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Devil Is A Loser
Lordi
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DEVIL IS A LOSER (Bassline)
As recorded by Lordi
(From the 2002 Album GET HEAVY)
Transcribed by Hard 'n' Heavy
Words and Music by Lordi
Arranged by Lordi
Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Picked Bass'
Intro
Q=145
4/4
Gtr I
W H H H H H H
|----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------|------(7)\----|------(7)\----|------(7)\----|
|----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
H Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|-------------||---------------------|
|-------------||o--------------------|
|-------------||o--------------------|
|-----------0-||--(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0--|
Verse
$
+E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||-||------------------|
|------------------o||-||o-----------------|
|------------------o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-(0)-0-3-5------0--||-||------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-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 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2--o||
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-|-------------------||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E Q +W
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------|-8-7-x-7-6-x----|--------||
|-----------------|-3--------|-------------4--|-(4)----||
Chorus
Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4--x-4--------|-2--4-4---2----|---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-6---|
|--------5--x-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5---------|-7-7-7-7---------|
To Coda
Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q. E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-4--x-4--------|-2--4-4---2----|---------7-7-7-7-|---------------||
|--------5--x-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5---------|-7--7-------0--||
Interlude
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|
D.S. al Coda
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0-3-5------0--||
Guitar Break
&
E E Q H H Q E E +E E Q H H Q E E +E E Q H
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-----------|------5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0---------|------5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0---------|
H Q E E +E E Q H H Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0---------|------5b6r=5-0-|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0---|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0-3-5------0-|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|------------------4--|
|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5-0-|-(0)-0-3-5-5b6r=5----|
Bridge
Q. H E +W Q E E E E E E +E E Q Q Q
|-------------|------------||----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------------||----------------|----------4--3---|
|-4---------2-|-(2)--------||-6--6-6-------4-|-(4)-4-4---------|
|------5------|------------||--------7-7-7---|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E +E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E Q Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------4--3--|----------------|----------5--4---|
|-6--6-6-------4-|-(4)-4-4--------|-7--7-7-------5-|-(5)-5-5---------|
|--------7-7-7---|----------------|--------8-8-8---|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-7--7-7---------|-8-7-x-7-6-x----|
|--------8-8-8---|-------------4--|
Out-Chorus
+W Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q.
|------------||----------------|----------------|
|------------||o---------------|----------------|
|------------||o-4--x-4--------|-2--4-4---2-----|
|-(4)--------||---------5--x-5-|----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------7-7-7-7-|---------7-7-6--|-4--x-4--------|-2--4-4---2-----|
|-5-5-5-5---------|-7-7-7-7--------|--------5--x-5-|----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|-------------||-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|------------o||-----------------|------------|
|---------7-7-7-7-|------------o||---------7-7-7-7-|------------|
|-5-5-5-5---------|-7--7--------||-5-5-5-5---------|-7--7-------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|------------*|
|---------7-7-7-7-|------------*|
|-5-5-5-5---------|-7--7-------*|
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
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| - 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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