Beginning of Sorrow (Guitar) Tab by Suffocation

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Beginning of Sorrow
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Song: Beginning of Sorrow 
Artist: Suffocation 
Album: Breeding the Spawn 

Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com) 
Date started tab: I'm not sure... I do know I started it a long time ago, but I got 95% 
of it done today 
Date finished tab: 2/25/03 

Tuning: Db Gb B E Ab Db 
Copy: Rough Draft (this tab will probably be updated in the future, although I'm 
satisfied with it now) 

Notation Key 
~: vibrato 
^: bend 
.: palm mute 
r: release 
t: trill 
p: pull-off 
h: hammer-on 
x: ghost note 
/: slide up 
\: slide down 

Comments: I would like to dedicate this tab to the one and only, Dr. Metal, Mike Gonsalves. 
He was one of the people who died in the fire at the Great White gig outside Providence (West 
Warwick?). I am not going to be one of those people who pretend to be somebody's best friend after 
that person died. I never knew Doc personally. I've only spoken to him twice, and both times I was 
only 15. However, Doc had one of my favorite radio shows- The Metal Zone. Every Saturday Night, at 
midnight, Doc would proceed to lay out some of the beefiest tracks known to man, 
with some lighter metal and more mainstream metal as well. That show was his baby, and that show
was really the largest factor in my listening to metal. I would never have an interest in the 
underground if it weren't for Doc. I most definitely would not have tabbed out this song were it 
not for Doc and his fantastic show. Doc was my all time favorite DJ, and even though I haven't
listened to the radio in a few months, and a few months before then, it was not because of Doc. 
In fact, every sporadic time I would listen to the radio in the past year and a half has been 
to catch Doc either just DJ'ing or on the Metal Zone. You know, I'm always bitching about 
all the cool people dying. Well, Doc's death only serves to prove me right and make me 
wonder about the future. I can only imagine how many other little metalheads are running 
around now because of Doc's show. Doc, you ruled. 

By the way, if you read the liner notes for the Megadeth album "So Far, So Good... So 
What!", one of the people they thank is Dr. Metal. 

As for the tab, all the usual, cool song, blah blah blah, if you spot a mistake, e-mail 
me. Later. 


If you have any requests visit- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/realmetalmusicians/ 

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Fig. 1 x4 
e|------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------| 
A|--5-5-5-6-6-6-5-6-7-7-7-7--9--10-8--| 
E|--3-3-3-4-4-4-3-4-5-5-5-5--7---8-6--| 
    . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Riff 1 x4 
e|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------| 
B|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------| 
G|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------| 
D|--2-3-----4------|-----------|--2-3-----4------|--5-4--| 
A|------------3t4--|-----------|------------3t4--|--5-4--| 
E|------1-2--------|--333-2-3--|------1-2--------|--3-2--| 

Riff 2 x1 (The beginning of sorrow has come...) 
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
D|----------2--------|----------1--------|----------2--------|--3-------4--------| 
A|------------1-2----|------------0-1----|------------1-2----|----2-3-----3-4----| 
E|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--2-3-2-3-------2--|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--------4-------4--| 

e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
D|----------2--------|----------1--------|----------2--------|--------2-------1--| 
A|------------1-2----|------------0-1----|------------1-2----|------2-------2----| 
E|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--2-3-2-3-------2--|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--444-----333------| 

e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
D|----------2--------|----------1--------|----------2--------|--3-------4--------| 
A|------------1-2----|------------0-1----|------------1-2----|----2-3-----3-4----| 
E|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--2-3-2-3-------2--|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--------4-------4--| 

e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
D|----------2--------|----------1--------|----------2--------|----------------2--| 
A|------------1-2----|------------0-1----|------------1-2----|--666666-555555-2--| 
E|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--2-3-2-3-------2--|--3-4-3-4-------3--|--444444-333333-0--| 

Fill 1 x1 
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|--------------222222------4--| 
A|------222-111--------333--4--| 
E|--000---------------------2--| 

