At the Gates – Terminal Spirit Disease (Bass Tab)
B Tuning (B-E-A-D)
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TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE (Bassline)
As recorded by At the Gates
(From the 1994 Album TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE)
Transcribed by Erik Dietrich
Words and Music by At the Gates
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=203
3/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o-7--7--7--|-5--5--5--|-3--3--3--|-3--3--3--|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------o||
|-3--3--3--|-2--2--2--|-0--0--0--|-0--0--0--o||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
Q.=176
12/8
Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E E E E Q E Q.
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------2--2-2----|------------3--3-3-----|
||--0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------------|
Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E E E E Q. Q E
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|------------2--2-2----|------------2---------o||
|-0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------3--2--||
Verse
Q.=172
$
9/8
Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q.
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-0--0-----------|-0--0-----------|-0--0-----------|-0--0------/12\----|
Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q.
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3--3-----------|-3--3-----------|-3--3-----------|-3--3-----------|
E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||-||---------------------||------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-||o-------------------o||------------------|
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||------------------|
||---------------------||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
Chorus
Q.=169
Q E +Q. +Q. Q E +Q. Q. Q E +Q. +Q. Q. +H.
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10--10-(10)---(10)---|-10----(10)----|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-7--7-(7)---10----|----------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|---------------|
Q E +Q. +Q. Q E +Q. Q. Q E +Q. +Q. H. +Q.
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10--10-(10)---(10)---|-----------------|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-7--7-(7)---10----|----------------------|-10-------(10)---|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
Q E +Q. +Q. +Q. +Q. Q. Q. +H. +Q. +H.
|------------------|-------------7----|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-10----(10)------|-(10)---(10)----|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-(7)---(7)--------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
Q E +Q. +Q. Q E +Q. Q. Q E +H. H. +Q.
|------------------|------------7----|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-10--10-(10)------|-----------------|
|-7--7-(7)---(7)---|-7--7-(7)--------|------------------|-10-------(10)---|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
Main Riff
Q.=176
12/8
Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E E E E Q E Q.
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------2--2-2----|------------3--3-3-----|
||--0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------------|
Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E E E E Q. Q E
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|------------2--2-2----|------------2---------o||
|-0--0-0h2h3-----------|-0--0-0h2h3------3--2--||
Intro Riff
Q=203
3/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o-7--7--7--|-5--5--5--|-3--3--3--|-3--3--3--|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
D.S.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------o||
|-3--3--3--|-2--2--2--|-0--0--0--|-0--0--0--o||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
Breakdown
Q.=171
12/8
Q E E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------2-----|
|-0--0-7S6-6-6----6S5-5-|-5----5S3-3-3-----3--|
Q. E E E Q. E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-----------7--5--|
|-0----7S6-6-6----6-7-6-|----6--5--3--------|
Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-7---------------------|---------------2-----|
|------7S6-6-6----6S5-5-|-5----5S3-3-3-----3--|
Q. E E E Q. E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-----------7--5--|
|-0----7S6-6-6----6-7-6-|----6--5--3--------|
Bridge/Guitar Solo
9/8
Q Q Q Q E Q Q Q Q E Q Q Q Q E Q Q Q Q.
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o-7--7--5--7--7-|-7--7--5--7--7-|-7--7--5--7--7-|-7--7--5--7----|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q E Q Q Q Q E Q Q Q Q E Q Q Q Q.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|-3--3--1--3--3-|-3--3--1--3--3-|-3--3--1--3--3-|-3--3--1--3-----||
Q E Q. Q. 4x Q E Q. Q. 4x
||------------------||-||------------------||
||o----------------o||-||o----------------o||
||o----------------o||-||o----------------o||
||--0--0------------||-||--3--3------------||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
||o-------------------o||------------------|
||---------------------||------------------|
E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
||o-------------------o||------------------|
||---------------------||------------------|
E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E Q.
||---------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
Outro
Q.=168
12/8
Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-0----7s6--6----6s5--|-5----5S3--3--0--3--|
Q. E Q Q. E E E E Q Q. Q Q Q
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------7--5--|
|-0----7----6----6-5-5-|-0---------0--------|
Q E E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q Q Q
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||o-7--7------------------|---------------2-----|
||-------7S6-6-6----6S5-5-|-5----5S3-3-3-----3--|
Q. E E E Q. E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x Q. +Q. H.
|-----------------------|--------------------||-------------------*|
|-----------------------|-------------------o||-------------------*|
|-----------------------|-5-----------7--5--o||-7----(7)\---------*|
|-0----7S6-6-6----6-7-6-|----6--5--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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths