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Metal Church Chords & Tabs

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Metal Church Bass Tab

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METAL CHURCH (Bassline)
As recorded by Metal Church
(From the 1985 Album METAL CHURCH)

Transcribed by Ryan Cooper (coopman@nfdc.net)
	

Music by David Wayne, Kurdt Vanderhoof, and Craig Wells

Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=101
 4/4
  Gtr I
                 |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  Wx4            S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 16x
|------------||---------------------------------------------------||
|------------||o-------------------------------------------------o||
|------------||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------||---------------------------------------------------||


  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|


      |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-------------------------------------------|


    |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-------------------------------------|


      |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|------------------------------------------|


   1st Verse
      |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|


      |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||


    |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
    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-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------------------------|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     4x
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----o||
|-----------------------------------------------------||


   2nd Verse
      |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|


      |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  6x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||


   Chorus
    Q  E E +E  E S E.   Q  E E +H       Q  E E +E  E S E.   Q  E E +H
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------o||
||o-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------|-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------o||
||--------------------|------5-(5)----|-------------------|------5-(5)-----||


      |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|


      |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metal_church/metal_church_btab.html ]
   3rd Verse
      |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|


      |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||


   Chorus
    Q  E E +E  E S E.   Q  E E +H       Q  E E +E  E S E.   Q  E E +H
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------o||
||o-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------|-4--7-4-(4)-2-2-4--|-4--7----------o||
||--------------------|------5-(5)----|-------------------|------5-(5)-----||


   Bridge
    |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
    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-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------------------------|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  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||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----o||
|-----------------------------------------------------||


   Guitar Solo
    Q.   E +Q    Q    W          Q.   E +Q    Q    W
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-------||
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|------o||
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|------o||
||--2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----5-(5)\-----|-------||


  Q.   E +Q    Q    W          Q.   E +H       +W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----5-(5)----|-(5)----|


   Harmony Interlude
     S  S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S  S  E
||------------------------------------------|
||o-11-12-11-9-11-9--------------9-11-12-11-|
||o-----------------11-9----9-11------------|
||-----------------------12-----------------|


   S  S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S  S  E  4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-11-12-11-9-11-9--------------9-11-12-11-o||
|-----------------11-9----9-11------------o||
|----------------------12------------------||


   2nd Solo
    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
||-----------------|-------------|----------------|--------------||
||o----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------o||
||o----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------o||
||--2----4-(4)--4--|-4--4--4--4--|-2----5-(5)--5--|-5--5--5--5---||


 Outro
  Q.   E +Q    Q    W          Q.   E +H       +W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|--------|
|-2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)----|


  +W           H    H      W          +W
|------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|------2----|-4--------|-(4)----*|



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