Whitechapel – The Somatic Defilement (Bass Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE SOMATIC DEFILEMENT (Bassline) As recorded by Whitechapel (From the 2007 Album THE SOMATIC DEFILEMENT) Transcribed by Jonathan Rose Words and Music by Whitechapel Gtr I (A E A D) - 'Bass' Gtr II (A E A D Gb B) - 'Strings' Gtr III (A E A D Gb B) - 'Strings'
 Drums       Intro
  Deathcore Q=110
 4/4         12/8
  Gtr I
  W           E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1--|

  TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP  TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------3-|-----------------------3-|
|---0-1---5-4-------0-1---|---0-1---5-4-------0-1---|
|-0-----0-----0-1-0-------|-0-----0-----0-1-0-------|

  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|

  Slower Q=105
 4/4        5/4
  W          W        Q
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|

   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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-1-----2---------|-----------------|-1-----2---------o||
||--0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-|---2-1---4-3-0-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-|---2-1---4-3-0-1--||

  S S H..         S S H..         S H..       +S    S S H..
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------||
|-1-1-----------|-0-0-----------|-1-1---------(1)-|-0-0--------||

   "Captivating with.."
    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---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o-----3---------4---3-------------|-------------------------6---2-5--o||
||--1-1---1-4-3-1---1---0-3-0-4-3-1-|-0-0-3-0-4-3-0-4-0-3-4-0---0-------||

 "Going by my.."
  A Little Slower Q=103
  E E E Q  E T T T T E   Q  E E E Q.
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------2---------2-|---------------|
|-1-4-3------1-1-1-1---|----1-3-4------|

                                            Slower Q=100
                                           2/4
  E E E Q  E T T T T S. T   Q  E E E Q.     H
|-------------------------|---------------|------||
|-------------------------|---------------|------||
|----------2---------2----|---------------|------||
|-1-4-3------1-1-1-1------|----1-3-4------|------||

   "I find a sense in.."
   4/4
    H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-1----3----|-----------|-1---------o||
||o-2----1----|-----------|-2----1----|------4----o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||

 "Before sepulture. I must.."
                                 5/4
  E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S   E E E E E T T S H
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------1-0-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------------3-4-------|-------2-1------------|
|-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|-1-3-4-----1-1-1------|

    E T T S E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S   E E E E E T T S H
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------1-0-----------------|----------------------o||
||o-----------------------------3-4-------|-------2-1------------o||
||--4-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|-1-3-4-----1-1-1-------||

  E T T S E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------1-0-----------------|
|-----------------------------3-4-------|
|-4-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|

                       Slower Q=95
                        3/4
  E E E E E T T S H      E T T S E T T S Q
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|-------2-1------------|--------------------||
|-1-3-4-----1-1-1------|-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7--||
Breakdown Faster Q=135 4/4 |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S S   S Q..   S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|-1-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S S   S Q  S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-0-----||
|-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S Q.   S S S E S S S   H    S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S Q.   S S S E S S S   Q.   S S S E S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-0----||

  S S E H.        W          S S E H.        W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
|-1-1-1---------|----------|-1-1-1---------|------||

   "Inhaling fumes of the.."
    S S E E E E   +E  E E    S      +S  E E E E E E E
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-[2]b2.5r(2)-------2-------|
||--1-1-1-7-1-7b8r(7)-1-2-|-------------2-1-2---2-1-2-|

  S S E E E E   +E  E E    S      +S  E E E E E E E    3x
|-----------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-[2]b2.5r(2)-------2---------o||
|-1-1-1-7-1-7b8r(7)-1-2-|-------------2-1-2---2-1-2----||

 "We all will spread.."
    ~    ~    ~~~~~~~~
  E Q  E Q  E E   +E  S S E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E   S E S E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1-2--1-4--1-5-|-(5)-1-1-4-1-4-5-4-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-4-5-|

    ~    ~    ~~~~~~~~
  E Q  E Q  E E   +E  S S E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E Q  E   S E S E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-4-5--4-7--4-8-|-(8)-4-4-7-4-7-8-7-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-4-5-||

 Breakdown
  S S S S S S S S S Q..     E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0-|

  S S S S S S S S S Q..     E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0--|

  S S S S S S S S S Q..     E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0-|

                                      H.=H
  S S S S S S S S S Q..     E S S S S S S e. e. e
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0--|

  Original Tempo Q=110
 6/8
  H.        E E E E E E    E  E E  E E E   E  E E E E  E
|---------|-------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------|-------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10--||
|---------|-------------|----------------|----------------||

 "By these words I am.."
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E    E  E E  E E E   E  E E E E  E
|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------||
|-8-7-5-7-5-4-|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10-||
|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------||

   "Until death do us part.."
    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-8-7-5-7-5-4-|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10--o||
||--------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------||

