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Band: Death
Album: Human
Song: Flattening of Emotions

Copyright (c) Relativity Records 1991
Version 2.2- 04-25-05

Originally transcribed by Jay Siebert (sieberte@iaw.com)
Adds and correction By: Niklas Spångberg (blood_throne@hotmail.com)
Solo 1 by: Trancribed by Yalin Uluaydin (yeralan@superonline.com)
Solo 2 by: Damonta (murderhell@yahoo.com)

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning D G C F A D

Big thanks to Damonta and Yalin for their awesome work on the solos.
If you got any any comments, suggestions or corrrections, please email me.

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Riff A
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|Gtr
|---------111---------111-----000-|I&II
|-----111---------111-----000-----|
|-000---------000-----------------|
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Play Riff A twice

Riff B
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|Gtr
|-----333-111-----333-111-222-000-| I
|-----111---------111-----000-----|
|-000---------000-----------------|
| ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
|                                 |
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------333---------333-----222-|Gtr
|---------------------------------|II
|-----111---------111-----000-----|
|-000---------000-----------------|
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Play Riff B twice

Riff C
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------10----------10------9-|Gtr
|---------8-----------8-------7-|I&II
|-------------------------000---|
|-000-666-----000-666-----------|
  ... ...     ... ...     ...

Play Riff C twice, let the last note ring on the 2nd time.

Riff D
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|I&II
|-4----------------4----------------4--------------------------------|
|---3-2-3-00000000---3-2-3-00000000---3-2-3-000044445555000011112222-|
          ........         ........         ........................

Play Riff D 4 times

Fill A
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|Gtr
|---------|I&II
|-4-------|
|---3-2-3-|

Play Fill A once

Riff E
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------------|I&II
|----------7------------6-5-----5----------7------------5-4--------|
|-55555555---5-44444444-----6-4---55555555---5-44444444-----6-5-4~-|
  ........   . ........           ........   .  ........

Play Riff E 4 times

Fill B
|----|
|----|
|----|Gtr
|----|I&II
|-7/-|
|-5/-|

Play Fill B once

Riff F
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------6-5---|I&II
|-6-5----4/5----8-7---4-3-6-|
|-4-3-00-2/3-00-6-5-0-----4-|
      ..     ..     .

Play Riff F 4 times

Riff G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6----9-7-6-6h7p6----6------------------------7-6---9-7-6-----7-6-----|Gtr
|------7--------------7---7-6------------------------7-------7-9-----7-6-| I
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------222222222222222222-------------------------|
|                             ..................                         |
|                                                                        |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|-5-4----7-5-4-4h5p4----4------------------------5-4---7-5-4-----5-4-----|
|------5--------------5---5-4-222222222222222222-----5-------5-7-----5-4-|
                              ..................

Continuation of Riff G
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|Gtr
|--------------------|I&II
|--------------------|
|-111111111111111111-|
  ..................

Play Riff G twice

Riff H
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-6------------7------------6------------7------9------6-|I&II
|---0000000000---0000000000---0000000000---0000---0000---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
    ..........   ..........   ..........   ....   ....

Continuation of Riff H
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------4------|Gtr
|------------7-------------6------------7-------------|I&II
|-4444444444----4444444444---4444444444---4444---4444-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
  ..........    ..........   ..........   ....   ....

Play Riff H twice

SOLO(Chuck Schuldiner)
|--------12-11h12p11---------------20-19-17-14~-|
|--12-----------------13~~------19--------------|
|----------------------------17-----------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------| I
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------17--16----------------|
|-------------------14~-------------17---16h17p16-|Gtr
|-16~-----14-16-17--------------------------------| i
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Very fast tremolo picking
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-17-14-16-14------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------17-16-14-13-16-13-14-13-------------------| I
|-----------------------------------------15--14--12--14~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

These are triplets
|17----------18----------17----------16----------19----------20----------19|
|17----------18----------17----------16----------19----------20----------19|
|---16-16-16----16-16-16----16-16-16----16-16-16----19-19-19----19-19-19---|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    .  .  .     .  .  .     .  .  .     .  .  .     .  .  .     .  .  .

Very fast tremolo picking
|-17h19h20-19-17--17-20-19-17--17-20-19-17--17-20~-24fb~-|
|---------------20-----------20-----------20-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

Riff I(Played during Chuck's solo)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------0000----------------1111-|II
|-2222222222222222----3333333333333333-----|
|------------------------------------------|
  ........................................

Continuation of Riff I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------0000----------------|II
|-2222222222222222----333333333333333-|
|-------------------------------------|
  ...................................

Play Riff I 3 times

SOLO(Paul Masvidal)
-|---------------14----16-14~-------------14-17-21-17-14----15-19-15---|
|------------14------------------------17----------------17---------17-|
|-14----14-15--------------------15-17---------------------------------|Gtr
|----16-----------------------16---------------------------------------|II
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-18bh~-18----------14-16-17-16-14----------16-16-16~~|
|-----------19---------------------17-14h16-----------|
|---------------18------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------|II
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Tremolo picking
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------14--------|
|-------------14-------------------14-16----16p14~-|Gtr
|-------14-17----17p14-14----14-17-----------------|II
|-13-16-------------------13-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

Tremolo picking
|-------------14-----14-17-20-17-14-14-------14------------------|
|----14-17p14----17--------------------14-17----17-14p13-13fb~~~-|
|-14-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------------------------------------|II
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|
|-14-----(17)~~~~(17)~~~~-------------|
|---15--------------------15-15fb~~-/-|Gtr
|-----16------------------------------|II
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Very fast tremolo picking
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------17-14----16----------------------|
|----------------------14-16-17-------17----16-14-------13h16-15-|Gtr
|----------13-14-16-17----------------------------17-16----------|II
|-------16-------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-14----------------------------------------------------------|

Tremolo picking(less fast)
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------20---------------------------------15-13------|
|----15-16-15----15------------------------15-16------11-15-|Gtr
|-17----------------17-16------------16-17------------------|II
|------------------------17-14-13h17------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------18h21-18p14-----------------------------------|
|-14-17h20-17hb----17h20-------------16h19p16--------------------------|
|---------------18---------------------------14h17p14h17p14------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------------------------------16p13-17p14-|II
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------14h17--17fb~~-|
|-------------------17---------------|
|-------------14h18------------------|Gtr
|-------14h17------------------------|II
|-16p13------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

Riff J(Played during Paul's solo)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|-------------------------------------------11111111111111------------|
|-222222222222223333333333333322222222222222--------------22222222222-|
  ...................................................................

Continuation of Riff J
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------------------3----| I
|-------------------------------11111111111111-1----|
|-222333333333333322222222222222--------------------|
  ............................................

Play Riff I twice

Now, go back and
Play Riff D 4 times
Play Fill A once
Play Riff E 4 times
Play Fill B once
Play Riff F 4 times
Play Riff G twice
Play Riff H twice

End with a D chord

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