Empty Words Death
EMPTY WORDS
As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted) and David Williams (Warlock)
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Bobby Koelble'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner (Clean)'
Intro
Melotic Metal Q=100
[4/4] Gtr III
4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------9-----9---9-|----12------(12)-|-----9-----9---7-|---10---9----(9)---|| ||----7-----7-------|-----------------|---7-----7-------|-------------------|| ||o-0-----8-----7---|-10--------------|-0-----8-----5---|-8----7-----------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Verse
Moderate Metal Q=121
$
[C5B5G5G#F5]Gtr I[C5B5G5G#5] [C5B5G5G#E5]
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----| |-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------| |-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----| |--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------| |-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------| |-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
[C5B5G5G#F5] [C5B5G5G#5] PM~~~~~~~~~ [C5B5G5G#E5] PM| ~~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6--8----| |-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|---------------| |-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------|
|
| PM PM| ~~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-11----| |--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------| |-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|---------------| |-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|---------------| |-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------|
[C5B5G5G#F5] [C5B5G5G#5] PM~~~~~~~~~ [C5B5G5G#E5] PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----| |-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------| |-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
|
| PM PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----| |--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| |-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------| |-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------| |-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
Pre Chorus
Q=124
[A5] [E5] [A5] [F5] [C#5] [G#5]
PM---------| ~ ||-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| ||o----------|----------|---------------10-9h10p9-|----13-12-10-9--------o|| ||-----------|----------|--------10-9-7-----------|-10------------10-9----|| ||--7--------|-2--------|-10-9-7------------------|-----------------------|| ||o-7--------|-2--------|-------------------------|----------------------o|| ||--5--------|-0--------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
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||-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| ||o----------|----------|-------------------------|----------------------o|| ||-----------|----------|-------------------------|--6--------------------|| ||--7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--6----------6---------|| ||o-7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--4----------6--------o|| ||--5--------|-0--------|--5--------1-------------|-------------4---------||
[A5] [E5]
|----------|------| |----------|------| |----------|------| |-7--------|-2----| |-7--------|-2----| |-5--------|-0----|
|
|----------|------| |----------|------| |----------|------| |-7--------|-2----| |-7--------|-2----| |-5--------|-0----|
[A5] T T [F5] T T
|-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-|
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--7-----------------------3----------------------| |--7-----------------------3----------------------| |--5-----------------------1----------------------|
[C#5] T T[G#5]
|-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-20b22===(20)r==|
|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |--6-------------------------------------| |--6-----------------------6-------------| |--4-----------------------6-------------| |--------------------------4-------------|
[A5] [E5] ~~~~~~~
|-20-20-20-20s19-19-19s17-13-13s12-12-|-12s10-10-10s12-12-12-(12)--(12)\-| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--7----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------| |--7----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------| |--5----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
[A5] [F5] [C#5] [G#]~
|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-6---------| |-7----3----|-6---------| |-7----3----|-4---------| |-5----1----|------4----|
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|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-6---------| |-7----3----|-6----6----| |-7----3----|-4----6----| |-5----1----|------4----|
Q=116
Gtrs I, II
PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o----------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o|| ||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
[F5]
||-----------------------------| ||o----------------------------| ||-----------------------------| ||------------------3----------| ||o-----------------3----------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
[G5] [G#5] [G5] ~~~
|------------------------||-------------------------| |-----------------------o||-------------------------| |------------------------||-------------------------| |---------5----------6---||---------5---------------| |---------5----------6--o||---------5----------[6]--| |-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------| PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o----------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o|| ||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
[F5]
||-----------------------------| ||o----------------------------| ||-----------------------------| ||------------------3----------| ||o-----------------3----------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
[G5] [G#5] [G5] ~~~
|------------------------||-------------------------| |-----------------------o||-------------------------| |------------------------||-------------------------| |---------5----------6---||---------5---------------| |---------5----------6--o||---------5----------[6]--| |-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
Q=112
3[E5]/4 [F5] [D5] 5[G5]/8[E5F5]
Gtr I
|-----------|----------| |-----------|----------| |-----------|----------| |-----------|----------| |-----------|----------| |-----------|----------|
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| Gtr II
|-----------|----------| |-----------|----------| |-----------|----------| |-9--10--7--|-12--9-10-| |-7---8--5--|-10--7--8-| |-----------|----------|
3[E5]/4 [F5] [D5] 5[G5]/8[E5] [F5]
PM----------------------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|
|--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |-9-------10-------7-------|-12-------9-----10-----| |-7--------8-------5-------|-10-------7------8-----| |--------------------------|-----------------------|
[E5] [F5] [D5]
[3/4] Gtr I
T T T
||--12p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-13p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-10p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-|
||o----------------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
||-----------------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------------| ||---9---------------10----------------7---------------| ||o--7----------------8----------------5---------------| ||-----------------------------------------------------|
5[G5]/8[E5] [F5]
T T T
|-15p7p4h7p4h7p4h7-12p7p4h7p4h7-13p7p4h7p4h7---|| |---------------------------------------------o|| |----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------o|| |----------------------------------------------||
