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Metal Church
Metal Church
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METAL CHURCH (Bassline)
As recorded by Metal Church
(From the 1985 Album METAL CHURCH)
Transcribed by Ryan Cooper (coopman@nfdc.net)
Music by David Wayne, Kurdt Vanderhoof, and Craig Wells
Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=101
4/4
Gtr I
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
Wx4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 16x
|------------||---------------------------------------------------||
|------------||o-------------------------------------------------o||
|------------||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------||---------------------------------------------------||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|------------------------------------------|
1st Verse
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----o||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
2nd Verse
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
Chorus
Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------o||
||o-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------|-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------o||
||--------------------|------5-(5)----|-------------------|------5-(5)-----||
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
3rd Verse
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
Chorus
Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------o||
||o-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------|-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------o||
||--------------------|------5-(5)----|-------------------|------5-(5)-----||
Bridge
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----o||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +Q Q W
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-------||
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|------o||
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|------o||
||--2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----5-(5)\-----|-------||
Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +H +W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----5-(5)----|-(5)----|
Harmony Interlude
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------------------|
||o-11-12-11-9-11-9--------------9-11-12-11-|
||o-----------------11-9----9-11------------|
||-----------------------12-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-11-12-11-9-11-9--------------9-11-12-11-o||
|-----------------11-9----9-11------------o||
|----------------------12------------------||
2nd Solo
Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q
||-----------------|-------------|----------------|--------------||
||o----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------o||
||o----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------o||
||--2----4-(4)--4--|-4--4--4--4--|-2----5-(5)--5--|-5--5--5--5---||
Outro
Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +H +W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)----|
+W H H W +W
|------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|------2----|-4--------|-(4)----*|
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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