Story to Tell Lyrics

As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Shannon Hamm'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Solo Fills'
Q=148
Gtr I
H. E E E E E E H H. E E E E E E H
|---------5S7-|-7s5-5s9-9----|---------7S9-|-9s7-7-7-7----|
|-2-------3S5-|-5s3-3s7-7----|-2-------5S7-|-7s5-5-5-5----|
| Gtr II
| H. E E E E E E H H. E E E E E E H
|-2-------5S7-|-7s5-5s9-9----|-2-------7S9-|-9s7-7-7-7----|
|-2-------3S5-|-5s3-3s7-7----|-2-------5S7-|-7s5-5-5-5----|
G5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5 A5 N.C.
H. E E E E E E H H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|---------/11S12-|-12s9-9s11-11----|---------------|--------------17-16--||
|-5--------/9S10-|-10s7-7s=9--9----|-7-------------|---------------------||
| H. E E E E E E H H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|-5-------/11S12-|-12s9-9s11-11----|-7-------------|---------------3--2--||
|-5--------/9S10-|-10s7-7s=9--9----|-7-------------|---------------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
H. E E E E E E H
|-12-------12s14-|-14s15-15s14-14----|
| H. E E E E E E H
|--2--------5--7-|--7s=5--5s=9--9----|
|--2--------3--5-|--5s=3--3s=7--7----|
E E H. +Q e e e e e e
|-14h15-15---------|-(15)--15S17-17-15-15-19-|
| H. E E E E E E H
|--2-----------7S9-|---9s7--7--7--7----------|
|--2-----------5S7-|---7s5--5--5--5----------|
H. Q +H +Q +E E
|-19--------24b27=====|=(24)-------(24)r=(24)----|
| H. E E E E E E H
|--5-------/11-----12-|--12s9-9s11--11-----------|
|--5--------/9-----10-|--10s7-7s=9---9-----------|
A5 N.C.
E E H +E E Q. E H
|-20h22-22----(22)-20-|-20----19-19------||
| H. E E +Q. E E E Q
Q=137
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Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM----| PM
W +Q E E E E E E E E E E
||o---------------|---------------------|
||o-2--------(2)--|-------2---------3---|
PM--| PM----| PM
W +Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------------o||
|-2--------(2)--|-------5---------3----o||
Q=85
E5 C5B5 D5 A5 E5 C5B5 D5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +E E E E Q. E +Q. E H +E E E E Q S S E +E E +E E
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------o||
||o-2----(2)-3-2---|-5----7-(7)-----|-2----(2)-3-2---|-5--3-3-------------5-o||
| Gtr II
| PM PM PM PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +E E E E Q. E +Q. E H +E E E E Q S S E +E E +E E
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|--------8-(8)-7-(7)---o||
||o-2----(2)-3-2---|-5----7-(7)-----|-2----(2)-3-2---|-5--------------------o||
Gtr I
PM
H+
| Gtr II
| PM
| H +E E E E
| Gtr III
| S S S S T T S S S S S S S T T S S S
PM
Q. E +Q. E
| PM
| Q. E +Q. E
| S S S S T T S S S S S S S T T S S S
PM
H+
| PM
| H +E E E E
| S S S S T T S S S S S S S T T S S S
PM---| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q S S E +E E +E E
| PM---| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q S S E +E E +E E
| PM-----------------------------------| ~~
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S S S S S S E
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| PM|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E 3x
||o-----------------(5)---------(7)-----(8)-o||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
PM------------| PM----|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S S S S S e
PM------------| PM----| PM|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E
||o-----------------(5)---------(7)-----(8)-|
||o-----------------------------------------|
PM------------| PM----| PM|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E
|-----------------(5)---------(7)-----(8)--o||
|------------------------------------------o||
Q.=72
Gtrs I, II
H. E E E +Q.
|------------||o--------------------------------|
|------------||o-------2------------------------|
| Gtr III
| <
| E H E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----12------||o-12-8-10-8------12--8-10-8------|
|------------||o--------------------------------|
+H.
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
E E E +Q. +H.
| 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 E E +Q. +H.
| 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 E E +Q.
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
+H.
