CONSUMER (Bassline)
As recorded by August Burns Red
(From the 2005 Album THRILL SEEKER)
Transcribed by Austin Mills & August Burns Red
Words and Music by August Burns Red
Gtr I (C G C F) - 'w/pick'
Intro
Fast Metalcore Q=186
4/4
Gtr I
Q S S E S S E Q S S E H. Q S S E Q S S E S S E Q E E E E
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0---------|----0-0-0----0-0-0-|-0-0-0----6-3-5-2--|
E E S S E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------5h8-|-------------------|
||o-3h5-----------------|-------5h8-4h7-5p0-|
||------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-------------|
E E S S E E E S S E S S E E E E E E E 3x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-----------5h8-------|---------------------o||
|-3h5-----------------|-------5h8-----------o||
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----6-3-5-2----||
Pre-Verse
2/4 5/8
q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-0-----|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0--|
Verse
Slower Q=160
2/4 6/8
H 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||
|------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|------||--2-5-0-3-6-0-|-2-5-0-3-6-0-|-2-5-0-3-6-0-|-2-5-0-3-6-0--||
Breakdown
Faster Q=170
4/4
S S Q S S S S E E E E S S S S Q S S S S S S
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0---|
Q E S S S S E E E E S S S S Q S S S S S S 5x
||---------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||
||-------0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0----||
3/4
Q E S S S S E E E E S S S S Q S S S S S S Q E S S S S E
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
|------0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0---|------0-0-0-0-0--||
Pre-Verse
Faster Q=180
4/4
W +W
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E Q 4x
||------------------|----------10--10--|------------------|-------------------||
||o---7-----8-7-----|---10-7-----------|---8-----10-8-----|------------------o||
||o---------------8-|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
||--0---0-0-----0---|-0------0---------|-8---8-8------8-8-|-(8)-8-8-8--8-8----||
Pre-Verse
Q S S E S S E Q S S E H. Q S S E S S E Q S S E H.
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0---------|----0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----||
Verse
E E S S E Q E E S S E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o-2h3--------------|-------3h7-5h8-7p0-|
||o--------------3h5-|-------------------|
||------0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-------------|
E E S S E Q E E S S E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------||
|-2h3--------------|-------3h7-5h8-7p0--o||
|--------------3h5-|--------------------o||
|-----0-0-0--------|-0-0-0---------------||
Pre-Chorus
Slower Q=170
H. q W
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|-0-------0--|------||
Chorus
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|
S S S S E S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5-----3s7---------|-7s8---------8s3---------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---|
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|
S S S S E S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------5-----3s7---------|-7s8---------8s3-----------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---|
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Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
1.
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---||
Breakdown
2.
S S S S E Q +S E E S E E E Q S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---/3--(3)-0-0---|---0-0----0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S E Q S E E S E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|---------5s3-7s8-|
||--0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0-----------|
1.
S S S S E Q S E E S E E E Q S S S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0----0-0-0-0-0--||
2.
S S S S E Q S E E S E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|---------5h8-7p0-|
||--0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0-----------|
S S S S E Q S E E S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------5s3-7s8---o||
|-0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0--------------||
S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0----0-0-0----||
Interlude
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0---||
Verse
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0---||
Bridge
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0---||
Verse
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|---------8-----7-|-----10---12-12-12---|
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0---0-0---|-0-0----0------------|
Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0--||
Outro
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
