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Exile Of The Sons Of Uisliu

Amorphis

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EXILE OF THE SONS OF UISLIU (Bassline)
As recorded by Amorphis
(From the 1992 Album THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS)


Transcribed by Matthew Williams AKA autumnlrds

 Words and Music by Amorphis

 

Gtr I (C F Bb Eb) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb) - 'Strings'


 Intro
  Q=140
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W            S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|----------||------------------------------|
|----------||o-----------------------------|
|----------||o---------7-------------7-----|
|-3--------||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|


  S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|


   S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S E  S  S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||


   Verse
    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|-5----o||
||--5--------|-7--------|-8--------|-------||


 Breakdown
  W          +Q.   Q  Q.     W          +Q.   E H
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|-5--------|-(5)---5--3----|-5--------|-(5)---3-5----|


    W          +H..       E   W          +Q.   E H
||-----------|--------------|----------|---------------||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||--5--------|-(5)--------3-|-5--------|-(5)---3-5-----||


    W          +H..       E   W          +Q.   E H
||-----------|--------------|----------|---------------||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||--3--------|-(3)--------1-|-3--------|-(3)---1-3-----||


 Pre-Chorus
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


   Chorus
    Q  S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S Q  Q   8x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||


   Bridge
    Q=80
    W          H.      Q   4x
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||o----------|-3-------2--o||
||--0--------|-------------||


              |-3-|
    E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o-----5---7-5-7-5-----|-------------------o||
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||


      Q=85                  H=H
                |-3-|
      E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||o-----5---7-5-7-5-----|-------------------o||
|-||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
|-||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||


    Q=100
              |-3-|
    E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
||------5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------||
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
||o---------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7--o||
||----------------------|--------------------||


  H=H                                  Q=110
            |-3-|
  E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
|-----5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------|
|-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7-------------|
|---------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---|
|---------------------|--------------------|


            |-3-|
  E E E E E S S S E E   E  E E  E E  E Q
|-----5---7-5-7-5-----|-------------------|
|-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------|
|---------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7--|
|---------------------|-------------------|


   Chorus
    Q=143
    Q  S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S Q  Q   4x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||


   Out-Verse
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|


  S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S E  S  S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
|---------7-------------7-----|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||


    Q=147
    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|-5----o||
||--5--------|-7--------|-8--------|-------||


    Q=152
    Gtr I
     S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o----------5-------------5-----|----------5-------------5-----|
||o--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|                                   <
|    W                              W
||--17---------------------------|-19---------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-15---------------------------|-17---------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gtr I
   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------5-------------5-----|----------5-------------5-----o||
|--6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-|--8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
|  W                              W
|-20---------------------------|-22----------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-18---------------------------|-20---------------------------o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||


                                       2/4
  Gtr I
  W          +W           +W            +H
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
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