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THE BITTER END (Bassline)
As recorded by Sum 41
(From the 2004 Album CHUCK)

Transcribed by Oystein Jaren Samuelsen
	

Words and Music by Sum 41

Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Bass'

   Intro
    Fast Rock Q=204
   4/4
    Gtr I
    W          S S S S q  S S S S q    W
||-----------|-----------------------|----------|
||o----------|-----------------------|----------|
||o----------|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--|-4--------|
||--2--------|-----------------------|----------|


                   Main Riff
  E E Q  E E Q      q  H.        Wx3
|----------------||------------|--------|
|---------------o||------------|--------|
|---------------o||------------|--------|
|-5-5----4-4-----||-2----------|--------|


                                             Pre-Verse
                                                          2/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x     Wx3          H
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------|-------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o------------|------o||
||o-----------------|-----5-------4---o||-||o------------|------o||
||--0-2-3s2-0-2-3s2-|-0-2---2-0-2---2--||-||-------------|-------||


   Verse 1
   4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|


 1.                   2.
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E Q.
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------0-0-0-o||-----------0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------||-2-2-2-2-2-------|


    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E Q
||--------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|---------4-3----|
||o-9-----7-----|-5-----0--0--|-4-4-4-4--------|
||--------------|-------------|----------------|


  1.                    2.
              2/4      4/4
  Wx3          H        E E Q  E E Q
|------------|-------||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|-------||-2-2----2-2----||


  Guitar Break
   W          W          W          H    Q  Q
||----------|----------|----------|------------||
||----------|----------|----------|------------||
||----------|----------|----------|------------||
||-2--------|-0--------|-5--------|-4----3--3--||


   Verse 2
   4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|


 1.                   2.
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E Q.
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------0-0-0-o||-----------0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------||-2-2-2-2-2-------|


    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E Q
||--------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-------------|-------------|---------4-3----|
||o-9-----7-----|-5-----0--0--|-4-4-4-4--------|
||--------------|-------------|----------------|


  1.                    2.
              2/4      4/4
  Wx3          W        E E Q  E E Q
|------------|-------||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|------o||---------------||
|------------|-------||-2-2----2-2----||


   Interlude
                             1.
    W          +H.      E E   W
||-----------|--------------|----------|
||o----------|--------------|----------|
||o----------|--------------|-4--------|
||--2--------|-(2)------2-2-|----------|


                 2.
  +W             W          +H     E E Q
|-------------||----------|-----------------||
|------------o||----------|-----------------||
|-(4)--------o||-4--------|-(4)----4-4------||
|-------------||----------|-----------------||


   Pre-Solo
                             1.                           2.
                                                |-3-|
    W          +H.      E E   W          +H     Q Q Q     W          +W
||-----------|--------------|----------|---------------||----------|--------||
||o----------|--------------|----------|--------------o||----------|--------||
||o----------|--------------|-4--------|-(4)----------o||-4--------|-(4)----||
||--2--------|-(2)------2-2-|----------|--------0-0-0--||----------|--------||


   Main Solo
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.    4x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|-----------0----o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-------||


  Breakdown
   W          S S S S q  S S S S q    W          E E Q  E E Q
||----------|-----------------------|----------|---------------|
||----------|-----------------------|----------|---------------|
||----------|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--|-4--------|---------------|
||-2--------|-----------------------|----------|-5-5----4-4----|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E. S Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------2---|----------------|-------------2---|------------------|
|-0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3-0-2--|-0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3----3---|


   Verse 3
   4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-3-3-3-2--|-----------3-2-2-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|


 1.                   2.
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E Q.
|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------0-0-0-o||-----------0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------||-2-2-2-2-2-------|


                                                1.
                                                             2/4
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E Q    Wx3          W
||--------------|-------------|----------------|------------|-------||
||o-------------|-------------|---------4-3----|------------|------o||
||o-9-----7-----|-5-----0--0--|-4-4-4-4--------|------------|------o||
||--------------|-------------|----------------|------------|-------||


   Main Riff
    2.
   4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x E. S Q  E. S Q
||------------------|------------------||-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----5-------4---o||-----------------||
||--0-2-3s2-0-2-3s2-|-0-2---2-0-2---2--||-2-------2-------||


   Outro
                                                        1.
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E. S Q
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------2---|----------------|-------------2---|-----------------o||
||--0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3-0-2--|-0-0-2-0-3-0---0-|-3-0-2-0-3----3---||


  2.
  E E E E E. S E E   E. S Q  E. S Q    E. S Q  E. S Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-3-0-2-0-3----3s2-|-2-------5-------|-4-------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
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