"Trapped In A Corner"
Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
. - palm mute
ph - pinched harmonic
/ - slide up to
ah - artificial harmonic
\ - slide down to
hr - harmonic
~ - vibrato
p - pull off
bf - full bend
h - hammer on
bh - bend half a step
() - ghost note
r - release bend
pbh,f - prebend(h-half step, f-full)
t - tap
th - tap harmonic
Tuning (1:D 2:A 3:F 4:C 5:G 6:D)
INTRO (throughout intro light palm muting on both guitars)
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|---10-11----10~----10-11----10-11-10-----| GTR I
|-8--------8------8--------8----------11--|
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|-----------------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------| GTR II
|---10-11----10~----10-11----10-11-10-----|
|-8--------8------8--------8----------11--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----13-14----13~----13-14----13-14-13----| GTR I
|-11-------11-----11-------11----------14-|
|-----------------------------------------|
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|---8--9-----8~-----8--9-----8--9--8------| GTR II
|6--------6------6--------6-----------9---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---12-13----12-13----12-13----12-13----12| GTR I
|10-------10-------10-------10-------10---|
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|---7--8-----7--8-----7--8-----7--8-----7-| GTR II
|5--------5--------5--------5--------5----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---15-16----15-16----15-16----15-16----15| GTR I
|13-------13-------13-------13-------13---|
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|-----------------------------------------|
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|---10-11----10-11----10-11----10-11----10| GTR II
|8--------8--------8--------8--------8----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Play the INTRO one more time, for a total of two times
Riff A
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|-10---------10-------------10---------10-------------|
|----9---9------9---9---9------9---9------9---9---9---| GTR I
|------7----------7---7---7------7----------7---7---7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|-7-------------------------7-------------------------|
|-7-------------------------7-------------------------|
|-5-------------------------5-------------------------|
continuation of riff A (end of riff A)
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|-13---------13---------------8----------8-------------|
|---12--12-----12--12--12-------7---7------7---7---7---| GTR I
|-----10---------10--10--10-------5---5------5---5---5-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|-5---------------------------5------------------------|
|-3---------------------------5------------------------|
|-----------------------------3------------------------|
Play Riff A again for a total of two times, then play Riff B
Riff B (end of Riff B)
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|-10---------10--------------10---------10-------------|
|----9---9------9---9---9-------9---9------9---9---9---| GTR I
|------7----------7---7---7-------7----------7---7---7-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|-7--------------------------7-------------------------|
|-7--------------------------7-------------------------|
|-5--------------------------5-------------------------|
Riff C (end of Riff C)
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| GTR I & GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-----------4-----------3-----------3-----|
|-6-333---333-6-333---333-5-111---111-5-111---111-|
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Play Riff C again for a total of two times
Riff D (end of Riff D)
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| GTR I & GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0-000-3-000-2-000-5-000-3-000-7-000-5-000-8-000-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Play Riff D again for a total of two times
Play Riff C two times
Now play this slight variation on Riff D
Riff E (end of Riff E)
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|-------------------------------------------------| GTR I & GTR II
|-------------------------------------------10----|
|-0-000-3-000-2-000-5-000-3-000-7-000-5-000-8-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------10-----|
|--------------------|--------------9-7-9----9---| GTR I
|-------7h9h10p9-9~--|-------7h9h10------------7-|
|-0--0---------------|-0--0----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
| . . . .
|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------| GTR II
|-7--7---------------|-7--7----------------------|
|-7--7---------------|-7--7----------------------|
|-5--5---------------|-5--5----------------------|
. . . .
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------10-----|
|----------------ph--|--------------9-7-9----9---| GTR I
|-------7h9h10p9-9~--|-------7h9h10------------7-|
|-0--0---------------|-0--0----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
| . . . .
|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------| GTR II
|-7--7---------------|-7--7----------------------|
|-7--7---------------|-7--7----------------------|
|-5--5---------------|-5--5----------------------|
. . . .
Riff F (end of Riff F) Riff G (end of Riff G)
|--------------------| |---------------------------|
|--------------------| |--------------------10-----| GTR
|--------------------| GTR I & GTR II |--------------9-7-9----9---| 1
|-------7h9h10p9-9~--| |-------7h9h10------------7-| &
|-0--0---------------| |-0--0----------------------| 2
|--------------------| |---------------------------|
. . . .
Now play Riff F, Riff G, Riff F, Riff G, Riff F, Riff G
Riff H (end of Riff H)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| &
|----------8--------------8------------------8--------------8--------| GTR II
|-6p5--------7---6p5--------7-7-8---6p5--------7---6p5--------7-8-7--|
|---6p5h6p5--5~----6p5h6p5--5-5-6~----6p5h6p5--5~----6p5h6p5--5-6-5~-|
Play Riff H three more times for a total of four times.
Riff I (During Andy's Solo) (end of Riff I)
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|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-----7--8----7--8----5--7------7--8----7--8----8--10~-----|
|-0000-00-0000-00-0000-00-000000-00-0000-00-0000-00--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
.... .. .... .. .... .. ...... .. .... .. .... ..
Play Riff I again for a total of two times.
Riff J (During Andy's Solo) (end of Riff J)
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|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-----7--8----7--8----5--7------7--8----7--8----8--10~-----|
|-6666-66-6666-66-6666-66-666666-66-6666-66-6666-66--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
.... .. .... .. .... .. ...... .. .... .. .... ..
