A Skull Full Of Maggots

 CANNIBAL CORPSE 
                          A SKULL FULL OF MAGGOTS 
                 From their '90 album 'Eaten Back to Life' 
  
 Tabbed by:  Jason Mathie 
             Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca 
  
 A short selection from their earliest album. 
  
 Comments: 
  
 I will only use the necessary strings for each riff, so be careful to 
 make sure you're playing on the right strings. 
  
 There are some noticeable tempo variations in this song.  I've tried 
 to give an idea of when it slows down, and included the exact bpm tempos 
 in a few places for those of you are familiar with such things. 
  
 Notation explanation: 
      /=3=\ 
   |---------| 
   |--0-0-0--|  Triplets.  Play 3 notes where you would normally play 2. 
   |---------| 
  
   |3:-|  |4:-| 
   |4:-|  |4:-|  Time signature changes. 
   |---|  |---| 
  
 Generally one dash is a sixteenth note in length.  So ---- is one beat. 
 Sometimes there's a lot of double digit fret positions or notation 
 symbols so I have to stretch it out more.  When that happens I'll use 
 the usual method of writing the note lengths underneath each note. 
 q=quarter (1 beat)    e=eighth  (1/2 beat)   s=sixteenth (1/4 beat) 
 Uppercase signifies a rest. 
  
 Guitars are tuned to Eb.  Guitarists are Bob Rusay (LeftGtr) and Jack 
 Owen (RightGtr). 
  
 The lyrics are here for you to growl, but the words are _very_ 
 unintelligable on this album. 
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 Tempo: 270 bpm 
  
 Riff A 
 Ab|----------------|----------------| 
 Eb|5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0-|4-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-| 
 P.M. . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 
  
 Play Riff A 8x 
  
 Riff B  (slower, tempo: 200 bpm) 
    /=3=\ /=3=\ /=3=\ /=3=\  /=3=\ /=3=\ /=3=\ /=3=\ 
 Db|------------------------|------------------------|-- 
 Ab|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-- 
 Eb|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-- 
    e e e e e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e e e e e 
  
      /=3=\ /=3=\ /=3=\ /=3=\ 
 Db --|------------------------|----------7-8---| 
 Ab --|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----6-7---------| 
 Eb --|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|6---------------| 
       e e e e e e e e e e e e  q   e q   e q 
  
 Play Riff B 2x 
 Play Riff A 4x 
  
 Riff C1  (tempo as before: 270 bpm) 
        /=3=\     /=3=\      /=3=\ /==3==\ 
 Gb|9---------9---------|9------------------|-- 
 Db|7---------7---------|7---------8--8--8--|-- 
 Ab|----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|----0-0-0-8--8--8--|-- 
 Eb|--------------------|-------------------|-- 
    q   e e e q   e e e  q   e e e q  q  q 
 P.M    . . .     . . .      . . . 
  
           /=3=\ 
 Gb --|9---------9-------|----------------| 
 Db --|7---------7-------|----------------| 
 Ab --|----0-0-0-----0---|7---6---5---4---| 
 Eb --|------------------|5---4---3---2---| 
       q   e e e q   q    q   q   q   q 
 P.M       . . .     . 
  
 Play Riff C1 2x 
  
 Riff C2 
        /=3=\     /=3=\      /=3=\ 
 Gb|9---------9---------|9-----------------|-- 
 Db|7---------7---------|7---------8-8-8-8-|-- 
 Ab|----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|----0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|-- 
 Eb|--------------------|------------------|-- 
    q   e e e q   e e e  q   e e e e e e e 
 P.M    . . .     . . .      . . . 
  
           /=3=\ 
 Gb --|9---------9-------|----------------| 
 Db --|7---------7-------|----------------| 
 Ab --|----0-0-0-----0---|----------------| 
 Eb --|------------------|5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0-| 
       q   e e e q   q    e e e e e e e e 
 P.M       . . .     .    . . . . . . . . 
  
