Savatage – Midas Knight (Bass Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G)

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Sirens Tempo: (about) 142 BPM The real tuning for this song should be "D G C F A D" but I was too lazy to tune the whole bass down. So this tab is tabbed in Drop D. Hope that is still OK. -------------------------- Notice (at the beginning): -------------------------- If you want to use this as a start point for guitar the main riff is played like this:

   Q Q  E. S E E   E E E. S Q Q
E|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|-5-7-----------|-5-7----7-7----|
D|-5-7-----------|-5-7----7-7----|
A|-3-5-----------|-3-5----5-5-7\-|
D|------0--0-0-0-|-----0------7\-|

------ Riffs: ------ Intro

   W         
G|---|
D|---| enter with 
A|---| the drums
D|-0-|

Main Riff

   Q Q  E. S E E   E E E. S Q Q
G|---------------|--------------|
D|---------------|--------------|
A|-3-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-5----5-5-5-|
D|---------------|-----0--------|

Verse

   Q  E  Q  E  Q  E  Q  E 4x
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
D|------------------------|
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

   Q  E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E Q
G|----------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------|------------------|
A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|
D|----------------------|------------------|
      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-|

   Q  E  Q  E  Q  E  Q  E 2x
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
D|------------------------|
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Bridge

   E E E E E E E E E Q   E E E E E E E E E Q   E E E E E E E E E Q   E E E E E E Q Q Q
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-|
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Chorus

   Q  E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E Q  E E E   Q  E E E Q Q Q
G|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------1-1-3-|
D|-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-------|
      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-|    |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-|           

   Q Q  E. S E E   E E E. S Q Q 2x
G|---------------|--------------|
D|---------------|--------------|
A|-3-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-5----5-5-5-|
D|---------------|-----0--------|

After Chorus

   W   H  H   E E E E E E E E E Q   E E E E E E Q  E Q
G|---|------|---------------------|--------------------|
D|---|------|-------3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------3-3-3-5--3---|
A|-1-|-3--0-|-5-3-5-------------5-|-5-3-5------------5-|
D|---|------|---------------------|--------------------|
              |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

   W   H  H   E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---|------|-----------------5---5-7|
D|---|------|-----5-------5-8---8----| I'm not sure 
A|-1-|-3--0-|-5-8---8-5-8------------| about the last
D|---|------|------------------------| bar
              |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Solo Rythm.

   E E E E E E E E E Q   E E E E E E E E E Q                 E E E E E E Q Q Q
G|---------------------|---------------------|  at the    |-------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------| end replace |-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------| the 2nd bar |-------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|  with this  |-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-|
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|                   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Interlude A

   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 Q Q Q   E E E E E E E Q.
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-|

Interlude B

   E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q Q Q Q 3x 
G|-------------------------|---------|        
D|-------------------------|---R---R-|        
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0---|        
D|-------------------------|---------|        
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

   E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q Q Q Q   Q Q H
G|-------------------------|---------|-------|  
D|-------------------------|---R---R-|---R---|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0---|-0-----|    
D|-------------------------|---------|-----0-|    
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Outro

   Q Q  E. S E E   E E E. S Q Q 3x
G|---------------|--------------|
D|---------------|--------------|
A|-3-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-5----5-5-5-|
D|---------------|-----0--------|

   Q Q  E. S E E   E E E. S  H 
G|---------------|--------------|
D|---------------|--------------|
A|-3-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-5----1-(1)-|
D|---------------|-----0--------|

---------- Structure: ---------- Intro 1x Main Riff 4x Verse 1x Bridge 1x Chorus 2x After Chorus 1x Verse 1x Solo Rythm. 6x Interlude A 4x Interlude B 1x Main Riff 2x Chorus 2x After Chorus 1x Outro 1x ------------ Description: ------------ W - whole notes H - half notes Q - quarter notes E - 8th notes S - 16th notes . - note dotted (e.g. "E." or "Q.") (x) - let ring the note ("x" stand for for fret) R - rest (break)