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THE DEVIL TO PAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 2004 Album THE GLORIOUS BURDEN (GETTYSBURG 1863))
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Jon Schaffer
Arranged by livingzombie & Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
Wx23 E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------3-2-----|
|-------------|---0-3-5-----3-5-|
Chorus
$
$$
Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|---------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-1-|
To Coda
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------3-2--o||
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0-3-------||
Verse
Q E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-8-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-(0)-0-0-3--3-0-3-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-8-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-(0)-0-0-3--3-0-3-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-8-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
D.S.
D.S.
+E E E S S E E E E +E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|------------------|---------3-2-------||
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-(0)-0-0-3--3-3-3-|-3-0-3-5-----3-5---||
2nd Chorus Ending
&
Q 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
|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------3-2-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0-3-----|
Harmony Section
Q.=98
12/8
>
W. +W. +W. +W.
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|-5-------------|-(5)------------|-(5)------------|-(5)----|
Bridge
Q=142
4/4
Wx35 Q E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||--5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-5-3--3-3-3-|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------||
|----------------|--------------------o||
|----------------|--------------------o||
|-5--1-1-1-1-5-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E E Q E E S S E Q E Q E Q E E Q E E S S E Q E Q E Q
||-------------------|--------------|------------------|----------------||
||o------------------|--------------|------------------|---------------o||
||o------------------|-3------------|------------------|-7----7----7---o||
||--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|----5-3--5-3--|-5-5-1--5-5-5-5-5-|----5----5------||
E E Q E E S S E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E S S E Q E E E E E E
||--------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||o-----7\------------|-5--5-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
||--0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|------------------|------------------||
E E Q E E S S E Q E Q E Q E E Q E E S S E Q E Q E Q
||-------------------|--------------|------------------|----------------||
||o------------------|--------------|------------------|---------------o||
||o------------------|-3------------|------------------|-7----7----7---o||
||--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|----5-3--5-3--|-5-5-1--5-5-5-5-5-|----5----5------||
E E Q E E S S E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E S S E Q E E E E E E
||--------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||o-----7\------------|-5--5-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
||--0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|------------------|------------------||
2nd Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
3rd Bridge
H E S S E E +H E S S E E +H E S S E E +E S S E Q S S E E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)----3-0-2-3-5-|-(5)----5-5-5-0-8-|-(8)-8-8-8-7--7-7-5-0--|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
+H E S S E E +H E S S E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||o-(0)----0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)----3-0-2-3-5-|
||-------------------|------------------|
+H E S S E E +E S S E Q S S E E
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-(5)----5-5-5-0-8-|-(8)-8-8-8-7--7-7-5-0-o||
|------------------|-----------------------||
+H E S S E E +H E S S E E +H E S S E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(0)----0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)----3-0-2-3-5-|-(5)----5-5-5-0-8-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Q=120
+E S S E Q S S E E +W +W
|----------------------|------------|--------||
|----------------------|------------|--------||
|-(8)-8-8-8-7--7-7-5-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
|----------------------|------------|--------||
Final Verse
Q=112
Q E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-8-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-(0)-0-0-3--3-0-3-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-8-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-(0)-0-0-3--3-0-3-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-8-|
+E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-6-|
+E E E S S E E E E +E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|------------------|---------3-2-------||
|-(6)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-(0)-0-0-3--3-3-3-|-3-0-3-5-----3-5---||
Out-Chorus
Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|---------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-1-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------3-2--o||
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0-3-------||
Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-1-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------|-----------------|------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------3-2-|------*|
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-0-3-----|-5----*|
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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
