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DAMIEN (Bassline)
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 2001 Album HORROR SHOW)
Transcribed by Nick Thompson
Words and Music by Jon Schaffer
Arranged by Iced Earth
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Piano'
Intro
Build Up Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q E. S E E E S E S E E S E S E
||-----9-----10p9-9-|-----9---------7-----|
||o-----------------|---9---9-----7---7---|
||o-7-----7---------|-7-------7-5-------5-|
||------------------|---------------------|
Q Q E. S E E E S E S E E S E S E 4x
|----9-----10p9-9-|-----9---------7------||
|-----------------|---9---9-----7---7---o||
|-7-----7---------|-7-------7-5-------5-o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W +W
|------------|------------|--------||
|------------|------------|--------||
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----||
|------------|------------|--------||
Guitar Intro (Acoustic)
Power Metal Q=150
W W W W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
Verse
E E E Q 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 3x
||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||--1-0-1-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1S3-3S1-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Pre-Chorus
E S S S S S S E E Q W E S S S S S S E E Q W
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-------------------5-7-|-8-7-5---8-7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|-4-5-4---------||
|-------------------5-7-|---------8\----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------||
Chorus
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
||o-7---------7--|--------7-7-7--|-5---------5--|--------5-5-5---|
||-----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0---------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------|
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q
|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
|-3---------3--|--------3-3-3--|-2---------2--|--------2-3-5--o||
|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0---------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------||
Verse
E E E Q 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 3x
||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||--1-0-1-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1S3-3S1-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Pre-Chorus
E S S S S S S E E Q W E S S S S S S E E Q W
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-------------------5-7-|-8-7-5---8-7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|-4-5-4---------||
|-------------------5-7-|---------8\----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------||
Chorus
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
||o-7---------7--|--------7-7-7\--|-5---------5--|--------5-5-5\---|
||-----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-----------|
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E Q 3x
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------o||
|-3---------3--|--------3-3-3\--|-2---------2--|-----2-2-2-3-5--o||
|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-------------||
Pre-Chorus
E S S S S S S E E Q W E S S S S S S E E Q W
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-------------------5-7-|-8-7-5---8-7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|-4-5-4---------||
|-------------------5-7-|---------8\----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------||
Guitar Break
>
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
Interlude
Build Up Q=90
E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E
||------9-----9-----|-10--------|-----10-----10---10-|
||o---7-----7-----7-|-----------|---7------7----7----|
||o-0-----0-----0---|-----------|-0------0-----------|
||------------------|-----------|--------------------|
E E H. 3x +W
|-10S9-^9--------||-(9)----||
|------^7-------o||-(7)----||
|---------------o||--------||
|----------------||--------||
Guitar Solo A
Power Metal Q=150
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
||o-7---------7--|--------7-7-7\--|-5---------5--|--------5-5-5\---|
||-----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/iced_earth/damien_btab_ver_3.html ]
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------o||
|-3---------3--|--------3-3-3\--|-2---------2--|-----2-2-2-3-5--o||
|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-------------||
E E E Q 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
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-1-0-1-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1S3-3S1-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Verse
E E E Q 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||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||--1-0-1-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1S3-3S1-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Pre-Chorus
E S S S S S S E E Q W E S S S S S S E E Q W
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------|----------------------|------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-------------------5-7-|-8-7-5---8-7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------------|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|-4-5-4---------||
|-------------------5-7-|---------8\----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------||
Chorus
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
||o-7---------7--|--------7-7-7\--|-5---------5--|--------5-5-5\---|
||-----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-----------|
Q E E Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E Q 3x
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------o||
|-3---------3--|--------3-3-3\--|-2---------2--|-----2-2-2-3-5--o||
|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----------|----0-0-0-----|-0-0-------------||
Guitar Solo B
E E E Q 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||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||--1-0-1-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1S3-3S1-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Outro
E E E Q 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 7x
||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||--1-0-1-0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1S3-3S1-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||---1--0--1--0-----0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----12-14----15----14----|-17----15----12-14-15-14-|
||o-12-------12----12----12-|----12----12-------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-(1)--1S=3--3S=1--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
|-----12-14----15----14----|-17----15----12-14-15-14---||
|-12--------12----12----12-|----12----12--------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----12-14----15----14----|-17----15----12-14-15-14-|
||o-12-------12----12----12-|----12----12-------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 9x
|----12-14----15----14----|-17----15----12-14-15-14---||
|-12-------12----12----12-|----12----12--------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
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
