Spirit Crusher Tab by Death

Spirit Crusher tab by Death (Ver. 2)

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Difficulty: Advanced

                           'SPIRIT CRUSHER' BY DEATH
                           FROM "THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE" CD
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NOTES:

Tuning: Tune down one whole step (1:D, 2:G, 3:C, 4:F, 5:A, 6:D)
Timing: Listen to music for actual timing...
Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.

          b = bend              / = slide up            a.h. = artificial
          bf= bend full         br= bend release               harmonic
          h = hammer-on          = slide down
          p = pull-off          . = palm mute(pm)          t = tapping
          " = tremolo picking

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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THIS SHOULD BE PRETTY DAMN CLOSE...IF YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR
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 RIFF 1: INTRO (after bass)

 guitar 1        guitar 2

|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----10-10/11-----|
|-----8-8/9-----|---8----------9---|
|---6-------7---|-6--------------7-|
|-4-----------5-|------------------|
  . .

 RIFF 2a:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------4-----2-----------------------2-----4-----6-----2----a.h.--------------------
|-2-----4-----5-----------------4-----5-----4-----0-----2-----4-----0-----2---------------------
|---000---000---000---000---000---000---000---000---000---000---000---000-----------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0
    ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...  . ... . . . ... . . .

  RIFF 2b (speed up A LOT during this riff!!)

|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-2-----4-----5-----4-----|-2--------4--------5--------4--------2--------4--------5--------4-
|---333---333---333---333-|---333333---333333---333333---333333---333333---333333---333333---
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------
    ...   ...   ...   ...     ......   ......   ......   ......   ......   ......   ......

 --------------------------------------------------|------|
 --------------------------------------------------|------|
 --------------------------------------------4~~~~-|-//-|
 --------4--------7--------5--------2--------------|-//-|
 -333333---555555---555555---555555---333333-------|-//-|
 --------------------------------------------------|------|
  ......   ......   ......   ......   ......

 RIFF 3: CHORUS
|-------------------------------------|--0---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----0-------------------------------|
|----5-----------------5--------------|------5-----------------5---------7-|
|-2--5--5-5/7-7--2-2---5---2-2---a.h.-|-2----5--5-5/7-7--2-2---5---2-2---7-|
|-2--3--5-5/7-7--2-2---3---2-2---5~---|-2----3--5-5/7-7--2-2---3---2-2---5-|
|-0-----3-3/5-5--0-0-0-----0-0-0------|-0-------3-3/5-5--0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
                     .         .                             .         .

 RIFF 4:

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------8----------7-------|
|-----7-78--------6---6------5---5---5-|
|---5-------6----4-------4--3-------3---|
|-3-----------4-------------------------|

  . .

 RIFF 5

|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------
|------------------9---7----------|------------------10---9-----------
|-----7---9---10-----------9---10-|-----7---9---10------------9---10~-
|-0-0---0---0----0---0---0---0----|-0-0---0---0----0----0---0---0-----
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------
  . .   .   .    .   .   .   .     . .   .    .    .     .   .   .


------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
-------------------12---10---9------|-------------------10---9-----------|
-----9---10---12-----------------10-|-----9---10---12------------9---10~-|
-8-8---8----8----8----8----8---8----|-8-8---8----8----8----8---8---8-----|
------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
  . .   .    .    .    .    .   .      . .   .    .    .    .   .   .

 RIFF 6: (* artificial harmonic last time ONLY)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------7h9-9~----------9h10-10~----------10h12-12~----------12p10-10~-
|-00000000--------00000000----------00000000-----------00000000-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ........        ........          ........           ........


----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------*--|
-------------------------------------------------10h12-12~----------10p9-9~-|
----------9h10-10~-----------10h12-12~--------------------------------------|
-88888888-----------88888888------------88888888-----------88888888---------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ........           ........            ........           ........

 RIFF 7: Solo 1

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10------------------12----------9----------9------9-|
|-----------8----------10------10----------7----------7------7-|
|-00000000----00000000--8-0000----00000000---00000000---0000---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
  ........    ........    ....    ........   ........   ....



 RIFF 8: Solo 2

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--6-----2-----|
|--6--4--2--2--|
|--4--4--0--2--|
|-----2-----0--|

 RIFF 9: Guitar 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------9-------------10--------------12-------------10----9-9----9-9----9/-|
|-------7---7~--------8----8~--------10----10~-------8----8~-7-7----7-7----7/-|
|-0-000--------0-000----------0-000------------0-000---------0-0-00-----00----|
| . ...        . ...          . ...            . ...         . . ..	..    |
|									      |
|RIFF 9: Guitar 2 (3rd and 4th time only)				      |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------11-------------12--------------14------------12---------------------|
|-------9----9~-------10----10~-------12----12~------10--10~-9-9----9-9----9/-|
|------------------------------------------------------------7-7----7-7----7/-|
|-0-000---------0-000----------0-000-----------0-000---------0-0-00-----00----|
  . ...         . ...          . ...           . ...         . . ..	..

...back to the beginning--play RIFFS 1-6

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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