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The Years Of Decay
Overkill
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THE YEARS OF DECAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Overkill
(From the 1989 Album THE YEARS OF DECAY)
Transcribed by B. Johnson
Words and Music by Overkill
Arranged by Overkill
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
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W +W +W +W +W W
|----------||------------|------------|------------|------------|------||
|----------||------------|------------|------------|------------|------||
|-7--------||-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|------||
|-0--------||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------||
1st, 2nd Verses
$
Gtr II
H. a E E Q E E +H H. a E E W
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|-------|
H. a E E Q E E +H H. a E E H. E E
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17-------17s16---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|------------------|
Gtr I
H. E E W Q Q Q Q
|-14-------11-12-|-11--------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------|-12-----11-----|
|----------------|-----------|---------------|
|----------------|-12--------|-10------9-----|
Gtr II
H. a E E Q E E +H H. a E E W
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|-------|
H. a E E Q E E +H H. a E E H. E E
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17-------17s16---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|------------------|
Gtr I
H.. E a W H H W
|-19---------19-|-19s21--------|------------|------|
|---------------|--------------|------------|------|
|---------------|--------------|-10----9----|------|
|---------------|-----0--------|------------|-0----|
E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E
|------11h12-----11h12-|----------|------11h12-----11h12-|
|----9---------9-------|----------|----9---------9-------|
|-10---------9---------|----------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-0--------|-10---------9---------|
To Coda
<
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------5-|-----------------|---------------5-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2---||
Guitar Solo #1
H.. E W W H. a E E
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|-3--------|----------|-3-------3h5-3-|
|-0---------0-|----------|-0--------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E H Q a E E Q. E Q. E H E E E E
|--------9------|---------------|--------9------|------5-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|------7--------|-3----3--3h5-3-|------7--------|-3------3-3-3-|
|-0-----------0-|---------------|-0-----------0-|--------------|
Free Time QH.=H Q=100
D.S. al Coda
H H W +W Q Q Q Q
|------7----|-9--------|-(9)--------:--------------||
|-----------|-9--------|-(9)--------:--------------||
|-5---------|-7--------|-(7)--------:-10-----9-----||
|-----------|-0--------|-(0)--------:--------------||
Moderately Q=112
&
2/4 4/4
>
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +W +W
|-----------------|------------9-----||-9----||-(9)--------|-(9)----||
|-----------------|----------9---9---||-9----||-(9)--------|-(9)----||
|-----------------|---7-9-10-------7-||-7----||-(7)--------|-(7)----||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0----------------||-0----||-(0)--------|-(0)----||
Faster Q=132
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---o||
|-----------------||o-----------------|---2-------2-----o||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3--||
Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E a E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|---------------------|-----4-5-----4-----|
|-------0-2-0---0-|---2-------2-----|-------0-3h5-0-3h5-3-|---2-------2-------|
|-0-2-3-------3---|-3-------2-----3-|-0-2-3---------------|-3-------2-----3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E a E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|---------------------|-----4-5-----4-----|
|-------0-2-0---0-|---2-------2-----|-------0-3h5-0-3h5-3-|---2-------2-------|
|-0-2-3-------3---|-3-------2-----3-|-0-2-3---------------|-3-------2-----3---|
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----------|
|-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------------|-----6-------6----|
|-----------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---4-------4------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----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 E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------6---------|-----------------|-------6----------|
|-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------------|-----6-------6----|
|-----------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---4-------4------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0--|
H. E E H Q E E H. E E H Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-------5-2-|-3----3--2h3-|-0-------0-2-|-/5----3--2-3-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
H. E E H Q E E W H H
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||
|-0-------0-2-|-3----2--2-3-|-0--------|-8----7----||
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||
Guitar Solo #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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|-----------------|-----4-5-----4----o||
||o-----------------|---2-------2-----|-----------------|---2-------2------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3---||
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----------||
||o-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------------|-----6-------6---o||
||o-----------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---4-------4-----o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----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 E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|-----------------|-----4-5-----4----o||
||o-----------------|---2-------2-----|-----------------|---2-------2------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3---||
W +W +W
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
3rd Verse
Tempo I Q=112
W H. E E H. E E Q E E E E E E
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|---------4-5-|---------4-5-|-7--5-4-5-4-----|
|-2--------|-0-----------|-2-----------|------------7s5-|
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
W H. E E H. E E Q E E E E E E
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|---------4-5-|---------4-5-|-7--5-4-5-4-----|
|-2--------|-0-----------|-2-----------|------------7s5-|
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
H.. E a W +H. +Q H +E Q E
|-------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|----------4--5-|
|-5---------5-|-5h7--------|-(7)------(7)\--|-2----(2)------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
W H +E Q E H. +Q H +E Q E
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|----------4--5-|-7-------(7)\--|----------4--5-|
|-0--------|-2----(2)------|---------------|-2----(2)------|
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
W H. E E W H.. E a W
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|--------|
|----------|---------4-5-|-7--------|-------------|--------|
|-0--------|-2-----------|----------|-5---------5-|-5h7----|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|--------|
Q E E Q E E W Q E E Q E E W Q E E Q E E
|---------------|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|----4-5----4-5-|----------|----4-5----4-5-|----------|----4-5----4-5-|
|-5------4------|----------|-5------4------|----------|-5------4------|
|---------------|-0--------|---------------|-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 E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||
Faster Q=132
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---o||
||o-----------------|---2-------2-----o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3--||
H.=H Ritard Q=66 H=H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +Q +Q
|-----------------|-----------9-9-9-||-9----(9)--(9)----||
|-----------------|-----9---9-9-9-9-||-9----(9)--(9)----||
|-----------------|---7-7-7-7-------||-7----(7)--(7)----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0---0---------||-0----(0)--(0)----||
Tempo I Q=112
+W +H Q Q W +H Q Q
|-(9)--------|-(9)----------|----------|--------------|
|-(9)--------|-(9)----------|----------|--------------|
|-(7)--------|-(7)----------|----------|--------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)----3--2--|-0--------|-(0)----3--2--|
W +H Q Q W +H Q Q
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|-0--------|-(0)----3--2--|-0--------|-(0)----3--2--||
Outro
Q Q E Q E Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q E Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3--------|----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3--------||
|-0-------------|-------3--2--|-0-------------|-------3--2--||
Q Q E Q E Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q E Q Q Q Q
||----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
||o---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------o||
||o----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3--------|----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3---------o||
||--0-------------|-------3--2--|-0-------------|-------3--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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