A SHOT BELOW THE BELT (Bassline)
As recorded by August Burns Red
(From the 2005 Album THRILL SEEKER)
Transcribed by Austin Mills & August Burns Red
Words and Music by August Burns Red
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'w/pick'
Breakdown
Fast Metalcore Q=165
5/4
Gtr I
S S E E S S E E S S S S S S E E Q S S S S E E E E E
||--------------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|
S S S S E E S S S S S E S E S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0---||
S S E E S S E E S S S S S S E E Q S S S S E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|
S S S S E E S S S S S E S E S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0--|
S S E E S S E E S S S S S S E E Q S S S S E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|
S S S S E E S S S S S E S E S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0--||
Pre-Verse
4/4
W +W
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
Verse
W W W H H
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|-3----5----o||
||--0--------|-0--------|-0--------|------------||
S S S E S E S S S E S E E S E S E E S E S E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0-|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
H S S S E S E E S E S E S S S S E E
|------------------|------------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------------o||
|------0-0-0-0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
E E H. +H. +E S S E E H. +W
|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
|-7-7-7-------|-(7)------(7)-3-3-|-3-3-3-------|-(3)----|
|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
E E H. +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-------|-(5)--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Interlude
Slower Q=150
>
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
q E E E q E E q E E q E q E E E q E E q E E q E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------1-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3--3-3-3-3----|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
q E E E q E E q E E q E q E E E q E E q E E q E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
q E E E q E E q E E q E q E E E q E E q E E q E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------1-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-||
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3--3-3-3-3----|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Verse
Faster Q=165
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Verse
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------5-4-2-|
||o-------------------------|-------4-2-------|
||o-------------------------|-5-3-2-----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-0-|-----------------|
TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
E E S S E S E S E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------|-5-4-2-0------------||
|---------------------|---------1-2-4-5---o||
|---------------------|-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------||
Verse
TP TP
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1--------|-5--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2.
Q Q S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-(5)-5-|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
Q Q S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E S S
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-(7)-7-|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|
Q Q S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-8--8--8-8-8-(8)-8-|-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-|
Q Q S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E S S
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-0--0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--||
Breakdown
7/8
S S E S S E Q S S E S S E Q Q S S E S S E Q S S E S S E Q Q
||---------------------|---------------|--------------------|----------------||
||o--------------------|---------1-----|--------------------|---------1-----o||
||o--------------------|------------2--|--------------------|------------2--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------||
Slower Q=135
4/4 3/4
+W +Q H a
|------------|--------------||
|------------|--------------||
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------||
|------------|------12s===0-||
Outro
4/4
S S E Q Q S S E +E Q E E E E E
||--------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|
||--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0-3-2-1-0-|
S S E Q Q S S E +E Q E E E Q
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|----------1-1-1--o||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0---------||
S S E Q Q S S E +E E Q E E E E S S E Q Q S S E +E Q E E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------1-1-1--|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0----3-2-1-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0--------|
2/4
S S E Q Q S S E +E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0----3-2-1-0-|-3-2-1-0-|
4/4
S S E Q Q S S E +E Q E E E Q +W +W
|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------1-1-1--|-(1)--------|-(1)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------*|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0--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
