ANGRY BEAVER BASS TABS
APOLLO I: THE WRITING WRITER (Bassline)
As recorded by Coheed and Cambria
(From the 2005 Album GOOD APOLLO, I'M BURNING STAR IV - VOLUME 1: FROM FEAR THROUGH THE EYES OF MADNESS)
Words by Claudio Sanchez
Music by Coheed and Cambria
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'elec.'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'keyb. arr. for gtr.'
Verse
Moderately Fast Q=162
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------7-5-4---|-------------------|-----------------7-|
|------------2-|-(2)-2-3---2---3---|--2----3---2-0-----|
|
| Gtr II
| W W +W
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--6----------------|-(6)---------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(7)---------------|-----------------2--|
|-----2-3---2---3---|--2----3---2-0------|
|
| +W +W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(6)---------------|-(6)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------4---4-------|-------4---4-------|
|-(2)-2---2---2---2-|-----2---2---2---2-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| W +W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------|-(4)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----4-5-4-2-------|-----2-2-2-4-5-4----|
|-------------4---2-|-----------------2--|
|
| +W +W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(4)---------------|-(4)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
$
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------7-|
|-(2)-2-3---2---3---|--2----3---2-0-----|
|
| W +W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--6----------------|-(6)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|--7----------------|-----------------2--|
|-----2-3---2---3---|--2----3---2-0------|
|
| +W +W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(6)---------------|-(6)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------4---4-------|---------4-5-4-----|
|-(2)-2---2---2---2-|-----2---------5-4-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| W +W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------|-(4)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------4---4-------|-----5-5-4-2--------|
|-----2---2---2-2-2-|--2----------5-4----|
|-------------------|-----------------2--|
|
| +W +W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(4)---------------|-(4)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------7-|
|-(2)-2-3---2---3---|--2----3---2-0-----|
|
| W +W
|--9----------------|-------------------|
|--7----------------|-------------------|
|--6----------------|-(6)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(7)---------------|-----------------2--|
|-----2-3---2---3---|--2----3---2-0------|
|
| +W +W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(6)---------------|-(6)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------4---4-------|
|-----4---4-------|-------------------|
|-2-2---2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| W +W
|-7---------------|-(7)---------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
|-4---------------|-(4)---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----4-5-4-2-------|-----7-5-4-2--------||
|-------------5-4-2-|-------------5-4----||
|-------------------|-----------------3--||
|
| +W +W
|-(7)---------------|-(7)----------------||
|-(5)---------------|-(5)----------------||
|-(4)---------------|-(4)----------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$$
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------2-0---------|
|-------5---------0-|--(0)-0-----4---0-2-|
|-(3)-5---2-3-5-----|--------------3-----|
|
| W +W
|-19----------------|-(19)---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-16----------------|-(16)---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------4---5---4---|--------2---2-4------|
|------2---2---2---2-|---0--2---0----------|
|--------------------|------------------3--|
|
| +W +W
|-(19)---------------|-(19)----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-(16)---------------|-(16)----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------2-0---------|
|-------5---------0-|--(0)-0-----4---0-2-|
|-(3)-5---2-3-5-----|--------------3-----|
|
| <
| W +W
|-19----------------|-(19)---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-16----------------|-(16)---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------4---5---4---|--------2---2-4------||
|------2---2---2---2-|---0--2---0----------||
|--------------------|------------------3--||
|
| +W +W
|-(19)---------------|-(19)----------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-(16)---------------|-(16)----------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
Chorus
&
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------0-2-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-2-3-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-0-5-|---4---5---4-----o||
|-------------------|-------------0-3--||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----5-----------|-------2-------0-2-|
||--3-3---3-2-3-5-0-|-(0)-0---0-2-3-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------4---4-------|-----------------o||
|-(2)-2---2---2-0-5-|---4---5---4-----o||
|-------------------|-------------0-3--||
D.S. al Coda
+W +E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------------||
|------------|-----7-5-4---------||
|------------|-----------7-5-4---||
|-(3)--------|-(3)-------------2-||
Interlude
+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
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------7-|-(7)---------------|----------------2--|
|-(2)-2-3---2---3---|-2----3---2-0-----|-----2-3---2---3---|-2---3---2-0-------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H. Q W H E E Q
|--9----------------|-5------------7---|--9----------------|-5-------7-9-14----|
|--7----------------|-3------------5---|--7----------------|-3-----------------|
|--6----------------|-2------------4---|--6----------------|-2-------4-6-11----|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--------4----4-------|--------4---4--------|
|-(2)-2-----2---2---2-|------2---2---2----2-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q H. +H Q E E
|-14----12------------|-(12)-----------10-9-|
|-------10------------|-(10)----------------|
|-11-----9------------|--(9)------------7-6-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-----4-5-4-2----------|---2-2-2-4-5-4----|
|-------------4------2-|---------------2--|
|
| H. +Q H H
|-10------------(10)s==|=5----------------|
|--8-------------(8)s==|=3----------------|
|--7-------------(7)s==|=2----------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------7-|-(7)---------------|----------------2--|
|-2-2-3---2---3---|-2----3---2-0-----|-----2-3---2---3---|-2---3---2-0-------|
|
| W H. Q W H E E Q
|-9---------------|-5------------7---|--9----------------|-5-------7-9-14----|
|-7---------------|-3------------5---|--7----------------|-3-----------------|
|-6---------------|-2------------4---|--6----------------|-2-------4-6-11----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------4---4--------|
|---------4----4-------|---------------------|
|---2--2-----2---2---2-|------2---2---2--2-2-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
| +Q H. +H Q E E
|-(14)---12------------|-(12)-----------10-9-|
|--------10------------|-(10)----------------|
|-(11)----9------------|--(9)------------7-6-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------||
|-----4-5-4-2--------7-|-(7)-7-5-4-2--------||
|-------------5---4----|-------------5-4----||
|----------------------|-----------------3--||
|
| H. +Q H H
|-10------------(10)s==|==5-----------------||
|--8-------------(8)s==|==3-----------------||
|--7-------------(7)s==|==2-----------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
Breakdown
&&
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------2-|-(2)-------2--2----|-2-----2-2--0-----|
|-3-3---2-3-3---2-|-3-3---2-3-5-----|-----0---0-------0-|----0----------3--|
H.=H
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E e. e. e
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------2-|-(2)-------2--2----|
|-(3)-3---2-3-3---2-|-3-3---2-3-5-----|-----0---0-------0-|
SlowH=HQ=135
e. e. e e. e. E +W +H E Q E
|-----------------|------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|------------|-----------------||
|-2--2--2-2--0--0-|-(0)--------|-(0)------12\----||
|-----------------|------------|---------------3-||
Out-Chorus
A Tempo Q=162
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------0-2-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-2-3-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2---5-|---4---5---4-----o||
|-------------------|---------------3--||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----5-----------|---------------0-2-|
||--3-3---3-5-3-2-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-2-3-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------4-----4-----|-----------------o||
|-(2)-2---2-2---0-5-|---4---5---4-----o||
|-------------------|-------------0-3--||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----5-----------|-------2-------0-2-|
||--3-3---3-5-3-2-0-|-(0)-0---0-2-3-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------4---4-------|-----------------o||
|-(2)-2---2---2-0-5-|---4---5---4-----o||
|-------------------|-------------0-3--||
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------4-----------|
|-----5-----------|-------2-------0-2-|-(2)-2---2-5-4-2-5-|
|-3-3---3-5-3-2-0-|-(0)-0---0-2-3-----|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +W +W
|-----------------|------------|--------*|
|-----------------|------------|--------*|
|---4---5---4-----|------------|--------*|
|-------------0-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
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