Riff 3 x1 (You are never truly happy unless one suffers more than yourself...) 
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
D|------444-------------------------|------333-------------------------| 
A|--222-----555--------444-555-222--|--111-----444--------444-333------| 
E|--------------222222--------------|--------------111111---------555--| 

e|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
B|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
G|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
D|------444-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
A|--222-----555--------444-555-222--|--1-2-3-2--|--1-3-4-3--|--2-3-4-3--|--2-4-5-4--| 
E|--------------222222--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
D|------777-------------------------|------666-------------------------| 
A|--555-----888--------777-888-555--|--444-----777--------777-666------| 
E|--------------555555--------------|--------------444444---------888--| 

e|----------------------------------|-------------| 
B|----------------------------------|-------------| 
G|----------------------------------|-------------| 
D|------777-------------------------|--6---5---4--| 
A|--555-----888--------777-888-555--|--6---5---4--| 
E|--------------555555--------------|--4---3---2--| 

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
D|------444-------------------------|------333-------------------------| 
A|--222-----555--------444-555-222--|--111-----444--------444-333------| 
E|--------------222222--------------|--------------111111---------555--| 

e|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
B|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
G|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
D|------444-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
A|--222-----555--------444-555-222--|--1-2-3-2--|--1-3-4-3--|--2-3-4-3--|--2-4-5-4--| 
E|--------------222222--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
D|------777-------------------------|------666-------------------------| 
A|--555-----888--------777-888-555--|--444-----777--------777-666------| 
E|--------------555555--------------|--------------444444---------888--| 

Fig. 1 x4 
e|------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------| 
A|--5-5-5-6-6-6-5-6-7-7-7-7--9--10-8--| 
E|--3-3-3-4-4-4-3-4-5-5-5-5--7---8-6--| 
    . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Riff 4 x1 
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------2-1--|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
E|--0-333-4--|--0-333-4--|--0-222-3--|--0-2-1------|--0-333-4--|--0-333-4--|--0-666-7--| 

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------| 
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------| 
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------| 
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------| 
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------2-1--|-----------|-----------| 
E|--0-555-6--|--0-333-4--|--0-333-4--|--0-222-3--|--0-2-1------|--0-333-4--|--0-333-4--| 

e|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------| 
B|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------| 
G|------------4-3------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------| 
D|----6-5--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------| 
A|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------2-1--|-----------| 
E|--0-----5-4-----5-4--|--0-333-4--|--0-333-4--|--0-222-3--|--0-2-1------|--0-333-4--| 

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------2-1--| 
E|--0-333-4--|--0-666-7--|--0-555-6--|--0-333-4--|--0-333-4--|--0-222-3--|--0-2-1------| 

e|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------|-----------|-----------4-3------2-1------------| 
D|-----------|-----------|--3-2----------4-3------2-1--------| 
A|-----------|-----------|------3-2--------------------------| 
E|--0-333-4--|--0-333-4--|----------------------------1-0-1--| 

Fig. 2A x1 (Our hatred never to diminish...) 
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
A|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-3333-5555-------|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-5555-3333-------| 
E|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--| 

e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------4~----------------------|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
A|--0t2--3--5-----2222-3333-5555-------|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-5555-3333-------| 
E|-------1--3--------------------2222--|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--| 

e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
A|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-3333-5555-------|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-5555-3333-------| 
E|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--| 

Fill 2A x1 
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------4-----5--| 
A|--2222-5555-3333-------|--2222-5555-3333-------|--2222-5555--2-3-4-3--| 
E|-----------------2222--|-----------------2222--|---------------1-2----| 

Riff 5A x3 
e|-----------------------|----------------------| 
B|-----------------------|----------------------| 
G|-----------------------|----------------------| 
D|-----------------------|-------------4-----5--| 
A|--2222-5555-3333-------|--2222-5555--2-3-4-3--| 
E|-----------------2222--|---------------1-2----| 

Riff 5B x1 
e|-----------------------|------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------|------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------|------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------|-------------4-----5-6-----7--| 
A|--2222-5555-3333-------|--2222-5555--2-3-4-3-4-4-5-5--| 
E|-----------------2222--|---------------1-2-----2-3----| 

Fig. 2B x1 (What is the antichrist...) 
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------4~----------------------|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
A|--0t2--3--5-----2222-3333-5555-------|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-5555-3333-------| 
E|-------1--3--------------------2222--|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--| 

e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
A|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-3333-5555-------|--0t2--3--5--4--2222-5555-3333-------| 
E|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--|-------1--3--2-----------------2222--| 

