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BORN DEAD
As recorded by Death
(From the 1988 Album LEPROSY)
Transcribed by Tormentor15
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner and Rick Rozz
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Rick Rozz'
Moderately Fast Q=150 4/4 Gtr I 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|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|
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| Gtr II| 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 Q|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-[3]-------|
Gtrs I, II 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---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3--||
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| Gtr II| 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 Q|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-[3]--------||
Gtrs I, II 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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Faster Q=220 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S|----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||-4--------------------------------|---------7--------||-2--------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5--||-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0-----------|
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| Gtr II| Q H. H Q S S S S|----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|-2-------7--------||-4--------------------------------|-0----2--5-5-5-5--||-2--------------------------------|------0-----------|
Gtrs I, II 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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S||----------------------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------------------|-----------------|||----------------------------------|-----------------|||--4-------------------------------|---------7-------|||o-2-------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5-|||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0----------|
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 5x|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||
Slower Q=210 H H H H||------------|-----------|||o-----------|-----------|||------------|-----------|||------------|-----------|||o-2----3----|-5----8----|||--0----1----|-3----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 4x W|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------||-----------------3-3-3-3---------|-----------------3-3-3-3---------o||------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-1-1-1--||------|
T T T T
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E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------||-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2-|--------------------------||-------------------------|-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1--||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
T T T T
|-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-----------3------------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------|--------------------------||-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2-8-5p2--||-----------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------|
T T T T
|-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------------||-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5--||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-|-------------------------||-------------------------|-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
T T T T
|-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------------||------------------------------||-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5--||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-----------3------------| |----------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------|-------------------------||-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-|-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-9-5p2-||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|----------3----------| |-----------3------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-8-4p1-|-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-12-8p5-||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------|
A Tempo Q=150 Gtr I 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-----------8-------------------|---------------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Gtrs I, II 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 5x||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o-2-----------8-------------------|----------------------------------o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
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-----------8-------------------|---------------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Faster Q=210 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||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o-2-----------8-------------------|----------------------------------o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
Faster Q=220 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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-6--------------------------------|-6--------------------------------||-4-4-4-4--------------------------|-4-4-4-4--------------------------||---------2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|---------2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| Q H. Q H.|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-6--------------------------------|-6--------------------------------||-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|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-5--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-3-3-3-3--------------------------|-3-3-3-3---------------------------||---------1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|---------4-4-4-4--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Q H. Q Q H|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-5--------------------------------|-5---------------------------------||-3--------------------------------|-3---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------4-------[3]---------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II 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---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--6-------------------------------|-6--------------------------------|||--4-4-4-4-------------------------|-4-4-4-4--------------------------|||o---------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|---------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|||-5-------------------------------|-5--------------------------------|||-3-3-3-3-------------------------|-3-3-3-3--------------------------|||---------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|---------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
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|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S|----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||-4--------------------------------|---------7--------||-2--------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5--||-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0-----------|
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| Gtr II| Q H. H Q S S S S|----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|-2-------7--------||-4--------------------------------|-0----2--5-5-5-5--||-2--------------------------------|------0-----------|
Gtrs I, II 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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S||----------------------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------------------|-----------------|||----------------------------------|-----------------|||--4-------------------------------|---------7-------|||o-2-------------------------------|-7----2--5-5-5-5-|||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5----0----------|
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 5x|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||
Slower Q=210 H H H H||------------|-----------|||o-----------|-----------|||------------|-----------|||------------|-----------|||o-2----3----|-5----8----|||--0----1----|-3----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 4x W|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------*||---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||------*||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------*||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------*||---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3---------o||------*||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-1-1-1--||------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
