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Terminal Spirit Disease

At The Gates

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TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE (Bassline)
As recorded by At the Gates
(From the 1994 Album TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE)

Transcribed by Erik Dietrich
	

Words and Music by At the Gates

Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Untitled'

   Intro
    Q=203
   3/4
    Gtr I
    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o-7--7--7--|-5--5--5--|-3--3--3--|-3--3--3--|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|


  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------o||
|-3--3--3--|-2--2--2--|-0--0--0--|-0--0--0--o||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||


    Q.=176
   12/8
    Q  E E E E Q  E Q.     Q  E E E E Q  E Q.
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------2--2-2----|------------3--3-3-----|
||--0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------------|


  Q  E E E E Q  E Q.     Q  E E E E Q.   Q  E
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|------------2--2-2----|------------2---------o||
|-0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------3--2--||


 Verse
  Q.=172
  $
 9/8
  Q  E Q.   Q.     Q  E Q.   Q.     Q  E Q.   Q.     Q  E Q.     Q.
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0-----------|-0--0-----------|-0--0------/12\----|


  Q  E Q.   Q.     Q  E Q.   Q.     Q  E Q.   Q.     Q  E Q.   Q.
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3--3-----------|-3--3-----------|-3--3-----------|-3--3-----------|


    E E E E E E E E E  4x     E E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||-||---------------------||------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-||o-------------------o||------------------|
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||------------------|
||---------------------||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|


 Chorus
  Q.=169
  Q  E +Q.   +Q.     Q  E +Q.    Q.      Q   E  +Q.    +Q.      Q.    +H.
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10--10-(10)---(10)---|-10----(10)----|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-7--7-(7)---10----|----------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|---------------|


  Q  E +Q.   +Q.     Q  E +Q.    Q.      Q   E  +Q.    +Q.      H.       +Q.
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10--10-(10)---(10)---|-----------------|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-7--7-(7)---10----|----------------------|-10-------(10)---|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|


  Q  E +Q.   +Q.     +Q.   +Q.   Q.      Q.    +H.         +Q.    +H.
|------------------|-------------7----|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10----(10)------|-(10)---(10)----|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-(7)---(7)--------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|


  Q  E +Q.   +Q.     Q  E +Q.   Q.      Q   E  +H.         H.       +Q.
|------------------|------------7----|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-10--10-(10)------|-----------------|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-7--7-(7)--------|------------------|-10-------(10)---|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|


   Main Riff
    Q.=176
   12/8
    Q  E E E E Q  E Q.     Q  E E E E Q  E Q.
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------2--2-2----|------------3--3-3-----|
||--0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------------|


  Q  E E E E Q  E Q.     Q  E E E E Q.   Q  E
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|------------2--2-2----|------------2---------o||
|-0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------3--2--||


   Intro Riff
    Q=203
   3/4
    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o-7--7--7--|-5--5--5--|-3--3--3--|-3--3--3--|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|


                                       D.S.
  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------o||
|-3--3--3--|-2--2--2--|-0--0--0--|-0--0--0--o||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||


 Breakdown
  Q.=171
 12/8
  Q  E E E E Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------2-----|
|-0--0-7S6-6-6----6S5-5-|-5----5S3-3-3-----3--|


  Q.   E E E Q.   E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-----------7--5--|
|-0----7S6-6-6----6-7-6-|----6--5--3--------|


  Q.   E E E Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-7---------------------|---------------2-----|
|------7S6-6-6----6S5-5-|-5----5S3-3-3-----3--|


  Q.   E E E Q.   E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-----------7--5--|
|-0----7S6-6-6----6-7-6-|----6--5--3--------|


   Bridge/Guitar Solo
   9/8
    Q  Q  Q  Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q.
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o-7--7--5--7--7-|-7--7--5--7--7-|-7--7--5--7--7-|-7--7--5--7----|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|-3--3--1--3--3-|-3--3--1--3--3-|-3--3--1--3--3-|-3--3--1--3-----||


    Q  E Q.   Q.    4x     Q  E Q.   Q.    4x
||------------------||-||------------------||
||o----------------o||-||o----------------o||
||o----------------o||-||o----------------o||
||--0--0------------||-||--3--3------------||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
||o-------------------o||------------------|
||---------------------||------------------|


    E E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


    E E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
||o-------------------o||------------------|
||---------------------||------------------|


    E E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|


 Outro
  Q.=168
 12/8
  Q.   E Q  Q.   E Q    Q.   E Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-0----7s6--6----6s5--|-5----5S3--3--0--3--|


  Q.   E Q  Q.   E E E   E Q  Q.   Q  Q  Q
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------7--5--|
|-0----7----6----6-5-5-|-0---------0--------|


    Q  E E E E Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E Q  Q  Q
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||o-7--7------------------|---------------2-----|
||-------7S6-6-6----6S5-5-|-5----5S3-3-3-----3--|


  Q.   E E E Q.   E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q   3x Q.   +Q.    H.
|-----------------------|--------------------||-------------------*|
|-----------------------|-------------------o||-------------------*|
|-----------------------|-5-----------7--5--o||-7----(7)\---------*|
|-0----7S6-6-6----6-7-6-|----6--5--3---------||-------------------*|



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