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PERPETUAL (Bassline)
As recorded by Yngwie Malmsteen
(From the 1992 Album FIRE & ICE)
Transcribed by Linus "MrGul" Abrahamson
Music by Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=72
A#° C/E G F#5
5/16 4/4
Gtr I
S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. +S E. E E Q H
|------|-------------------------6---6-9-|----------------|-------------|
|------|-----------------5---5-8---8-----|----------------|-------------|
|------|-------4-7---4-7---7-------------|----------------|-------------|
|------|-0-3-6-----6---------------------|-0-------(0)-3--|-2-----------|
C/E G F#5
W W +W H. +S E. E E Q H
|----------|----------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-0-------(0)-3--|-2-----------|
C/E G F#5 G5
W H. +S E. S S S S S S S S e S S S E.
|----------|----------------||----------------------------|
|----------|----------------||-----4-5-4------------------|
|----------|----------------||-----------4----------------|
|-2--------|-0-------(0)-3--||-0-2---------3-0-2-2-2-2-3--|
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
S S S S S S S S e S S S E. S S S S S S S S e S S S E.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----4-5-4------------------|-----4-5-4------------------|
|-----------4----------------|-----------4----------------|
|-0-2---------3-0-2-2-2-2-0--|-0-2---------3-0-2-2-2-2-3--|
A#°
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------6---6-9-|
|-----------------5---5-8---8-----|
|-------4-7---4-7---7-------------|
|-0-3-6-----6---------------------|
F#G5E5F#5 F#G5E5F#5
E E E E e S S S S S S E E E E e S S S S S S
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------2-1----|
||--2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-----3--|
1.
F#G5E5F#5 F#G5E5F#5
E E E E e S S S S S S E E E E e S S S S S S
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------2-1---o||
|-2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-----3--||
2.
A#°
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------6---6-9--||
|-----------------5---5-8---8------||
|-------4-7---4-7---7--------------||
|-0-3-6-----6----------------------||
1.
Bm A G F#7 Bm A G F#7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o----9--7-----|----5--4-----|----9--7-----|----5--4-----o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--7--------5--|-3--------6--|-7--------5--|-3--------6---||
2.
G C/E G
2/4 4/4
Q Q H. +S E.
|-------|----------------||
|----5--|----------------||
|-------|----------------||
|-3-----|-0-------(0)-3--||
F#5 G5
S S S S S S S S e S S S E.
|----------------------------|
|-----4-5-4------------------|
|-----------4----------------|
|-0-2---------3-0-2-2-2-2-3--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/yngwie_malmsteen/perpetual_btab.html ]
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
S S S S S S S S e S S S E. S S S S S S S S e S S S E.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----4-5-4------------------|-----4-5-4------------------|
|-----------4----------------|-----------4----------------|
|-0-2---------3-0-2-2-2-2-0--|-0-2---------3-0-2-2-2-2-3--|
A#°
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------6---6-9-|
|-----------------5---5-8---8-----|
|-------4-7---4-7---7-------------|
|-0-3-6-----6---------------------|
F#G5E5F#5 F#G5E5F#5
E E E E e S S S S S S E E E E e S S S S S S
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------2-1----|
||--2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-----3--|
1.
F#G5E5F#5 F#G5E5F#5
E E E E e S S S S S S E E E E e S S S S S S
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------2-1---o||
|-2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-----3--||
2.
A#°
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------6---6-9--||
|-----------------5---5-8---8------||
|-------4-7---4-7---7--------------||
|-0-3-6-----6----------------------||
C/E G
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. +S E.
|-12----12-15-18----15-18-21----18-21-24----21-24-|----------------||
|----14----------17----------20----------23-------|----------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-0-------(0)-3--||
F#5 G F#5 Em7 F#5 G C/E G
E E Q Q S E. E E Q Q S E. E E Q Q S E. H. +S E.
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------3--|-2-----------0--|-2-----------3--|-0-------(0)-3---|
G5 E5
S S S S S S S S e S S S E. S S S S S S S S e S S S E. 12x
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-----4-5-4------------------|-----4-5-4------------------o||
||o-----------4----------------|-----------4----------------o||
||--0-2---------3-0-2-2-0-2-3--|-0-2---------3-0-2-2-2-2-0---||
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
