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The Casket Of Roderick Usher

Finch

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THE CASKET OF RODERICK USHER
As recorded by Finch
(From the 2005 Album SAY HELLO TO SUNSHINE)

Transcribed by Jonathan Rose
	

Words and Music by Finch

Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Left Channel'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Right Channel'

   "Human flesh.."
    Flatted Fun Q=126
    Gbb5Gb5 Fb5 Cb5                Gbb5Gb5 Fb5 Cb5
   6/8                                               9/8
    Gtrs I, II
    S S S S S S E Q    E Q  E Q    S S S S S S E Q    E Q  E Q  E Q
||-------------------|-----------|------------------|------------------||
||o------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------5----|-5----5----|-------------5----|-5----5----5------||
||--4-4-5-5-3-3-4----|-4----4----|-4-4-5-5-3-3-4----|-4----4----4------||
||o-3-3-4-4-2-2-3----|-3----3----|-3-3-4-4-2-2-3----|-3----3----3-----o||
||--4-4-5-5-3-3------|-----------|-4-4-5-5-3-3------|------------------||


  Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5Db5   Dbb5
 6/8                      8/8
  Gtr I
   S S S S S S S S S S E    S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9---8-9---8---7---7-6---||
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8---7-8---7---6---6-5---||
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7---6-7---6---5---5-4---||
|------------------------|------------------------------||


 "This body cold and.."
  Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5Db5   Dbb5
 6/8                      7/8
  Gtrs I, II
   S S S S S S S S S S E    S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9---8-9---8---7---7-6-|
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8---7-8---7---6---6-5-|
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7---6-7---6---5---5-4-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|


    Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbGbb5        EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5
   15/16                         6/8
     S S S S S S S S S S E  S E    S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------o||
||--10---9-8---9---8---7-6-10---|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6--||
||---9---8-7---8---7---6-5--9---|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5--||
||o--8---7-6---7---6---5-4--8---|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------||


  Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5Eb5     Gbb5
                            5/8
   S S S S S S S S S S S S    S Q   S Q
|--------------------------|-------------||
|--------------------------|-------------||
|-10---9---8-9---8---9---9-|-10----10----||
|--9---8---7-8---7---8---8-|--9-----9----||
|--8---7---6-7---6---7---7-|--8-----8----||
|--------------------------|-------------||


 "Buried with your face.."
  Fb5D5 Abb5                                      D5
              6/8
  Gtrs I, II
                                                  PM
  E. E.  Q      E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E E
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--(6)--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--(5)--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--(6)--|-------------------|----------------0-|


  Fb5D5 Abb5                                    D5
 5/8        6/8
                                                PM
  E. E. Q     E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E E
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--6--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--5--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--6--|-------------------|----------------0-|


  Fb5D5 AbbDb5  Abb5                       D5
 7/8           10/8
                                           PM
  E. E. Q  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|----------7--|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--6--6--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--5--5--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--6-----|----------------------------0-|


  Fb5D5 Abb5                         D5
 5/8        10/8
  E. E. Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E E E
|----------|-----------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------------|
|----------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-7---|
|-3--0--6--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0---|
|-2--0--5--|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0---|
|-3--0--6--|-------------------------0---|


  Fb5D5 FbBb5D5 Abb5DbAbb5   DbAbb5                    D5
                            9/8
  Gtr I
                                                       PM
  E. E. a E. E. E E a  E E   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-7s13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6---6s12---|-6s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-2--0--2s8--0--5---5s11---|-5s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6----------|---------------------------0-|
|
| Gtr II
|                                                      PM
| E. E. a E. E. E E a  E E   a  Q     Q     Q     Q    E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-7s13----13----13----13------|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6---6s12---|-6s12----12----12----12------|
|-2--0--2s8--0--5---5s11---|-5s11----11----11----11----0-|
|-3--0--3s9--0--6----------|---------------------------0-|


    Fb5D5 AbbDbAbb5   DbAbb5                    D5
   7/8               9/8
                                                PM
    E. E. Q  a  E E   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
||------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------|-7s13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----||
||--3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||
||o-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-o||
||--3--0--6---------|---------------------------0--||
|
|                                               PM
|   E. E. Q  a  E E   a  Q     Q     Q     Q    E
||------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------|-7s13----13----13----13-------||
||--3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12----12----12----12-------||
||o-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11----11----11----11----0-o||
||--3--0--6---------|---------------------------0--||


