Savatage – Devastation (Bass Tab)

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|----Hall-Of-The-Mountain-King-(1987)----|
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Tempo: Due to the changes, it's shown for every riff Tuning: Standard (E A D G) ------ Riffs: ------ Intro A/Re-Intro A (BPM 135)
     Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  E Q.
G|-|------------|-----------|
D|4|------------|-----------|
A|4|------------|-----------|
E|-|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--X-5-|
     .  .  .  .   .  .
Intro B/Re-Intro B (BPM 135)
     E E E Q  Q  E E E   E E E Q  E Q.
G|-|-------------------|----------------|
D|4|-------------------|----------------|
A|4|-------7--2----0-2-|-------7--------|
E|-|-0-0-0-------3-----|-0-0-0----X-5---|
     |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|
Pre-Verse (BPM 135)
     E E S S E E E S S E   E E E E E S S S S S  S  E
G|-|---------------------|----------------------------|
D|4|---------------------|----------------------------|
A|4|-----7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7-5---9-9-9-9-10-10-12-|
E|-|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-----7------------------|
                               |-3-|
then

     E E S S E E E S S E   E E E E E S S S S S  S E
G|-|---------------------|---------------------------|
D|4|---------------------|---------------------------|
A|4|-----7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7-5-----------10-9----|
E|-|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-----7-8-8-8-8------10-|
                               |-3-|
Verse (BPM 135)
     E E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q Q Q    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
G|-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|4|---------------5-|-(5)-5-----5-4---|-------------------|-------------------|
A|4|-7-7---------7---|-------7-7-----5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------5-7-|
E|-|-----0-0-0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-----|
                                 |-3-|
then
      E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q Q Q    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
G|-|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|4|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-----5-4---|-------------------|-------------------|
A|4|-(7)-7---------7---|-------7-7-----5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------5-7-|
E|-|-------0-0-0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-----|
                                   |-3-|
Chorus (BPM 135)
     Q. E E E Q    W    Q. E E E Q    Q.  E Q  E E
G|-|------------|-----|------------|---------------|
D|4|------------|-----|------------|--------5--4---|
A|4|-7--5-R-0-0-|-(0)-|-3--5-R-5-7-|-(7)--7------5-|
E|-|------------|-----|------------|---------------|
then
     Q. E E E Q    W      Q. Q.
G|-|------------|-----|-|------|
D|4|------------|-----|3|------|
A|4|-7--5-R-0-0-|-(0)-|4|-3--5-|
E|-|------------|-----|-|------|
Bridge (BPM 102)
     E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E Q
G|-|---------------------|---------------|
D|3|---------------------|---------------|
A|4|---------------------|-----------2-3-|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----|
     .         .           .
then
     E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E Q
G|-|---------------------|---------------|
D|3|---------------------|---------------|
A|4|---------------------|-----------3-2-|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----|
     .         .           .
now play the first 2 bars of the Bridge again and then
     E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S
G|-|---------------------|-----------------------|
D|3|---------------------|-----------------------|
A|4|---------------------|-----------------------|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
     .         .           .
Interlude (BPM 135)
     Q  E E E E E E    E  E E E Q  E E    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q  E E
G|-|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|4|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|4|-2--2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5--3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5--3-2-|
E|-|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
then
      E  E E E E E E    E  E E E Q  E E    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q  Q
G|-|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
D|4|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
A|4|-(2)-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5--3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5--3-|
E|-|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
then
     W    W
G|-|---|-----|
D|4|---|-----|
A|4|---|-----|
E|-|-0-|-(0)-|
Outro A (BPM 135) That's the "harder" way play it like the guitar
     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  E E E   E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|------------------|
D|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|-------3----------|
A|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------7--2----0-2-|----------3----1-3|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|     |-0-0-0-------3-----|-1-1-1-------4----|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|       |-3-|
then
     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  E E E   E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|------------------|
D|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------4-----------|-------5----------|
A|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |----------4--0-2-4-|----------5--1-3-5|
E|-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|     |-2-2-2-------------|-3-3-3------------|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|       |-3-|
then
     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  E E E   E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|------------------|
D|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------6---------1-|-------7--2----0-2|
A|4|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|     |----------6--2-4---|-0-0-0-------3----|
E|-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------------|     |-4-4-4-------------|------------------|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|       |-3-|
then
     E E E E E E E E E E E E                                          E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|                                      |-------3-----------|
D|4|-------------------------|                                      |----------3----1-3-|
A|4|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|                                      |-1-1-1-------4-----|
E|-|-------------------------|                                      |-------------------|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|                                          |-3-|       |-3-|
Outro B (first bar BPM 98; second bar BPM 135)
      Q  Q  Q  Q 2x Q  Q  Q   Q
G|-|--------------|----------------|
D|4|o------------o|----------------|
A|4|o-7--9--7--5-o|-7--5--7--(7s0)-|
E|-|--------------|----------------|
      .  .  .  .
---------- Structure: ---------- Intro A 2x Intro B 2x Pre-Verse 2x Verse 1x Re-Intro B 2x Verse 1x Chorus 1x Pre-Verse 1x Verse 1x Chorus 1x Bridge 1x Interlude 1x Re-Intro A 2x Re-Intro B 2x Verse 1x Chorus 1x Pre-Verse 2x Outro A 1x Outro B 1x ------------ Description: ------------ W - whole notes H - half notes Q - quarter notes E - 8th notess S - 16th notes . - note dotted (e.g. "E." or "Q.") (x) - let ring the note R - pause X - dead note |4| |4| -> Time Signature (e.g. stands for 4/4) |o -> repeat start o| -> repeat end s -> slide to note (up or down) . (stands under the tabulature) -> staccato note