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                         PESTILENCE - CHEMO THERAPY
                         From the Album MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
                         Copyright 1988 Roadrunner Records 

                             Version 1.0 - May 96 
                                  
Transcription Done By: Richard Broadhead II() 
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.  - palm mute                          ph    - pinched harmonic
/  - slide up to                        ah    - artificial harmonic
  - slide down to                      th    - tap harmonic 
~  - vibrato                            hr    - natural harmonic
h  - hammer on                          b     - bend 
p  - pull off                              Suffixes for bend    
t  - tap with finger                            f - full bend    h - half bend
repeat measure                             r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute                            p - pick when bent 
>  - accented note                         Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note                 p - pre-bend     w - use bar
"  - Tremolo Pick                               d - don't pick start of bend 

Normal Tuning
 
       Riff A                                 (end of Riff A)
|----||------------------------------------------------------|
|----||------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|----||------------------------------------------------------|   &
|-sl.||------------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|-\-||-3p2---3p2---3p2-111111-2p1---2p1---3"""-2"""-3"""-6~-|
|-\-||----0-0---0-0--------------0-0---0-0------------------|
           . .   . .    ......    . .   . .

Play Riff A a total of four times
              2 times                    4 times      8 times
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||--------------||
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||--------------||
|----------||*----------*||-----------||*---------*||*------------*|| GTR I 
|-10-7-9-8-||*-10-7-9-8-*||-10-7-9-8--||*-10-7-9-8*||*-10-7--9--8-*||
|-8--5-7-6-||--8--5-7-6--||-8--5-7-6--||--8--5-7-6-||--8--5--7--6--||
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||--------------||  
|    . . .     .  . . .     .  . . .      .  . . .    (.  .  .  .)slight pm
|*            2 times                                 8 times
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||---------------||
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||---------------||
|----------||*----------*||-----------||*---------*||*-13-10-12-11-*|| GTR II
|-10-------||*-10-------*||-10--------||*-10------*||*-13-10-12-11-*||
|-8--------||--8---------||-8---------||--8--------||--11-8--10-9---||
|----0-0-0-||-----0-0-0--||----0-0-00-||-----0-0-0-||---------------||
     . . .        . . .        . . ..        . . .

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-5-4----------| GTR I
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------7-5-4----|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------6--|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|
|   ...  ...        ...      ...   ...         ...
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10-8-7---------| GTR II
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6------------12-11-10-----------10-8-7---|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4------------10-9--8------------------10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-5-4----------| GTR I
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------7-5-4----|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------6--|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|
|   ...  ...        ...      ...   ...         ...
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10-8-7---------| GTR II
|-----------12-11-10---7-6------------12-11-10-----------10-8-7---|
|-----------10-9--8----5-4------------10-9--8------------------10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

 Riff B                                              (end of Riff B)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-5-4----------| GTR I
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------7-5-4----|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------6--|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|
|   ...  ...        ...      ...   ...         ...
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10-8-7---------| GTR II
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------10-8-7---|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------10-|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|
    ...  ...        ...      ...   ...         ...

Play Riff B a total of 2 times

 Riff C                 (end of Riff C)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------| GTR I
|-4----------3-----4-----5-----4-----| 
|------------------------------------|
|---22222222---222---222---000---000-|
|   ........   ...   ...   ...   ...
|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------| GTR II
|-4----------3-----4-----------------| 
|------------------------6-----5-----|
|---22222222---222---222---000---000-|
    ........   ...   ...   ...   ...

Play Riff C a total of four times

 Riff D                                                 (end of Riff D)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-----------5454----------5454----------5454----------5454-|
|-----------6575----------6575----------6575----------6575-|
|-0000000000------0000000000------0000000000------0000000000-------|
| ..........      ..........      ..........      .......... 
|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--hold------------hold------------hold------------hold------------| GTR 2
|-9---------------10--------------12--------------10---------------|
|-7---------------8---------------10--------------8----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff D a total of two times, end of second time end with an E5Viii
Play Riff B 4 times
Play Riff C 4 times
Play Riff D 2 times

Rhythm under solo(Play a total of 4 times)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7~---------8~---------10~---------8~----------|
|---000000000--000000000---000000000--000000000-|
    .........  .........   .........  .........

Rhythm under solo(Play 8 times)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------------8-7-|
|------------6-5-|
|-2222222222-----|
  ..........

Rhythm under whammy effects(Play 8 times)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------| GTR I
|-10-7--9--8--|
|-8--5--7--6--|
|-------------|
| .  .  .  .
|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------| GTR II
|-13-10-12-11-|
|-11-8--10-9--|
|-------------|
  .  .  .  .
                                                  
 Riff E(play 4 times)  (end of Riff E)            Play three times
|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|*-------------------------*||------------------||*----------------*|| GTR 
|*----------5-4----4----4~-*||---------ph---ph--||*----------------*||  1
|---------------7~---7-6----||----------2---1---||----------2---1---||
|-000000000-----------------||-00000000---4---3-||-00000000---4---3-||
| .........                    ........            ........
|
|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|*-------------------------*||------------------||*----------------*|| GTR 
|*----------9-7----7----7~-*||---------ph---ph--||*----------------*||  2
|--------------10~--10-8----||----------2---1---||----------2---1---||
|-000000000-----------------||-00000000---4---3-||-00000000---4---3-||
  .........                    ........            ........

Play Riff E again a total of 4 times

 guitar I
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----4--5----------|----4--5----------|----4--5----------|----4--5----------|
|----4--5--2-------|----4--5--2-------|----4--5--2-------|----4--5--2-------|
|-2--2--3---532----|-2--2--3---532----|-2--2--3---532----|-2--2--3---532----|
|-0------------532-|-0------------532-|-0------------532-|-0------------532-|
|                                                  .....            .......
| guitar 2
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----4--5--54------|----4--5--54------|----4--5--54------|----4--5--54------|
|----4--5----754---|----4--5----754---|----4--5----754---|----4--5----754---|
|-2--2--3-------75-|-2--2--3-------75-|-2--2--3-------75-|-2--2--3-------75-|
|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
                              .......            .......            .......

 Play a total of four times
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR I
|---------2---------2-----2---1-------|
|-2-5-4-3-2-3-2-54-2-3-2---3---2-3-2-|
|-0-3-2-1-0-1-0-32-0-1-0-------------|
| . . . . . . .     . . .         . .
|                  
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|---------2---------------5---4-------|
|-2-5-4-3-2-3-2-5-4-2-3-2---7---6-7-6-|
|-0-3-2-1-0-1-0-3-2-0-1-0-------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . .            

 Play 4 times(with solo)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|----4--5--2-------|
|----4--5--2532----|
|-2--2--3---532532-|
|-0------------532-|
|
|------------------|
|----------53------|
|----4--5--54542---|
|----4--5----75454-|
|-2--2--3-------75-|
|-0----------------|

solo                 sweep                                            
|-------------------|---19---17----14-15---|-12-14-15-14-12------------------|
|-5~--7-8-8bf-8p7h8-|--17--13---13------13-|----------------13-12-15-13~-12~-|
|-------------------|-16-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|

|----17-19-17-14-15-17-22bf~---|
|-15---------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

Play Riff C 4 times
Play Riff D 2 times

|-----||----------|              |------------|
|-----||----------| Play Riff A  |------------|
|-----||----------| three times  |------------|
|-sl.-||-10--8-9--| then play    |------------|
|-\--||-8---6-7--|              |-3p2--------|
|-\--||----------|              |----0-------|
                                     .slight palm mute

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About artist:

Pestilence are a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. They released four albums before disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994. As of 2008, the band has reformed.

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