Solo: Andy LaRocque
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||---------13--14-------------------------|
||-13--14----------13---------------------| 2 Guitars, but they don't sound
||---------------------15--14--12--14--12-| the same (1 with delay, I think)
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||---------13--14-------------------------|
||-13--14----------13---------------------|
||---------------------15--14--12--14--12-|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
|(falls together with last 2 notes of above)
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-10~---10\-|
|------------------------|-----------| GTR.1
|------------------------|-----------|
|-4--3-------------------|-----------|
|--------4--1--5~~-------|-----------|
| . . . . |
| |
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-13~---13\-|
|------------------------|-----------| GTR.2
|------------------------|-----------|
|-7--6-------------------|-----------|
|-------7--4--8~~--------|-----------|
pm . . . .
tremolo cricket
|-17bf~----17--16--12~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
| tremolo cricket (very fast)
|--------------------------------|-13-16-13------------------------------13-15-|
|-17bh~----17--15--13~~~~~~~~~~~-|---------15-13-15-13--------13-15-13-15------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------14-15-16-----------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
(tremolo picking not every note written, but play it this way)
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|-12-13-12-13-15-13-15-17-15-17-18-17-19\--|
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|------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------14-16-17-14-16-17\20-22-20-19----------------|
|----------13-14-16-14-16-18-------------------------------22-20-22-20----|
|-12-14-15-------------------------------------------------------------19~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-16-15-13-15-13----13-|-15-16-15-13-15-13----13-|
|-------------------16----|-------------------16----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-16-15-13-15-13----13-|-------------------------|
|-------------------16----|-15~---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
p p p p p h p
|22-18-----22-18-22-18-----22-18-22-18-----18-22-18------|
|-----20--------------20--------------20-----------------|
|-------19--------------19--------------19---------19~~--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-18bf~---------18---20---18---20bf~------18---18~-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| GTR. 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|-20bf~---------20---22---20---22bf~------20---20~-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| GTR. 2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------h--p--------------------------------|
|-10~-----------11-10-11-10------10---11---10~-----------|
|---------------------------12---------------------------| GTR. 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------h--p--------------------------------|
|-13~-----------15-13-15-13------13---15---13~-----------|
|---------------------------15---------------------------| GTR. 2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
h p
|---------13--12--15--13--17--15--18-17-18-17--15--17--18--17--------|
|-15--14-------------------------------------------------------17~---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR. 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| h p |
|---------15------18--17--20--18--22-20-22-20--18--20--22--20--13~---|
|-18--17------18-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR. 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-15---14----------------------|
|-----------15---14~-----------| GTR. 1
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------|
|-18---17---15---14~-----------|
|------------------------------| GTR. 2
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
h p
|15-17-15\12-10-12-10-----h--p-------------------------------|
|--------------------14-10-11-10-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-12-11-12-11-12-12--9-11-12| (very fast)
|------------------------------------------9--------12-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------|-15~--------17---17bfr-15-------15---------|
|-10--11--12~\-|---------------------------18--------15~---|
|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13------13---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----15----------12-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------15------15--12--15--12----------12--13------12--12-----|
|-------------------------------------13--15----------15----------10~|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12-15bf~------------12--------------||
|---------------------------13-15------------------13--13------15bf~-||
|------------------------/14---------------------14------14-14-------|| GTR. 1
|----------------------------------------------14--------------------||
|~~~~~~~~---------------------------------12-15----------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
| . . . . . ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------15bf~-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|| GTR. 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
Play Riff J again for a total of two times
Play Riff I two times again, and Riff J two times again
Riff K (During Chuck's Solo)
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|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------888888888888------------777777777777-|
|-555555555555------------888888888888-------------|
................................................
continuation of Riff K (end of Riff K)
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|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------888888888888---555777555---555-------|
|-555555555555------------888---------888---888777-|
................................................
Solo: Chuck Schuldiner
t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p
||-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p
|-15-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p
|-15-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-15-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
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t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p t p h p
|-15-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-12-5-8-5-13-5-8-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-12~------------------------|-13---12---10-------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------10~-------------------| GTR.1
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|-12~------------------------|-13---12---10-------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------13~-------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------| GTR.2
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------17----------------------------------17----------------|
|----------15-17-18----18-17-15----------------15-17-18----18-17-15-------|
|-14-16-17----------------------17-16-14-16-17----------------------17-16-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
tremolo picking very fast (not every note written)
|---------------|-19-20\12-13-12-10-12-10-12-10--------------------|
|---------------|------------------------------12-13-10-12-10-12-10|
|-14~-----\-----|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------------------------|
less fast
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|----------15-17-18-17~-------|
|10-9-----------|-14-16-17--------------------|
|----10---------|-----------------------------|
|------12~------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-/-17-17-17-17-17-17\12-12-12-12-12-12/15-15-15-15-15-15-15\|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
tremolo picking very fast (not every note written)
|------------------|-12-13-12-10-12-10--10--------------------------|
|13-13-13-13-13-13-|------------------13--13-12-10-12-10------------|
|------------------|------------------------------------12-10-9~----|
|------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------------------------|
p.h.
|------------------||
|-10~--------------||
|------------------||
|------------------||
|------------------||
|------------------||
Play Riff K again for a total of two times
Structure for rest of song
Riff A two times
Riff B
Riff C two times
Riff D two times
Riff C two times
Riff D
Riff E