'Hammer Smashed Face' by Cannibal Corpse - Guitar Tutorial

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From: abx@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Andrew Birkett)

Okay, here is 'Hammer Smashed Face' by Cannibal Corpse.  It's a
bit difficult to hear the guitar at some bits (!) so I'm not
claiming that it is perfect.

Please send any corrections to abx@dcs.ed.ac.uk.

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Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse
Transcribed by Andrew Birkett 1994

Riff 1             Riff 1a                  Riff 2
~~~~~~             ~~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~

I----------------I I----------------------I I----------------I
I----------------I I----------------------I I----------------I
I----------------I I----------------------I I----------------I
I----------------I I----------------------I I---------5-5-4--I
I-2--2--2---6---I I-------------------6-I I----------------I
I-0--0--0---6---I I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-I I-0-0-2-2--------I
 PM-----+           PM---------------+

Bass solo           
~~~~~~~~~
I-----------------I
I-------3---------I
I-2---2---3---3---I
I---0-------1---0-I

Riff 3             Riff 4             Riff 5
~~~~~~             ~~~~~~             ~~~~~~
I----------------I I----------------I I------------------I
I----------------I I----------------I I------------------I
I----4-----------I I----------------I I------------------I
I----------------I I----3-----------I I------(p.h)-------I
I2-----2-3-------I I-2----2-3-------I I--------1---------I
I----------2-0-1-I I----------2-0-1-I I-2-3-2-----0------I
      PM-------+         PM-------+
Fill 6
~~~~~~
I---------I 
I---------I 
I---------I 
I---------I 
I------2--I 
I--3-2-0--I 
 PM----+

Riff 7 - The main chorus bit, and the one that people recognise!
~~~~~~
I-----------------------------I------------------------------I
I-----------------------------I------------------------------I
I--------------------2--------I------------------------------I
I-2h5p2--1h4p1--4-4--0--------I--------------------3---------I
I---------------2-2-----2-1---I--3h6p3-2h5p2--5-5--1---------I
I---------------------------3-I---------------3-3-----3-2-0--I
              PM--+                         PM--+
             
Riff 8 - the second chorus riff
~~~~~~
I-----------------------------I
I-----------------------------I
I-----------------------------I
I---------------------(p.h)---I
I--2h5p2--1h4p1---------1-----I
I----------------2h3p2-----0--I

Riff 9                      Riff 10
~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~~
I-------------------------I I-----------------I
I-------------------------I I-----------------I
I-------------------------I I-----------------I
I-------------5-5-5-------I I-----------------I
I-------------------4-4-4-I I-2-2--4---2-2--4-I
I-0-0-0-2-2-2-------------I I-0-0--2---0-0--2-I
                            PM--+    PM--+

Riff 11 - The slow grinding one
~~~~~~~
I-------------------------------I  On the original, the two guitars do
I-------------------------------I  a trill as indicated by the 4343434.
I-------------------------------I  But, if you just play the 2 on the
I----------43434343-------------I  bottom string and give it a lot of
I--2-2-2--------------------7--I  vibrato is sounds kinda similar and
I--0-0-0---2~~~~~~~----1-1--7--I  is a lot easier to do.
  PM---+              PM-+

And here's how to put it all together...

The introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Riff 1, played 3 times then riff 2.
Riff 1a, played 3 times then riff 2.
Riff 1a, played 3 times then riff 2.
Then for the last few bars, pick the open E string fast with palm muting.

The bass solo 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The verse
~~~~~~~~~
Riff 3, played 4 times
Riff 4, played 4 times
Riff 3, played 4 times

Riff 5, played 8 times

Chorus
~~~~~~
Fill 6, once
Riff 7, played twice
Riff 8, played 4 times
Fill 6, once
Riff 7, played twice.

The rest of it
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Riff 5, played 8 times

Riff 1, played 3 times
Play this 4 times: Riff 9, played 3 times then Riff 10 once.

Riff 4, 4 times
Riff 3, 4 times

Riff 5, 8 times

Chorus, as above

Riff 5, 8 times

Riff 1, 3 times.

Riff 11, 12 times.

Then come the two chorus riffs, 7 and 8, but with drastically altered timing.
Listen to the recording, and you should see what I mean.

Riff 8, 4 times
Riff 5, 8 times

Riff 1, 3 times

Then an abrupt finish on E5.  

Enjoy!
Andrew
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