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The Philosopher Guitar Tablature 
                                 THE PHILOSOPHER
                              As recorded by Death
                 (From the 1993 EP INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PATTERNS)

Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Transcribed by La Hire Kuby

          A5                   Bb5                  E5                   F5
      5 7 7 x x x          6 8 8 x x x          0 2 2 x x x          1 3 3 x x x

 Intro
  
  Gtr I
    T         T            T               T              T
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(12)p0h5h8-12p8p5p0h5h8-12p8p5p|=0h7h10-15p10p7p0h7h10-13p10p7p==|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|



         T            T              T            T
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0h5h8-12p8p5p0h5h8-12p8p5p|=0h4h7-12p7p4p0h4h7-10p7p4p=|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|




         T            T               T              T
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0h5h8-12p8p5p0h5h8-12p8p5p|=0h7h10-15p10p7p0h7h10-13p10p7p=|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|



         T            T              T            T
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0h5h8-12p8p5p0h5h8-12p8p5p|=0h4h7-12p7p4p0h4h7-10p7p4-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


             

  Gtrs I, II
                PM--|   PM--------|
|----------||-------------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|
|-4--------||-------------------------|
|-4--2--4--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2--4--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----0--2--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


 
            PM--|   PM--------|
|-------|-------------------------|--------||
|-------|-------------------------|--------||
|-4-----|-------------------------|-4------||
|-4-2-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-2-4--||
|-2-2-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-4--||
|---0-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---0-2--||


   1st Verse
 
      PM--|   PM--------|
                                     5x
||--------------------------|--------||
||o-------------------------|-------o||
||--------------------------|-4------||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-2-4--||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-4-o||
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---0-2--||


 
    PM--|   PM--------|
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||


 Pre-Chorus
 
 
    PM--| ~~~~~~PM--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------3h4-6-|
|-2-------2-(2)-------1h2-4-|
|-2-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|


  Gtrs I, II
     PM--| ~~~~~~             PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------2-(2)-2p1-----|---------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-|-6--------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-0--0-0-0---------------|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|


    PM--| ~~~~~~    ~     PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|     PM--| ~~~~~~    ~
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-6-------6-(6)-------|-6-------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-------6-(6)-------|
|-4-4-4-4-------0h3-3-|-4-4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-------0h3-3-|


 Chorus
               ~
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----4--8-9-8----|----4--8-9-8-4-6---|
|-2-----6-7-6----|-2-----6-7-6-2-4---|
|-0------------7-|-0-----------------|



     PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|      PM--| ~~~~~~
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-6--------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--------6-(6)--------|
|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3--|


     PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-6--------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4---|


     PM--| ~~~~~~
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|-6--------6-(6)-------||
|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3-||


 Interlude

  PM--|   PM------|         PM--|   PM------|   PM---
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------7-----------7-----|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-------------------------|


 -------------------------------|   PM------|   PM|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------7-----------7------||
|---5---5---5---5---5---5-|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--||
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---|--------------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  Gtrs I, II
   PM---|     PM-----------|           PM---|   PM------|   PM|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------7-----------------7-----|----------5-----------5-----|
|----------------------------------|---3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|--5--5-5-----5--5----5--5-5---5-5-|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                                      ~~~~
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10------12----12--(12)-----------|-(12)-----------------------|
|-(7)-----(9)---(9)--(9)-----------|--(9)-----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------5-----------------------5-------------|
|--3--3--3-------3---3---3--3---3---------3----3---|
|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-10h===12--12--12--12--12-----13---13---13---13---|
|-(7)---(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)---(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------7---------------------7-----|
|---5--5---5---------5----5----5--5-5---5-5-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--13s====15---15---15---15--(15)-----------|
|-(10)s==(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)-----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


   PM---|      PM---------|              PM---|      PM---------|     PM|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------7-----------------7-------|-----------5----------------5-------|
|-------------------------------------|--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-3-----3-3--|
|--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5-|------------------------------------|
|
|-------------12-13-17-13s12----------|------------------------------------|
|----12-13-15----------------15-13-12-|----12-13-15-13-12------------------|
|-14----------------------------------|-14----------------14-10-9----------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------12-10-9--|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


  Gtrs I, II
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------7---------------7--------|
|----------5----------------5------|--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5-5---5-5----|
|--3--3-3-----3-3--3--3--3-----3-3-|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
|       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                T     T           ~~~
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------12s13---|-18p15-18p15p13-12-12---------------|
|-----------------------14---------|------------------------------------|
|-12-10-9-(9)-----(9)-------9s10---|-15p12-15p12p10--9-(9)--------------|
|-----------------------12---------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|


   PM---------|          PM---------------------|            PM-------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7-----------------------------------7-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----5-----5---------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-------|
|
| Gtr III
|-----------------------------------------------15h17h19p15-17h19p17p15h17h|
|-17-18-20-17h18h=20-17h18h20-17h18h20-17h18h20----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 -------------|      PM---------------------|         PM---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5--------------------------------5-----------|
|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------3-----3--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-19-20p17h19p15-17h19p17p15----17h19h20-19p17p15-17h19p17p15--|
|----------------------------17--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------3--||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------2--||
|-----------------------------------|--------------7----------------5s=4--0--||
|----------5------------------5-----|--5------5--5----5-5--5--5--5-----------||
|--3--3--3----3----3-3---3--3---3-3-|----------------------------------------||
|
|             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                  ~~~~
|-17h19-20---20b22-----(22)---------|-20b22-(20)-----22---20-19-17h19p17-19--||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||



