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IT'S HARD TO FIND A WAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Accept
(From the 1986 Album RUSSIAN ROULETTE)
Transcribed by Sebastien "HOULI" Houle (houli_@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Accept
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 S S S S e S S +H +W
|------------|----------------------|------------|
|------------|----------------------|------------|
|------------|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-(2)----|-(2)--------|
|------------|----------------------|------------|
S S S S e S S +H +H +Q Q
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-(2)----|-(2)----(2)S=5----|
|----------------------|------------------|
W +W W
|----------|------------|----------|
|----------|------------|----------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|
|----------|------------|-3--------|
+W +W Q Q Q Q
|------------|------------|------------------||
|------------|------------|------------------||
|------------|------------|------------------||
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-3--3--(3)--(3)---||
Verse 1
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q E. S E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-0-0--|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------2-o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------0-2---o||
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--------||
Pre-Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-------3-|-5----5-5----5-|---5---5---5---5-||
|---------------|--------0-2-3---|---------------|-----------------||
Chorus
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-7-5-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|
|----------------|----------------------|
+S +S E E E H H H E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5---------|-------2------5--|
|-----------8---8----|------7----|-0-2-3---0-------|
+S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|
|----------------------|-----------8---8----|
H Q E E +W +W
|-------------|------------|--------||
|-------------|------------|--------||
|-5-----------|------------|--------||
|------7--8-8-|-(8)--------|-(8)----||
Verse 2
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q E. S E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-0-0--|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------2---o||
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0-0---0--||
Pre-Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-------3-|-5----5-5----5-|---5---5---5---5-||
|---------------|--------0-2-3---|---------------|-----------------||
Chorus
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H H H
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
|-7-5-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5---------|
|----------------|----------------------|-----------8---8----|------7----|
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H H H
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
|-------2------5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5---------|
|-0-2-3---0------|----------------------|-----------8---8----|------7----|
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-7-5-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|
|----------------|----------------------|
+S +S E E E H H H E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5---------|-------2------5--|
|-----------8---8----|------7----|-0-2-3---0-------|
+S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H H Q E E +W
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------|--------||
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------|--------||
|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5-----------|--------||
|----------------------|-----------8---8----|------7--8-8-|-(8)----||
Guitar Solo
Slightly Faster Q=122
H. E E +W H. E E +W
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------|
|-----------0-|-(0)--------|-0-----------|--------|
|-------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)----|
|-0-----------|------------|-------------|--------|
H. E E +W H. E E +H H
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------0-|-(0)--------|-0-----------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)----2----|
|-0-----------|------------|-------------|-------------|
H. E E +W H. E E +H E E E E
|-------------|------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------0-|-(0)--------|-0-----------|----------------|
|-------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)--------0-2-|
|-0-----------|------------|-------------|--------0-3-----|
H. E E +W H. E E +Q. E +E E E E
|-------------|------------|-------------|----------------------||
|-----------0-|-(0)--------|-0-----------|----------------------||
|-------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)------------------||
|-0-----------|------------|-------------|-------5b7==(5)r5-3-5-||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H H H
||-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
||o----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
||o-7-5-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5---------|
||-----------------|----------------------|-----------8---8----|------7----|
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H H H
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|------------||
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------o||
|-------2------5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5---------o||
|-0-2-3---0------|----------------------|-----------8---8----|------7-----||
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H H H
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
|-7-5-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5---------|
|----------------|----------------------|-----------8---8----|------7----|
E E E E E Q E +S +S E E E Q E E +S +S E E E H H Q E E
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-------2------5-|-(5)-(5)S7-7---7----5-|-(5)-(5)S7----------|-5-------------|
|-0-2-3---0------|----------------------|-----------8---8----|------7--8-8---|
Free Time
2/4 4/4
+W +H Wx4
|------------|--------||--------*|
|------------|--------||--------*|
|------------|--------||--------*|
|-(8)--------|-(8)----||--------*|
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
