The Cancer Chords
The Cancer by The Berzerker is a guitar song played in the key of A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro riff, all tremolo picked (repeated several times throughout):
a|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------2--3--5--------------2--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0-----------3--0----------3---------------------|
Verse riff, part 1, all tremolo picked:
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----5--4--2-------------------5--4--2--------------------------------------|
D|-------------3--2--0--2--3-------------3--2--0--2--3-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse riff, part 2, all tremolo picked:
a|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------3---------------------------3------------------------------|
G|----------2--4-------4--2--------------2--4-----4--2------------------------|
D|----2--3---------------------3--2--3------------------3---------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Break at 1:21 :
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------5--------------------------------5------------|
G|----2--------6---3---2-------5---6---2-------6---3---2--------5---6--------|
D|----2--------6---3---2-------3---6---2-------6---3---2--------3---6--------|
A|----0--------4---1---0-----------4---0-------4---1---0------------4--------|
Riff at 1:55 :
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------3------------3------------3----------|
A|----0----0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0--0-0-----4-4-4-4-4---3-3-3-3-3-------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Short riff at the end, approx. 2:45, all tremolo picked:
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----0----3---0----3---0----0---3---0---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
These are all the riffs needed to play the song.
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| . palm mute
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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