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BITTER PEACE (Bassline)
As recorded by SLAYER
(From the 1998 Album DIABOLUS IN MUSICA)
Transcribed by pfiell
Words and Music by Hanneman
Gtr I (Db Gb B E) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=80
4/4
Gtr I
H E. S S S E H E. S S S E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|---------0-/5-5-4-|---------0-/5-5-4-|
H E. S S S E H E. S S S E H E. S S S E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------0-/5-5-4-|---------0-/5-5-4-|---------0-/5-5-4-|
E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|
E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------5-4-------|
|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|-3-6-5-1-3-5-6-----5-4-1-|
E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-----------|
|-----------------|---------4-5---4-3-------|
|-3-6-5-3-6-5-4-1-|-3-6-5-1-----------5-4-1-|
E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|
E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4-|-0-2-1-0-2-1-0-5-5-4--|
Breakdown
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E Q E Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-/6-5-(5)----|-0-0-/6-5-(5)----|-0-0-/6-5-(5)----|-0-0-/6-5--/3-2----||
Interlude
Q=200
Wx10 H E Q. E Q. E Q.
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|------0-1----|-0------8-7----|
E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0------10-8----|-0------8-7----|-5-7----0-1-----|
Verse
PM--------| PM--------------------| PM--------------------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------8-----------|-------------6------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
PM--------| PM--------------------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------6-----------|-------------8------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
PM--------| PM------| PM--------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|---------------|-------------6------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-5-7----0-1----|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
PM--------| PM--------------------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------8-----------|-------------6-----------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1--|
PM--------| PM--------------------| PM--------------------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------8-----------|-------------6------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
Chorus
|----6----|
E E E E E E E 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
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|---------2-1-0---|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1----||-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3-2-1---|-----------------|---------4-3-2---|
|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|
|----6----| |----6----|
H E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x Wx2
||--------------|--------------------------||--------||
||o-------------|-------------------------o||--------||
||o------7-5----|-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o||--------||
||--0-----------|--------------------------||--------||
Verse
PM--------| PM--------------------| PM--------------------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------8-----------|-------------6------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
PM--------| PM--------------------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------6-----------|-------------8------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
PM--------| PM------|
|----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q.
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------6-----------|---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-5-7----0-1----|
Q=100
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-||
Chorus
Q=200
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------2-1-0---|-----------------|---------3-2-1---|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------4-3-2---|-----------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-2----3----|
H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-0----2----|-3----7----|-6----1----||
Interlude
E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-0------8-7----|-0------10-8----|-0------8-7----|-5-7----0-1----||
Guitar Solo 1
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------1-----------|-------------------------|-------------1------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------1-----------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------1-----------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2----|
Guitar Solo 2
2/4 4/4
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E 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
|--------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------||-------------2-----------|--------------------------|
|-0-2----||-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------2-----------|-------------------------|-------------2------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3--|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------2-----------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|----6----|
E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q.
|--------------------|---------------||
|--------------------|---------------||
|--------------------|---------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2----|-0-3----0-2----||
Interlude
W W W H E Q.
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------0-1----|
Verse
Q=100
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q 3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------6-5-4---|-----------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------5-|-----------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4----||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------6-5-4---|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-|------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|
2/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|----------------------------|-------|
|----------------------------|-------|
|----------------------------|-2--1--|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3--|-------|
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 S S S S Q 3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------6-5-4---|----------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------5-|----------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------6-5-4---|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-|------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|
Out-Chorus
Q=200
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------2-1-0---|-----------------|---------3-2-1---|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-------2-|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2----3----|-0----2----|-3----7----|-6----1----|
Outro
1.
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|-1--------|----------|-1-----||
2.
E Q. E Q. H E Q. H E Q. E Q. H
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
|-0------8-7----|------10-8----|------8-7----|-5-7---------*|
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
