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THE CASKET OF RODERICK USHER
As recorded by Finch
(From the 2005 Album SAY HELLO TO SUNSHINE)
Transcribed by Jonathan Rose
Words and Music by Finch
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Left Channel'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Right Channel'
"Human flesh.."
Flatted Fun Q=126
Gbb5Gb5 Fb5 Cb5 Gbb5Gb5 Fb5 Cb5
6/8 9/8
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S E Q E Q E Q S S S S S S E Q E Q E Q E Q
||-------------------|-----------|------------------|------------------||
||o------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------5----|-5----5----|-------------5----|-5----5----5------||
||--4-4-5-5-3-3-4----|-4----4----|-4-4-5-5-3-3-4----|-4----4----4------||
||o-3-3-4-4-2-2-3----|-3----3----|-3-3-4-4-2-2-3----|-3----3----3-----o||
||--4-4-5-5-3-3------|-----------|-4-4-5-5-3-3------|------------------||
Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5Db5 Dbb5
6/8 8/8
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9---8-9---8---7---7-6---||
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8---7-8---7---6---6-5---||
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7---6-7---6---5---5-4---||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
"This body cold and.."
Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5Db5 Dbb5
6/8 7/8
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9---8-9---8---7---7-6-|
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8---7-8---7---6---6-5-|
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7---6-7---6---5---5-4-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbGbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5
15/16 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------o||
||--10---9-8---9---8---7-6-10---|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6--||
||---9---8-7---8---7---6-5--9---|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5--||
||o--8---7-6---7---6---5-4--8---|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5Eb5 Gbb5
5/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S Q
|--------------------------|-------------||
|--------------------------|-------------||
|-10---9---8-9---8---9---9-|-10----10----||
|--9---8---7-8---7---8---8-|--9-----9----||
|--8---7---6-7---6---7---7-|--8-----8----||
|--------------------------|-------------||
"Buried with your face.."
Fb5D5 Abb5 D5
6/8
Gtrs I, II
PM
E. E. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--(6)--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--(5)--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--(6)--|-------------------|----------------0-|
Fb5D5 Abb5 D5
5/8 6/8
PM
E. E. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--6--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--5--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--6--|-------------------|----------------0-|
Fb5D5 AbbDb5 Abb5 D5
7/8 10/8
PM
E. E. Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|----------7--|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--6--6--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--5--5--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--6-----|----------------------------0-|
Fb5D5 Abb5 D5
5/8 10/8
E. E. Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------------|
|----------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-7---|
|-3--0--6--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0---|
|-2--0--5--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0---|
|-3--0--6--|-------------------------0---|
Fb5D5 FbBb5D5 Abb5DbAbb5 DbAbb5 D5
9/8
Gtr I
PM
E. E. a E. E. E E a E E a E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-7s13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6---6s12---|-6s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--2s8--0--5---5s11---|-5s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6----------|---------------------------0-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM
| E. E. a E. E. E E a E E a Q Q Q Q E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-7s13----13----13----13------|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6---6s12---|-6s12----12----12----12------|
|-2--0--2s8--0--5---5s11---|-5s11----11----11----11----0-|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6----------|---------------------------0-|
Fb5D5 AbbDbAbb5 DbAbb5 D5
7/8 9/8
PM
E. E. Q a E E a E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------|-7s13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----||
||--3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||
||o-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-o||
||--3--0--6---------|---------------------------0--||
|
| PM
| E. E. Q a E E a Q Q Q Q E
||------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------|-7s13----13----13----13-------||
||--3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12----12----12----12-------||
||o-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11----11----11----11----0-o||
||--3--0--6---------|---------------------------0--||
Fb5D5 AbbDbAbb5 DbAbb5 D5
7/8 13/8
PM
E. E. Q a E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-7s13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----|
|-3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
|-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0---|
|-3--0--6---------|------------------------------------0---|
|
| PM
| E. E. Q a E E a Q Q Q Q Q E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-7s13----13----13----13----13----13-----|
|-3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12----12----12----12----12----12-----|
|-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11----11----11----11----11----11-0---|
|-3--0--6---------|------------------------------------0---|
BbAbbBbAbb5 D5
6/8 4/4
Gtrs I, II
E.E. E.E. E E E E E E E E
|-----------|---------------------||
|-----------|-10---10---10---10---||
|-----------|--7----7----7----7---||
|-----------|--0----0----0----0---||
|-8S5--8S5--|--0----0----0----0---||
|-9S6--9S6--|--0----0----0----0---||
"Unearthed hands of.."
F5 FsuF5 Fsus2F5 FsuBb5 Bbsus2
5/4
E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S E. S E E
||------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------------|
||------------------|---------------------------|
||--3--3-5--3--3-5--|-3--3-5--8--8-10--10-10-10-|
||o-3--3-3--3--3-3--|-3--3-3--8--8--8---8--8--8-|
||--3--3-3--3--3-3--|-3--3-3--8--8--8---8--8--8-|
D5 N.C. F5
4/4 7/8
PM------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S
|----------------|--------------------||
|----6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-----------o||
|----9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9------------||
|-0--------------|--------------------||
|-0--------------|---------3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-0--------------|---------3-3-3-3-3--||
Csus4b5 Gbb5Gb5 Fb5 Csus4b5 Gbb5Gb5 Fb5
6/8 9/8
E Q E Q E Q S S S S S S E Q E Q E Q E Q S S S S S S
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|-6----6----|-6----------------|-6----6----|-6----6----------------|
|-5----5----|-5----------------|-5----5----|-5----5----------------|
|-4----4----|-4----4-4-5-5-3-3-|-4----4----|-4----4----4-4-5-5-3-3-|
|-3----3----|-3----3-3-4-4-2-2-|-3----3----|-3----3----3-3-4-4-2-2-|
|-----------|------4-4-5-5-3-3-|-----------|-----------4-4-5-5-3-3-|
Csus4b5 Gbb5Gb5 Fb5 D5
6/8
E Q E Q E Q S S S S S S E Q E Q E Q E Q H.
|-----------|------------------|-------------|-------------|-------||
|-6----6----|-6----------------|-10----10----|-10----10----|-------||
|-5----5----|-5----------------|--7-----7----|--7-----7----|-------||
|-4----4----|-4----4-4-5-5-3-3-|--0-----0----|--0-----0----|-------||
|-3----3----|-3----3-3-4-4-2-2-|--0-----0----|--0-----0----|-------||
|-----------|------4-4-5-5-3-3-|--0-----0----|--0-----0----|-------||
Outro
Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5DbDbGbb5
6/8 15/16
S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9---8-9---8---7-6-10---|
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8---7-8---7---6-5--9---|
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7---6-7---6---5-4--8---|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5
6/8
S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Gbb5 Fb5 Gbb5
E Q E Q E Q S S S S E
|-------------|-------------------*|
|-------------|-------------------*|
|-11----11----|-11----------------*|
|-10----10----|-10----9-9-10-10---*|
|--9-----9----|--9----8-8--9--9---*|
|-------------|-------------------*|
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
/ - 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
** Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen: The Official Power Tab Web Site