Subtraction Lyrics

As recorded by Sepultura
(From the 1991 Album ARISE)
Words by Max Cavalera and Andreas Kisser Music by Sepultura
E5VII
Bb5I
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Fast Rock Q=228 1.,2.,3.
N.C. F5 E5D5E5
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------------------|
Wx5 E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E
|------------||o-----------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------||------------------------------|---------------10s9-7s9--||
|------------||o-----------------------------|----------------8s7-5s7-o||
F5 E5D5E5 N.C. F5E5D5E5
PM----------| PM----------------------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|------------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|---------------10s9-7s9-||------------------|------------------||
|----------------8s7-5s7-||o-----------------|---------8s7-5s7-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-8s7-5s7--||
1st Verse
N.C. Bb F#5
Gtr II
PM------------------------| PM| PM
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E Q E Q Q 4x Q E E E Q E
||o-----------------------------|--------------o||---------------|
||o-----------------------------|---5----7--8--o||-4--------4----|
| Gtr I
| PM------------------------| PM| PM
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S H Q Q 4x Q E E E Q E
||o-----------------------------|--------------o||---------------|
||o-----------------------------|-1------1--1--o||-4--------4----|
C5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM--------------|
E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S S S S S S S
F#5 C5 N.C.
PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM--------------|
Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S S S S S S S 3x
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------o||
||o-4--------4----|---4------4----|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3------------------o||
F#5 N.C. Bb
Gtr II
PM------------------------|
E E Q H E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E Q E Q Q 4x
|-------------||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
|-4-----------||o-----------------------------|---5----7--8---o||
| Gtr I
| PM------------------------|
| E E Q H E S S S S S S E S S S S S S H Q Q 4x
|-------------||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
|-4-----------||o-----------------------------|-1------1--1---o||
2nd Verse
F#5 C5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM--------------|
Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S S S S S S S
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------o||
||o-4--------4----|---4------4----|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3------------------o||
G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5F#E5F#5 F#5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM PM--------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
||o-5-----4-----5---|---4-----5s4-2-4-o||---4-------------||
||--3-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-|-0-2-0-0-3s2-0-2--||-0-2-0-0-3-2-0-2-||
Half time Q=114
Bb5 E5 N.C. Bb5 F5 E5 N.C.
PM----| PM----|
H. +S E. H. S S S S H. +S E. H. S S S S
Bb5 F5 E5 N.C.
Gtr III
Q E E +S E. +E E W
|-----8s10-(10)-12--(12)\------|-----------------|
|-----6s=8--(8)-10--(10)\------|-----------------|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM----|
| H. +S E. H. S S S S
Q E E E +E E +E
|-----12s14s12-(12)s15-----(15)\-|
|-----10s12s10-(10)s13-----(13)\-|
| H. +S E.
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E W
Gtr I Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E E S S E S S
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------------|
||--2-----2s3-2-2-----2------||-||--10-----10s11-10-10-----10-----|
||o-2-----2s3-2-2-----2-----o||-||o--8------8s=9--8--8------8-----|
W
PM| PM| PM|
E S S S S E E S S E S S
|-10-----10s11-10-10-----10------|
|--8------8s=9--8--8------8------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E E S S E S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-9-----9s10-9-9-----9-----|-9-----9s10-9-9-----9------||
|-7-----7s=8-7-7-----7-----|-7-----7s=8-7-7-----7-----o||
Double time Q=228
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E 4x
|-||o---------------------|-----------------------o||
|-||o---------------------|-----------------------o||
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q S S E
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--10--------10s11-10--|-10--------10--------|
||o--8---------8s=9--8--|--8---------8--------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q S S E
|-10--------10s11-10--|-10--------10----------|
|--8---------8s=9--8--|--8---------8----------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q S S E
|-9--------9s10-9--|-9--------9--------|
|-7--------7s=8-7--|-7--------7--------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q S S E
|------------------|-------------------o||
|-9--------9s10-9--|-9--------9---------||
|-7--------7s=8-7--|-7--------7--------o||
3rd Verse
PM PM| PM PM| PM--| PM| PM-
E Q E E Q E Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|---------------||o---------------|---------------|
|---5------5----||o-4--------4----|---4------4----|
C5 N.C.
