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Scavenger Of Human Sorrow

Death

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SCAVENGER OF HUMAN SORROW (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)

Transcribed by livingzombie
	

Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner

Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Scott Clendenin'

 Intro
  Q=98       Q.=98
             $
 4/4            9/8
  Gtr I
  Wx4            E S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|------------||-----------------------------|
|------------||o----------------------------|
|------------||-----------------------------|
|------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
|------------||-----------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S Q.     S S S S S S E E E E S S S S
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------6---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---4-0-0-0-0-0---|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|


                              12/8
  S S S S S S Q.   E S S S S   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------------------------|------------------13-----------------||
|----------------------------|---------------13----13-------------o||
|----------------------------|---------11-14----------14-13-11-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----0-0-0-0-0-|------11-------------------------12-o||
|----------------------------|-9-12--------------------------------||


     Verse
     9/8
      E S S S S S S S S S S Q.     E S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-----|
|-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S S S E E E E S S S S   S S S S S S Q.   E S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------6-------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---4-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|


 1.                                     2.                         Q.=83
 12/8
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E E E E
|------------------13-----------------||------------------13---------------|
|---------------13----13-------------o||---------------13----13----7-------|
|---------11-14----------14-13-11-----||---------11-14----------14---8-7---|
|------11-------------------------12-o||------11---------------------------|
|-9-12--------------------------------||-9-12------------------------------|


                                                        |-3-|
    S e E S E E E S e E S E E E   S e E S E E E S e E S S S S E E
||------------------------------|-----------3---------------------|
||o-----------3-------------2-3-|-3h5-5-3h5---5-3h5-5-3-5h7p5-----|
||--3h5-5-3h5---5-3h5-5-3h5-----|-----------------------------8-7-|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|


               ~~                                               ~~
                    |-3-|                                          |-3-|
  S e E. e e e Q.   S S S E E   S e E.  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q  S S S E E
|-----------------------------|--------------13---------------------------------|
|--------7-8-5-7----5h7p5-----|--------14-15----15-14----14-15-14--5h7p5--------|
|-------------------------8-7-|-----------------------17-----------------8-7----|
|-9-9-9-----------------------|-9-9-9-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|


                               1.
               ~~                                               ~~
                    |-3-|
  S e E. e e e Q.   S S S E E   S e E.  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q  E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------13---------------------------||
|--------7-8-5-7----5h7p5-----|--------14-15----15-14----14-15-14--7-----o||
|-------------------------8-7-|-----------------------17-------------8-7--||
|-9-9-9-----------------------|-9-9-9------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||


 2.                                 Q.=101
                                  ~~
  S e E.  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q  E E E
|--------------13----------------------------|
|--------14-15----15-14----14-15-14--7-8-5---|
|-----------------------17-------------------|
|-9-9-9--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


   Bridge
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q.   E E E
||--------------------------|------------------7---6-|
||o-7-----------------------|--------------------8---|
||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-0-0---0-0-4----------|
||o-------------------------|-------3----------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|


                                        ~~
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q.   E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-7-----------------------|-2-----0-----5----7-8-5---o||
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|---0-0---0-0---------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q.   E E E
||--------------------------|------------------7---6-|
||o-7-----------------------|--------------------8---|
||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-0-0---0-0-4----------|
||o-------------------------|-------3----------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|


                           1.                         2.
                                                      9/8
                                        ~~                         ~~
  E E E E 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.
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-2-----0-----5----7-8-5-o||-2-----0-----5----|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------||---0-0---0-0------|
|-------------------------|------------------------o||------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------------------|


   Pre-Chorus
    Q=192
   4/4
                                           ~       ~~
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E  E Q  E E  Q
||----------------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------7-----|
||--7-------------------------------|-7-10-9--9---10--|
||o---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 S S   E  E Q   E E Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-7-10-9-----9-7--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------10------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S q  S S S S q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-3--|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S q  S S S S E +E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|------------5-5-5-5-7-(7)b9-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|


 Chorus
  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
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------10-------------|-12-------------7-------------|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8-8-|----8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|


                                                     ~~
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S    E S S S S S S E  E  Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9-------------7-------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-10-------------9s10-10----|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|----8-8-8-8-8-8------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|


  Q=202
                                                |-3--|
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S    E S S S S S S  E E  E  E  E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------7-------------|-10-------------10-9-------12-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0------10-12----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


                                                     ~~
                                 |-3--|     |--3--|
   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E  E E q   E  E  E  Q
|------------------------------|--------7--13-16-13-----|
|-10-------------9-------------|-7-10-9-------------15--|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|


                                                |-3--|
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S    E S S S S S S  E E  E  E  E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------7-------------|-10-------------10-9-------12-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0------10-12----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


                      To Coda
                                                     ~~
                                 |-3--|     |--3--|
   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E  E E q   E  E  E  Q      W
|------------------------------|--------7--13-16-13------||------||
|-10-------------9-------------|-7-10-9-------------15--o||------||
|----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------||------||
|------------------------------|------------------------o||------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||------||


   Bridge
    Q=213
   5/4
    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o-8--------------|-8--------------|-8--------------|-8--------------o||
||-----6-----6-----|----6-----6-----|----6-----6-----|----6-----6------||
||o-------4-----4--|-------4-----4--|-------4-----4--|-------4-----4--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||


    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
||--9--------------|----------------|
||o----7-----7-----|-8--------------|
||--------5-----5--|----6-----6-----|
||o----------------|-------4-----4--|
||-----------------|----------------|


                                    3/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   Q    Q  Q  Q    4x
|-------7--------|-----------------|------------||
|----5-----5--6--|-----------------|----9------o||
|-3--------------|-4-----4---------|-7-----7----||
|----------------|----2-----2--/5--|-----------o||
|----------------|-----------------|------------||


   Solo (Schuldiner)
    Q=166
   4/4
    |-3-|    |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-|    |-3-|
    E E E Q  E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E Q
||-----------------------|-------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-1--|
||-----------------------|-------------------|


  |-3-|    |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-|
  E E E Q  E E E E E E   E E E Q  Q  Q   4x
|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------------|----------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--3--1--o||
|----------------------|-----------------||


 Solo (Hamm)
  W          H    H      W          +W           W          H    H      W
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|------|
|-2--------|-3---------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-2--------|-3---------|------|
|----------|------3----|----------|------------|----------|------3----|-0----|
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|------|


  +W           W          H    H      W          +W
|------------|----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|------------|-2--------|-3---------|-5--------|-(5)--------|
|-(0)--------|----------|------3----|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|-----------|----------|------------|


                         Ending (Coda)
                       Q=202
      D.S. al Coda     &
                                              ~~
                          |-3--|     |--3--|
  W          H    H       E  E E q   E  E  E  Q
|----------|-----------||--------7--13-16-13-------*|
|----------|-----------||-7-10-9-------------15----*|
|-2--------|-3---------||--------------------------*|
|----------|------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