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EXILE OF THE SONS OF UISLIU (Bassline)
As recorded by Amorphis
(From the 1992 Album THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS)
Transcribed by Matthew Williams AKA autumnlrds
Words and Music by Amorphis
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb) - 'Strings'
Intro
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
W S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|----------||------------------------------|
|----------||o-----------------------------|
|----------||o---------7-------------7-----|
|-3--------||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||
Verse
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|-5----o||
||--5--------|-7--------|-8--------|-------||
Breakdown
W +Q. Q Q. W +Q. E H
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|-5--------|-(5)---5--3----|-5--------|-(5)---3-5----|
W +H.. E W +Q. E H
||-----------|--------------|----------|---------------||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||--5--------|-(5)--------3-|-5--------|-(5)---3-5-----||
W +H.. E W +Q. E H
||-----------|--------------|----------|---------------||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||
||--3--------|-(3)--------1-|-3--------|-(3)---1-3-----||
Pre-Chorus
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Chorus
Q S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S Q Q 8x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||
Bridge
Q=80
W H. Q 4x
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||o----------|-3-------2--o||
||--0--------|-------------||
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o-----5---7-5-7-5-----|-------------------o||
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||
Q=85 H=H
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-||----------------------|--------------------||
|-||o-----5---7-5-7-5-----|-------------------o||
|-||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
|-||----------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---||
Q=100
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
||------5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------||
||o-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------o||
||o---------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7--o||
||----------------------|--------------------||
H=H Q=110
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-----5---7-5-7-5-----|--------------------|
|-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7-------------|
|---------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7---|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-----5---7-5-7-5-----|-------------------|
|-7-9---9---------9-7-|------7------------|
|---------------------|-8-10---10-8-10-7--|
|---------------------|-------------------|
Chorus
Q=143
Q S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S Q Q 4x
||-------------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||o------------------------|-------------------o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3---||
Out-Verse
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------7-------------7-----|---------7-------------7-----|
||--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
|---------7-------------7-----|-------------7-------------------7-------o||
|-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10--||
Q=147
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|-5----o||
||--5--------|-7--------|-8--------|-------||
Q=152
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o----------5-------------5-----|----------5-------------5-----|
||o--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W W
||--17---------------------------|-19---------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-15---------------------------|-17---------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------5-------------5-----|----------5-------------5-----o||
|--6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-|--8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-20---------------------------|-22----------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-18---------------------------|-20---------------------------o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||
2/4
Gtr I
W +W +W +H
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------||--------*|
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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
