Death – Scavenger Of Human Sorrow (Bass Tab)
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SCAVENGER OF HUMAN SORROW (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Scott Clendenin'
Intro
Q=98 Q.=98
$
4/4 9/8
Gtr I
Wx4 E S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|------------||-----------------------------|
|------------||o----------------------------|
|------------||-----------------------------|
|------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
|------------||-----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S E E E E S S S S
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------6---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---4-0-0-0-0-0---|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
12/8
S S S S S S Q. E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|------------------13-----------------||
|----------------------------|---------------13----13-------------o||
|----------------------------|---------11-14----------14-13-11-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----0-0-0-0-0-|------11-------------------------12-o||
|----------------------------|-9-12--------------------------------||
Verse
9/8
E S S S S S S S S S S Q. E S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-----|
|-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S Q. E S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------6-------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---4-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
1. 2. Q.=83
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------13-----------------||------------------13---------------|
|---------------13----13-------------o||---------------13----13----7-------|
|---------11-14----------14-13-11-----||---------11-14----------14---8-7---|
|------11-------------------------12-o||------11---------------------------|
|-9-12--------------------------------||-9-12------------------------------|
|-3-|
S e E S E E E S e E S E E E S e E S E E E S e E S S S S E E
||------------------------------|-----------3---------------------|
||o-----------3-------------2-3-|-3h5-5-3h5---5-3h5-5-3-5h7p5-----|
||--3h5-5-3h5---5-3h5-5-3h5-----|-----------------------------8-7-|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|~~ ~~
|-3-| |-3-|
S e E. e e e Q. S S S E E S e E. S S S S S S S S Q S S S E E
|-----------------------------|--------------13---------------------------------|
|--------7-8-5-7----5h7p5-----|--------14-15----15-14----14-15-14--5h7p5--------|
|-------------------------8-7-|-----------------------17-----------------8-7----|
|-9-9-9-----------------------|-9-9-9-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
1.
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|-3-|
S e E. e e e Q. S S S E E S e E. S S S S S S S S Q E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------13---------------------------||
|--------7-8-5-7----5h7p5-----|--------14-15----15-14----14-15-14--7-----o||
|-------------------------8-7-|-----------------------17-------------8-7--||
|-9-9-9-----------------------|-9-9-9------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
2. Q.=101
~~
S e E. S S S S S S S S Q E E E
|--------------13----------------------------|
|--------14-15----15-14----14-15-14--7-8-5---|
|-----------------------17-------------------|
|-9-9-9--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
||--------------------------|------------------7---6-|
||o-7-----------------------|--------------------8---|
||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-0-0---0-0-4----------|
||o-------------------------|-------3----------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-7-----------------------|-2-----0-----5----7-8-5---o||
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|---0-0---0-0---------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
||--------------------------|------------------7---6-|
||o-7-----------------------|--------------------8---|
||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-0-0---0-0-4----------|
||o-------------------------|-------3----------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
1. 2.
9/8
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-2-----0-----5----7-8-5-o||-2-----0-----5----|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------------||---0-0---0-0------|
|-------------------------|------------------------o||------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||------------------|
Pre-Chorus
Q=192
4/4
~ ~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q E E Q
||----------------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------7-----|
||--7-------------------------------|-7-10-9--9---10--|
||o---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------|
~ ~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q E E Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-7-10-9-----9-7--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------10------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q S S S S q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-3--|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q S S S S E +E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|------------5-5-5-5-7-(7)b9-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
Chorus
E 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
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------10-------------|-12-------------7-------------|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8-8-|----8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
~~
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9-------------7-------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-10-------------9s10-10----|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|----8-8-8-8-8-8------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|Q=202
|-3--|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-9-------------7-------------|-10-------------10-9-------12-| |---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0------10-12----| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
~~
|-3--| |--3--|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E q E E E Q |------------------------------|--------7--13-16-13-----| |-10-------------9-------------|-7-10-9-------------15--| |----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------|
|-3--|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E E |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-9-------------7-------------|-10-------------10-9-------12-| |---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0------10-12----| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
To Coda
~~
|-3--| |--3--|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E E q E E E Q W
|------------------------------|--------7--13-16-13------||------||
|-10-------------9-------------|-7-10-9-------------15--o||------||
|----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------||------||
|------------------------------|------------------------o||------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||------||
Bridge
Q=213
5/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o-8--------------|-8--------------|-8--------------|-8--------------o||
||-----6-----6-----|----6-----6-----|----6-----6-----|----6-----6------||
||o-------4-----4--|-------4-----4--|-------4-----4--|-------4-----4--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--9--------------|----------------|
||o----7-----7-----|-8--------------|
||--------5-----5--|----6-----6-----|
||o----------------|-------4-----4--|
||-----------------|----------------|
3/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
|-------7--------|-----------------|------------||
|----5-----5--6--|-----------------|----9------o||
|-3--------------|-4-----4---------|-7-----7----||
|----------------|----2-----2--/5--|-----------o||
|----------------|-----------------|------------||Solo (Schuldiner)
Q=166
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q ||-----------------------|-------------------| ||o----------------------|-------------------| ||-----------------------|-------------------| ||o-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-1--| ||-----------------------|-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x |----------------------|-----------------|| |----------------------|----------------o|| |----------------------|-----------------|| |-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-1--3--1--o|| |----------------------|-----------------|| Solo (Hamm) W H H W +W W H H W |----------|-----------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|------| |----------|-----------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|------| |-2--------|-3---------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-2--------|-3---------|------| |----------|------3----|----------|------------|----------|------3----|-0----| |----------|-----------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|------| +W W H H W +W |------------|----------|-----------|----------|------------| |------------|----------|-----------|----------|------------| |------------|-2--------|-3---------|-5--------|-(5)--------| |-(0)--------|----------|------3----|----------|------------| |------------|----------|-----------|----------|------------|
Ending (Coda)
Q=202
D.S. al Coda &
~~
|-3--| |--3--|
W H H E E E q E E E Q |----------|-----------||--------7--13-16-13-------*| |----------|-----------||-7-10-9-------------15----*| |-2--------|-3---------||--------------------------*| |----------|------3----||--------------------------*| |----------|-----------||--------------------------*|
Duration Legend
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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