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BORN DEAD (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1988 Album LEPROSY)
Transcribed by Tormentor15
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner and Rick Rozz
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Terry Butler'
Moderately Fast Q=150
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|-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||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|-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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Faster Q=220
Q H. H Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|---------5--|-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-|-----------------|
|-2----------|-5----0-----|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-4-4-5-5-|
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 5x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------5-5-|-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-|------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-----|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-4-4-5-5---||
Slower Q=210
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x W
|-----------------|------------------||------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||------|
|-----------------|---------3-3-----o||------|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-----1-1--||------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/death/born_dead_btab.html ]
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A Tempo Q=150
Wx2 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------||----------------------------------|
|------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----||
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Faster Q=210
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-6-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-5-1-1-1-1--||
Faster Q=220
Q H. Q H. Q H. Q H.
|------------|------------|------------|----------|
|-4----------|-4----------|-3----------|-3--------|
|------------|------------|------------|----------|
|------------|------------|------------|----------|
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3--------------o||
||o-----2-2-4-4-5-5-|-----2-2-4-4-5-5-|-----1-1-3-3-4-4-|-----1-1-3-3-4-4--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
Q H. H Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|---------5--|-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-|-----------------|
|-2----------|-5----0-----|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-4-4-5-5-|
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 5x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------5-5-|-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-|------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-----|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-4-4-5-5---||
Slower Q=210
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x W
|-----------------|------------------||------*|
|-----------------|-----------------o||------*|
|-----------------|---------3-3-----o||------*|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-----1-1--||------*|
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
