Vacant Planets Lyrics

As recorded by Death
(From the 1991 Album HUMAN)
Words and Music by Chuck Shuldiner
Arranged by Jerad Yarborough
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'guitar1 (Chuck)'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'guitar 2 (Paul)'
Q=150
N.C.
Gtr I
||o-----------------------o||-------------||
||o---6------9---7----6---o||-----5-8-7---||
$
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PM PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM------------| PM ~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E Q
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-------------||
||o---7-8---7---|---7-8---8---|---7-8---7---|-------2-3---o||-4-3---6-----||
Q=175
N.C.
PM----------------| PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------8-7---|---------------------------------|
PM----------------|
H H S S S S S S S S S S E E E 4x
|-----------|---------------------------o||
|-4----3----|---------------------6-5---o||
C#5 C5 N.C.
PM----------------|
Q E E Q E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E
F5N.C. F5N.C. F5
PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E E
||o-------------------------|
||o-3---------3---------3---|
N.C. F5N.C. G5G#5 F5N.C. F5N.C. F5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E
|-3---------3---------5S6-|-3---------3---------3----|
|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-3S4-|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1----|
Q=205
F5N.C. F5N.C. G#G5 N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM------------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------3---------6S5-o||-||o---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-7-7-|
|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-4S3--||-||--5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|
To Coda
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PM----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------o||-|
|---------7-7-7-7-|---------5-6---o||-|
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PM----------------------------------|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
||o-------------------|--------------------o||
||o---4-4-4---4-3---3-|---4-4-4---3-----2--o||
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PM----------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-7-7-|---------5-6----o||
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E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
E S S E E E E W +H Q Q
Q=200
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Gtr I
T T T T
| Gtr II
| W +H H
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T T T T
| W +W
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T T T T
| W +H H
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T T T T
| W +W
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T T T T
||o-15-8h11p8-15-8h11p8-|-15-8h11p8-16-8h11p8-|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
| T T T T
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--12-5h=8p5-12-5h=8p5-|-12-5h=8p5-13-5h=8p5-|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
T T T T
| T T T T
|-12-5h=8p5-12-5h=8p5-|-12-5h=8p5-13-5h=8p5-|
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T T T T
| T T T T
|-13-6h=9p6-13-6h=9p6-|-13-6h=9p6-14-6h=9p6-|
T T T T
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
| T T T T
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-13-6h=9p6-13-6h=9p6-|-13-6h=9p6-14-6h=9p6--o||
F#5 Bb5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------------------
H H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Gtr II
| H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------14h17-||-19p==17p==14--------------------------------------13h==16h==|
|---------------14-------||----------------19p==17p==14---15-------------14-------------|
|------14h16h17----------||------------------------------------13h==16------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| E E E Q Q Q
|-18p==16p==13---20-------19-------19b20----------|
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PM--------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| H S S S S S S S S
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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 T T S S S S S S
|-8-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-13-0-0---------------------10h==12-|
|-------------------------10h12h13p10h==12h13---------|
N.C.
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 E E E
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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
|-12---9h10h12--------------12p9h==10-12p10p9-----|
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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
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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 +Q
|-----------------9h10h12p10p==9-10---(10)--------|
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PM------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| +E E Q Q Q
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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PM------------------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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PM--------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| H H
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| S S E E E S S E E S S
|----------------14---17---------17--------17S18--|
|-(12)h(15)---------------------------------------|
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PM--------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| E E E E E E Q. E
|---------------------17---20---20b22============19---|
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
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H. E S S
| PM--------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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H S S S E S S S S
|-16---------------14h16h==17-------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C.
H. Q
|-17b19========================17b19-------|
| PM---------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C.
S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------14h==17p14h16p14-------------------------------|
|-14h16h==17------------------17p14h16p14-17p16p==14\-13----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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S S S S S S S S E S S S S E E E
|-14p13p==11-13p11--------------------------------------------|
|------------------14p13p==11\-10---13p10h11p10---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------12p==11p==9---|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C.
W
| 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
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H
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------15-------13-------|----------16-------15tr16-------13-------|
|-13-------16-------13-------11-------|-15-------14-------13tr14----------------|
| 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
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Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E
|-15tr16----------------15-------16-------|------------------------------------------|
|-12tr13-------16-------12-------12-------|-12S==13---13S==15---15-------15S==16-----|
| 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
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H 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
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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
Q=150
D.S. al Coda
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S S S E +H E E E E Q Q
|-14p13p==11-13---(13)---------------13---11---|---------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
Q=205
&
N.C.
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
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