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STORY TO TELL
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Shannon Hamm'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Solo Fills'
Intro
Q=148
E5 C5D5 C5 E5 E5 D5E5 D5
4/4
Gtr I
H. E E E E E E H H. E E E E E E H
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------5S7-|-7s5-5s9-9----|---------7S9-|-9s7-7-7-7----|
|-2-----------|--------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-2-------3S5-|-5s3-3s7-7----|-2-------5S7-|-7s5-5-5-5----|
|-0-----------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H. E E E E E E H H. E E E E E E H
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-------5S7-|-7s5-5s9-9----|-2-------7S9-|-9s7-7-7-7----|
|-2-------3S5-|-5s3-3s7-7----|-2-------5S7-|-7s5-5-5-5----|
|-0-----------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
G5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5 A5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~~ ~~
H. E E E E E E H H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|----------------|-----------------|---------14-15-|-(15)----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------17-16--------||
|---------/11S12-|-12s9-9s11-11----|---------------|--------------17-16--||
|-5--------------|-----------------|-7-------------|---------------------||
|-5--------/9S10-|-10s7-7s=9--9----|-7-------------|---------------------||
|-3--------------|-----------------|-5-------------|---------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~
| H. E E E E E E H H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------0--1-|--(1)----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------2--1--------||
|-5-------/11S12-|-12s9-9s11-11----|-7-------------|---------------3--2--||
|-5--------/9S10-|-10s7-7s=9--9----|-7-------------|---------------------||
|-3--------------|-----------------|-5-------------|---------------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
E5 C5 D5 C5 E5
~~~ ~~
H. E E E E E E H
|-12-------12s14-|-14s15-15s14-14----|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|
| H. E E E E E E H
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|--2--------5--7-|--7s=5--5s=9--9----|
|--2--------3--5-|--5s=3--3s=7--7----|
|--0-------------|-------------------|
E5 D5E5 D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E H. +Q e e e e e e
|-14h15-15---------|-(15)--15S17-17-15-15-19-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| H. E E E E E E H
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|--2-----------7S9-|---9s7--7--7--7----------|
|--2-----------5S7-|---7s5--5--5--5----------|
|--0---------------|-------------------------|
G5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5
~~~
H. Q +H +Q +E E
|-19--------24b27=====|=(24)-------(24)r=(24)----|
|---------------------|-----------------------20-|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|
| H. E E E E E E H
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|--5-------/11-----12-|--12s9-9s11--11-----------|
|--5--------/9-----10-|--10s7-7s=9---9-----------|
|--3------------------|--------------------------|
A5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~
E E H +E E Q. E H
|---------------------|------------------||
|-20h22-22----(22)-20-|-20----19-19------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~ ~
| H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------0---1-|-(1)--------------||
|---------------------|--------2--1------||
|--7------------------|-------------3-2--||
|--7------------------|------------------||
|--5------------------|------------------||
Verse
Q=137
$
E5 B5 C5
5/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM----| PM
W +Q E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|---------------------|
||----------------|---------------------|
||--2--------(2)--|-------4---------5---|
||o-2--------(2)--|-------2---------3---|
||--0--------(0)--|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-|
E5 D5 C5
PM--| PM----| PM
W +Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------o||
|---------------|-----------------------||
|-2--------(2)--|-------7---------5-----||
|-2--------(2)--|-------5---------3----o||
|-0--------(0)--|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0---||
Chorus
Q=85
E5 C5B5 D5 A5 E5 C5B5 D5 N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +E E E E Q. E +Q. E H +E E E E Q S S E +E E +E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------o||
||-----------5-4---|-7--------------|----------5-4---|-7---------------------||
||--2----(2)-5-4---|-7----7-(7)-----|-2----(2)-5-4---|-7------5-(5)-4-(4)----||
||o-2----(2)-3-2---|-5----7-(7)-----|-2----(2)-3-2---|-5--3-3-------------5-o||
||--0----(0)-----0-|------5-(5)---0-|-0----(0)-----0-|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM PM PM PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +E E E E Q. E +Q. E H +E E E E Q S S E +E E +E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|--------8-(8)-7-(7)---o||
||-----------5-4---|-7--------------|----------5-4---|-7--5-5-------------7--||
||--2----(2)-5-4---|-7----7-(7)-----|-2----(2)-5-4---|-7---------------------||
||o-2----(2)-3-2---|-5----7-(7)-----|-2----(2)-3-2---|-5--------------------o||
||--0----(0)-----0-|------5-(5)---0-|-0----(0)-----0-|-----------------------||
E5 C5 B5
Gtr I
PM
H +E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----3-----2-------------|
|-0-------------------------(0)--------------------0----|
|
| Gtr II
| PM
| H +E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----3-----2-------------|
|-0-------------------------(0)--------------------0----|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S T T S S S S S S S T T S S S
|----------------------------------------------------10-|
|---------10-10h12p10-----------------10-10h12p10-------|
|-9-11-12-------------12-11--9--11-12-------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
D5 A5
PM
Q. E +Q. E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---------------------7----(7)---------------------------|
|-5---------------------7----(7)---------------------------|
|-----------------------5----(5)--------------------0------|
|
| PM
| Q. E +Q. E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---------------------7----(7)---------------------------|
|-5---------------------7----(7)---------------------------|
|-----------------------5----(5)--------------------0------|
|
| S S S S T T S S S S S S S T T S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------10---|
|----------10-10h12p10-----------------10-10h12p10---------|
|-9--11-12-------------12-11--9--11-12-------------12------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
E5
PM
H +E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----3-----2-------------|
|-0-------------------------(0)--------------------0----|
|
| PM
| H +E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----5-----4-------------|
|-2-------------------------(2)-----3-----2-------------|
|-0-------------------------(0)--------------------0----|
|
| S S S S T T S S S S S S S T T S S S
|----------------------------------------------------10-|
|---------10-10h12p10-----------------10-10h12p10-------|
|-9-11-12-------------12-11--9--11-12-------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
D5
PM---| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q S S E +E E +E E
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--7---------------------------------------------------------------||
|--7-----------------------------5--------(5)-------4---(4)--------||
|--5-------------------3----3-----------------------------------5--||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| PM---| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q S S E +E E +E E
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------8--------(8)-------7---(7)--------||
|--7-------------------5----5-----------------------------------7--||
|--7---------------------------------------------------------------||
|--5---------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| PM-----------------------------------| ~~
| |--3--|
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------13p12p10------12--13-12--||
|-12-11-9-9-12-11-9-9-12-11-9-9-12-11-9-9----------12-9------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| PM|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E 3x
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------(5)---------(7)-----(8)-o||
||-------------------------------------------||
||-------------------2-----------4-------5---||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0------||
PM------------| PM----|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S S S S S e
|-----------------------------(7)-----(7)---------|
|-----------------(5)-------------(8)-----(8)-(7)-|
|------------------------------4-------4----------|
|------------------2---------------5-------5---4--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---------------------|
PM------------| PM----| PM|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------(5)---------(7)-----(8)-|
||------------------------------------------|
||-------------------2-----------4-------5--|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-----|
PM------------| PM----| PM|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E
|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------(5)---------(7)-----(8)--o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------2-----------4-------5----||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-------||
Interlude
Q.=72
6/8
Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. E E E +Q.
|------------||---------------------------------|
|------------||o--------------------------------|
|------------||---------------------------------|
|------------||-------------4---(4)-------------|
|------------||o-------2------------------------|
|------------||---0-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
