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Bastards Of Christ

Deicide

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/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
/    The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be    /
/                     used for private use and studying                     /
/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/

                               BASTARDS OF CHRIST
                             As recorded by Deicide
                   (From the 1997 Album SERPENTS OF THE LIGHT)

Words by Glen Benton
Music by Deicide

Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted) & Ryan Fanucchi (Death8699)
Inverted_one@hotmail.com

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Eric Hoffman'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Brian Hoffman'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Brian Hoffman Lead'

 Intro
  Fast Metal Q=194
  E5  F#5                            E5  F#5         G5      F#5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|
| Gtr II
| E   E   H.                         E   E   Q       Q       Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2---4----------------------------|-2---4-----------5-------4--------|
|-0---2----------------------------|-0---2-----------3-------2--------|


  E5  F#5                           E5  F#5
  Gtr I
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
|         PM--------------------|           PM--------------------|
| E   E   S S S S S S S S S S S S   E   E   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---4---------------------------|-2---4---------------------------|
|-0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---2---2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|


    N.C.
    Gtrs I, II
    PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
    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   4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---||


 Verse I
  E5
    PM--------------------|     PM------------------|
  E E   E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0---0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                                     PM------------|
| E H..                       H       S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E5
                             5/4
    PM------------------------------------------------------|
  E E   E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0---0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|
|                                     PM--------------------|
| E H..                       H       S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-------------------------|---------------------------------|


    E5
   4/4
      PM--------------------------------------------|
    E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||--0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------------------|


  E5
                           5/4
    PM------------------|     PM--------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------------------------||


 Chorus
  $
  N.C.
 4/4
  PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|
|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|
|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


  E5  F#5                            E5  F#5         G5      F#5
 4/4
  PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|
| E   E   H.                         E   E   Q       Q       Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2---4----------------------------|-2---4-----------5-------4--------|
|-0---2----------------------------|-0---2-----------3-------2--------|


  E5  F#5
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|
|         PM------------------------------------------------------|
| E   E   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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---4---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|


    N.C.
    Gtrs I, II
    PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
    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   3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---||


 Verse II
  Faster Q=202
  E5                                       G5   F5   E5   G5   F5
    PM----------------------------|      PM   PM        PM   PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|-------------5---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-1-0-5-0-3-0-|-7-0-5-0-7-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


  E5                                        G5   F5   E5   G5   F5
    PM-----------------------------|      PM   PM        PM   PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|--------------7---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-3-0-7-0-5-0-|-8-0-7-0-10-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


  E5                                         G5   F5   E5   G5   F5
    PM----------------------------|        PM   PM        PM   PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------7---||---------------|---------------||
|-2---2---5---3---|-7---5---8-------||o-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--o||
|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||--0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1---||


  E5                                       G5   F5   E5   G5   F5
    PM----------------------------|      PM   PM        PM   PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|-------------5---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-1-0-5-0-3-0-|-7-0-5-0-7-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


  E5                                        G5   F5   E5   G5   F5
    PM-----------------------------|      PM   PM        PM   PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|--------------7---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-3-0-7-0-5-0-|-8-0-7-0-10-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


                                                            To Coda
  E5                                         G5   F5   E5   G5   F5
    PM----------------------------|        PM   PM        PM   PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------7---||---------------|---------------||
|-2---2---5---3---|-7---5---8-------||o-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--o||
|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||--0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1---||


 Guitar Solo
  E5
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
        PM----------------------------------------------------------|
   E    E     E    E     S S S S S S S S     E  E E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--2-------------------------------------|---2--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|--0----0-----0----0-----2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  |---3---|  |---3---|
|  E  E    E  E  E    E  H                  +W
|-12-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----13----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------14-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------14--------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------12-----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------14-12---------------|-(12)-----------------------|


  E5
                                      5/4
        PM-------------------------|      PM-------------------------------|
   E    E E E S S S S  S S    S    S    E E E E S S S S S S S S  S     S S S
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--2---------------------------------|--2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-----3-3-3--|
|--0----0-0-0-2-3-2-2--0-0----0----0-|--0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
|
|                                       ~~
|                      |----3----|
|  H.                  E    E    E      W                        Q
|-14b16r==============12-------------|--------------------------17b19=========|
|--------------------------13--------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12---|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-10-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


  E5
 4/4                                  4/4
       PM----------------------------------------------------|
    E  E E E S S S S  S  S    S    S   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2--------------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---0--0-0-0-2-3-2-2--0--0----0----0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
|
|   ~~~~                               ~
|                     |----3-----|
|  +H.                E     E    E     W
|-(17)---------------12r-------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------13--------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------14---|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-9-----------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|


  E5
          PM--------------------------------------|
    E     E     E     E       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------------------------------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0-----0-------2--3--2--2--0--0--0--0--|
|
|   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\-|
|-/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\-/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15\-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S


 5/4
          PM------------------------------------------------|
    E     E     E     E       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------------------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--3-3-3-3-|
|---0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------------------|
|
|                                                     ~~
|   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|-/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15\-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-------|
|-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-17-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q


  E5
 4/4
       PM-----------------------------------------------|
    E  E E E S S S S S S S S     E  E E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---2------------------------|---2--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---0--0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-----------------|
|
|   >
|   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  +W                           +W
|-(15)-----------------------|-(15)-----------------------|
|-(17)-----------------------|-(17)-----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
   +W                           +W


  E5
                           5/4
    PM------------------|     PM--------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|
| W                         W
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|


  E5
 4/4
    PM--------------------------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|


                                                D.S. al Coda
  E5
                           5/4
    PM------------------|     PM--------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------------------------|


 Outro
  &
  E5
 4/4
    PM--------------------------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|


  E5
                           6/4
    PM------------------|     PM--------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------2----*|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2----*|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------0----*|


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

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