Death – Empty Words (Bass Tab)
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EMPTY WORDS (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Kelly Conlon'
Verse
Q=100 Moderate Metal Q=121
$
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~ ~
Wx16 E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
|-------------|-3-2----------|-3-2------------|-3-2----------|--------------|
|-------------|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~
E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-8----|
|-3-2----------|-3-2------------|-3-2----------|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~
E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
|-3-2----------|-3-2------------|-3-2----------|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
Pre Chorus
Q=124
W W H H H H 4x
||-----------|----------|-----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
||o----------|----------|-----------|-4---------o||
||--5--------|-0--------|-5----1----|------4-----||
Q=118
~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
S S S S S S S S Q S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
~~~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||--------------------[6]--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
S S S S S S S S Q S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
~~~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||--------------------[6]--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
Q=112
3/4 5/8
H. H E
|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|
3/4 5/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
3/4 5/8
Q Q Q Q E. E.
||-----------|------------||
||o----------|-----------o||
||o-7--8--5--|-10--7--8--o||
||-----------|------------||Chorus
Fast Metal Q=160
To Coda
4/4
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
H S S S S S S S S H E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. 4x
||------------------------|--------------|--------7------|---------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------|-5--------5----|-7------9-----o||
||o--7--------------------|--------------|---3-----------|---5------7---o||
||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8----0-0-0-0-|---------------|---------------||
Solo Rythm
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 S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E 4x
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
Q=180
9/8
W +E W +E W +E W +E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--5--------(5)-|-0--------(0)-|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)--||
Q=176 1.,2.,3. 4.
W +E W +E W +E W +E 4x Q H..
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||------------|
||--0--------(0)-|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)-|-1--------(1)--||--1---------|Chorus
Q=160
D.S. al Coda
&
4/4
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
H S S S S S S S S H E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. 9x
||------------------------|--------------|--------7------|---------------|| ||o-----------------------|--------------|-5--------5----|-7------9-----o|| ||o--7--------------------|--------------|---3-----------|---5------7---o|| ||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8----0-0-0-0-|---------------|---------------||
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