Fill 2B x1 
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----| 
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----| 
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----| 
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------4-----5--|--4--| 
A|--2222-5555-3333-------|--2222-5555-3333-------|--2222-5555--2-3-4-3--|--2--| 
E|-----------------2222--|-----------------2222--|---------------1-2----|-----| 

Riff 6 x3 (...brings sorrow, a sorrow soon dealt upon all...) 
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|----------3h4p3---------4h5p4--| 
G|--------------4h5p4--------------|-------------------------------| 
D|----------3-4-------4-3---6-5----|-------------------------------| 
A|------2-3---------------------4--|------2-3-----------3-4--------| 
E|--2-3-------------------4--------|--2-3-----------3-4------------| 

e|---------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------| 
G|--------------4h5p4--------------|--3h4p3--------------|-------------------| 
D|----------3-4-------4-3---6-5----|--------3-2---5-4----|--------5-------4--| 
A|------2-3---------------------4--|------------------3--|-------------------| 
E|--2-3-------------------4--------|------------3--------|--2-3-4---1-2-3----| 

Riff 7A x1 
e|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------| 
D|--------5-------4--|---------------------|--------5-------4--| 
A|-------------------|--2h3p2-----2-1------|-------------------| 
E|--2-3-4---1-2-3----|--------3-2-----2-1--|--2-3-4---1-2-3----| 

e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------3-2------| 
A|--5-4-----4-3------|--7-6-----6-5------|--2-1-----1-0------|--2-1---4-----3-2--| 
E|------4-5-----3-4--|------6-7-----5-6--|------1-2-----0-1--|------1------------| 

e|-------------------|-----------------| 
B|-------------------|-----------------| 
G|-------------------|-----------------| 
D|-------------------|-----------------| 
A|--5-4-----4-3------|-----------------| 
E|------4-5-----3-4--|--3-0-2-1-0-2-3--| 

Okay... Everything is getting real hard to figure out right now. I'm going to figure it 
all out, but since this is just too confusing, I'm breaking up the part of this riff 
where Frank isn't singing from the rest of the riff. Now... Here we go :) 

Riff 7B x2 (One man's greed affects others less privileged...) 
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
A|--3-2-----2-1------|--------3-------2--|--5-4-----4-3------|--6-5-----5-4------| 
E|------2-3-----1-2--|--0-1-2---0-1-2----|------4-5-----3-4--|------5-6-----4-5--| 

e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
D|-------------------|------2---3---2----|-------------------| 
A|-------------------|-------------------|--5-4-----4-3------| 
E|--3-2-0-1-2-1-0-2--|--0-1---2---2---1--|------4-5-----3-4--| 

Riff 8A x3 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|--5-----4-------3---------3---4----| 
E|----4-3---3-2-1---2-1-0-1---2---3--| 

Riff 8B x3 
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|--5-----4-------3---------4--| 
E|----4-3---3-2-1---2-1-0-1-2--| 

Fig. 3 x1 (Why does this happen...) 
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------| 
D|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|------2\1-1/2-6\4--| 
A|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|--1-2--------------| 
E|--2---4---1---3---4---3---1---3---2---4---1---2--|-------------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
D|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|------4--5-----4--5--8--5~--| 
A|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|------2--3-----2--3--6------| 
E|--2---4---1---3---4---3---1---3---2---4---1---2--|--0-0------0-0--------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------| 
D|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|------2\1-1/2-6\4--| 
A|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|--1-2--------------| 
E|--2---4---1---3---4---3---1---3---2---4---1---2--|-------------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| 
D|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|------4--5-----4--5--8--7--| 
A|--4---6---3---5---6---5---3---5---4---6---3---4--|------2--3-----2--3--6--5--| 
E|--2---4---1---3---4---3---1---3---2---4---1---2--|--0-0------0-0-------------| 

Riff 1 x2 
e|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------| 
B|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------| 
G|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------| 
D|--2-3-----4------|-----------|--2-3-----4------|--5-4--| 
A|------------3t4--|-----------|------------3t4--|--5-4--| 
E|------1-2--------|--333-2-3--|------1-2--------|--3-2--|