Living Monstrosity Lyrics

As recorded by Death
(From the 1990 Album SPIRITUAL HEALING)
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Rhythm 1'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Rhythm 2'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Lead: James Murphy'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Lead: Chuck Schuldiner'
Moderately Fast Metal Q=168
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o---------7----------6--|-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2--o||
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
Pre-Verse
$
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|
||o-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
1. 2.ster Q=190
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------o||-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|
||o-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------o||-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
1st & 2nd Verse
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|
||o-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-------------------------o||
Slower Q=102(8=s8)
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
||o-------------|-------------o||-|
||o-4--3--6--7--|-3--2--5--6--o||-|
PM--------| PM----------------| PM----|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||o-------------4---------------------4-----------|
Fine
PM--------| PM----------------|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E E 4x Q
|-----------------------------------------o||----|
|-------------4---------------------4-5-4-o||----|
Q=190
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o---------7----------6--|-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2--o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-||o-----------------------------------|
|-||o-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------o||-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-|
W W W W
||o-----------|-----------|----------|-------o||
||o-----------|-10--------|----------|--9----o||
Q=90(8=s8)
N.C.
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------9-11-12----12-11--9-----------------9-11-12----12-11--9-------|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-11-13-14----------------------14-13-11-13-14----------------------14-13-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------------------------o||
|--9-11-12----------------------12-11--9-11-12---------------o||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------14----------------------------------14---o||
|------------------------------------------------------------o||
Faster Q=212
Gtrs I, II
Q H Q H Q Q Q H Q H Q Q
Lead: Murphy
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E S S S S
| Gtrs I, II
| Q H Q
E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E S S S S
| H Q Q Q H Q
C5 G#5 G5 N.C.
E E E E E E H Q +S S S S E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-14--(14)h15p14p12----12-------------|
| H Q Q Q Q Q Q
E E E E E E S S S S S S S S
| Q Q H
S S E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E H
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H
+Q +S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(11)--(11)h12p11p9----9---------------9-|
| Q H Q
S S S S E E E E E E E E E
| H Q Q
E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E H E E E
| Q H Q H Q Q
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
| Q H Q
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
| H Q Q Q H Q
C5 G#5G5 N.C.
E E E H. E E E Q +S S S S E E
| H Q Q Q Q Q Q
S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S
| Q Q H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H
Lead: Schuldiner
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
| Gtrs I, II
| Q H Q H Q Q
H
| Q H Q H Q Q
S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S
| Q H Q
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| H Q Q
S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E
| Q H Q
C5 G#5G5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S H H +E +E E E
|--------------------------------|-15b17======(15)-(15)r---------|
| H Q Q Q Q Q Q
E E E S S S S Q +E +E
|-15p14p12-14p12----12-15b17===(15)-(15)r-|
| Q Q H
E E E S S S S S E S S S S E W
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H
Q=140
N.C.
Gtr I
PM PM
N.C. (E5) C5 F#G5B5BbF5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM PM| PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E S S Q E E E E E Q
||o-------------|-------------o||--------------|---------------|
||o---2-------3-|---2---5-4---o||---2-------3--|-4-5-2-1-3-----|
(E) C5 F#G5B5BbF5 N.C.
PM| PM------| PM PM--| PM PM
S S Q E E E E E Q 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||o---------------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||o-----3--4-5-2-1-3----o||-||o---2-------3-|---2---5-4---o||
D.S. al Fine
PM| PM------| PM| PM------|
E E E S S Q E E E E E Q S S Q E E E E E Q 3x
|--------------|--------------||o---------------------o||
|---2-------3--|-4-5-2-1-3----||o-----3--4-5-2-1-3----o||
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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