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THE PHILOSOPHER
As recorded by Death
(From the 1993 Album INDIVIDUAL THROUGHT PATTERNS)
Transcribed by Cyn+Satan
Words and Music by Chuck
Arranged by Chuck
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr V (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Death Metal Q=126
4/4
Gtr V
T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-0h5h8-12p8p5p0h5h8-12p8p5p|==0h7h10-15p10p7p0h7h10-13p10p7p===|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| W W
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-7-------------------------|-12--------------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|--0h5h8-12p8p5p0h5h8-12p8p5p|=0h4h7-12p7p4p0h4h7-10p7p4-o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| W W
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10-------------------------|-6-------------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
Half-Time Q=63
$
3/4 3/8 3/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV
PM--| PM--------| PM--| PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E S S S e S S S S S S E E E E E S S S e S S S S S S E
|----------||-------------------------|-------|--------------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|-------|--------------------------|
|-4--------||-------------------------|-4-----|--------------------------|
|-4--2--4--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-2-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-2--2--4--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|----0--2--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---0-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
1st & 2nd Verses
3/8 3/4 3/8 3/4
PM--| PM--------| PM--| PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E S S S e S S S S S S E E E E E S S S e S S S S S S E 3x
||--------||-------------------------|-------|----------------------------||
||o-------||-------------------------|-------|---------------------------o||
||--4-----||-------------------------|-4-----|----------------------------||
||--4-2-4-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-2-4-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
||o-2-2-4-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-4-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||----0-2-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---0-2-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
Pre-Chorus
Double-time Q=120
4/4
Gtrs I, III
PM------| ~~~~~~~~ PM------|
|---3---| |---3---|
Q S S S E +E S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------2---(2)-----------------1h==2---4---|
|-2---------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---------------0---0---0---------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| PM------| ~~~~~~~~~~ PM------|
| |---3---| |---3---|
| Q S S S E +E S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------3h==4---6-|
|---2---------------2-----(2)-------------------------|
|---2-------------------------------------------------|
|---0---0---0---0---------------0---0---0-------------|
PM--| ~~~~~~ PM--| PM------|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q S S S E +E S S E E Q S S S E +E S S e S S
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------2-(2)-2p1-----|---------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-|-6--------7-(7)\-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-0--0-0-0---------------|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|
|
| PM--| ~~~~~~ PM--| PM------|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q S S S E +E S S E E Q S S S E +E S S e S S
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------2-(2)-2p1-----|---------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-|-6--------7-(7)\-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-0--0-0-0---------------|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|
Gtrs I, II, III, IV
PM--| ~ ~ PM--| PM------| PM--| ~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q S S S E +E S S Q Q S S S E +E S S e S S Q S S S E +E S S Q
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-6--------6-(6)--------|-6--------7-(7)\-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--------6-(6)--------|
|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3--|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3--|
Chorus
~
H H E E H Q H H
|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|------4----|-8-9-8-------|------4----|
|-2---------|-6-7-6-------|-2---------|
|-0---------|----------7--|-0---------|
PM--| PM------|
|-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q S S S E +E S S e S S
|--------------||-----------------------------|
|--------------||-----------------------------|
|--------------||-----------------------------|
|-8-9-8--4--6--||-----------------------------|
|-6-7-6--2--4--||-6--------7-(7)\-6-6-6-6-6---|
|--------------||-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4---|
To Coda
PM--| ~ PM--| PM------| PM--| ~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q S S S E +E S S Q Q S S S E +E S S e S S Q S S S E +E S S Q
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-6--------6-(6)--------|-6--------7-(7)\-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--------6-(6)--------|
|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3--|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3--|
Interlude
Q.=132
12/8
PM--| PM------| PM--| PM------| PM---
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------7-----------7-----|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-------------------------|
-----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3-----|
Guitar Solo
12/8
Gtrs III, IV
PM--| PM------| PM-----------| PM-----------| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------7-----------7-----||----------5----------------7----|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-||--------------------------------|
|-------------------------||--5--5-5----5--5----5--5-5------|
|
| Gtr V
| W Q Q Q. Q E +H.
|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------------------------||-10------12---12--(12)----------|
|-------------------------||--7-------9---(9)--(9)----------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
PM---| PM------| ~~ PM--| PM--------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------5--------------7--------|-------------------------------------|
|---3--3-3---3-3-3-3---3-----------|----------5----------------5---------|
|----------------------------------|--3-3--3-----3--3--3-3--3-----3--3---|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +H Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(12)---------------(12)----------|-10h==12-12-12-12-12---13-13-13-13---|
|--(9)----------------(9)----------|--7----9--9--9--9--9---10-10-10-10---|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM--| PM----------| PM----------| PM---------| ~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------7----------------7-----|-----------5-----------------7--------|
|--5-5--5-----5--5---5--5-5---5-5-|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----------|
|
| ~~~~
| Q E E E E +H. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------12-13-17-13S12-----------|
|-13s==15-15-15-15-(15)-----------|----12-13-15----------------15--13-12-|
|-10s==12-12-12-12-(12)-----------|-14-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
PM---| PM---------| ~~~ PM--| PM----------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------5----------------7-------|--------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-3----------|---------5---------------5------------|
|------------------------------------|--3-3--3---3--3--3--3--3----3--3------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H. +Q S S S
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----12-13-15-13-12------------------|------------------------------12p10---|
|-14----------------14-10-9----------|---------------------------14---------|
|---------------------------12--9h10-|-12---10---9-(9)---(9)---------9h10---|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------12---------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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PM---------| PM---------| PM-------------| PM--------------------------| ~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7---------------7-----|--------------------5----------------------------------------7----------|
|--5-----5-----5-----5-5---5--5-5---5-5-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--5-----5--5-----------------5-------5--------5--5--------5-------------|
|
| T ~~~~
| |--3--| |--3--| |------5------| |--3--|
| S S S S E Q. +H. S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------------|-12-13-15-12h13h15-12h13h15-12h13h15---12h13h15-15h17h19p15-19p17p15-17h|
|-19p15-19p15-13-12------(12)-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12-15p12-10--9-------(9)-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM---------| PM------------------| ~~~
E E E E E E E E E Q.
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-----------------------------7----------|
|--3--3--------3--------3-----3-----3--3-----3-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| E S S S E S S S S S S E S S E E E S S
|-19-20p17h19p15-17h19p17p15----17h20-19p17p15-17h19p17p15-|
|----------------------------17----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
PM------| PM------| PM---
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------5-----------------5------|
|--3-----3-3---------3-3-3-3-3------3-3-|
|
| S S Q +H. +Q.
|-17h19-20---(20)b22-----------(20)-----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
H.=H Q.=76
6/8
Gtrs I, II, III, IV
----------| PM------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3--||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------2--||-------------0-------------------|
|--------------7---------------------5--4-0--||---------4--------------------3--|
|--5-----5-5-------5--5--5--5-----5----------||--2------------------------3-----|
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------1--------|
|
| ~~~~
| Q. +Q e E S S E Q. E +E E +E E S S
|-20b22======(20)r---20-19-17h19p17----------||-----------------------17--------|
|-----------------------------------20-------||-20b22-(20)-20b22-(20)----20p17--|
|--------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
2/8 6/8 2/8
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|---------------------|----------|----------------|----------------|-------|
|---------------------|----------|----------------|----------------|-------|
|---------------------|----------|--------0-------|----------------|-------|
|--------6---------4--|---5s=4-0-|------4-------3-|--------6-----4-|-5s4-0-|
|-----6--------2------|----------|---2--------3---|-----6------2---|-------|
|--4--------0---------|----------|----------1-----|-4--------0-----|-------|
|
| >
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S S E +Q. +Q +H. +H. Q
|---------------------|----------|----------------|----------------|-------|
|-------20------------|----------|----------------|----------------|-------|
|-20p17----17-16-(16)-|-(16)-----|-(16)-----------|---(16)---------|-------|
|---------------------|----------|----------------|----------------|-------|
|---------------------|----------|----------------|----------------|-------|
|---------------------|----------|----------------|----------------|-------|
Bridge
Q=120
D.S. al Coda
6/8 2/8 6/8 3/8 3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E 3x E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|--------||-------------|-------|-----------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------o||-------------|-------|-----------|