-| PM| PM--| PM--------------|
E Q E E Q E E Q E S S S S S S S S
|---------------|--------------------------o||
|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3-------------------o||
Gtr II
E E Q H W W W W
Gtr I Gtrs I, II
PM------------|
E E E E E E E E H. Q W W E E Q H
|-----------------||---------/9--|-8--------|-/12--------|-11s12-11--8----|
|-----------------||-2-------/7--|-6--------|-/10--------|--9s10--9--6----|
PM--------|
E E E E E E Q W W E E Q H
|-------------/9--|-8--------|-/12--------|-11s12-11--8----||
|-------------/7--|-6--------|-/10--------|--9s10--9--6----||
Guitar Solo 1
E5 E5VII
Gtrs I, II
H. Q
Gtr III
||o-11p9p0-12p9p0-11p9p0-12p9p0-|
||o-----------------------------|
D#5 E5 E5VII
W H. Q
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E
D#5 Bb5 A5 E5 E5VII
Q Q H H. Q
E E E S S S S H H. Q
|-12p11p9------------------||-18b18.5------18b19--|
|---------12p11p9---------o||---------------------|
|-------------------------o||---------------------|
D#5 E5 E5VII
W H. Q
H. E E Q Q E E E E
|-18-------19s21-|-19---19--21-19-18-19b20===|
D#5 Bb5A5 E5 E5VII D#5
Q Q H H. Q W
+H +H H. Q E Q. H
|-(19)-----(19)r\----|---------------|----------------|
E5 E5VII D#5 Bb5 A5
H. Q Q Q H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
N.C. E5
Gtrs I, II
PM-------------------------------------------------------|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|------------2---o||
PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM PM
E E Q H Wx3 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-2-----------|------------||o-6-----5-----3---|---3-----3---5---o||
PM PM| PM PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|
|---3-----3---5--|-2-----2-----2---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||o-6-----5-----3---|
G5 F5 G5 N.C. B5Bb5
PM PM| PM PM----| PM| PM PM------------------------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------o||----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-----3---5---o||---3-----3---5--||-----------------|-----------9s8---|
|-0-1-0-0-1-0-3-0--||-0-1-0-0-1-0-3--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-7s6-0-|
PM--------------------| PM PM--------------------| PM
|-6s5-------------|-----------9s8---|-6s5-------------|-----------9s8---|
|-4s3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-7s6-0-|-4s3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-7s6-0-|
PM--------------------| PM
|-6s5-------------|-----------9s8---|
|-4s3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-7s6-0-|
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E 4x
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
Guitar Solo 2
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------9p6p5h6--9p=6p5-10-|
| Gtrs I, II
| H. +S E.
E5 N.C.
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-(10)p5h6-10p5h6-13p5h6-10p5h6-10p6--------------|
| PM----|
| H. S S S S
Bb5 F5 E5 N.C.
+Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-----------------------|-----x\--xs=13--------|
| PM-----|
| H. +S E. H. S S S S
Bb5 F5 E5 N.C.
H +H H +Q Q
|-16b17=====(16)---------|-16-----(16)r\--x/-------|
| PM-----|
| H. +S E. H. S S S S
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| H. +S E.
E5 N.C.
E S S S S S S S S S S S Q
| PM----|
| H. S S S S
Half time Q=114
\7_____________________/2.5___\3.5____/2.5____
H H Q +Q Q +Q
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|----------------:--x---(x)--------------------:
|-0----------:--x---(x)-----0------(0)-----:
| W +W
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|----------------:-----------------------------:
|-2--------------:-(2)-------------------------:
|-0--------------:-(0)-------------------------:
N.C.
\3.5____/2.5___\7____________/
+Q +E +E +Q. +E
| PM------|
| +H +Q S S S S
Bb5 E5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM--------|
E S S E S S E S S S S S S 4x
||o---------------------------o||-|
||o-1-----2-----2-------------o||-|
Bb5 N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-1-----------------------|-----------------------------o||
Bb5 F5 E5 N.C. Bb5 F5 E5 N.C.
PM----| PM----|
H. +S E. H. S S S S H. +S E. H. S S S S
Bb5 F5 E5 N.C.
Gtr III
Q E E +S E. +E E W
|-----8s10-(10)-12--(12)\------|-----------------|
|-----6s=8--(8)-10--(10)\------|-----------------|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM----|
| H. +S E. H. S S S S
Bb5 F5 E5 N.C. Bb5 E5
Gtr II
Q E E E +E E +E W E E Q E E Q
|-----12s14s12-(12)s15-----(15)\-|-----------------|-3--------------------*|
|-----10s12s10-(10)s13-----(13)\-|-----------------|-------------0--------*|
| Gtr I
| PM----| PM| PM|
| H. +S E. H. S S S S E S S E S S E E Q
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