF EXISTENCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie & Eric Wilsevich (e.w1@shaw.ca)
Words and Music by Chuck Shuldiner
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) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 4'
Gtr V (D G C F A D) - 'Chanting'
Intro
Q=113
[F#5] [F5] [G#5] [A5] [E5]
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
W W W H E E +Q
||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o---------------|----------|---------------|----------------o|| ||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|| ||----------------|----------|---------------|--------9-(9)----|| ||o-4-------------|-3--------|-6-------------|-7------7-(7)---o|| ||--2-------------|-1--------|-4-------------|-5----0----------||
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| Gtr V
| H Q. +E W H Q. +E W
||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o---------------|----------|---------------|----------------o|| ||-------6----(6)s|=5--------|------8----(8)s|=9---------------|| ||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o------4----(4)s|=3--------|------6----(6)s|=7--------------o|| ||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------||
[F#5] W [F5] W [G#5] W [A5]H E [E5]E +Q
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------9-(9)---| |--4-----------------|---3---------|---6---------|-7------7-(7)---| |--2-----------------|---1---------|---4---------|-5----0---------|
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| Gtr III
| W W W W
|-14-----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |-17b19--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
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| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +W +W W
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |----------16b17=====|=(16)--------|-(16)--------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| |--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
$
[F#5]W [F5]W [G#5]W [A5]H E [E5]E +Q
|----------|----------|----------|----------------| |----------|----------|----------|----------------| |----------|----------|----------|----------------| |----------|----------|----------|--------9-(9)---| |-4--------|-3--------|-6--------|-7------7-(7)---| |-2--------|-1--------|-4--------|-5----0---------|
Q=100
[E5]E S S S [F5]S +E [E5]E S S S [F5]S +E [E5]E S S S [F5]S +E [E5]E S S E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|
E S S S [F5]S +E [E5]E S S S [F5]S +E [E5]E S S S [F5]S +E [E5]E S S E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-2--| |-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-0--|
[F5] [E5] [F5] [E5] [F5] [G5] [D5]
E S S S S +E E S S S S +E [5/4] S E. S E. S E. S S Q.
|-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---9----10----12----7------| |-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|---7-----8----10----5------| |-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0----0-----0-----0--------|
Verse
[E5] [F5] [E5] [F5] [E5] [F5] [G5] [D5]
[4/4] E S S S S +E E S S S S +E S E. S E. S E. S E. 5x
||------------------------------|-------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|-------------------------|| ||------------------------------|---9----10----12----7----|| ||o-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|---7-----8----10----5---o|| ||--0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0----0-----0-----0------||
Chorus
[E5]Gtr I[F5] [D5] [F5]
W W W W 3x
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|| ||o--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------o|| ||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|| ||--9------------|-10------------|--7-------------|-10--------------|| ||o-7------------|--8------------|--5-------------|--8-------------o|| ||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
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| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q +Q Q Q Q +Q Q Q Q +Q Q Q Q 3x
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|| ||o--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------o|| ||-----10--9--7--|-(7)--9--7--9--|-(9)--10--9--7--|-(7)--9--7--9----|| ||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|| ||o-----8--7--5--|-(5)--7--5--7--|-(7)---8--7--5--|-(5)--7--5--7---o|| ||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
Q=175
N.C.
E E E E E E Q E E E E H E E E E E E Q E E S S E E E +Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------|----------------|---5-4-5-4----------| |---3-5-6-5------|-5-6-5--------|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6-(6)--|
|
| W E E E E H E E E E E E Q E E S S E E E +Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------| |----------------|--------------|----------------|---7-6-7-6----------| |----------------|-7-8-7--------|---5-7-8-7------|-----------7-8-(8)--| |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E Q E E E E H E E E E E E Q E E S S E E E +Q 3x
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|| ||o----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------o|| ||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|| ||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|| ||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---5-4-5-4----------o|| ||----3-5-6-5------|-5-6-5--------|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6-(6)---||
Verse
N.C.
