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LACK OF COMPREHENSION
As recorded by Death
(From the 1991 Album HUMAN)
Transcribed by Blackacid (blkacid@acidpit.org)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Arranged by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Acoustic 2'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Distortion 1'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Distortion 2'
Intro Q=100 4/4 Gtrs I, II E H +E E E E H..|--------------------|--------------||--------------------|--------------||--------------------|-9-11---------||--------------11-12-|-7--9---------||---10----(10)--9-10-|--------------||----8-----(8)-------|--------------|
|-3--|
+E H +E E E E E Q Q Q E E|-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------||-(11)------------------|-9-11-12-11-9-------||--(9)------------11-12-|-7--9-10--9-7-12-11-||------10----(10)--9-10-|--------------10--9-||-------8-----(8)-------|--------------------|
Gtr I H. E E E H..|---------------|--------------||---------------|--------------||---------------|-9-11---------||---------11-12-|-7--9---------||-9--------9-10-|--------------||-7-------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II| H. E E E H..|---------------|--------------||---------------|--------------||---------------|-9-11---------||---------11-12-|-7--9---------||-9--------9-10-|--------------||-7-------------|--------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E. E. E. S S S E. E E. E. E. S S S E. E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-10---9---7---7h=9p=7--------|-----------------------------||----------------------10---9-|-10---9---7---7h=9p=7--------||-----------------------------|----------------------10---9-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| E. E. E. S S S E. E E. E. E. S S S E. E|-13--12--10--10h12p10--------|-----------------------------||----------------------13--12-|-13--12--10--10h12p10--------||-----------------------------|----------------------12--11-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
|-3--|
H. E E E H.. +E H +E E E E E Q Q Q E E|----------------|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------||----------------|-9-11---------|-(11)------------------|-9-11-12-11-9--------||----------11-12-|-7--9---------|--(9)------------11-12-|-7--9-10--9-7-12-11--||-10--------9-10-|--------------|------10----(10)--9-10-|--------------10--9--||--8-------------|--------------|-------8-----(8)-------|---------------------|
Gtr I H. E E E H..|---------------|--------------||---------------|--------------||---------------|-9-11---------||---------11-12-|-7--9---------||-9--------9-10-|--------------||-7-------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II| H. E E E H..|---------------|--------------||---------------|--------------||---------------|-9-11---------||---------11-12-|-7--9---------||-9--------9-10-|--------------||-7-------------|--------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E. E. E. S S S E. E E. E. E. S S S E. E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-10---9---7---7--9--7--------|-----------------------------||----------------------10---9-|-10---9---7---7--9--7--------||-----------------------------|----------------------10---9-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| E. E. E. S S S E. E E. E. E. S S S E. E|-13--12--10--10h12p10--------|-----------------------------||----------------------13--12-|-13--12--10--10h12p10--------||-----------------------------|----------------------12--11-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Verse
Q=120
$
Gtrs III, IV
PM--| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-------9-----------10-----------12-||-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----|
PM------| PM------| PM--------| PM------| PM------| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------10-----------9---------|---10-----------12-----------14-----||-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-|
PM--| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-------9-----------10-----------12-||-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----|
PM------| PM------| PM--------| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e.|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------10-----------9---------|---10-----------12-----------14----||-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-------|
Pre-Chorus
Gtr III
PM--------------| PM-------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-------------------6-----------|-----------------------------------------||-4-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-3-4---4-4-4-5-|-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-3--4--4--4--5--4--4--3--3-|
|
| Gtr IV
| PM--------------| PM----------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|-----------------------11-12p11----10----||-------------------------------|--------------------13----------13----12-||-------------------------------|-----------------14----------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-------------------6-----------|-----------------------------------------||-4-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-3-4---4-4-4-5-|-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--3--4--3--3--4--4--4----5-----4--4--3--3--3--4--3-3----|
|
| |---3---|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------12p11h==12----11-------10------------||----10h12-------13------------13----13-------12---------||-12-------12h14------------------------13-------12------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Gtrs III, IV
PM--| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-------9-----------10-----------12-||-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----|
PM------| PM------| PM--------| PM------| PM------| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------10-----------9---------|---10-----------12-----------14-----||-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-|
PM--| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-------9-----------10-----------12-||-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----|
PM------| PM------| PM--------| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e.|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------10-----------9---------|---10-----------12-----------14----||-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-------|
Pre-Chorus Gtr III PM--------------------------------------------------- S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||--4--4--4--5--4--4--3--3--3--4--3--3--4--4--4----5----|
|
| Gtr IV
| |---3---|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------11-12p11----10----------------------12p11h==12-||----13----------13----12----10h12-------13------------||-14----------------------12-------12h14---------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|---6------------------------------||--4--4--3--3--3--4--3-3-4-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-|-3-4---4-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-3----|
|
| PM----------------| PM----------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S|----11-------10-------------------------|----------------------------------||-13----13-------12----------------------|----------------------------------||----------13-------12-------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|---6------------------------------||------------------------4-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-|-3-4---4-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-3----|
Breakdown Q=190 Gtr III PM----------------------------- S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-4-------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr IV| W|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
-------| PM--------------------------|
S S S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------------||---------------2----|---------------------------------||---------4-5-2-0----|-2-------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-3-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| PM--------------------------|
| H E Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------------||---------------7\---|---------------------------------||--------------------|-2-------------------------------||--------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Gtrs III, IV
PM--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-5-------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
PM------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E Q.||----------------------------------|--------------------|||o---------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------|---------------2----|||o-4-------------------------------|---------4-5-2-0----|||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-0------|
To Coda
PM--------------------------| PM--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-2-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Chorus
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E||-------------------|------------------|||o------------------|------------------|||-------------------|------------------|||-------------------|------------------|||o-2-----2--3p2---5-|-3-----3--3p2-----|||--0-0-0-0------3---|-1-1-1-1------3p1-|
