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CIRCLE OF FEAR (Bassline)
As recorded by H.I.M.
(From the 2003 Album LOVE METAL)
Words by Ville Valo
Music by H.I.M.
Arranged by H.I.M.
Transcribed by vitaha_z
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'bass'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'drum'
Intro
Q=131
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
Q Q W +W +W +H Q Q
|-------||-----------|------------|------------|-----------------||
|-------||o----------|------------|------------|----------------o||
|-------||o----------|------------|------------|----------------o||
|-3--3--||--5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----3--3-----||
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-7--------|-(7)----------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------3--3--|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||
Pre-Verse
W W W H H
||-------------|-(5)--------|------------|----------------||
||o-(7)--------|------------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)----o||
||o------------|------------|------------|---------------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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
Verse
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-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E Q Q
|------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-----------------o||---------7--7----||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3---------||
Chorus
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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------o||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|---------------8-|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|---------------8-|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D.S.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
Breakdown
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------x--|
||o--x--(x)--x--(x)--x--(x)--x--(x)-|--x--(x)--x--(x)--x--(x)--x---x--|
||o--x-------x-------x-------x------|--x-------x-------x-------x------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-|-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)--o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------x----||
|--x--(x)--x--(x)--x--(x)--x--(x)-|--x--(x)--x--(x)--x--(x)--x---x---o||
|--x-------x-------x-------x------|--x-------x-------x-------x-------o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
1. 2.
W W W H H H Q Q
||-----------|-5--------|----------|------------||--------------||
||o-7--------|----------|-5--------|-5----5----o||-5------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||------7--7----||
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||--------------||
Chorus
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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------o||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|---------------8-|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|---------------8-|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
Out-Chorus
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 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-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 Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|---------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3--||
Outro
W +W +W +H Q Q
||-----------|------------|------------|----------------||
||o----------|------------|------------|---------------o||
||o----------|------------|------------|---------------o||
||--5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----3--3----||
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-7--------|-(7)----------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------3--3--|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
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 16th
