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BITE THE PAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Scott Clendenin'
Gtr II (A D G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
W Q H. W Q H.
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
|-5--------|-5----------|-3--------|----------|
|----------|------------|----------|-5--------|
|----------|------------|----------|----------|
W Q Q. E Q W Q Q H
|----------|----------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------------|----------|-------------|
|-5--------|-5-------5s12\--|-3--------|-------------|
|----------|----------------|----------|-5-----------|
|----------|----------------|----------|-------3/----|
Verse
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--5--------|----------|-3--------|-------||
||o----------|-6--------|----------|-3----o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
Q=174
W W W H H Q H Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|-------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|-------------||
|-5--------|----------|-3--------|-----------|-------------||
|----------|-6--------|----------|-7----6----|-12s=7s===0--||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|-------------||
Pre-Verse
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S Q
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0----|
||--------------------------|---------------------3--|
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3----o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Verse
$
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S Q
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0----|
||--------------------------|---------------------3--|
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3----o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Bridge
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------16----------------------|-------16----17-------14-|
|----15----15-------------------|----15----15----15-------|
|-14----------14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14----------------14----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------16----------------------|-------16----17-------14---|
|----15----15-------------------|----15----15----15---------|
|-14----------14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14----------------14------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E
|------13----------------|------13----14-------11-|
|---11----11-------------|---11----11----12-------|
|-9----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------------10----|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E
|------13----------------|------13----14-------11---||
|---11----11-------------|---11----11----12---------||
|-9----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------------10------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E +Q
||----------------------|------------------|
||o-----6---------------|-----6------------|
||----4---4-------------|---4---4----------|
||o-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-------2-3-(3)--|
||----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E +Q
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----6---------------|-----6-------------o||
|---4---4-------------|---4---4------------||
|-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-------2-3-(3)---o||
|---------------------|--------------------||
~
E E E E q E E E q E E E Q
|----------------|---5----6-8-9--|
|---6---4----4-6-|-7-------------|
|-4---7---6------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
To Coda
E E E q E E E E q E E E Q Wx4
|-13-11----------14----|---------------------|--------|
|-------14-13-------11-|-13-11----10-11-10\--|--------|
|----------------------|---------------------|--------|
|----------------------|---------------------|--------|
|----------------------|---------------------|--------|
E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-----7------------|-6--------5-------|-----7------------|-6--------5--------||
|---5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3---3-|---5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3------||
|-3------------2---|--------------1---|-3------------2---|--------------1----||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o-----7------------|-6--------5-------|
||----5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3---3-|
||o-3------------2---|--------------1---|
||-------------------|------------------|
E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|-----7------------|-6--------5-------o||
|---5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3------||
|-3------------2---|--------------1---o||
|------------------|-------------------||
~
E E E E q E E E q E E E Q
|----------------|---5----6-8-9--|
|---6---4----4-6-|-7-------------|
|-4---7---6------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
E E E q E E E E q E E E Q
|-13-11----------14----|----------------------||
|-------14-13-------11-|-13-11----10-11-10\---||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
Bridge
Q=154
E E H. E E H. E E H. E E H.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|---6---------|-7-----------|---6---------|-7---------|
|-4-----------|---4---------|-0-----------|---3-------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---6-----------------|-7-------------------|
|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---6-----------------|-7---------------------||
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
Solo (Hamm)
E S S 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
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--6-------------7-------------|-6-------------7-------------|
||o---4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E S S 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 4x W
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||------||
|-6-------------7-------------|-6-------------7--------------||------||
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-o||------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
S S S S S S S S E Q. S S S S S S S S E E Q
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|-----------------6------|
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-7--|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E Q. S S S S S S S S E E Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------6--------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-7----|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E Q. S S S S S S S S E E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------6------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-7--|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Q=174
S S S S S S S S E Q. H H W
|------------------------|------------||------||
|------------------------|-----------o||------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|------------||------||
|------------------------|-5----1----o||------||
|------------------------|------------||------||
Pre-Verse
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S Q
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0----|
||--------------------------|---------------------3--|
D.S. al Coda
2/4
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S Q H
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------||
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-3--o||------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------||
Bridge Cont.
&
4/4
Wx4 E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------|-----7------------|-6--------5-------|
|------------|---5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3---3-|
|------------|-3------------2---|--------------1---|
|------------|------------------|------------------|
E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|-----7------------|-6--------5--------||
|---5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3------||
|-3------------2---|--------------1----||
|------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o-----7------------|-6--------5-------|
||----5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3---3-|
||o-3------------2---|--------------1---|
||-------------------|------------------|
E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|-----7------------|-6--------5-------o||
|---5---5-(5)----4-|---4-(4)----3------||
|-3------------2---|--------------1---o||
|------------------|-------------------||
~
E E E E q E E E q E E E Q E E E q E E E E q E E E Q
|----------------|---5----6-8-9--|-13-11----------14----|---------------------*|
|---6---4----4-6-|-7-------------|-------14-13-------11-|-13-11----10-11-10---*|
|-4---7---6------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
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
