Empty Words Lyrics

EMPTY WORDS
As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Bobby Koelble'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner (Clean)'
Melotic Metal Q=100
Gtr III
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-0-----8-----7---|-10--------------|-0-----8-----5---|-8----7-----------o||
Moderate Metal Q=121
$
Gtr I
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
| Gtr II
| PM PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----|
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6--8----|
| PM PM| ~~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-11----|
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
| PM PM| ~
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----|
Pre Chorus
Q=124
PM---------| ~
||o----------|----------|---------------10-9h10p9-|----13-12-10-9--------o||
||o-7--------|-2--------|-------------------------|----------------------o||
||o----------|----------|-------------------------|----------------------o||
||o-7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--4----------6--------o||
T T T T
T T
|-19p15p13p12-19p15p13p12-20b22===(20)r==|
|-20-20-20-20s19-19-19s17-13-13s12-12-|-12s10-10-10s12-12-12-(12)--(12)\-|
Q=116
Gtrs I, II
PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||o----------------------------|
||o-----------------3----------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|---------5----------6--o||---------5------------|
PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||o----------------------------|
||o-----------------3----------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|---------5----------6--o||---------5------------|
Q=112
Gtr I
| Gtr II
PM----------------------------------|
Gtr I
T T T
||o----------------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------------|
| Gtr II
||o----------------------------------------------------|
||o--7----------------8----------------5---------------|
T T T
|---------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-10----------------7------------8------------o||
Fast Metal Q=160
To Coda
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~
||o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o||
||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o||
Solo - Schuldiner
Gtr I
| Gtr II
|-15b17====================15r-17h19h20-|-20b22===========================|
|-20---------------20---------------|-20---------------20-------20r---22b24====|
|-(22)-----(22)r====(22)-20---19-17------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------19-17---16S==14-------|
|-(9)---------9---10---9-7---9h10p|=9p7---------------------------|
Q=180
||o-13-12-10-12---(12)-----|-(12)--------(12)-|
||o------------------------|------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------|
||o--7-----------------(7)-|---2----------(2)-|
|-13-12-10-12-13--------|-12--------(12)-o||
|-----------------------|----------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------o||
|--3----------------(3)-|--5---------(5)-o||
Q=176
||o-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-10--------(10)-|
||o------------------------|----------------|
||o------------------------|----------------|
||o--2-----------(2)-------|--3---------(3)-|
|-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-----------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------o||
|--5-----------(5)-------|--3---------(3)--o||
Gtr I
||o--------------|----------------|
||o-7--------(7)-|--8---------(8)-|
| Gtr II
||o--------------|----------------|
||o-2--------(2)-|--3---------(3)-|
|----------------|----------------o||----------|
|-10--------(10)-|--8---------(8)-o||---8------|
|----------------|----------------o||----------|
|--5---------(5)-|--3---------(3)-o||---3------|
Q=160
D.S. al Coda
&
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~ ~ ~ ~
||o-----------------------|---------------|-------------|------------o||
||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3---------|---5-----7--o||
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths