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THE RIVER DRAGON HAS COME (Bassline)
As recorded by Nevermore
(From the 2000 Album DEAD HEART IN A DEAD WORLD)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Jeff Loomis / Warrel Dane
Arranged by Jeff Loomis / Warrel Dane
Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
Wx16
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|---------||
|---------||
|---------||
Bridge
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 Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6----||
Verse
<
E. E. E Q Q W S E E S S S E Q. H +H
||----------------|----------|--------------------|--------------||
||o---------------|----------|--------------------|-------------o||
||o---------------|----------|--------------------|-------------o||
||--0--0--0-0-----|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-1----(1)-----||
Interlude
$
E. E. E E Q. W S E E S S S E Q. W
||-----------------|----------|--------------------|-------||
||o----------------|----------|--------------------|------o||
||o----------------|----------|--------------------|------o||
||--0--0--0-0------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-------||
Pre-Chorus
Q.=130
12/8
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------2-----|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--1--5--|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------2-----|
||--2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--5--5---||
Chorus
Q=140
4/4
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3----|-5-------5----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------3----3--|------5----5--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|
To Coda
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3-------3----|-2-------2----|-----------------|----------------||
|------3----3--|------2----2--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6--||
Interlude #2
D.S. al Coda
E. E. E Q Q W S E E S S S Q Q W
||----------------|----------|-------------------|--------||
||o---------------|----------|-------------------|-------o||
||o---------------|----------|-------------------|-------o||
||--0--0--0-0-----|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|--------||
Chorus
&
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3----|-5-------5----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------3----3--|------5----5--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3-------3----|-2-------2----|-----------------|----------------||
|------3----3--|------2----2--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6--||
Guitar Solo
H. +E E +H +E E E E W Q. E Q Q
||-----------------|------------------|----------|----------------||
||o-------------/7-|-(7)----(7)-5-2---|----------|---------------o||
||o-0-------(0)----|----------------3-|-0--------|-1----1--------o||
||-----------------|------------------|----------|--------1--3----||
Harmony Lead
S S S S S S S S E E Q W S S S S S S S S E E Q W
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q W S S S S S S S S E E Q W
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|------------------------|----------|------------------------|------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|----------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|-2-----2-2-2----|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------3---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|-2-----2-2-2-----|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------2--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1-|-1-----1-1-1----|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-------------2---||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1-|-1-----1-1-1-----||
Guitar Solo #2
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1.
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
2.
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-------------||
Pre-Chorus
Q.=130
12/8
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------2-----|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--1--5--|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------2-----|
||--2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-2--2-2-3s2-2-3-5---5-3-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-2--2-2-3s2-2--2-2-3s2-|-1--1-1-1-1-5--5--5---||
Out-Chorus
Q=140
4/4
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0-|
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-3-------3----|-5-------5----|-----------------|------------------|
||-------3----3--|------5----5--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-1-0--|
1.
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-3-------3----|-2-------2----|-----------------|----------------o||
|------3----3--|------2----2--|-3s1-0-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-1s3-0-0-0-6---||
2.
E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------*|
|--------------|--------------*|
|--------------|--------------*|
|-3-1-0-1------|-0-1-3-0------*|
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
----------------
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