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|-(3)-------------------------------------------------o||
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E
|-------------------------------------------8-13-8-12-o||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
E E E +Q. +H.
| S S S S S S S S S S S S e T T S e e e E
Q=120
F#5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM| ~~ PM----| PM-
S S Q. S S E E. S S S Q. S S E E. S
| Gtr II
| PM| ~~ PM----| ~~ PM-
| S S Q. S S E E. S S S Q. S S E E. S
S S Q. S S E E. S S S Q. S S E E. S
|---| ~~ PM----| ~~ PM
| S S Q. S S E E. S S S Q. S S E E. S
N.C. F#5 N.C. F#5
Gtrs I, II
PM-| ~~~~~~~ PM------| PM
S S Q. S S E +E. S S S Q. S S S S S S S S
|--4--4------4h5-4--(4)--4-|--4--4------4h5---5---4--2----4--|
| Gtr III
| H. +E. S H. +E. S
|-11---------------(11)-11s|=12-----------------(12)-----12s=|
N.C. F#5 N.C. F#5
PM-| ~~~~~~~ PM------| PM
S S Q. S S E +E. S S S Q. S S S S S S S S
|--4--4------4h5-4--(4)--4-|--4--4------4h5---5---4--2----4-|
| H. +E. S H. +E. S
|-14---------------(14)-14s|=12-----------------(12)-----12-|
N.C. F#5 N.C. F#5
PM-| PM PM ~~~~~~~ PM------| PM PM PM
S S E E S S S S E +E. S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|--4--4---4---4-4h5-4--(4)--4-|--4--4---4---4-4h5---5---4--2----4--|
| H. +E. S H. +E. S
|-11------------------(11)-11s|=12--------------------(12)-----12s=|
N.C. F#5 N.C. F#5
PM-| PM PM ~~~~~~PM------| PM PM PM
S S E E S S S S E +E. S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-4--4---4---4-4h5-4-(4)-4-|--4--4---4---4-4h5---5---4--2----4--|
| H. +E. S H. +E. S
|-9------------------(9)-9s|=12--------------------(12)-----12s=|
N.C. F#5 N.C. F#5
PM-| PM PM ~~~~~~~ PM------| PM PM PM
S S E E S S S S E +E. S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|--4--4---4---4-4h5-4--(4)--4-|--4--4---4---4-4h5---5---4--2----4--|
| H. +E. S H. +E. S
|-11------------------(11)-11s|=12--------------------(12)-----12s=|
Fine
N.C. F#5
PM-| PM PM ~~~~~~ PM|
S S E E S S S S E +Q S S Q.
|-4--4---4---4-4h5-4-(4)---|--4-4------||
| H. +E. S E Q.
|-9------------------(9)-9s|=11--------||
Solo (Hamm)
Q=147
Gtr I
W W
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM PM
| H. +E E +Q. E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------19----19s18-|
|-17-------(17)-b18r|=(16)---17----17-------|
W H H
| PM PM PM PM
|---------------------------|---------13s15-15s17-17s15-|
|----18s16----16s14----s|=----12s14-14s16-16s14-|
W W
| H. E E Q. Q. Q
|-15-------15-17-|--17b19r====17b19r====17b19r===|
|-12-------12-14-|-b16r==b16r==b16r==|
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| +H S S S S T T S S S
|-(14)b16------------------------16-16h17p16-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
W W
| Q. Q S S E E Q. S S E E E E
W H H
| ~~~ PM------|
| Q. S S E E E E E S S S E E E E E E
W
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
W
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Q +E +E +E +E +E S S
|-19b21========(19)r==(19)b21====(19)r==(19)b21====(19)r==(16)------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Q +E +E H
|-22b24========(22)r==(22)b24---------------------||
|-19b21========(19)r==(19)b21---------------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
Q=104
S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S
| PM------------------------------------------
| 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 E +E
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T E +E Q
|-14-14-14-14-17-14-15-14-14-15-14-14-14-14-17-14-17-14-14-12-14-17b19----(17)----17b19======|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
+S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q
|-(17)r19-18-16-14-16-14------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14s16-16s17-17s16-16-17-17-17-17s19-19s17-17s19-|
|-12s14-14s15-15s14-14-15-15-15-15s17-17s15-15s17-|
| PM----------------------------------------------
| 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 Q
|-19s21-21s19-19s17-17s16-16s14-14s16-16--|
|-17s19-19s17-17s15-15s14-14s12-12s14-14--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
TP
E E E S S S S E E E S. S. S
| PM-------------------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
Q=105
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
E S S E E W E S S E E W
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| ~ PM| ~~
S S Q S S H S S Q S S H
| Gtr II
| PM| ~ PM| ~~
| S S Q S S H S S Q S S H