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DOWNFALL (Bassline)
As recorded by Children of Bodom
(From the 1999 Album HATEBREEDER)
Transcribed by Rhythman
Words and Music by Children of Bodom
Arranged by Children of Bodom
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Henkka Blacksmith'
Intro
Q=200
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
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W W Q H. H E E Q
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|----------|----------|------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|------------|-------------|
|-1--------|----------|-1----------|------0-0----|
|----------|----------|------------|-------------|
W W Q H. W
|----------|----------|------------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|------|
|-5--------|----------|-5----------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|------|
W W E E H. W
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
|-1--------|----------|-1-1---------|------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-|
||------------------|------------------||-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-|
||------------------|------------------||-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--o||
||------------------|-------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------|-----------------o||-|
||------------------|------------------||-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-|
||------------------|------------------||-|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
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||o-----------------|-----------------o||----------------|
||------------------|------------------||----------------|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-3-1----|
||------------------|------------------||----------------|
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-0--------|-1--------|-5--------|-8--------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|-7----||
|-1--------|-5--------|-8--------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
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
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
1.
E E S S E E E E E W E E S S E E E E E W
||--------------------|----------|-------------------|-------||
||o-------------------|----------|-------------------|------o||
||--------------------|----------|-1---------------1-|-------||
||o-5---5-5-6---3---5-|----------|-----1-1-1---3-----|------o||
||--------------------|----------|-------------------|-------||
2.
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E H H Wx7
|---------------------|-----------|--------|
|---------------------|-----------|--------|
|-----2-3-5-3h5p3-----|-----------|--------|
|---5-------------3-3-|-5---------|--------|
|---------------------|-----------|--------|
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|------9S====|
|----------|----------|----------|-0----------|
|-0--------|-3--------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|-3--------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-17--16--14------|-20--19--17------|-15--14--12------|-----10--9--10---|
|-------------14--|-------------17--|-------------12--|-12--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E W E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5s3--3-3-5-|---5-5-3--3-3-1-|-1--------|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----|
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------|
H H H H H H H H
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||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||--0---------|-0---------|-----------|-0----------||
||o------0----|------0----|-1----3----|------0----o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
1st Chorus
H H H H H H H H
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||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||--0---------|-0---------|-----------|-0----------||
||o------0----|------0----|-1----3----|------0----o||
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Interlude
E E S S E E E E E W E E S S E E E E E W
||--------------------|----------|-------------------|-------||
||o-------------------|----------|-------------------|------o||
||--------------------|----------|-1---------------1-|-------||
||o-5---5-5-6---3---5-|----------|-----1-1-1---3-----|------o||
||--------------------|----------|-------------------|-------||
E H.. H E E E E Wx2
|-------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------|--------------|--------|
|-5-----------|--------3---5-|--------|
|-------------|--------------|--------|
W W E E H. H E E Q
|----------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|----------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|----------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|-1--------|----------|-1-1---------|------3-1-----||
|----------|----------|-------------|--------------||
Bridge
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-0--------|-1--------|-5--------|-8--------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/children_of_bodom/downfall_btab_ver_5.html ]
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|-7----||
|-1--------|-5--------|-8--------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
2nd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------||
Bridge
W W H.. E W
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|----------|-----------8-|-8----|
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------|
W W H H Q E E Q E E
|----------|----------|-----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------|----------------|
|-5--------|-8--------|-3---------|----------------|
|----------|----------|------3----|----3-3-3--3-3--|
|----------|----------|-----------|----------------|
H. E E Q Q Q Q +E Q. H +W W Wx7
|-5-------7-9-|-10--9--7--5--|-(5)-9----7----|-(7)--------|----------|--------||
|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|----------|--------||
|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|----------|--------||
|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|-5--------|--------||
|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|----------|--------||
Guitar & Keyboard Solo
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q Q Q Q
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||o--------------|--------------o||--------------|-------7-----|
||--7--7-7--7-7--|-3--3-5--5-5---||-7--7-7--7-7--|-6--9-----9--|
||o--------------|--------------o||--------------|-------------|
||---------------|---------------||--------------|-------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--7-7--5-5--|-7-7----5--3--|-7--7-7--7-7--|-3--3-5--5-5---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q E H E Q E H Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------2--4--|-5--7--9----9-|------9----9-|-------------|
|-3--5--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------8--7---|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q. Q E E E Q. H Q Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------2-------|-----5---7------|----7----------|-------------|
|-5--3----5-3-2-|-0--------------|--------5------|------5--6---|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
Q Q E E E E Q E E E Q. Q E E E Q.
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------7-|-9-------------|---------------|
|----6--7-9-10---|----5---7------|----7----------|
|-7--------------|---------------|--------5------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
2/4
H E Q. H. E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|---------||
|-------------|-------------|---------||
|-------------|-------------|-7-------||
|------7------|---------7---|---------||
|-------------|-------------|---------||
Interlude
4/4
E H.. Wx3
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-5-----------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|-------9S====|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-5--------|-8--------|-3--------|-10----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-17--16--14------|-20--19--17------|-15--14--12------|-----10--9--10---|
|-------------14--|-------------17--|-------------12--|-12--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E W E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------||
|-5-5-5-3--3-3-5-|---5-5-3--3-3-1-|-1--------|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----||
|----------------|----------------|----------|----------------------||
Chorus
H H H H H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||--0---------|-0---------|-----------|-0----------||
||o------0----|------0----|-1----3----|------0----o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
H H H H H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||--2---------|-2---------|------0----|-2----------||
||o------2----|------2----|-3---------|------2----o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
Outro
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E Q W
|----------------|---------------|----------|
|----------------|---------------|----------|
|----------------|---------------|----------|
|-7-7-7-5--5-5-7-|---7-7-5--5-5--|-3--------|
|----------------|---------------|----------|
+W E E E E H +Q H.
|------------|--------------|------------*|
|------------|--------------|------------*|
|------------|--------------|------------*|
|-(3)--------|-7-7---7-7----|-(7)--------*|
|------------|--------------|------------*|
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
----------------
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
