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SCUMGRIEF (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1992 Album SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE)
Transcribed by erikthestupid@hotmail.com
Words by Burton C Bell Music by Fear Factory
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=180
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------------|
W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------|
||o----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------|
||o----------|-3----2----|----------|--------------------------------|
||--0--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3--|
PM--------------------------|
W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------o||
|----------|-3----2----|----------|--------------------------------o||
|-0--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3---||
Verse
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E Q +H E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---3--(3)----|-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---0--1--4---|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E Q +H E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 7x
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||--3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---4--(4)----|-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3---0--1--4---||
Chorus
PM--------------------------|
W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------||
||o----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------o||
||o----------|-3----2----|----------|-------------------------------o||
||--0--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-3--||
PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM
Q. E +Q Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-0----0-(0)-----|----------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------3--|-0--------|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0--||
Interlude
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--2---0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-2----|-2-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/scumgrief_btab.html ]
S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--2-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-2----|-2-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--||
S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--||
Chorus
W H H W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------------------------------||
||o----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------------o||
||o----------|-3----2----|----------|-------------------------------o||
||--0--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-3--||
Outro
Q. E +Q Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-0----0-(0)-----|----------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------3--|-0--------|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0--||
H. Q W H H
|------------|----------|-----------*|
|------------|----------|-----------*|
|-0----------|----------|-----------*|
|---------3--|-0--------|-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
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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
