Death – To Forgive Is To Suffer (Bass Tab)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F)
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TO FORGIVE IS TO SUFFER (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Scott Clendenin'
Intro
Q=160 Q=147
$
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------||----------------------------------|
|------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------5-7-8-7-5---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-8-----------7-|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------7-8-7----------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------10-8-7-8-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
1.,2. 3H.=H Q=120
To Coda
E. S S S E E. E. E 3x E. S S S E E. E. E
|------------7--------||------------7--------||
|-7--6h7p6------9--6-o||-7--6h7p6------9--6--||
|----------7---------o||----------7----------||
|---------------------||---------------------||
Verse
Q=89
$$
E E E E E E E E +E E E E S +S E Q
||------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------|
||o---2-2---------2-|-(2)-----3-3-(3)s5-5--|
||--0-----0-0-0-0---|-----1-1--------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E S +S E Q 3x
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------o||
|---2-2---------2-|-(2)-----3-3-(3)s5-5---o||
|-0-----0-0-0-0---|-----1-1----------------||
Bridge
Q=182
H. E E E E H. S S S S S S S S E E Q H H
|-------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------3p0-3--|-5----2----|
|---------0-0-|-0-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-----------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------3p0-----|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2p0-3h5-|
S S S S S S S S E E Q H H
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|-----------------3p0-3--|-2---------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|------3----||
Verse
S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------3p0-----|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2p0-3h5-|
S S S S S S S S E E Q H H
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------3p0-3--|-5----2----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-----------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------3p0-----|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2p0-3h5-|
S S S S S S S S E E Q H H
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|-----------------3p0-3--|-2---------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|------3----||
Chorus
Q.=147
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------3----|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H. H.
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------5-----|
|-------------------------|-3-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------5-4---4-----------|
|-------------------------|-----------7---7-5-/5----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D.S. al Coda
~~
W. H. H.
|---------------|----------------||
|-4-------------|---------------o||
|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|-1-------3------||
Guitar Solo
Q=109
& D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
4/4
S S S S H Q H H S S S S H. H H 4x
||------------------|-----------|-----------------|------------||
||o-----------------|-----------|-----------------|------3----o||
||o--------------7--|-3---------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-3---------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-------|------3----|-----------------|------------||
Bridge
Q=147
&&
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------5-7-8-7-5---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-8-----------7-|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------7-8-7----------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------10-8-7-8-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
1.,2. 3H.=H Q=120
E. S S S E E. E. E 3x E. S S S E E. E. E
|------------7--------||------------7--------||
|-7--6h7p6------9--6-o||-7--6h7p6------9--6--||
|----------7---------o||----------7----------||
|---------------------||---------------------||
Interlude
Q.=87
9/8 7/8
H. Q. H. E
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-----------|
9/8 7/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|
|---9-10----------8-9-|-------/7-5-----|
|-7--------9-10-6-----|---8-9------8-7-|
|--------8------------|-6--------------|
9/8 7/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----16-17-------------15-16-|----------/14-12--------||
||o-14----------16-17-13-------|----15-16--------15-14-o||
||o----------14----------------|-13--------------------o||
||-----------------------------|------------------------||
Outro
9/8 7/8
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q Q
||-----------------|------------|
||o----------------|------------|
||o-7---------6----|------5-----|
||-------7---------|-6-------5--|
9/8 7/8 9/8
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q Q Q. H.
|-----------------|--------------||------------*|
|-----------------|-------------o||------------*|
|-8---------10----|-------8-----o||-7\---------*|
|------8----------|-10-------8---||------------*|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
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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