- 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
nh - natural harmonic ^ - Hold bend r release bend
* - see comment ~ - vibrato bend
x - Stuccatto () - ghost note, sustained note
, - slight palm mute <> - Trill
" - tremolo note
Standard Tuning: "E"A"D"G"B"E"
Note: Slowly We Rot is the only Obituary album played in
standard tuning. All of their other albums are in D.
Riff 1-A
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--2-------3-------5----------------|
|--0--0000-1--0000-3--0000----------|
|-------------------------11111111--|
.... .... ............
Riff 1-B
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--2-------3-------5----------------|
|--0--0000-1--0000-3--0000----------|
|-------------------------33333333--|
.... .... ............
Riff 2-A
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--0000000000001144333333333333-|
Riff 2-B
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--2-----------3-6-5------------|
|--0--00000000-1-4-3------------|
Fill 1
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|--2----|
|--0----|
Riff 3-A
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--7------9------6-----------------------|
|--5---9--7---6--4---4-------------------|
|------7------4------2-0000000000000000--|
Riff 3-B
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--7------9------6-----------------------|
|--5---9--7---6--4-----------------------|
|------7------4--------------------------|
Riff 4
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--22222222222222221111111111111111----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------11111111111111112222222222222222--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--22222222222222221111111111111111-------------------------5--3-----|
|----------------------------------111111111111111122222222-3--1-----|
Riff 5
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--22221111----------|
|----------11112222--|
Riff 6
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------6-----4-----|
|--3----------2----------5---------4-----2-----|
|--1----------0----------3---------------------|
Riff 7
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--3--------------5------------4------7------|
|--1--------------3------------2------5------|
|--1--------------3------------2------5------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------4------------3------6------|
|--0----------------2------------1------4------|
|--0----------------2------------1------4------|
End
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|--2----|
|--2----|
|--0----|