THE TASTE OF INK (Bassline)
As recorded by The Used
(From the 2002 Album THE USED)
Words and Music by Robert C McCracken, Brandon Seineckert, Jeph Howard and Quinn Allman
Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Standard'
1st Verse
4/4
Gtr I
E Wx3 H E E Q q q E S S E S S
|---|------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---|------------|--------------|--------------------|
|---|------------|--------3s15--|--------------------|
|---|------------|--------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-5--|
|---|------------|--------------|--------------------|
q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E q q E S S S S E
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5---|--------------------|
|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------7-|-5--5----5-5-----5--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------5-----5-5----|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5----|
|-------------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------7--|
|-5--5--5---5-5-5-5-|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
q q E S S S S E q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-5--5----5-5-----5-|-------------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3--|
|-------5-----5-5---|-5--5--5---5-5-5-5-|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
q q E S S S S E q q S S E S S E H S S S S S S E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-5--5--5---5-7p5---|-------------------|------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|-----------------7-|-5--5------5-----5-|----------------------------||
|-------------------|-------5-5---5-5---|----------------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-1--------------------------||
Chorus
E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2--|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S +S S E S S S S E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------2--|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|---------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------||
2nd Verse
Wx3 H E E Q q q E S S E E
|------------|--------------|------------------|
|------------|--------------|------------------|
|------------|--------3s15--|------------------|
|------------|--------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5--|
|------------|--------------|------------------|
q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E q q S S E S S E
|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5---|-------7-7---7-7----|
|-3--3--3---3-3-3/-|-----------------7-|-5--5------5-----5--|
|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Chorus
E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------------||---------------------------|
|-----3-(3)-3-----3-3-3---3-3-3-||---------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1---------1-1---------------||---------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------2---|
|---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------2---|
|---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
E S S +S S E S S S S E E E S S +S S E S E S S S s S
|---------------------------|--------------7---7-----------||
|---------------------------|-/5-5-5-(5)-5---5---5-5-5-5---||
|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
Interlude
H. E E H +E E E E Q E E +Q E +E
|-------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-------5-5-|-----------------|-/7--7-7-(7)--7-(7)-|
|-------------|-5----(5)-5-5-5/-|---------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------------------|
H S S S S e E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q e E
|-5----5-5-5-------||-----7--------7---|----7--------7---|
|------------5-5-7-||o-5----5-(5)----5-|-4----4-(4)----4-|
|------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------||------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
Q E E +Q Q Q E E +E E S S E E S S +S S E +S E. e e
|----9--------9--|-----------------------------||----------------------------||
|-7----7-(7)-----|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-o||----------------------------||
|----------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------||
|----------------|----------------------------o||----------------------/8-/8-||
|----------------|-----------------------------||-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1--------||
3rd Verse
q q E S S E E q q E S S E E q q E S S E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-5--5--5---5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q q s S S S S S S S q q E S S E E q q E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5--5--0-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3/-|
|-----------------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
q q E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------------||
|-5--5--5---5-5-5-|---------------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
Chorus
E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2--|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E S S S S S S S S S S S E. E S S +S S E S S S S E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------2--|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S s S S S
|-------7-(7)---------------7-------|
|-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------12-(12)-------------------------------||
|-10-10---------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
Outro
q q E S S E E q q E S S E E q q E S S S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5--5--5---5-7p5---|
|-----------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|-----------------5-|
|-5--5--5---5-5-5-|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
q E S S E S S S S S S q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E
|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------5-5-7-7-7---7-7-|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5--5-------------------|-------------------|-3--3--3---3-3-3-|
|------------------------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
q q E S S S S E q q E S S S S E q q E S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-5--5--5---5-7p5---|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------7-|-5--5----5-5-----5-|------------------|
|-------------------|-------5-----5-5---|-5--5--5---5-5-5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
q q E S S E S S q q E S S E E q q E S S E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|-4--4--4---4-4-4-*|
|-------------------|-4--4--4---4-4-4-|-----------------*|
|-7--7--7---7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
