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CHEMO THERAPY (Bassline)
As recorded by Pestilence
(From the 1988 Album MALLEUS MALEFICARUM)
Transcribed by Matthew Williams AKA autumnlrds
Music by Pestilence
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass1'
Drum Fill [00:00[00:02:45]
Q=130
5/4 4/4
Gtr I
W Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------||----------------------------------|
|-------------||o---------------------------------|
|-------------||o-3p2-----3p2-----3p2-1-2-1-1-1-1-|
|-------------||------0-0-----0-0-----------------|
S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S E E
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------1---|
|-2p1-1-1-2p1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-----|
|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------1--o||
|-3p2-----3p2-----3p2-1-2-1-1-1-1-|-2p1-----2p1-----3-3-3-3-2-2-2-3----o||
|-----0-0-----0-0-----------------|-----0-0-----0-0---------------------||
[00:17:25]
Q=123
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-|-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-|-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Double Time Feel Q=130
8/8
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-1-3-2-4-1-3-2-|-4-1-3-2-4-1-3-2-|-4-1-3-2-4-1-3-2-|-4-1-3-2-4-1-3-2-|
[00:32:40]
Q=248
6/4 4/4 6/4
E Q. E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q W Q Q q W q
|----------------------||---------------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------------------||---------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-8------8------10--9--||-8-------------||----------10--9--|-8----------------|
|----------------------||--------10--9--||-----------------|-------------5----|
Q=249
6/4 4/4 6/4
W Q Q E Q. Q Q W Q Q q W q
|-----------------||---------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||---------------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------10--9--||-8-------------||----------10--9--|-8----------------|
|-----------------||--------10--9--||-----------------|-------------5----|
[00:43:10]
Q=253
6/4 4/4
|-4:3-| |-4:3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
||----------------------------||--------------||
||o---------------------------||--------------||
||o---------------------------||--------5--4--||
||--1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-3--2--||-1--0-0-------||
6/4
|-4:3-| |-4:3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-3--2--|-1--0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
[00:53:40]
Q=254 1.,2.,3. 4.
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q 4x Q E E Q E E
||------------------|-----------------|--------------------||----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-5-5-(5)\--o||-6--0-0-5-------|
||--3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------------||-----------0-0--|
[01:04:65]
Q=267
7/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E Q E Q 8x Q H.
||-----------------------------||----------|
||o---------------------------o||----------|
||o---------------------------o||-7--------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5--7-6---||----------|
[01:18:30]
Q=255
6/4 4/4
|-4:3-| |-4:3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
||----------------------------||--------------||
||o---------------------------||--------------||
||o---------------------------||--------5--4--||
||--1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-3--2--||-1--0-0-------||
6/4
|-4:3-| |-4:3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-3--2--|-1--0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
[01:39:10]
Q=254 1.,2.,3. 4.
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q 4x Q E E Q E E
||------------------|-----------------|--------------------||----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-5-5-(5)\--o||-6--0-0-5-------|
||--3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------------||-----------0-0--|
[01:50:30]
Q=272
7/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E Q E Q 7x E E E E E E E E E Q E Q +Q
||-----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5--7-6---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-5--7-6--(6)\--|
Guitar Solo 1 [02:02:70]
Q=130
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7--------------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8--------------------------|-10--------------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-8--------------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q=134
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7--------------------------|-8--------------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10--------------------------|-8--------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Double Time Feel Q=128
8/8
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o-7---------------------------|
||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8--------------------------|-10--------------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------o||
|-8--------------------------o||
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Guitar Solo 2 [02:32:45]
Q=130
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E
||------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------o||--------------------------------|
||o-----------------6-6-6-6-5-5-(5)\-o||-----------------6-6-6-6-5-(5)\-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E
||------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------o||--------------------------------|
||o-----------------6-6-6-6-5-5-(5)\-o||-----------------6-6-6-6-5-(5)\-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
Q=111 H.=H Q=100
4/4 7/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H. +E
||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
||o-8-5-7-6-8-5-7-6-o||-8-5-7-6-8-5-7-6-|-8-5-7-6-8-5-7-6-||-(6)------(6)--|
||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
[02:58:15]
Q=216
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-10-9-7--9-7-6-9-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------||
Q=212
E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E
||-------------------||-----------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|
||o---------2---1---o||---------2---1-0-|
||--1-1-1-1---4---3--||-1-1-1-1---4-----|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E 4x
||------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-10-9-7--9-7-6-9--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------||
[03:20:50]
Q=120
H H E E E E E E E E H H E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------|-----------------||------------|------------------||
|-----------|---7-5-4---------||o-----------|---7-5-4---------o||
|------2----|-3-------7-5-3-2-||o------2----|-3-------7-5-3-2-o||
|-0---------|-----------------||--0---------|------------------||
[03:37:00]
Q=130
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|--------------||-|
||o-------------|-------------|-2---1-------o||-|
||o---5---------|---5---------|---3---2-3-2-o||-|
||--4---6-4-5-6-|-4---6-4-5-6-|--------------||-|
Q=133
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|----------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-2---1---------o||
||o---5---------|---5---------|---3---2-3-2---o||
||--4---6-4-5-6-|-4---6-4-5-6-|----------------||
Guitar Solo 3 [03:53:35]
Q=120
4/4
H H E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------|------------------||
||o-----------|---7-5-4---------o||
||o------2----|-3-------7-5-3-2-o||
||--0---------|------------------||
[04:11:50]
Q=255 1.,2.,3. 4.
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q 4x Q E E Q E E
||------------------|-----------------|--------------------||----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-5-5-(5)\--o||-6--0-0-5-------|
||--3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------------||-----------0-0--|
[04:20:63]
Q=267
7/4
E E E E E E E E E Q E Q 7x
||-----------------------------||
||o---------------------------o||
||o---------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5--7-6---||
Q=128
11/8 5/4
E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. +E Q Q
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------||------4----(4)\-1--2----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5/--||-16\--------------------|
[04:33:45]
Q=132
N.C.
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------1-|
|-3p2-----3p2-----3p2-1-2-1-1-1-1-|-2p1-1-1-2p1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-3---|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----------------|-----------------------------------|
Q=135
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------1--|
|-3p2-----3p2-----3p2-1-2-1-1-1-1-|-2p1-----2p1-----3-3-3-3-2-2-2-3----|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----------------|-----0-0-----0-0--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3p2-----3p2-----3p2-1-2-1-1-1-1-|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----------------|
S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S E E S S E H.
|-----------------------------------|-------------*|
|---------------------------------1-|-------------*|
|-2p1-----2p1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-3---|-3p2---------*|
|-----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
