OBITUARY - CHOPPED IN HALF 
                            From the Album - CAUSE OF DEATH 
                          Copyright - ROADRUNNER RECORDS 1991 
                               Version 1.1 April 12, 2002 
 
Origional transcription by: Kevin Phillips 01/10/97 
Corrections By: James Williams (Inverted) 
 
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Kevin: at kphill@iconz.co.nz/kevinp@netway.co.nz 
 
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.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to 
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato 
h  - hammer on           b  - bend 
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend ^ 
ph - pinched harmonic     f - full bend    h - half bend 
*  - see comment          r - release      t - tap bend 
X  - Staccato            ~ - vibrato bend q - quarter bend 
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note 
"  - Tremolo note        <> - Trill 
 
Tunning: "D"G"C"F"A"D" 
 
Riff 1-A     x1                            x4 
|--------------||----------------------------| 
|--------------||----------------------------| 
|--------------||----------------------------| 
|--3--3--2x----||--2--2--3---5---3--3--2x----| 
|--3--3--2x----||--2--2--3---5---3--3--2x----| 
|--1--1--0x----||--0--0--1---3---1--1--0x----| 
   .  .            .  .          .  . 
 
Riff 1-B                              x4 
|---------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------| 
|-------------------2--2--3---5---3--3--| 
|-------------------2--2--3---5---3--3--| 
|--0000000000000000-0--0--1---3---1--1--| 
   ................ 
 
Riff 2            x3                   x1 
|-------------------|--------------------| 
|-------------------|--------------------| 
|-------------------|--------------------| 
|-------------------|--------------------| 
|-------------------|--------------------| 
|--000000001001001--|--5555555566666666--| 
 
 
Riff 3-A                               x7                               x1 
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|--5-5------4-4------3-------------------|--5--5-------4--4-------3x------| 
|--3-3-0000-2-2-0000-1-0000000000000000--|--3--3--0-0--2--2--0-0--1x------| 
                                                  . .        . . 
 
Riff 4-B                           x2                                   x1 
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------|--7-----------6---------------------| 
|--5555--------4444------------------|--5---6---7---4---5---6---4---------| 
|------44445555----3333444422222222--|------4---5-------3---4---2---------| 
 
 
Fill 1 
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 
|--5555--------4444--| 
|------44445555------| 
 
 
Riff 5                           x1 
|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
|--7---6---5---4----7---6---5---4--| 
|--5---4---3---2----5---4---3---2--| 
|--5---4---3---2----5---4---3---2--| 
 
 
Riff 6                           x6 
|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
|--7--------------------5---6------| 
|--5--------------------5---4------| 
|--5--------0-0-0-0-0-0-3---4------| 
            . . . . . . 
 
Riff 7-A 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------3------------5------------3------------5-6--| 
|--00000000-1---00000000-3---00000000-1---00000000-3-4--| 
 
 
RIFF 7-B 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------3-4----------5-6----------3-4----------5----| 
|--00000000-1-2-00000000-3-4-00000000-1-2-00000000-3----| 
 
 
End 
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|---------------------| 
|---------------------| 
|---------------------| 
|---------------4--5--| 
|--333344441111-2--3--| 
 
 
Lyrics: By Inverted 
 
Your chopped in half! 
Feel the blood spill from your mouth 
With rotting ways comes destiny 
You feel your soul takken away 
Bleed... 
 
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