Song: Once Upon the Cross
Artist: Deicide
Album: Once Upon the Cross (1995)

Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)

Tuning: Balf step down

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


Fig. 1 x1
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|--4-3-3-2-2--|
A|--2-1-1-2-2--|
E|--2-1-1-0-0--|
. . . . .

Riff 1 x1
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--222-111------------------------|--------------111-000----------------|
A|----------222-111----------------|------111-000------------------------|
E|------------------222-111111111--|--000-----------------222-111111111--|

e|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------222-111------------------------|--------------111-000---|
A|-----------------222-111----------------|------111-000-----------|
E|--00000------------------222-111111111--|--000-------------------|

Repeat Fig. 1 x1

Fig. 2 x2
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0-1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3-----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3-----2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0h1-----0h1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3----------1-2------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 2 x4 (Fear him, fear him, fear him...)
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|-----------------1--|-----------------3--|-----------------4--|
E|--111111000000-1-5--|--111111000000-2----|--111111000000-4----|--111111000000-5----|
............ ............ ............ ............

Riff 3 x2 (Impaled crucifixion, compassion forgot...)
e|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|----------222-555-000-333333--|----------222-555-000-333-000------|
E|--000-222---------------------|--000-222---------------------111--|
... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

e|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|----------222-555-000-333333--|----------222-555-000-333-000-111--|
E|--000-222---------------------|--000-222--------------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Riff 4 x4
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------2-------------------|---------------1-------------------|
E|--222222-0-2-3---333333333333-000--|--222222-0-2-3---111111111111-000--|

Repeat Fig. 1 x1
Repeat Riff 1 x1
Repeat Fig. 1 x1

Now, right here they should have repeated Fig. 2 x2, but I think they messed up (although this might have been intentional as well) and they play it like this-

This part three times...
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0-1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3-----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

...and then this part once.
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3-----2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0h1-----0h1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3----------1-2------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Repeat Riff 2 x4
Repeat Riff 3 x2
Repeat Riff 4 x3

End x1
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--4-3-3-2-2--|
A|---------------2-------------------|---------------1---------------|--2-1-1-2-2--|
E|--222222-0-2-3---333333333333-000--|--222222-0-2-3---111111111111--|--2-1-1-0-0--|