  Fb5D5 AbbDbAbb5   DbAbb5                             D5
 7/8               13/8
                                                       PM
  E. E. Q  a  E E   a  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-7s13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----|
|-3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
|-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0---|
|-3--0--6---------|------------------------------------0---|
|
|                                                      PM
| E. E. Q  a  E E   a  Q     Q     Q     Q     Q     E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-7s13----13----13----13----13----13-----|
|-3--0--6--6s12---|-6s12----12----12----12----12----12-----|
|-2--0--5--5s11---|-5s11----11----11----11----11----11-0---|
|-3--0--6---------|------------------------------------0---|


  BbAbbBbAbb5 D5
 6/8         4/4
  Gtrs I, II
  E.E. E.E.    E E  E E  E E  E E
|-----------|---------------------||
|-----------|-10---10---10---10---||
|-----------|--7----7----7----7---||
|-----------|--0----0----0----0---||
|-8S5--8S5--|--0----0----0----0---||
|-9S6--9S6--|--0----0----0----0---||


   "Unearthed hands of.."
    F5   FsuF5   Fsus2F5   FsuBb5  Bbsus2
                     5/4
    E. S Q  E. S Q    E. S Q  E. S  E.  S  E  E
||------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------------|
||------------------|---------------------------|
||--3--3-5--3--3-5--|-3--3-5--8--8-10--10-10-10-|
||o-3--3-3--3--3-3--|-3--3-3--8--8--8---8--8--8-|
||--3--3-3--3--3-3--|-3--3-3--8--8--8---8--8--8-|


  D5 N.C.                  F5
 4/4              7/8
                           PM------|
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E S S S S
|----------------|--------------------||
|----6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-----------o||
|----9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9------------||
|-0--------------|--------------------||
|-0--------------|---------3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-0--------------|---------3-3-3-3-3--||


  Csus4b5          Gbb5Gb5 Fb5   Csus4b5               Gbb5Gb5 Fb5
 6/8                                        9/8
  E Q  E Q    E Q  S S S S S S   E Q  E Q    E Q  E Q  S S S S S S
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|-6----6----|-6----------------|-6----6----|-6----6----------------|
|-5----5----|-5----------------|-5----5----|-5----5----------------|
|-4----4----|-4----4-4-5-5-3-3-|-4----4----|-4----4----4-4-5-5-3-3-|
|-3----3----|-3----3-3-4-4-2-2-|-3----3----|-3----3----3-3-4-4-2-2-|
|-----------|------4-4-5-5-3-3-|-----------|-----------4-4-5-5-3-3-|


  Csus4b5          Gbb5Gb5 Fb5   D5
 6/8
  E Q  E Q    E Q  S S S S S S    E Q   E Q     E Q   E Q    H.
|-----------|------------------|-------------|-------------|-------||
|-6----6----|-6----------------|-10----10----|-10----10----|-------||
|-5----5----|-5----------------|--7-----7----|--7-----7----|-------||
|-4----4----|-4----4-4-5-5-3-3-|--0-----0----|--0-----0----|-------||
|-3----3----|-3----3-3-4-4-2-2-|--0-----0----|--0-----0----|-------||
|-----------|------4-4-5-5-3-3-|--0-----0----|--0-----0----|-------||


 Outro
  Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 Eb5 EbEb5 Ebb5DbDbGbb5
 6/8                      15/16
   S S S S S S S S S S E    S S S S S S S S S S E  S E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9---8-9---8---7-6-10---|
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8---7-8---7---6-5--9---|
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7---6-7---6---5-4--8---|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|


       EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5Gbb5 EbEbb5Eb5 Ebb5DbDbb5
 6/8
   S S S S S S S S S S E    S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|-10---9-8---9---8---7-6-|
|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|--9---8-7---8---7---6-5-|
|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|--8---7-6---7---6---5-4-|
|------------------------|------------------------|


  Gbb5                Fb5 Gbb5
   E Q   E Q     E Q  S S  S  S E
|-------------|-------------------*|
|-------------|-------------------*|
|-11----11----|-11----------------*|
|-10----10----|-10----9-9-10-10---*|
|--9-----9----|--9----8-8--9--9---*|
|-------------|-------------------*|



Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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