THE FADED LINE (Bassline)
As recorded by Lamb Of God
(From the 2004 Album ASHES OF THE WAKE)
Words by Randy Blythe
Music by Lamb Of God
Arranged by Lamb Of God
Transcribed by Simon Montague-Bassett
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'John Campbell'
Q=180
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-|
S S S S S S S S S S Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0---|
S S S S S S S S S S Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-|
S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------------|-4-1-0-5-0-------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-|-----------4-5-1--||
S S S S S S S S E Q E S S S S S S S S E Q E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\--0-|
S S S S S S S S E Q E S S S S S S S S E Q E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\--0----|
S S S S S S S S E Q E S S S S S S S S E Q E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\--0-|
S S S S S S S S E Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------------|-4-1-0-5-0-------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\--0-|-----------4-5-1--||
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
S S E S S E S S E S S S S H S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Q S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------------o||
|----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-0-1-4-1-0--||
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
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 H
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------||
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S S S S S Q..
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-4-3-0-1-4-1-0-----||
S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S S S S S Q..
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
1.,2.,3.
S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S S S S H 4x
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------||
4.
~
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-8-8-5--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lamb_of_god/faded_line_btab_ver_2.html ]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-8-0-0-8-0-7-|-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S 3x
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------------o||
|-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-3-|-0-0-3-0-3-4-3-0-1-4-1-0---||
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 S S S S Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-----5-----------5\--|
|-0-0-8-0-0-8-0-7-|-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-4-|-0-0-4-0-0-4-0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----|
S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-|-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-|-0-0-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|
S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E H..
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
|-0-0-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
Q=210
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +W +W Q Q Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-1--4--1--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q 12x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0----0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1--4--1--3----||
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