  Gtr III
                          ~~~~                           ~~~~~~
|----------------------------17-------|-----------------------|
|-20b22-(20)-20b22-(20)-(20)----20p17-|-------20--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-20p17----17-16-(16)---|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------0-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------4-------------------3-------|--------6------------4-|
|--2----------------------3-----------|-----6------------2----|
|--------------------1----------------|--4-----------0--------|


 1/4       6/8
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---------|----------------|------------------|
|---------|----------------|------------------|
|-(16)----|-(16)-----------|-(16)-------------|
|---------|----------------|------------------|
|---------|----------------|------------------|
|---------|----------------|------------------|
|
|---------|----------------|------------------|
|---------|----------------|------------------|
|---------|--------0-------|------------------|
|---5s4-0-|------4-------3-|--------6-----4---|
|---------|---2--------3---|------6-----2-----|
|---------|----------1-----|---4------0-------|


              Bridge
  Gtrs I, II
|-----------||-------------|-------------|----------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|----------|
|-----------||-----0-------|-------------|----------|
|-5s4-0-----||---4-------3-|-----6-----4-|-5s4-0----|
|-----------||-2-------3---|---6-----2---|----------|
|-----------||-------1-----|-4-----0-----|----------|


|-------------|-------------|-------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-----0-------|-------------|-------|-----0-------|-------------|---------|
|---4-------3-|-----6-----4-|-5s4-0-|---4-------3-|-----6-----4-|-5s4-0---|
|-2-------3---|---6-----2---|-------|-2-------3---|---6-----2---|---------|
|-------1-----|-4-----0-----|-------|-------1-----|-4-----0-----|---------|


                   
|-------------|--------|----------||
|-------------|--------|----------||
|-----0-------|--------|-4--------||
|---4-------3-|--------|-4--2--4--||
|-2-------3---|-6-6-5-|-2--2--4--||
|-------1-----|-4------|----0--2--||


    PM--|   PM--------|
|-------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------|-4------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-2-4--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-4--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---0-2--|


        
    PM--|   PM--------|
|-------------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-4------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-2-4--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-4--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---0-2--||


   2nd Verse
 
      PM--|   PM--------|
                                       5x
||--------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------|-4--------||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-2-4----||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-4---o||
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---0-2----||



    PM--|   PM--------|
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||


 Pre-Chorus
  
 
     PM--| ~~~~~~PM--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------3h4-6-|
|-2--------2-(2)-------1h2-4-|
|-2--------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|


     PM--| ~~~~~~             PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------2-(2)-2p1-----|---------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-|-6--------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-0--0-0-0---------------|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|


     PM--| ~~~~~~    ~       PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|      PM--| ~~~~~~    ~
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-6--------6-(6)--------|-6--------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--------6-(6)---------|
|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3--|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3---|


 Chorus
               ~
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----4--8-9-8----|----4--8-9-8-4-6----|
|-2-----6-7-6----|-2-----6-7-6-2-4----|
|-0------------7-|-0------------------|


 
     PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-6--------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|


     PM--| ~~~~~~            PM--| ~~~~~~~PM------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-6--------6-(6)--------|-6--------7-(7)-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3--|-4--4-4-7--------4-4-4-4-4-|


     PM--| ~~~~~~    ~
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|-6--------6-(6)-------||
|-4--4-4-4-------0h3-3-||



  Gtr III
                 ~~~~~~~~~~
|-------|------------------|
|-------|-------12b13-(14)-|
|-------|------------------|
|-------|------------------|
|-------|------------------|
|-------|------------------|




|--------------------------------------------------------------------12----------------------------|
|-12-10-----------------------------------------------------------12----10b11r10-(10)--------------|
|-------12-11h12p11p9-12p11p9-11-9h11h12p11p9-----------------------------------------12s11-14s16--|
|---------------------------------------------10-9-10-13-10-13s14----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 

                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------20----17-19--------------------------------17----17-19-------|
|-17-------19----19-------19b20r(19)----19-(19)--(19)-19----19-------20-19-|
|----16s17---------------------------17------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 

|------------------|
|------------------|
|-17---------------|
|----19------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|


               Outro

                             ~~             ~~             ~~
|------------||-12----12-15-15-12----12-14-14-12----12-11-------|
|------------||----12-------------12-------------12-------13----|
|------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|------------||-------------------------------------------------|


         
                                                                                                                ~~
|------13-12-14-16p14p13---------17h19h21p19p17-19-17-------------------------12s16-17h19-17-15----------------------------|
|-(13)-------------------(15)-17----------------------20-17s16-19-16s17-19-20-------------------17h19p16-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-16----16-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19----17-16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|----------13b15-(13)-|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|


 

   ~~
|-----10-----------------10----10--10------10---10------10---10------10-----------------------------------*|
|-13-----13b15-(13)-(13)-13b15r===(13)b15r(13)-(13)b15r(13)-(13)b15r(13)-(13)b15==(13)-(13)-(13)-(13)r----*|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|


Chuck FOREVER......................
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