 Play Riff C2 4x with lyrics: 
  
   Lying there cold after a torturous death 
   Your life ended fast, you took your last breath 
   Dead in a grave, your final place 
   The maggots infest your disfigured face 
  
 Riff C3 
        /=3=\     /=3=\ 
 Gb|7---------7---------|7---------------|-- 
 Db|5---------5---------|5---------------|-- 
 Ab|----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|------7-5-5-5-5-|-- 
 Eb|--------------------|------5-3-3-3-3-|-- 
    q   e e e q   e e e  q+e   e e e e e 
 P.M    . . .     . . . 
  
           /=3=\ 
 Gb --|7---------7-------|----------------| 
 Db --|5---------5-------|----------------| 
 Ab --|----0-0-0-----0---|7---5---8-8-8-8-| 
 Eb --|------------------|5---3---6-6-6-6-| 
       q   e e e q   q    q   q   e e e e 
 P.M       . . .     . 
  
 Play Riff C3 2x with lyrics: 
  
   Puss through your veins takes the place of blood 
   Decay sets in, bones begin to crack 
   Thrown six feet down, left to rot 
   Brains oozing down the side of your broken neck 
  
 Play Riff C2 2x, at last measure growl 'Skull full of maggots!' 
  
 Then play 
 Ab|----------------|                          |----------------| 
 Eb|4-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-|   then Riff A 2x, then   |5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0-| 
 P.M. . . . . . . .                             . . . . . . . . 
  
 Play:      slow down to 230 bpm 
 Db|3:-------------|4:--------rooooooarr-----|3:-------------|-- 
 Ab|4:---------4---|4:-3--------|------------|4:-6---5---4---|-- 
 Eb|---4-0-3-0-2---|---1--------|------------|---4---3---2---|-- 
 P.M   . . . . 
  
 Db --|4:----rooooooooooaaar--|3:-------------|4:----rroooooooaaarrrr--| 
 Ab --|4:-2-------|-----------|4:-6---5---4---|4:-3--------|-----------| 
 Eb --|---0-------|-----------|---4---3---2---|---1--------|-----------| 
  
 Riff D 
 Db|3:-------------|----------------|----------------|-- 
 Ab|4:-6---5---4---|2---------------|----------------|-- 
 Eb|---4---3---2---|0000000000000000|0000000000000000|-- 
 P.M                 ............... ................ 
  
 Db --|3:-------------|----------------|----------------| 
 Ab --|4:-6---5---4---|3---------------|----------------| 
 Eb --|---4---3---2---|1111111111111111|1111111111111111| 
 P.M                    ............... ................ 
  
 Play Riff D 4x with lyrics: 
  
                                        They enter your tomb  
  
   
   Beginning to feast  
   
                Crawling on you  
    
     
   Now they eat you  
     
                    Rotting maggots  
      
       
   Infesting your corpse  
       
           Parasites of the dead  
        
         
  
 Now a very fast slowdown to 130 bpm: 
  
  Now dwell in your head 
 Db|3:-------------|------------|-- 
 Ab|4:-6---5---4---|2-----------|-- 
 Eb|---4---3---2---|0-----------|-- 
                                                 tempo back to 270 bpm 
 Db --|3:-2-----------|2-----------|2-----------|4:-2-------|----------| 
 Ab --|4:-2---2---2---|2---2---2---|2---2---2---|4:-2-------|---rest---| 
 Eb --|---0---0---0---|0---0---0---|0---0---0---|---0-------|----------| 
 P.M      .   .   .    .   .   .    .   .   .       . 
  
 Play Riff A 2x  followed by     Ab|8---8---8---8---| 
                                 Eb|6---6---6---6---| 
 Riff E 
 Gb|9---------------|9---------------|9---------------|----------------| 
 Db|9---------------|9---------------|9---------------|----------------| 
 Ab|7---------------|7---------------|7---------------|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 
 Eb|----7-7-8-8-7---|----7-7-8-8-7---|----7-7-8-8-7---|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| 
 P.M    . . . . .        . . . . .        . . . . . 
  
 Play Riff E 4x with lyrics (as in first verse): 
  
   Lying there cold after a torturous death 
   Your life ended... 
  
 End on   |9----| 
          |9----| 
          |7----| 
          |-----| 
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 I see from the liner notes that Glen Benton from Deicide does some 
 guest vocals on this song.  I guess that's where the background guys are 
 screaming  
         
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   E-mail me with any concerns, questions, requests, corrections... 
  
       Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca