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Flesh And The Power It Holds

Death

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FLESH AND THE POWER IT HOLDS (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)

Transcribed by livingzombie
	

Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner

Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Scott Clenderin'

 Intro
  Q=91
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4            E S S E E E E E E   E S S E E E E S S S S
|------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------9---|
|------------||o---------8-8-8-8-8-|---------5-5-5---9---9-|
|------------||--7-7-7-7-----------|-7-7-7-7-------7-------|


  E S S E E E E E E   S S S S  S S S S S  S  S S S S S S
|-------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------------------7------o||
|---------8-8-8-8-8-|---7-----10-----9------12-----7---7----o||
|-7-7-7-7-----------|-5-----8------7-----10------5-----------||


    Q.=59                         1.           2.
   6/8
    H.        +H.        H.        +H.          E E E  E  E  E
||----------|----------|---------|-----------||----------------|
||o---------|----------|---------|----------o||----------------|
||o-0-------|-(0)------|-0-------|-(0)------o||-8-8-8-10-10-10-|
||----------|----------|---------|-----------||----------------|


    E E E E E E   E  E E  E E  E   E E E  Q.     E E E  E  E  E
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||
||o-------------|---10---10p9----|-------12----|----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0------10-|-0-0-0-------|-8-8-8-10-10-10-o||
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||


  Q=120
 4/4        2/4    4/4
  W          H      Wx2
|----------|------|--------|
|----------|------|--------|
|----------|------|--------|
|----------|------|--------|


               2/4              4/4
                     |-3--|                      |-3--|
  E E H.        E  E S  S S  E   W          E  E S  S S  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------|----------------|----------|---10-9-10-9----------------|
|-------------|---10-9-10-9----|----------|-------------10-------------|
|-0-----------|-------------10-|----------|----------------14----12----|
|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------------15----15-|


   Pre-Verse
    Q=182
    $
            ~~
    E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10---8---|
||----0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0---0-|


          ~~
  E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------7-----|
|-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10---------|
|---0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0---0---|


          ~~
  E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10---8---|
|---0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0---0-|


                                           2/4
          ~~
  E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E E E   H
|--------------------|--------------------|------|
|--------------------|----------------7---|------|
|-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10-------|------|
|---0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0-----|------|


 Verse
 4/4
          ~~
  E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10---8---|
|---0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0---0-|


          ~~
  E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|----------------7----|
|-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10--------|
|---0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0---0--|


          ~~
  E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10---8---|
|---0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0---0-|


          ~~
  E S S E Q.   E S S   S S E E E  E E Q
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|----------------7--|
|-7-------8----7-----|-----8-----10------|
|---0-0-0--------0-0-|-0-0---0-0----0----|


  Q=98
  W          W          H    H      W
|----------|----------|-----------|-------||
|----------|----------|-----------|------o||
|----------|----------|-----------|-5----o||
|-1--------|-0--------|-1----3----|-------||


   Bridge
    Q=137                                      1.,2.,3.
                                               2/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S   4x
||------------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
||o-6-----6-----6---|---6---------------------|------------------o||
||o---5-----5-----5-|-----5-------------------|------------------o||
||------4-----4-----|-4-----4-3-3-3---4-4-4---|-0-0-0---1-1-1-----||


  4.
 5/4                                    4/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q      S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||o---------------------------------|
|-----------------2-2-2---1-1-1------||o---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---1-1-1-------------------2--||--3-3-3---4-4-4---0-0-0---1-1-1---|


 1.,2.                  2.
 3/4
  S S S S S S S S q   3x S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------||---------------------|
|--------------------o||---------------------|
|-2-2-2---1-1-1------o||-2-2-2---1-1-1-------|
|-----------------2---||-----------------2---|


   4/4                           3/4
    S S E S S E S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S Q   4x
||------------------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------------------|--------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-2-2-2---1-1-1------o||
||--3-3-3-4-4-4-0-0-0---1-1-1---|-----------------2---||


    Q=192
   4/4
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-17-------17-17----17----|-17-------17-17----17----|
||o----15-15-------15----15-|----15-15-------15----15-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  Q.    Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-17-------17-17----17----|-16-------16----16---|
|----14-14-------14----14-|----14-14------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-------17-17----17----|-17-------17-17----17----|
|----15-15-------15----15-|----15-15-------15----15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  Q.    Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-17-------17-17----17----|-16-------16----16--|
|----14-14-------14----14-|----14-14-----------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|


 Verse
  E S S 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
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6-------------6-------------|-6-------------6-------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|


  E S S 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
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-6-------------6-------------|-5-------------5----------------|
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3----|


  E S S 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
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6-------------6-------------|-6-------------6-------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|


                               1.
                     To Coda
                                              ~
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------o||
|-6-------------6-------------|-5-------------5----o||
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-------||


  2.          Q=116
                            ~~               ~~
  E E H.          E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.
|-------------||-----------------|----------------|
|-------------||o---------4s5----|---------8s7----|
|-------------||o----------------|----------------|
|-3-----------||--0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0--------|


                  1.,2.,3.         4.
                                   5/4
            ~~             ~                ~~~~~~~~
  E E E E E Q.     E E E E H     4x E E E E Q  +Q    Q
|----------------|---------------||-----------------------||
|---------4s5----|---7s8s7-6----o||---7s8s7-6--(6)\-------||
|----------------|--------------o||-----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0--------|-0-------------||-0---------------------||


 Solo
  Q=110
 3/4
  Wx2           E  E E  E E  E    E E  E E  E E
|----------||--12-----------12-|----------------|
|----------||o----11---11------|-11---11---11---|
|----------||o-------9----9----|----9----9----9-|
|----------||------------------|----------------|


   E  E E  E E  E    E E  E E  E E
|-12-----------12-|-----------------|
|----11---11------|-11---11---11----|
|-------9----9----|----9----9----9--|
|-----------------|-----------------|


   E  E E  E E  E    E E  E E  E E
|-12-----------12-|----------------||
|----11---11------|-11---11---11---||
|-------9----9----|----9----9----9-||
|-----------------|----------------||


 4/4
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------16-------17-------|-16----------------------|
|----14-------14-------14-|-------14-17----14-16----|
|-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12-------12-|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-16-------14-------11----||
|-------16-------17-------|----------------------12-||
|----14-------14-------14-|-------14-------14-------||
|-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12----------||


 1.,2.
 3/4
   E  E E  E E  E    E E  E E  E E  3x
|-12-----------12-|-----------------||
|----11---11------|-11---11---11---o||
|-------9----9----|----9----9----9-o||
|-----------------|-----------------||


                          Bass Interlude
  3.       E=213
 4/4         3/8          5/8              7/8
  W            E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------||----------||-----------------|----------------------|
|----------||-15-------||o-------13-------|-------11-------------|
|----------||----13----||o----12----12----|----12----12----------|
|----------||-------12-||--11----------11-|-13----------13-12-11-|


                                                Ending
                                             Q=192
                   D.S. al Coda                  &
 5/8                               3/8          4/4
   E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  5x E E H.
|----------------|----------------|-----------||-----------*|
|-------12-------|-------10-------|-15-------o||-----------*|
|----11----11----|----11----11----|----13----o||-----------*|
|-10----------10-|-12----------12-|-------12--||-3---------*|



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