Kataklysm – The Vultures Are Watching (Bass Tab)
Drop B (B-F#-B-E)
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THE VULTURES ARE WATCHING (Bassline)
As recorded by Kataklysm
(From the 2008 Album PREVAIL)
Words and Music by Kataklysm
Arranged by Kataklysm
Transcribed by Simon Montague-Bassett
Gtr I (B F# B E) - 'Stéphane Barbe'
Intro
Q=150
4/4
Gtr I
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-----------------7-7-7-7---------|-----------------7-7-7-7---------|
||o---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
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 6x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------7-7-7-7---------|-----------------7-7-7-7---------o||
|---------8-8-8-8---------8-8-8-8-|---------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-o||
|-8-8-8-8-------------------------|-7-7-7-7--------------------------||
2/4
E E Q
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-0--------|
Verse
4/4
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
Pre-Chorus
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-----------------0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-------------------------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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2----------||
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-----------------1-1-1-1-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-------------------------0-0-2-2--|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2----------||
Chorus
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-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------|
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||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
W
|------|
|------|
|------|
|-5----|
Intro Repeated
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-----------------7-7-7-7---------|-----------------7-7-7-7----------|
||o---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5--|
||--0-0-0-0-------------------------|-0-0-0-0--------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------7-7-7-7---------|-----------------7-7-7-7---------o||
|---------8-8-8-8---------8-8-8-8-|---------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-o||
|-8-8-8-8-------------------------|-7-7-7-7--------------------------||
Verse
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8---||
Pre-Chorus
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-----------------0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-------------------------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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2----------||
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-----------------1-1-1-1-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-------------------------0-0-2-2--|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2----------||
Chorus
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-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------|
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||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Bridge
W +W
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)----|
E E Q H W
|-------------|------|
|-------------|------|
|-------------|------|
|-0-----------|------|
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
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-|-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 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Outro + Solo
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|-0--------|-(0)----|
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
Q Q H Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------------|------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||--0--0--1----|-0--0--1----|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|--------------|--------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-0-0-0-0-1----|-0-0-0-0-1----|-----------------|------------------||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