A Steady Decline Chords & Tabs
A Steady Decline Bass Tab
A# standard tuning (A#D#G#C#) This was when Lee used a 4 string.
Key:
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - let ring
b - bend
r - rest
x - choke
Intro
C#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D#----------------------6------|------------------------5-|---------------------------|
A#-(r)--1-1--1b-1-1--1/----1-1-|-1b-1---1-1--1b-1-1--1/---|-(r)--1-1--1b-1---1-1-1b-1-|
C#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D#----------------------6------|------------------------5-|---------------------------|
A#-(r)--1-1--1b-1-1--1/----1-1-|-1b-1---1-1--1b-1-1--1/---|-(r)--1-1--1b-1---1-1-1b-1-|
C#-----------------------------|--------------------------|
G#-----------------------------|--------------------------|
D#----------------------6------|------------------------5-|
A#-(r)--1-1--1b-1-1--1/----1-1-|-1b-1---1-1--1b-1-1--1/---| x3
Pre-Chorus
C#---------------|-----------------|
G#---------------|-----------------|
D#---------------|-----------------|
A#-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-1x--------------|
Chorus
C#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| x about 7
A#-1-1x-|
Riff #1
C#---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
G#---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
D#---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
A#-1-1~~~1-1-1-1~|~~1-1~~1-1~~|-1-1~~~1-1-1-1~|~~1-1~~1-1~~|
C#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#-000x--000x-000x-|-(r)-000x--000x--|-000x--000x-000x-|-(r)-000x--000x--| x2 (all of it)
Riff #2
C#----------------|----------------|
G#--------3-3-3-3-|----------------|
D#----------------|----------------|
A#-1-1x-----------|-(r)-1-1x--1-1x-| x2
C#----------------|----------------|
G#----------------|----------------|
D#----------------|----------------|
A#-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Breakdown #1
C#-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G#-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D#-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A#-0-0x---0-0x-|-0-0x---0-0x-|-0-0x---0-0x-|-0-0x---0-0x-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/after_the_burial/a_steady_decline_btab.html ]
C#------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G#------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D#------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A#-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|
-guitar fill-
Chorus #2
C#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| x about 3
Breakdown #2 (after guitar lick)
C#-------------------------|-----------------------|
G#-------------------------|-----------------------|
D#-000x---000000000x--000x-|-000000000x--000x-000x-|
A#-------------------------|-----------------------|
C#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x2
-guitar fill-
A#-12/-| (slide down)
Buildup
C#-------------------------|------------------------------|
G#-------------------------|------------------------------|
D#-000x---000000000x--000x-|-000000000x--000x--000000000x-|
A#-------------------------|------------------------------|
C#-------------------------------------------|
G#-------------------------------------------|
D#-000x---000000000x--000000000x--000x--000x-|
A#-------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#------|------|
G#------|------|
D#------|------|
A#-3x---|-3x---|
Breakdown #3
C#------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
G#------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
D#------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
A#-3b~~2x-3b~~|-2x-2x--3b~~2x-|-(r)-3b~~2x-3b~~|~2x-2x-2x-2x-|
C#----------------|------------|---------------|----------|
G#----------------|------------|---------------|----------|
D#----------------|------------|---------------|----------|
A#-(r)-3b~~2x-3b~~|~2x-2x--3b~~|~2x-3b~~2x-3b~~|~2x-2x-2x-| x4
Outro
C#-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
G#-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
D#-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
A#-1-1-1-1x--1-1-1-|-1x-1x--1-1-1-1-|-(r)-1-1-1-1x--1-1-|-1-1x--1x-1x-1x-|
C#-------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
G#-------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D#-------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A#-(r)-1-1-1-1x--1-1-|-1-1x-1x-1-1-1-|-1x--1-1-1-1x--1-|-1-1-1x--1x--1x-| x2
C#----------|
G#----------|
D#----------|
A#-1-1-1-1x-|
Enjoy.