ASSASSINS
As recorded by Insane Clown Posse
(From the 1999 Album THE AMAZING JECKEL BROTHERS)
Words and Music by Ghetto Boys and Insane Clown Posse
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Intro
Q=90
C#D5Eb5 C#D5Eb5 C#D5Eb5 C#D5Eb5
4/4
Gtr I
S S E H. S S E H. S S E Q S S E Q
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8----6S7-8----|
|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8----6S7-8----|
|-4S5-6---------|-4S5-6---------|-4S5-6----4S5-6----|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
C#D5 C#D5 C#D5 C#D5 C#D5C#D5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-6S7--||
|-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-6S7--||
|-4S5-x-4S5-x-4S5-x-4S5-x-4S5-4S5--||
|----------------------------------||
Chorus
G5 F#5 G5 F#5 C#D5Eb5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------6S7-8-|--------------------------|
||--------------------------6S7-8-|--------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-4S5-6-|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4------|
||--3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2------|
G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 C#D5Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------6S7-8--||
|----------------------------|-------------------------6S7-8--||
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4----|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-4S5-6-o||
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2----|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2--------||
Verse I
N.C. C#D5Eb5
W W W H. S S E
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------6S7-8-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------6S7-8-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------4S5-6-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
1. 2.
N.C.(N.C.(E)N.C.(N.C.(D)N.C.(N.C.(E)N.C.(N.C.(D) N.C.(N.CC#D5Eb5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H H H H H H H H Q S S E
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||---------------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------6S7-8-|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------6S7-8-|
||o-8----7----|-6----5----|-8----7----|-6----5----o||-6----5--4S5-6-|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------------|
C#D5Eb5
W W W H. S S E W W
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------6S7-8-|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------6S7-8-|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------4S5-6-|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|----------|------||
Chorus
G5 F#5 G5 F#5 C#D5Eb5 G5 F#5 G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------6S7-8-|--------------------------|
||--------------------------6S7-8-|--------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-4S5-6-|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4------|
||--3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2------|
1.
G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 C#D5Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------6S7-8--||
|----------------------------|-------------------------6S7-8--||
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4----|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-4S5-6-o||
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2----|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2--------||
2.
G5 F#5 G5 F#5
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
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|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-----||
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-----||
Bridge
C#D5Eb5 C#D5Eb5 C#D5Eb5 C#D5Eb5
S S E H. S S E H. S S E Q S S E Q
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8----6S7-8----|
|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8---------|-6S7-8----6S7-8----|
|-4S5-6---------|-4S5-6---------|-4S5-6----4S5-6----|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
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C#D5 C#D5 C#D5 C#D5 C#D5C#D5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|------------------------------------||
|-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-6S7----||
|-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-x-6S7-6S7----||
|-4S5-x-4S5-x-4S5-x-4S5-x-4S5-4S5----||
|------------------------------------||
Verse II
C#D5Eb5
W W W H. S S E
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------6S7-8-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------6S7-8-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------4S5-6-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
N.C.(E) N.C.(D) N.C.(E) N.C.(DC#D5Eb5
W W W +Q. Q. S S E
|----------|------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-------------6S7-8-|
|----------|------------|----------|-------------6S7-8-|
|-7--------|-5b7r=======|=7--------|-(7)---5b7r==4S5-6-|
|----------|------------|----------|-------------------|
1. 2.
N.C.(N.C.(E)N.C.(N.C.(D)N.C.(N.C.(E)N.C.(N.C.(D) N.C. C#D5Eb5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H H H H H H H H Q S S E
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||-7s===11--------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||----------------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||----------6S7-8-|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||----------6S7-8-|
||o-8----7----|-6----5----|-8----7----|-6----5----o||----------4S5-6-|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||----------------|
Eb5 Eb5 C#D5Eb5
W +W W +H. S S E
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------6S7-8-|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-8--------|-(8)\------6S7-8-|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-6--------|-(6)\------4S5-6-|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
N.C.(N.C.(E)N.C.(N.C.(D)N.C.(N.C.(E)N.C.(N.C.(D)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H H H H H H H
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||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-8----7----|-6----5----|-8----7----|-6----5----o||
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Chorus
N.C. G5 F#5 G5 F#5 C#D5Eb5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5
Wx2 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------||o-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------||--------------------------6S7-8-|--------------------------|
|------------||--------------------------6S7-8-|--------------------------|
|------------||o-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-4S5-6-|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4------|
|------------||--3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2------|
G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5 C#D5Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------6S7-8--||
|----------------------------|-------------------------6S7-8--||
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4----|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-4S5-6-o||
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2----|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2--------||
Outro
G5 F#5 G5 F#5
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------*|
|-----------------------------*|
|-----------------------------*|
|-----------------------------*|
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-----*|
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-----*|
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
