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 DEATH - PULL THE PLUG
                         From the Album LEPROSY
                         Copyright 1988 Relativity Records Inc./
                                        Roadrunner Records B.V.

Transcribed by: Richard Broadhead II   (ver 1.2 - August 97)
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Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

.  - palm mute                          ph    - pinched harmonic
/  - slide up to                        ah    - artificial harmonic
  - slide down to                      th    - tap harmonic
~  - vibrato                            hr    - natural harmonic
h  - hammer on                          b     - bend
p  - pull off                              Suffixes for bend
t  - tap with finger                            f - full bend    h - half bend
%  - repeat measure                             r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute                            p - pick when bent
>  - accented note                         Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note                 p - pre-bend     w - use bar
*  - see comment                                d - don't pick start of bend

            Riff A             (end of Riff A)
|---------||-------------------------------||
|---------||-------------------------------||
|---------||----3-----6-----5--------------||
|-5-4-----||-2--3--3--6--6--5------5-4-----||
|-3-2-5-4-||-2--1--3--4--6--3--ph--3-2-5-4-||
|-----3-2-||-0-----1-----4-----3~------3-2-||
  . . . .                          . . . .

Play Riff A a total of four times
                                              ________    _______    ____
 Riff B                                      | 1,3       | 2        | 4
|------------------------------------------------------|----------|------|
|------------------------------------------------------|----------|------|
|*----------------------------------------------------*|----------|------|
|*-------------------------------------------44444444-*|-33333333-|-3----|
|--------------------------5-7-5-45-3333333322222222--|-11111111-|-1----|
|-000000-7h8-0000-5h7-0000-3-5-3-23-11111111----------|----------|------|
  ......     ....     ....           ................
                              ______  ______
Riff C                       | 1,3   | 2,4
|-----------------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------------|-------|
|--------2--------2--------3--4---3-|-4---5-|
|--------2--------2--------3--2-5-1-|-2-5-3-|
|-0-0000-0-0-0000-0-1-1111-1----3---|---3---|
  . ....   . ....   . ....

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|  Play This Riff 6 times
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7p6---8p7---7p6-7p6---8p7---7~-|
|-----7-----8---------7-----8----|

thanks to Baston for fixing this riff
|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|---------|-6---5~--|--2---1~--|-3---2~--|
|-5---4~--|---7-----|----3-----|---4-----|
|---6-----|---------|----------|---------|
    .         .          .         .

Play the above Riff four times, but on the 8th measure add an octave harmony
until the riff ends, plus on the fourth time only play the 1st 3 measures.
                                           _______________   _______________
 Riff D(play twice)       Riff E          | 1,3             | 2,4
|------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|*-------------------------------*|-----------------|
|------------------------|*-------------------------------*|-----------------|
|--------6-5---------6-5-|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|44444444-4-644444444-4-6|33334444333344446666777766667777-|1111111111111111-|
 ........    ........     ................................  ................

Play Riff D 4 times
Play Riff E

 Riff F
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------111111111111-------------|
|-111111111111000000000000333333333333222222222222------------111111111111-|
  ........................................................................

continuation of above Riff
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| Play Riff F a total of four times
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-000000000000000000000000-|
  ........................             ___________    __________
                                      | 1,3          | 2,4
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-4-5-4-4-5-4-|
|-777777777777333333333333666666666666222222222222-|-2-3-2-2-3-2-|
  ................................................   . . . . . .

Play Riff A four times
Play Riff B
Play Riff C
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