Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus - E Manticore (Bass Tab)

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TARKUS V: MANTICORE (Bassline) As recorded by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (From the 1971 Album TARKUS) Words and Music by Keith Emerson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Greg Lake - Bass' Segue from "Tarkus IV: Mass" [Intro] [Chorus] Q=256 9/8 Gtr I W E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q.
G|-----------||-------------------|------------------|
D|-----------||o-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3----|
A|-----------||o-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2------------|
E|-----------||-------------------|------------------|

   E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.    3x
G|------------------|-------------------||
D|-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3----o||
A|-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2------------o||
E|------------------|-------------------||

  12/8
   Q  E +E  Q  Q  E +E  Q    Q  E +E  Q  Q  E +E  Q
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-4--4-(4)-4--4--4-(4)-4--|-4--4-(4)-4--4--4-(4)-4--|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  9/8
   E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.
G|------------------|-------------------|
D|-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3-----|
A|-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2-------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|

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   E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.       E E E Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.
G|------------------|------------------||-------------|-----------|-----------|
D|-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3----||o------------|-----------|-----------|
A|-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2------------||o-3----------|-----------|-----------|
E|------------------|------------------||-------------|-----------|-----------|

  9/8
   E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.    4x E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.
G|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|
D|-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3----o||-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3-----|
A|-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2------------o||-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2-------------|
E|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|

                  [Bridge]
   TP
   H.      e Q     E E E Q.   E E E   Q.   +Q   E +Q.     Q.     Q.    Q.
G|--------------||-5----------3-----|-------------------|------/12----12----|
D|-3-------3----||------------------|-5----(5)--3-(3)---|-5-----------------|
A|--------------||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-1------------||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

   Q.   +Q   E +Q.     H.      +Q.     H.      Q.
G|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
D|-7----(7)----------|-8-------(8)---|-8------------|
A|-----------5-(5)---|---------------|---------7----|
E|-------------------|---------------|--------------|

  [Verse] 
     E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.
G||--------5-5-5-7----|-------5-5-5-7-----|
D||o-7----------------|-7-----------------|
A||o------------------|-------------------|
E||-------------------|-------------------|

   E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.
G|-------5-5-5-7----|-------5-5-5-7-----||
D|-7----------------|-7----------------o||
A|------------------|------------------o||
E|------------------|-------------------||

   H.      Q.     H.      Q.     H.      +Q.
G|--------------|--------------|----------------|
D|-7-------5----|-7-------5----|-7-------(7)----|
A|--------------|--------------|----------------|
E|--------------|--------------|----------------|

   H.      +Q.     H.      +Q.       Q.   +Q   E +Q.     Q.   +Q   E +Q.
G|---------------|---------------||--------------------|--------------------||
D|-5-------(5)---|---------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
A|---------------|-8-------(8)---||o-6----(6)--4-(4)---|-6----(6)--4-(4)---o||
E|---------------|---------------||--------------------|--------------------||

   H.      +Q.     Wx3             E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.
G|---------------|-------------||-------------------|------------------|
D|---------------|-------------||o-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3----|
A|-6-------(6)---|-------------||o-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2------------|
E|---------------|-------------||-------------------|------------------|

   E E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E Q.    7x
G|------------------|-------------------||
D|-------1-1-1-3----|-------1-1-1-3----o||
A|-3-1-2------------|-3-1-2------------o||
E|------------------|-------------------||

  [Outro]
  12/8
   Q  E +E  Q  Q  E +E  Q    Q  E +E  Q  Q  E +E  Q
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-4--4-(4)-4--4--4-(4)-4--|-4--4-(4)-4--4--4-(4)-4---|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|

               Segue into "Tarkus VI: Battlefield"
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   E E E Q.   Q.     Wx7
G|-----------------|--------*|
D|-4---------------|--------*|
A|-----------------|--------*|
E|-----------------|--------*|
************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | (n) - note tied to previous | / - slide into (from "nowhere") | TP - tremolo picking ************************************