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THE BITTER END (Bassline)
As recorded by Sum 41
(From the 2004 Album CHUCK)
Transcribed by Oystein Jaren Samuelsen
Words and Music by Sum 41
Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Bass'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=204
4/4
Gtr I
W S S S S q S S S S q W
||-----------|-----------------------|----------|
||o----------|-----------------------|----------|
||o----------|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--|-4--------|
||--2--------|-----------------------|----------|
Main Riff
E E Q E E Q q H. Wx3
|----------------||------------|--------|
|---------------o||------------|--------|
|---------------o||------------|--------|
|-5-5----4-4-----||-2----------|--------|
Pre-Verse
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x Wx3 H
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------|-------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o------------|------o||
||o-----------------|-----5-------4---o||-||o------------|------o||
||--0-2-3s2-0-2-3s2-|-0-2---2-0-2---2--||-||-------------|-------||
Verse 1
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------0-0-0-o||-----------0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------||-2-2-2-2-2-------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q
||--------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|---------4-3----|
||o-9-----7-----|-5-----0--0--|-4-4-4-4--------|
||--------------|-------------|----------------|
1. 2.
2/4 4/4
Wx3 H E E Q E E Q
|------------|-------||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|-------||-2-2----2-2----||
Guitar Break
W W W H Q Q
||----------|----------|----------|------------||
||----------|----------|----------|------------||
||----------|----------|----------|------------||
||-2--------|-0--------|-5--------|-4----3--3--||
Verse 2
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------0-0-0-o||-----------0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------||-2-2-2-2-2-------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q
||--------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|---------4-3----|
||o-9-----7-----|-5-----0--0--|-4-4-4-4--------|
||--------------|-------------|----------------|
1. 2.
2/4 4/4
Wx3 W E E Q E E Q
|------------|-------||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|-------||-2-2----2-2----||
Interlude
1.
W +H. E E W
||-----------|--------------|----------|
||o----------|--------------|----------|
||o----------|--------------|-4--------|
||--2--------|-(2)------2-2-|----------|
2.
+W W +H E E Q
|-------------||----------|-----------------||
|------------o||----------|-----------------||
|-(4)--------o||-4--------|-(4)----4-4------||
|-------------||----------|-----------------||
Pre-Solo
1. 2.
|-3-|
W +H. E E W +H Q Q Q W +W
||-----------|--------------|----------|---------------||----------|--------||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||----------|--------||
||o----------|--------------|-4--------|-(4)----------o||-4--------|-(4)----||
||--2--------|-(2)------2-2-|----------|--------0-0-0--||----------|--------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sum_41/bitter_end_btab_ver_3.html ]
Main Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 4x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|-----------0----o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-------||
Breakdown
W S S S S q S S S S q W E E Q E E Q
||----------|-----------------------|----------|---------------|
||----------|-----------------------|----------|---------------|
||----------|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--|-4--------|---------------|
||-2--------|-----------------------|----------|-5-5----4-4----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------2---|----------------|-------------2---|------------------|
|-0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3-0-2--|-0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3----3---|
Verse 3
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------0-0-0-o||-----------0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------||-2-2-2-2-2-------|
1.
2/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Wx3 W
||--------------|-------------|----------------|------------|-------||
||o-------------|-------------|---------4-3----|------------|------o||
||o-9-----7-----|-5-----0--0--|-4-4-4-4--------|------------|------o||
||--------------|-------------|----------------|------------|-------||
Main Riff
2.
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E. S Q E. S Q
||------------------|------------------||-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----5-------4---o||-----------------||
||--0-2-3s2-0-2-3s2-|-0-2---2-0-2---2--||-2-------2-------||
Outro
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S Q
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------2---|----------------|-------------2---|-----------------o||
||--0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3-0-2--|-0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3----3---||
2.
E E E E E. S E E E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-3-0-2-0-3----3s2-|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------*|
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