||------0-------|-------------|--------||-----0-------|-------|-4---------|
||----4-------3-|-----6-----4-|-5s4-0--||---4-------3-|-------|-4--2--4---|
||o-2-------3---|---6-----2---|-------o||-2-------3---|-6-6s5-|-2--2--4---|
||--------1-----|-4-----0-----|--------||-------1-----|-4-----|----0--2---|
Q=66
&
5/4
Q. E +H. Q. E +H.
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-7----8-(8)-------|-7----8-(8)------------|
|-7----8-(8)-------|-7----8-(8)------------|
|-5----6-(6)-------|-5----6-(6)------------|
|
| Gtr V
| ~~~~~
| W Q H H E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------12b13-|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
Q. E +H.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2------------------------------3------------(3)---------------------------------------------------|
|--2------------------------------3------------(3)---------------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------1------------(1)---------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----5-----| |--3--| |--------6---------|
| E T T T T T T X X T T X X T T T E S S S S S S S S +S E T T T T
|--------------------------------------------------------------------12------------------------------|
|-12--10----------------------------------------------------------12----12b13-(12)r12----------------|
|--------12p11h12p11-9-12p11p9-11-9h11h12p11p9----------------------------------------12s11-14s16----|
|-----------------------------------------------9--10h13p10-13-14------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +H.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------------3-----(3)----------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------------3-----(3)----------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------1-----(1)----------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |-------6-------| |-----3------| |------6-------|
| S S S S S S S S T +T S S +Q +E E S S S S S S
|--------------20----17-19--------------------------------17----17-19-------|
|-17--------19----19-------19b20r(19)----19-(19)--(19)-19----19-------20-19-|
|-----16s17---------------------------17------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +H. Q. E +H.
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--7--------8-(8)-------|-7-----8-(8)-------|
|--7--------8-(8)-------|-7-----8-(8)-------|
|--5--------6-(6)-------|-5-----6-(6)-------|
|
| T S. E W Q W
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-17--------------------|-------------------|
|-----19----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +H.
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------------3----(3)----------------------|
|--2---------------3----(3)----------------------|
|--0---------------1----(1)----------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~ ~~
| S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q
|-12-----12s15-15-12----12s14-14-12----12s11-----|
|-----12-------------12-------------12-------13--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +H.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2---------------------------3-------------(3)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2---------------------------3-------------(3)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0---------------------------1-------------(1)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~
| |-----5-----| |-------6-------| |------6-------|
| +E T T X X X X T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T X X T T T T S E +S
|------13-12-14-16p14p13-------17h19h21p19p17-19--17-------------------------12s16-17h19-17-15-----------------------------------|
|-(13)-------------------15-17-----------------------20-16s17-19-16s17-19-20-------------------17h19-16--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-16----16--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19----17-16-(16)---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +H.
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-7----8-(8)-------------|
|-7----8-(8)-------------|
|-5----6-(6)-------------|
|
| W E. S
|------------------------|
|------------------13b15-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
Q. E +H.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|--7-------------------8--(8)----------------------------------------------*|
|--7-------------------8--(8)----------------------------------------------*|
|--5-------------------6--(6)----------------------------------------------*|
|
| ~~~
| |----3----|
| Q S S +S +E S +S S +S +E E +E +E
|------10-----------------10---------10------------------------------------*|
|-13------13b15r(13)-(13)-13b15r(13)-13b15r(13)b15r(13)-13b15-(13)r(13)----*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
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
