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The River Dragon Has Come

Nevermore

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THE RIVER DRAGON HAS COME (Bassline)
As recorded by Nevermore
(From the 2000 Album DEAD HEART IN A DEAD WORLD)

Transcribed by livingzombie
	

Words and Music by Jeff Loomis / Warrel Dane
Arranged by Jeff Loomis / Warrel Dane

Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Q=140
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx16
|---------||
|---------||
|---------||
|---------||


   Bridge
    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 Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6----||


   Verse
                                                    <
    E. E. E Q  Q    W          S E E S S S E Q.     H    +H
||----------------|----------|--------------------|--------------||
||o---------------|----------|--------------------|-------------o||
||o---------------|----------|--------------------|-------------o||
||--0--0--0-0-----|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-1----(1)-----||


   Interlude
    $
    E. E. E E Q.     W          S E E S S S E Q.     W
||-----------------|----------|--------------------|-------||
||o----------------|----------|--------------------|------o||
||o----------------|----------|--------------------|------o||
||--0--0--0-0------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Q.=130
 12/8
  Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------2-----|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--1--5--|


    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------2-----|
||--2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--5--5---||


 Chorus
  Q=140
 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|


  Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3----|-5-------5----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------3----3--|------5----5--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|


                                                       To Coda
  Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3-------3----|-2-------2----|-----------------|----------------||
|------3----3--|------2----2--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6--||


   Interlude #2
                                         D.S. al Coda
    E. E. E Q  Q    W          S E E S S S Q  Q    W
||----------------|----------|-------------------|--------||
||o---------------|----------|-------------------|-------o||
||o---------------|----------|-------------------|-------o||
||--0--0--0-0-----|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|--------||


 Chorus
  &
  Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3----|-5-------5----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------3----3--|------5----5--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|


  Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3-------3----|-2-------2----|-----------------|----------------||
|------3----3--|------2----2--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6--||


   Guitar Solo
    H.      +E   E   +H     +E  E E E   W          Q.   E Q  Q
||-----------------|------------------|----------|----------------||
||o-------------/7-|-(7)----(7)-5-2---|----------|---------------o||
||o-0-------(0)----|----------------3-|-0--------|-1----1--------o||
||-----------------|------------------|----------|--------1--3----||


 Harmony Lead
  S S S S S S S S E E Q    W          S S S S S S S S E E Q    W
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|------|


  S S S S S S S S E E Q    W          S S S S S S S S E E Q    W
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|----------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|------|


  S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|-2-----2-2-2----|


  S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------3---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|-2-----2-2-2-----|


  S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------2--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1-|-1-----1-1-1----|


  S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-------------2---||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1-|-1-----1-1-1-----||


   Guitar Solo #2
    S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  1.
  S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


  2.
                                    |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Q.=130
 12/8
  Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------2-----|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--1--5--|


    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------2-----|
||--2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|


  Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--5--5---||


 Out-Chorus
  Q=140
 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|


    Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-3-------3----|-5-------5----|-----------------|------------------|
||-------3----3--|------5----5--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0--|


                               1.
  Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-3-------3----|-2-------2----|-----------------|----------------o||
|------3----3--|------2----2--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6---||


  2.
  E E E E H      E E E E H
|--------------|--------------*|
|--------------|--------------*|
|--------------|--------------*|
|-3-1-0-1------|-0-1-3-0------*|



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