Song: To Be Dead 
Band: Deicide 
Album: Once Upon the Cross 
Transcribed By: Warrick McPherson 
E-Mail: sirwarrick@hotmail.com 
 
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Notation: 
 
. - Mute 
h - Hammer On 
P - Pull Off 
 
 
Riff 1 - This riff is basically just the following  
         set of notes played repeatedly except for the  
         5th and 9th bars which are a little different. 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------1111-----------2222-3333------1111-----------| 
|-0000-2222------0000-1111-----------2222------2222-3333-| 
  .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 
 
 
The 5th time you play this bar, paly it as follows: 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------1-------------------------------------------| 
|-----------1-------------2222-3333------1111-----------| 
|-0000-2222-----0000-1111-----------2222------2222-3333-| 
  .... ....     .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 
 
 
The 9th and last time you play this bar, play it as follows: 
|---------------| 
|---------------| 
|---------------| 
|-----------1---| 
|-----------1---| 
|-0000-2222-----| 
  .... .... 
 
 
Riff 2 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-----3h4-2h3-----2---1h2-| 
|-3-4---------2-3---3-----| 
  . .         . .   . 
 
 
Riff 3 - Same as riff 2 but its all palm muted.  
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-----3-4-2-3-----2---1-2-| 
|-3-4---------2-3---3-----| 
  . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
 
Riff 4 
|-----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------| 
|-------------------------0-1-| 
|---------------------1-2-----| 
|-----3-4-2-3-----2-3---------| 
|-3-4---------2-3-------------| 
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
 
 
Riff 5 - keep repeating this bar for this riff 
|------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------| 
|---------3----------3----------7--------------8-| 
|---2---3------2---3------4---6----------8---7---| 
|-1---2------1---2------3---5------5-8-7---6-----| 
  . . . .    . . . .    . . . .    . . .   . . 
 
 
There you go, that's all the riffs. 
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