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ALEX VAR (Bassline)
As recorded by Atreyu
(From the 2006 Album A DEATH GRIP ON YESTERDAY)
Words and Music by Alex Varkatzas, Dan Jacobs, Travis Miguel, Brandon Saller and Mark McKnight
Arranged by Atreyu
Transcribed by Derek Line/Jeff Perrin
Gtr I (C G C F) - 'Bass'
Intro
Fast Q=162
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W +W S S S S S S E +Q S S S S S S E +Q E E E E
|----------|------------|----------------------------|----------------------||
|----------|------------|----------------------------|----------------------||
|----------|------------|----------------------------|----------------------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-(8)--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-(5)--5-5-5-5---||
1st Verse
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-------5-5-5-----|---5-5-5-----5---|-5-----5-5-5-----|---5-5-5-----5-5-|
||--0-0-0-------0-0-|-0-------0-0---0-|---0-0-------0-0-|-0-------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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
2nd Verse
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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||
|-----------------|-------3-5-5-3-3-|-----------------|-------3-3-3-3-3--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-------------||
Chorus
$
$$
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|
||--------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
1.,D.S.,D.S.S.
To Coda
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------5--o||
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-----||
2.
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E W W
|-----------------|----------------||----------|------||
|-----------------|----------------||----------|------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|----------------||----------|------||
|-------------5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-||----------|------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/atreyu/shameful_btab_ver_3.html ]
3rd Verse
E E q Q E E q Q E E E E E E q Q E E q Q E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||--0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-----0-0---0-|---0-0-----0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-3/-|
D.S. al 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
Bridge
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4\---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-7-7-7-7--7--7---|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--||
Breakdown
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-8--------|-(8)----|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
W +W S S S S S S E +Q S S S S S S E +Q E E E E
|-----------|-------------|----------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------|-------------|----------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------|-------------|----------------------------|----------------------||
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-(8)--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-(5)--5-5-5-0---||
&&
S S S S S S E +E E S S S S S S E +Q H
|-----------------------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------------------|-----------------*|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-(5)-------*|
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
