Death – Leprosy (Bass Tab)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F)
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LEPROSY (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1988 Album LEPROSY)
Transcribed by Ben Price
Words and Music by Chuck Shuldiner
Arranged by Death
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Untitled'
Q=85
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
||-------------|-------------||-||-------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------o||-||o------------|------------o||
||o-1--2--5----|-0--1--4----o||-||o-1--2--5----|-0--1--4----o||
||-------------|-------------||-||-------------|-------------|||-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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---2-3-|-----------------------------|| ||o---3-4---3-4-0-----0-----|---2-3---2-3---6-7---6-7----o|| ||o-1-----1-----------------|-0-----0-----4-----4--------o|| ||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
$
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------| ||--------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 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-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x |---------------------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------o|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--o|| |---------------------------------------------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------| |-------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 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-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4-3-1-3--------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------4-3----|
|----------------------------------------|
Q=220
W H Q Q W +H H
||-----------|------------|----------|------------|
||o----------|------------|----------|------------|
||o----------|-2----3-----|----------|------------|
||--1--------|---------3--|-0--------|-(0)----0---|
W H Q Q W +H H 3x
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|------------|----------|-------------o||
|----------|-3----2-----|----------|-------------o||
|-1--------|---------3--|-0--------|-(0)----0-----||
W H Q Q W +H H W H Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-2----3-----|----------|-------------|----------|-3----2------|
|-1--------|---------3--|-0--------|-(0)----0----|-1--------|---------3---|
Q=142
E E Q H H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------1-|-------5-4-------|-------5-4-------|
|-0-----------|-------------|-3-5-6-----5-6-5-|-3-5-6-----5-6-5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------7-6-------|-------7-6-------|-------6-5-------|-------6-5-------|
|-5-7-8-----7-8-7-|-5-7-8-----7-8-7-|-4-6-7-----6-7-6-|-4-6-7-----6-7-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------6-5-------|-------6-5-------|-------5-4-------|-------5-4-------|
|-4-6-7-----6-7-6-|-4-6-7-----6-7-6-|-3-5-6-----5-6-5-|-3-5-6-----5-6-5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------7-6-------|-------7-6-------|-------6-5-------|-------6-5-------|
|-5-7-8-----7-8-7-|-5-7-8-----7-8-7-|-4-6-7-----6-7-6-|-4-6-7-----6-7-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q=220
E E H. W W H Q Q
|-------------|----------|----------|------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------------|
|-2-----------|----------|----------|------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------3--3--|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------------|-4-------------5----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-4-------------5-------------|-4---------------------|
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
|-----------------------------|---------------3--3----|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-----------------5-------------|-4-------------5----------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-4-------------5-------------|-4---------------------o||
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-0--0-----||
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-----------------5-------------|-4-------------5----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2----|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
To Coda
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-4-------------5-------------|-4----------------------------o||
|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3----------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------3--3------------||
Q=122
W W W H. E E
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|------------o||
||--0--------|-4--------|-1--------|-3-----3-1---||
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-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
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 E E 4x
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----||
Q=220
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-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
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 4x
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------1-1-1-1-----------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---------1-1-1-1----||
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-2-2-2---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-2-2-2---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-2-2-2---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------2----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
D.S. al Coda &
W W Q H.
|----------|----------||----------*|
|----------|----------||----------*|
|-1--------|-3--------||----------*|
|----------|----------||-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
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| - 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