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All My Best Friends Are Metalheads
Less Than Jake
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ALL MY BEST FREINDS ARE METALHEADS (Bassline)
As recorded by Less Than Jake
(From the 1998 Album HELLO ROCKVIEW)
Transcribed by James Godbold
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=186
4/4
Gtr I
Q H. W Q H. W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|-0----------|----------|-0----------|------|
Q H. W E E E E +E E E E +W
|------------|----------|-------------------|--------|
|------------|----------|-------------------|--------|
|------------|----------|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|--------|
|-0----------|----------|-----------------5-|-(5)----|
Verse
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------1---------1---|-----------------|
||o-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------1---|
||o-------------------|-0-0-4-0-2-2---2-|
||--------------------|-----------------|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---1-2-4-(4)-2-1-2-|-(2)-1--------------|
|-2-----------------|-------4-2-4-2-1----|
|-------------------|-----------------2--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----1---------1---|-----------------|-----1---------1---|--------------||
|-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------1---|-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------o||
|-------------------|-0-0-4-0-2-2---2-|-------------------|-0-----2-----o||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------||
Pre-Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----6-6-7-7-9-9-|-----7-7-6-6-4-4-|-2-2-0-0---------|
|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|---------4-4-2-2-|
|-5-5-------------|-----------------|-5-5-------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----6-6-7-7-9-9-|----9-----9--|-------------||
|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5-5-------------|-----------------|-7-----7-----|-7--7--7--7--||
Chorus
Q Q Q. E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------2----|--------------|----------2----|
|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2-------|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2-------|
Q Q Q. E +E E Q Q Q W +W
|--------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|----------2--2--|-0--------|-(0)----|
|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2--------|----------|--------|
W +W
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
|----------|--------||
Verse
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----1---------1---|-----------------|-----1---------1---|-------------||
|-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------1---|-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------||
|-------------------|-0-0-4-0-2-2---2-|-------------------|-0-----2-----||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------||
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
|-----1---------1---|-----------------|---1-2-4-(4)-2-1-2-|-(2)-1-------------|
|-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------1---|-2-----------------|-------4-2-4-2-1---|
|-------------------|-0-0-4-0-2-2---2-|-------------------|-----------------2-|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----1---------1---|-----------------|-----1---------1---|-------------||
|-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------1---|-2-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-------------||
|-------------------|-0-0-4-0-2-2---2-|-------------------|-0-----2-----||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------||
Pre-Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----6-6-7-7-9-9-|-----7-7-6-6-4-4-|-2-2-0-0---------|
|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|---------4-4-2-2-|
|-5-5-------------|-----------------|-5-5-------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----6-6-7-7-9-9-|----9-----9--|-------------||
|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5-5-------------|-----------------|-7-----7-----|-7--7--7--7--||
Chorus
Q Q Q. E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E +E E Q H
||---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
||o--------------|----------2----|--------------|----------2----|
||--0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2-------|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2-------|
Q Q Q. E +E E Q Q Q W +W
|--------------|----------------|----------|---------||
|--------------|----------------|----------|--------o||
|--------------|----------2--2--|-0--------|-(0)----o||
|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2--------|----------|---------||
Interlude
W +W Q H. W
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|-0----------|------|
W W Q H. W
|----------|----------|------------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|------|
|----------|----------|-0----------|------|
E E E E +E E E E +W
|-------------------|--------||
|-------------------|--------||
|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|--------||
|-----------------5-|-(5)----||
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|---------------------||
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------o||
||o-7--7--7-7-7-6-|-(6)-6-6--6-6-6-6-|-4--4--4-4-4---|-------4-4-5-5-6-6--o||
||----------------|------------------|-------------5-|-(5)-5---------------||
Pre-Chorus
Wx6 H H Q Q Q Q
|------------|-----------|-------------|
|------------|-----------|-------------|
|------------|-----------|-------------|
|------------|-7----7----|-7--7--7--7--|
Chorus
Q Q Q. E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------2----|--------------|----------2----|
|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2-------|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2-------|
Q Q Q. E +E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------2--2--|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-0--4--5----5-|-(5)-4-2--------|----------------|----------------||
Out-Chorus
Q Q Q. E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|----1--2----2-|-(2)-1----4----|----1--2----2-|-(2)-1----4----|
|-2------------|-------4-------|-2------------|-------4-------|
Q Q Q. E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|-4--4---------|---------------|
|----1--2----2-|-(2)-1----4----|-------2----2-|-(2)-2-2--4----|
|-2------------|-------4-------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q. E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-4--4---------|---------------|-4--4---------|---------------|
|-------2----2-|-(2)-2-2--4----|-------2----2-|-(2)-2-2--4----|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q. E +E Q E Q Q W +W
|--------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|-4--4---------|----------------|----------|--------|
|-------2----2-|-(2)-2--2-4--4--|-2--------|-(2)----|
|--------------|----------------|----------|--------|
Outro
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-2--------|-(2)--------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|-2--------|-(2)----||
E E E E +E E E E +W +W +W
|-------------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---|------------|------------|--------*|
|-----------------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-------------------|------------|------------|--------*|
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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