Death – Painkiller (Bass Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)
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PAINKILLER (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Halford, Tipton & Downing
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Scott Clendenin'
Intro
Q=128 Q=104
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Wx4
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
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
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7-----8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7-----8---------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-6-6--||
Verse
Double time feel Q=208
$
$$
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 Q 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7---|---8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7---|---8------------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0-6--6----||Chorus
Half time feel Q=104
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 Q Q Q |-------------------------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-------------| |-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--5--3--2--| |-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
D.S.
D.S.
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-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--2--3--5--||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
Interlude
Wx2 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 E
|------------|-------------------5-----4-------|-------------------5-----4-----|
|------------|-4-----5-----4---------------4h5-|-4-----5-----4---------------5-|
|------------|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----|---2-2---2-2---3-3---3-3---3---|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q=208
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
||------------------|---5-----4-------|-----------------|---5-----4--------||
||o-4-----5-----4---|-------------4h5-|-4-----5-----4---|-------------5---o||
||o---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2-----|---2-2---2-2---3-|-3---3-3---3-----o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||Bridge
Q=104
|----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S E. ||-------------------------------------------| ||o------------------------------------------| ||o------------------------------------------| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-3--|
|----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S E. |--------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-5----||
|----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S E. ||-------------------------------------------| ||o------------------------------------------| ||o------------------------------------------| ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-(6)-6--|
|----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S E. |--------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------o|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-(6)-8----||
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8-|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8--|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-6-6-8-8-|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8--||
Guitar Solo I
Q=208
3/4 4/4
Wx2 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||------------------|-----------------|
|----------||o-6-----7-----6---|---7-----6-------|
|----------||o---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-7p4-|
|----------||------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6-----7-----6---|---7------------o||
|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4-2--2---o||
|-----------------|-----------------||
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 Q 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-6-----7-----6---|---7-----6-------|-6-----7-----6---|---7-----------o||
||----4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-7p4-|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4-2--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 E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.,2.,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 E E E E Q Q 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-7--7---o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
4.
Q Q Q Q Q H.
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|-4--0--2--4--|-5--7-----|
1.,2.,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 E E E E Q Q 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-6-----7-----6---|---7-----6-------|-6-----7-----6---|---7-----------o||
||----4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-7p4-|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4-2--5---||
4.
D.S.S. al Coda
|-3-|
W Q Q Q H
|----------|------------||
|----------|------------||
|----------|------------||
|-4--------|-5-4-2-4----||Q=104
&
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 Q Q Q |-------------------------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-------------| |-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--7--5--4--| |-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
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 Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-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--4--5--7--||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
Interlude
Q=208
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
||------------------|---5-----4-------|-----------------|---5-----4--------||
||o-4-----5-----4---|-------------4h5-|-4-----5-----4---|-------------5---o||
||o---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2-----|---2-2---2-2---3-|-3---3-3---3-----o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||Q=104
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-| |-------------------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5--| |--------------------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-5-5-| |-------------------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
Breakdown
Q=208
W W E E H. H H
|----------|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|----------|-0-0---------|------6\----|
E E H. W E E H. W
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-0-----------|----------|-0-0---------|------|
Out-Chorus
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 Q 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7---|---8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7---|---8------------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0-6--6----||
Q=104
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
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7-----8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7-----8---------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-6-6--||
Guitar Solo II
Q=208 1.,2.,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 E E E E Q Q 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-4-----5-----4---|---5-----4-------|-4-----5-----4---|---5-----------o||
||----2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2-5p2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-0--0---||
4.
5/4
E E E E H +W 3x +H. +H
|--------------||--------------||-----------------||
|--------------||o------------o||-----------------||
|---5----------||o------------o||-----------------||
|-2---2-2-0----||--(0)---------||-(0)------(0)----||
Outro
Q=98 H.=H Q=50
4/4 3/4 4/4
H H Q Q Q Q +Q H +W 4x E E H.
|-----------|----------|--------------||--------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|--------------||o------------o||------------*|
|-----------|----------|--------------||o------------o||------------*|
|-2----2----|-2--7--5--|-4--(4)--3----||--(3)---------||-2\---------*|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