PM--------| PM----| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-7-------------10---------9-|-----------------------------| ||----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10--| PM--------| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q S S S S Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------7----| |-7-------------10---------9-|--------------------------| |---0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-10--0-0-0-0------| PM--------| PM----| PM----| PM| PM|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|---------7---------------| |-7-------------10---------9-|---------------10-----9--| |---8-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8---8-8----8-8----|
To Coda
PM--------| PM----| PM------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E E E E 3x
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|| |----------------------------|-----------------10-----------o|| |----------------------------|--------------------12-11------|| |----------------------------|------------------7-------12---|| |-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-0-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----10--9-----o|| |----------------------------|--------------------------10---||
Bass Solo
Q=113
[E5]W [F5] W [E5]W [F5] W
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------|| ||o----------|-----------|----------|-------o|| ||-----------|-----------|----------|--------|| ||--9--------|-10--------|-9--------|-10-----|| ||o-7--------|--8--------|-7--------|--8----o|| ||-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
Guitar Solo
[C5]Gtr III[D5]
H. +E S S W
|---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------| |-12-------(12)-11-12-|-11--------| |---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H. +E S S W
|---------------------|-----------| |-13-------(13)-12-13-|-12--------| |---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| W W
|---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------| |--5------------------|--7--------| |--3------------------|--5--------| |---------------------|-----------|
[B5] E S S S S S S E E E S S [C5] E E E E H
|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14---15---15-15-|-15-14-------------| |-----------------------------------|-------12-13-13----| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |--4--------------------------------|--5----------------| |--2--------------------------------|--3----------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------|
[C5] +Q. E E E E E [D5] +E Q S S S Q +E.
|----------14-15---[15]b17==|=(15)-[15]b17--12----------------| |-(13)----------------------|------------------15-14-15--(15)-| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---5-----------------------|---7-----------------------------| |---3-----------------------|---5-----------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------|
[B5] +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S [C5] Q. S S H
|-------19-19-21-19-17-19-------------------|-------------------| |-(15)--------------------20-19-16-19-16-17-|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-16----16-17-17----| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W Q. S S H
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-14----14-15-15----| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------| |---4---------------------------------------|--5----------------| |---2---------------------------------------|--3----------------| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
[C5] [D5]
|--3--| |--3--|
+Q +E S S S S S E +Q +Q. S S S S S E +Q
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------17-17-17-24-20-17-(17)--| |-(17)--(17)-17-17-17-24-19-17-(17)--|-(17)---------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| +Q +E S S S S S E +Q +Q. S S S S S E +Q
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------14-14-14-21-17-14-(14)--| |-(15)--(15)-15-15-15-22-17-15-(15)--|-(15)---------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---5--------------------------------|---7----------------------------| |---3--------------------------------|---5----------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[B5] +E. T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|---------20-23-20-20----20-23-20-20----20-20-23-20-20----20-23-20-20----20-23-20------| |-(17)-21-------------21-------------21----------------21-------------21----------21---| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| +E. S Q H
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(14)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[C5] T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|23-20-20----20-20-23-20-20----20-23-20----20-20-23-20-23-20-20----20----20-20-23-20-20----20-23|| |---------21----------------21----------21----------------------21----21----------------21------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtrs I, II
| W
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
[F#5] ~~~~~~
|-2[B]4b26----2[B]4b26=====|
|--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------|
|
| W
|--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--4-----------------| |--2-----------------|
Q=175
D.S. al Coda &
[F5] >[G#5] [A5] [E5] [E5]
~~
W W W W
|-24--------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|
| W W H E E +Q H H
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|---------------||------------*| |-----------|----------|--------9-(9)--||-9\---------*| |--3--------|-6--------|-7------7-(7)--||-7\---------*| |--1--------|-4--------|-5----0--------||------------*| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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