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The Immortal
Arch Enemy
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THE IMMORTAL (Bassline)
As recorded by Arch Enemy
(From the 1999 Album BURNING BRIDGES)
Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L.
Words by Johan Liiva & Michael Amott Music by Christopher Amott & Michael Amott
Arranged by Arch Enemy
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'S. D'Angelo - El. Bass'
Intro
Q=98
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q=195
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x W +W
|----------------------------------||----------|--------||
|---------------------------------o||----------|--------||
|-----------------0-0-3-3-1-1-----o||----------|--------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-1--||-0--------|-(0)----||
Pre-Verse
E E Q H Wx5 H Q E E E Q E E E Q
|-------------|------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|---------------||
|-0-----------|------------|-----------3-|-2----2-1------||
Verse #1 & 2
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p|=2-0-0-0-0-2p1-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\---|---------------------------|
|------------------------------3p|=2-0-0-0-0-2p1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\---|---------------------------||
|------------------------------3p|=2-2-2-2-2-2p1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
Pre-Chorus
$$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
Chorus #1 & 3
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Dbl. Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Bridge
Q=98
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------0-0-3-3-1-1------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-1---||
Chorus #2
Q=195
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo #1 & 2
+Q q q q q q q q q q q q E E E Q E E E
||-----------------|-------------|-------------|------------------
||o----------------|-------------|-------------|------------------
||o-(3)\--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-6s5-0-/8--6-5-3--
||-----------------|-------------|-------------|------------------
+Q q q q q q q q q q q q E E E Q E E E
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-(3)\--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-6s5-0-/8--6-5---|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|---------------1-|
1.
+W +H +Q. E +H +Q. E
|------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------|--------------3-|-(3)----(3)-----|
|-(1)--------|-(1)----(1)-----|--------------4-|
2.
+E E E E E E E E +H +Q. E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------4-7----||----------------|---------------------||
|----------3-6-------o||----------------|---------------------||
|-----/2-5---------3-o||-(3)----(3)-----|----------------2s7--||
|-(4)-----------------||--------------4-|-(4)\-0-0-0-0-0------||
Guitar Solo #3
+E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------7-5-4-5-4---|
|-(7)-7-7-5--5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-5--5-5-7-|-(7)-7-----------7-|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E +E H Q E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------||
|-7-7-7-5--5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-5--5-5-7-|-(7)-7s===17s=7-||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------||
Guitar Solo #4
E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E E Q.
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------10h12p10-----|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------10--------------|
|-8-8-8-6--6-6-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-6--6-6-8-|-(8)-8-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-8-8-8-6--6-6-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-6--6-6-8-|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8\---||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
Guitar Solo #5
E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------7---7-------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----7---7---7---7-|--------------/7-|-(7)-6-7h9p7-6------|
|-9-9-9-7--7-7-5-|-(5)-----------5---|-5-5-5-7--7-7----|---------------9-7--|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E E E Q E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|-9-9-9-7--7-7-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|-------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------------||
|--------------/14s|=12\-11-9----9----------||
|-5-5-5-7--7-7-----|----------12---12-11-9--||
|------------------|------------------------||
Outro
Q=98
&&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
|---------------------------------|-----------------0-0-3-3-1-1------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-1--
W +H E E E E q Q H W
|----------|----------------|------------|------*|
|----------|----------------|------------|------*|
|----------|--------0-3-1---|------------|------*|
|-0--------|-(0)----------1-|-0----------|------*|
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
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| - 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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