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|----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------o|| |----------------------------------------------|| |-12----------------9-----------10-------------|| |-10----------------7------------8------------o|| |----------------------------------------------||
Chorus
Fast Metal Q=160
To Coda
[E5] [C/E]
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~
4x
||------------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|| ||o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o|| ||------------------------|---------------|-------7-----|-------------|| ||---9--------------------|-10------------|-5-------5---|-7-----9-----|| ||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o|| ||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------|-------------||
Solo - Schuldiner
Gtr I
~ ~
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-7-------------------------------| |-7---------------------------9h10-|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~ [C5] [C5] [C5] ~~[D5] [D5] [D5]
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-12-----------------------12h13-|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-10-------------------(10)-14-16-17-| |--------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------5---------5------5----|----------7---------7----------7----| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5--5----| |--------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-16-14-16-14-12----12-14-12-14-16-14-16-17-16-17-| |----------------15-------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| |-------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------15----15-17-15-17-19-| |-15----15-17-15-17-18-17-18----18----------------| |----17-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-| |-------------------------------------------------|
|-15b17========[C5]==========[C5]==15r-17h[C5]19h20-|-20b22========[D5]==========[D5]======[D5]===|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------5---------5---------5----|--------------7---------7-----7--| |--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3---3--3----|--5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-20---------------20---------------|-20---------------20-------20r---22b24====| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1--1--1-----1-| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
[C5] [C5] [C5] [D5] [D5] ~~[D5]
|-(22)-----(22)r====(22)-20---19-17------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------------20-|-18---17-------------------------| |----------------------------------------|-----------19-17---16S==14-------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------5--------------5-------5-|------------7------------7-----7-| |---3--3-3---3--3-3---3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~ ~
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-14---16---16------------------7-----|--------9------------10-----9h10p9---| |------------------------7h9h10-------|-7h9h10-------7h9h10-----------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~ [C5] [C5] [C5] [D5] ~[D5] [D5]
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-(9)---------9---10---9-7---9h10p|=9p7---------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----10---9-7-------------(7)--| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------5----------5-----5----|----------7---------7------7---| |--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q=180
9[A5]/8[E5]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
||-------------------------|------------------| ||o-13-12-10-12---(12)-----|-(12)--------(12)-| ||-------------------------|------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------| ||o------------------------|------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------|
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||-------------------------|------------------| ||o------------------------|------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------| ||o--7-----------------(7)-|---2----------(2)-| ||---5-----------------(5)-|---0----------(0)-|
[F5] [G5] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------10-----|-----------------|| |-13-12-10-12-13--------|-12--------(12)-o|| |-----------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------|----------------o|| |-----------------------|-----------------||
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|-----------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------|----------------o|| |-----------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------|| |--3----------------(3)-|--5---------(5)-o|| |--1----------------(1)-|--3---------(3)--||
Q=176
[E5] ~~ [F5] ~~
||-------------------------|----------------| ||o-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-10--------(10)-| ||-------------------------|----------------| ||-------------------------|----------------| ||o------------------------|----------------| ||-------------------------|----------------|
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||-------------------------|----------------| ||o------------------------|----------------| ||-------------------------|----------------| ||-------------------------|----------------| ||o--2-----------(2)-------|--3---------(3)-| ||---0-----------(0)-------|--1---------(1)-|
[G5] ~~ [F5] ~~
|------------------------|-10--------(10)---|| |-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-----------------o|| |------------------------|------------------|| |------------------------|------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------o|| |------------------------|------------------||
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|------------------------|------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------o|| |------------------------|------------------|| |------------------------|------------------|| |--5-----------(5)-------|--3---------(3)--o|| |--3-----------(3)-------|--1---------(1)---||
[E5]Gtr I[F5]
||---------------|----------------| ||o--------------|----------------| ||---------------|----------------| ||--9--------(9)-|-10--------(10)-| ||o-7--------(7)-|--8---------(8)-| ||---------------|----------------|
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| Gtr II
||---------------|----------------| ||o--------------|----------------| ||---------------|----------------| ||---------------|----------------| ||o-2--------(2)-|--3---------(3)-| ||--0--------(0)-|--1---------(1)-|
1. 2.
[G5] [F5] [F5]
|----------------|-----------------||----------| |----------------|----------------o||----------| |----------------|-----------------||----------| |-12--------(12)-|-10--------(10)--||--10------| |-10--------(10)-|--8---------(8)-o||---8------| |----------------|-----------------||----------|
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|----------------|-----------------||----------| |----------------|----------------o||----------| |----------------|-----------------||----------| |----------------|-----------------||----------| |--5---------(5)-|--3---------(3)-o||---3------| |--3---------(3)-|--1---------(1)--||---1------|
Chorus
Q=160
D.S. al Coda
&
[E5] [C/E]
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~
9x
||------------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|| ||o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o|| ||------------------------|---------------|-------7-----|-------------|| ||---9--------------------|-10------------|-5-------5---|-7-----9-----|| ||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o|| ||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------|-------------||
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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