|-3-| E E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E 4x|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|||-2-----2--3p2---5-|-----2-3p2---5p2----o|||-0-0-0-0------3---|-0-0-0-----3-----3---||
Guitar Solo Q=120 Gtr III W E E H. W|---------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------|--5S7S5-------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||--2------------------|--3S5S3-------|--5--------------------------------------||--0------------------|--------------|--3--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q W E E E S S S S S S S S +Q|---------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||-14-13---------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||-------15-14---------|--------------|-13-14-16-13-14-13----13-----------------||-------------15-12---|-11-----------|-------------------15----15-14-12-(12)---||---------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
H H W|----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||--4-------------------------|------------------------||--2--------------3----------|--2---------------------||-----------------1----------|--0---------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~| E E S S E E E E E E E H +E S S|----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||-------------13-14-14-16-16-|-17-16-16----(16)-12h14-||-12-14-14h15----------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------|
E E H.|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||--5S====7S====5------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||--3S====5S====3------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------18-15-15-17-15-----||-------------13--14-14-16-16-17----------------17--||-14-15-15-18---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
W|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||--5-------------------------------------||--3-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~| S S S S S S S S S Q S S S|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||-14-16-14-------------------------------||----------15-17-15-14--------------9-10-||----------------------15----14--12------||-------------------------17-------------|
H H W|-----------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------------||--4--------------------------|------------------------------------||--2---------------------3----|--2---------------------------------||------------------------1----|--0---------------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~
| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S E E E E Q|-----------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------13-14---||-12p9-10p9-------------------|-------------------12-14-15---------||-----------12p11-10h12-------|-------11h12-14h15------------------||-----------------------13----|-12h13------------------------------|
E E H.|--------------------||--------------------||--5S7S5-------------||--------------------||--3S5S3-------------||--------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H. +E E|--------------------||--------------------||-16---------(16)-16-||--------------------||--------------------||--------------------|
W H H|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------------------|--4-----------------||--5----------------------------------------------|--2--------3--------||--3----------------------------------------------|-----------1--------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------------------|----------------17--||-17p16p14-16p14-------------17p16p14-------------|----------17-16-----||----------------17-14h16h17----------17p16p14-17-|-14-16-17-----------||-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
W E E H.|---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|--5s===7s5-----------------||---------------------|---------------------------||--2------------------|--3s===5s3-----------------||--0------------------|---------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q. S S|---------------------|-17----------17------------||-16----20-19-17-19---|-20b22-------20b22---20-19-||----17---------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------|
W|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--5----------------------------------------------||--3----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------19-20-19-17-------------||-20-17-17-18-18-20-20-22-------------20-19-17-16-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
Q=190
PM------------------------|
H H E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------|-4-----------------------------||--4--------------------|-------------------------------||--2---------------3----|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||------------------1----|-------------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~ PM------------------------|
| S S Q S S H E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|-------------------------------||-17--------------------|-------------------------------||----14-16--------------|-4-----------------------------||-----------14-17-16----|-------------------------------||-----------------------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-----------------------|-------------------------------|
PM--------|
E S S S S S S E E E E|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||-5-------------4-5-4-2--||---2-2-2-2-2-2----------||------------------------|
|
| PM--------|
| E S S S S S S E E E E|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||-5-------------4-5-4-2--||---2-2-2-2-2-2----------||------------------------|
Gtrs III, IV
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-4-----------------------------||-------------------------------||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-------------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S|-----------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------|-4-------------5---------------||-5-------------4-5-4-2-|-------------------------------||---2-2-2-2-2-2---------|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---||-----------------------|-------------------------------|
PM--------| ~ PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S H E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E|--------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------||---------------5----|-4-------------5-------------|---------------7-5-4----||-4------------------|-----------------------------|-4-------------------5--||---3-3-3-3-3-3------|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0----------||--------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
PM------------------------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E|-------------------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------||-4-----------------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------------|-5-------------4-5-4-2-||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---------||-------------------------------|-----------------------|
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------||--------------------------------||-4------------------------------||--------------------------------||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||--------------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| ~ E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S H|-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|-4-------------5-------------|---------------5----||-5-------------4-5-4-2-|-----------------------------|-4------------------||---2-2-2-2-2-2---------|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3------||-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
D.S. al Coda
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E|-----------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------||-4-------------5-------------|---------------7-5-4---||-----------------------------|-4-------------------5-||---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---------||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
Q=190
&
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E||-------------------|------------------|||o------------------|------------------|||-------------------|------------------|||-------------------|------------------|||o-2-----2--3p2---5-|-3-----3--3p2-----|||--0-0-0-0------3---|-1-1-1-1------3p1-|
|-3-| E E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E 3x|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|||-2-----2--3p2---5-|-----2-3p2---5p2----o|||-0-0-0-0------3---|-0-0-0-----3-----3---||
Outro
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q H E E E Q H E E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E|---------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------*||---------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------*||---------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------*||---------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------*||-2-----2-------|-3-----3-------|-2-----2--3p2---5-|-----2-3p2---5p2---*||-0-0-0-0-------|-1-1-1-1-------|-0-0-0-0------3---|-0-0-0-----3-----3-*|
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
