THE TASTE OF INK (Bassline) As recorded by The Used (From the 2002 Album THE USED) Words and Music by Robert C McCracken, Brandon Seineckert, Jeph Howard and Quinn Allman Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Standard' 1st Verse 4/4 Gtr I E Wx3 H E E Q q q E S S E S S |---|------------|--------------|--------------------| |---|------------|--------------|--------------------| |---|------------|--------3s15--|--------------------| |---|------------|--------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-5--| |---|------------|--------------|--------------------| q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E q q E S S S S E |-----------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5---|--------------------| |-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------7-|-5--5----5-5-----5--| |-----------------|-------------------|-------5-----5-5----| |-----------------|-------------------|--------------------| q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E |-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5----| |-------------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------7--| |-5--5--5---5-5-5-5-|-----------------|--------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| q q E S S S S E q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E |-------------------|-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------| |-5--5----5-5-----5-|-------------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3--| |-------5-----5-5---|-5--5--5---5-5-5-5-|------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------| q q E S S S S E q q S S E S S E H S S S S S S E |-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|| |-5--5--5---5-7p5---|-------------------|------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|| |-----------------7-|-5--5------5-----5-|----------------------------|| |-------------------|-------5-5---5-5---|----------------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-1--------------------------|| Chorus E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------2--|-----------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------| |---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S +S S E S S S S E E |----------------------------|---------------------------|| |----------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------2--|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|---------------------------|| |----------------------------|---------------------------|| 2nd Verse Wx3 H E E Q q q E S S E E |------------|--------------|------------------| |------------|--------------|------------------| |------------|--------3s15--|------------------| |------------|--------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5--| |------------|--------------|------------------| q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E q q S S E S S E |------------------|-------------------|--------------------| |------------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5---|-------7-7---7-7----| |-3--3--3---3-3-3/-|-----------------7-|-5--5------5-----5--| |------------------|-------------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------------------|--------------------| Chorus E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S |-------------------------------||---------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------------------| |-----3-(3)-3-----3-3-3---3-3-3-||---------------------------| |-------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-1-1---------1-1---------------||---------------------------| E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E. |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------2---| |---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| |---------------------------|-----------------------------| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------| E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E. |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------2---| |---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------| E S S +S S E S S S S E E E S S +S S E S E S S S s S |---------------------------|--------------7---7-----------|| |---------------------------|-/5-5-5-(5)-5---5---5-5-5-5---|| |-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| Interlude H. E E H +E E E E Q E E +Q E +E |-------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-5-------5-5-|-----------------|-/7--7-7-(7)--7-(7)-| |-------------|-5----(5)-5-5-5/-|---------------------| |-------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-------------|-----------------|---------------------| H S S S S e E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q e E |-5----5-5-5-------||-----7--------7---|----7--------7---| |------------5-5-7-||o-5----5-(5)----5-|-4----4-(4)----4-| |------------------||------------------|-----------------| |------------------||o-----------------|-----------------| |------------------||------------------|-----------------| 1. 2. Q E E +Q Q Q E E +E E S S E E S S +S S E +S E. e e |----9--------9--|-----------------------------||----------------------------|| |-7----7-(7)-----|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-o||----------------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|| |----------------|----------------------------o||----------------------/8-/8-|| |----------------|-----------------------------||-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1--------|| 3rd Verse q q E S S E E q q E S S E E q q E S S E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-| |-----------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------| |-5--5--5---5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| q q s S S S S S S S q q E S S E E q q E S S E E |-----------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5--5--0-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3/-| |-----------------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-|------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------|------------------| q q E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------|---------------------------------|| |-5--5--5---5-5-5-|---------------------------------|| |-----------------|---------------------------------|| |-----------------|---------------------------------|| |-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|| Chorus E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------2--|-----------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------| |---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S +S S E S S S S E E |----------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------2--|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|---------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------| S S S S +S S S S S S S S s S S S |-------7-(7)---------------7-------| |-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S |-------12-(12)-------------------------------|| |-10-10---------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|| |---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|| Outro q q E S S E E q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5---| |-----------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------5-| |-5--5--5---5-5-5-|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| q E S S E S S S S S S q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E |------------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |--------5-5-7-7-7---7-7-|-------------------|-----------------| |-5--5-------------------|-------------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-| |------------------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-5-|-----------------| |------------------------|-------------------|-----------------| q q E S S S S E q q E S S S S E q q E S S E E |-------------------|-------------------|------------------| |-5--5--5---5-7p5---|-------------------|------------------| |-----------------7-|-5--5----5-5-----5-|------------------| |-------------------|-------5-----5-5---|-5--5--5---5-5-5--| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------| q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E q q E S S E E |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-------------------|-----------------|-4--4--4---4-4-4-*| |-------------------|-4--4--4---4-4-4-|-----------------*| |-7--7--7---7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------*| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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