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W.T.Y.D. (Bassline)
As recorded by Annihilator
(From the 1989 Album ALICE IN HELL)
Transcribed by Ryan Cooper
Words by Jeff Waters and John Bates Music by Jeff Waters
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
H E. S +E E +S E. Q H H E. S +E E +S E. Q H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------5--------7-|-(7)------------|------5--------7-|-(7)------------|
|---------5-(5)---|----------------|---------5-(5)---|----------------|
H E. S +E E +H +Q. E H E. S +E E +S E. Q H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------5--------7-|-(7)----(7)\-----|------5--------7-|-(7)------------|
|---------5-(5)---|-----------------|---------5-(5)---|----------------|
H E. S +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------||----------------------------------|
|-----------------||o---------------------------------|
|------5--------7-||o---------------------------------|
|---------5-(5)---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S E. S +E E
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------5--------7--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----5-(5)-----||
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-(7)-7-5---5-7-------7-5---5-7-8---|-----7-5---5-7-------7-5---5-7-8---|
|---------7-----0-0-0-----7-------0-|-(0)-----7-----0-0-0-----7-------0-|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----7-5---5-7-------7-5---5-7-8---|-----7-5---5-7-------7-5---5-7-8--|
|-(0)-----7-----0-0-0-----7-------0-|-(0)-----7-----0-0-0-----7--------|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------5-7-8-7-|---------------|--------5-7-8-7-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0----------|
1st Verse
Q=136
S S S S S S S S 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---------------------------------|-------------------------5-7-8-7\--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
S S S S S S S S 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||
|---------------------------------|-------------------5-7---5-------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---7-3-0--||
Chorus
H Q E S S +S S E S E S +S S E S E.
|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|
|-5----5--5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7---5-7-(7)-7-7---5--|
|---------------|---------3-------------3----|
H Q S S S S +S S E S E S +S S E S E.
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-5----5--5-7-8-7-|-(7)-7-7---5-7-(7)-7-7---5--|
|-----------------|---------3-------------3----|
H H H H S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|-----------|------4----|-----------------------------|
|-3----5----|-6---------|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3s12\-|
2nd Verse
$
S S S S S S S S 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---------------------------------|-------------------------5-7-8-7\--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
S S S S S S S S 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||
|---------------------------------|-------------------5-7---5-------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---7-3-0--||
Chorus
H Q E S S +S S E S E S +S S E S E.
|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|
|-5----5--5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7---5-7-(7)-7-7---5--|
|---------------|---------3-------------3----|
H Q S S S S +S S E S E S +S S E S E.
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-5----5--5-7-8-7-|-(7)-7-7---5-7-(7)-7-7---5--|
|-----------------|---------3-------------3----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/annihilator/wtyd_btab.html ]
To Coda
Q S S E H H H
|---------------|-----------|
|------5--------|-----------|
|---------------|------4----|
|-3--3---3-5----|-6---------|
S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S e e
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
Bridge
Q=132
W W W H. S E.
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|-0--------|-1-------1s13\-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------3---|-----------2-(2)---|-------------3---||
|-----------------|-----------3---3-|-----------------2-|-----------3---3-||
|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---1-------|-0---0---0---------|-1---1---1-------||
5/4 6/4
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q E E Q H. Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------6--|----------------|----------6--------------||
|-5--7--8-----|-8-7-5--7-------|-5--7--8-----7-8-7-8-7-5-||
|-------------|--------0-------|-------------------------||
7/4 4/4
Q H W W Wx12
|------------------|----------------|---------|
|------------------|----------------|---------|
|------------------|----------------|---------|
|-0----------------|----------------|---------|
H Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------||-------------------------------|
|-------------||o------------------------------|
|-----------8-||o------------------------------|
|-------------||--0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-1--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. 4x
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-1----||
q Q q E S S q Q q E S S q q q E S S E E E E E E a E S S
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|---8-5---8-8-5h8-7-8--|
|-0--10--0--12-0-0-|-0--10--13--13-0-0-|-0--0--0--0-0-0-|-6-----6--------------|
D.S. al Coda
q q q q q q q q q q q q E E E E E E S S S S
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------5-5-5-8-8-8-8---||
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-6-6-6-----------------||
Outro
&
S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
S S S S S E S S S S S e e S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|---------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-||--0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------8---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-----|
S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. 4x
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-2-1-0---------------------3--o||
|-----------------------------|-------4-3-2-1-0--------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-|-----------------4-3-2-1-0-----||
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
