JUDITH (Bassline)
As recorded by A Perfect Circle
(From the 2000 Album MER DE NOMS)
Words and Music by Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel
Transcribed by Tim Chambers
Converted to 5 string tuning by Kyle Bartz
Big thank you to Tim. I just wanted a tab for someone who didnt want to tune down.
Bass Gtr I (B E A D G) - '-'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q.=55 1.,2.,3.
N.C.
3/8 6/8
Gtr I
Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S
|------||--------------------------|----------------------||
|------||o-------------------------|---------------------o||
|------||o-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-5p4-2h4-|-2h4-4-4-4-2----------||
|------||--------------------------|-------------0-0-0s2-o||
|------||--------------------------|----------------------||
1st Verse
4.
D5E5 D5E5F5E5D5E5
S S S S S S E E E Wx4 S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------||----------||--------------------------|
|-------------------||----------||o-------------------------|
|-2h4-4-4-4-2-------||----------||--2h4-4-4---4-2h4-5p4-2h4-|
|-------------0-0-0-||----------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------||----------||--------------------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.
D5E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5E5F5E5D5E5 D5E5 D5G5 A5
S S S S S S E E E 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S
|--------------------||-||--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------o||-||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-2h4-4-4-4-2--------||-||--2h4-4-4---4-2h4-5p4-2h4-|-2h4-4-4-4-2-----------||
|-------------0-0-0-o||-||o-------------------------|-------------0-0-0s2--o||
|--------------------||-||--------------------------|-----------------------||
Chorus
5. 1.,2.,3.
$
D5E5 D5G5 N.C.
S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------||--------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------||o-------------------------|------------------o||
|-2h4-4-4-4-2-------||--2h4-4-4---4-2h4-5p4-2h4-|-2h4-4-4-4/-7-7-7--||
|-------------0-0-0-||o-------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------||--------------------------|-------------------||
4.
C5 A5
S S S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------||----------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------||o---------------------|---------------------o||
|-2h4-4-4-4-2-------||----------------------|----------------------||
|-------------0-0-0-||o-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-------------------||----------------------|----------------------||
C5 G5 E5
E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-2h4-4-4---2h4-4-4---|
|-5---5---5-5s7-7-7-7-|-3---3---3-2-2-2-|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------2---------2-|
Interlude
To Coda
E5
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------||---------------------------||-------------------------||
|---------------------||o-------------------------o||-------------------------||
|-2h4-4-4---5h7-7-7---||--2h4p2---2---4------------||-5h7p5-------------------||
|---------------------||o-------4---4-------------o||-------4-2-0-------------||
|---------2---------2-||----------------2---2---2--||-------------2-2---2---2-||
D
H. +H. +H. +H.
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|-2-------|-(2)------|-(2)------|-(2)----||
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
2nd Verse
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------2h4p2---2---|
||o-------------------4---4-|
||--2-2---2---2-------------|
1. 2.
D5 E5A5 B5
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||-------------------------|
|-------------2h4p2---2----||-2-2-2-2-2h4-------------|
|-------------------4---4-o||-------------2-2-2-2-2h4-|
|-2-2---2---2--------------||-------------------------|
D5E5 D5E5F5E5D5E5 D5E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5E5F5E5D5E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------o||--------------------------|
||--2h4-4-4---4-2h4-5p4-2h4-|-2h4-4-4-4-2--------||-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-5p4-2h4--|
||o-------------------------|-------------0-0-0-o||--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------||--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D5E5 G5 A5 D5E5 D5E5F5E5D5E5 D5E5 D5G5
S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-2h4-4-4-4-2---------|-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-5p4-2h4-|-2h4-4-4-4-4-------||
|-------------0-0-0s2-|-------------------------|-------------0-0-0-||
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
&
C5 A5 C5
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|
||o-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s2-2-2-2-2-|
||----------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|
G5 E5
S S S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E
|-------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------||-2h4-4-4---2h4-4-4---|-2h4-4-4---2h4-4-4---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------4-4-4-||---------2---------2-|---------2---------2-|
C5 A5 C5
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|
||o-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s2-2-2-2-2-|
||----------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|
Outro
G5 E5 Em7
S S S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E 7x E E E Q.
|-------------------||-----------------------||------------*|
|-------------------||o---------------------o||------------*|
|-------------------||--2h4-4-4---2h4-4-4---o||-4-4-4------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------||o----------------------||------------*|
|-------------4-4-4-||----------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
----------------
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
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