    Dm                Em  F  Bb Em F  Am
    Gtr II
     <
     H.                E   E  E  E  E  E
||--13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|
||o-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|
||------------------|--------15-------14-|
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    <       <
|    Q.      Q.        Q.        Q     E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
||--12--------------|-12--------------12-|
||o---------12------|-----------12-------|
||------------------|--------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    E  E E  E  E E    E   E  E  E  E  E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||o--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|
||------------------|--------------------|

  Gm                Bb        C
   <                  <        <
   H.                 Q.       Q.
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|--15-------17--------o||
|-15--------------|--15-------17---------||
|-17--------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|
|  <                           <
|  H.                +Q.       Q.
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-15--------------|-(15)------11---------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|
|  E   E E  E E E     E   E E  E  E  E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10--o||
|-----------------|----------------------||

  Dm                Em  F  Bb Em F  Am   Gm                Bb        C
   <                                      <                  <        <
   H.                E   E  E  E  E  E    H.                 Q.       Q.
|-13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|-----------------|--------------------|
|-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|-----------------|--15-------17-------|
|-----------------|--------15-------14-|-15--------------|--15-------17-------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-17--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
|  <       <                              <                           <
|  Q.      Q.        Q.        Q     E    H.                +Q.       Q.
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-12--------------|-12--------------12-|-15--------------|-(15)------11-------|
|---------12------|-----------12-------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
|  E  E E  E  E E    E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E E  E E E     E   E E  E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

  Dm                Em  F  Bb Em F  Am   Gm                Bb        C
   <                                      <                  <        <
   H.                E   E  E  E  E  E    H.                 Q.       Q.
|-13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|-----------------|--------------------||
|-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|-----------------|--15-------17-------||
|-----------------|--------15-------14-|-15--------------|--15-------17-------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-17--------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
|  <       <                              <                           <
|  Q.      Q.        Q.        Q     E    H.                +Q.       Q.
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-12--------------|-12--------------12-|-15--------------|-(15)------11-------||
|---------12------|-----------12-------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
|  E  E E  E  E E    E   E  E  E  E  E    E   E E  E E E     E   E E  E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10-||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Strings Outro Slower Q=102 Dm Em F Bb Em F Am Gm Bb C Gtr II < < < < H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13----------|-15--17----15--17----|-------------|---------------|
|-15----------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|-------------|-15----17------|
|-------------|--------15--------14-|-15----------|-15----17------|
|-------------|---------------------|-17----------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  <     <       <         <           <     <       <     <    <
|  Q.    Q.      Q.        Q.          Q.    Q.      Q.    Q    E
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-14----12----|-10-----9---14-|
|-12----------|-12--------15--------|-15----14----|-12----10---15-|
|-------12----|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|

  Dm                           Am
   <                            <
   H.            +H.            H.            +H.
|-13----------|-(13)---------|-------------|---------------|
|-15----------|-(15)---------|-13----------|-(13)----------|
|-------------|--------------|-14----------|-(14)----------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|
|  <     <        <     <       <     <        <      <
|  Q.    Q.       Q.    Q.      Q.    Q.       Q.     Q.
|-13----12----|--------------|-13----12----|-(15)---(13)---|
|-------------|--15----13----|-------------|--15-----13----|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-12----------|--12----------|-15----14----|--12-----10----|
|-------12----|--------12----|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|

  Dm            Em  F  Bb Em  F  Am   Gm            Bb    C
   <                                   <             <     <
   H.            E   E  E  E   E  E    H.            Q.    Q.
|-13----------|-15--17----15--17----|-------------|-------------|
|-15----------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|-------------|-15----17----|
|-------------|--------15--------14-|-15----------|-15----17----|
|-------------|---------------------|-17----------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|
|  <     <       <         <           <     <       <     <
|  Q.    Q.      Q.        Q.          Q.    Q.      Q.    Q.
|-13----12----|-15--------17--------|-20----18----|-17----15----|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-12----------|-14--------15--------|-19----17----|-15----14----|
|-------12----|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|

  Dm         Em  F  Bb Em  F  Am   Gm         Bb    A
   <                                <          <     <
   H.         E   E  E  E   E  E    H.         Q.    Q.
|-13-------|-15--17----15--17----|----------|-------------|
|-15-------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|----------|-15----14----|
|----------|--------15--------14-|-15-------|-15----14----|
|----------|---------------------|-17-------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|
|  <          <         <           <          <     <
|  H.         Q.        Q.          H.         Q.    Q.
|-13-------|-10--------12--------|-13-------|-10-----9----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|-12-------|--8--------10--------|-12-------|--8-----7----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|

  Dm         Em  F  Bb Em  F  Am   Dm
   <                                <
   H.         E   E  E  E   E  E    H.         +H.
|-25-------|-27--29----27--29----|-25-------|-(25)----|
|-18-------|-20--22-27-20--22-25-|-18-------|-(18)----|
|-19-------|-21--22-19-21--22-17-|-19-------|-(19)----|
|----------|--------20--------19-|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|
|  <          <         <           <
|  H.         Q.        Q.          H.         +H.
|-13-------|-10--------12--------|-13-------|-(13)----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|-12-------|--8--------10--------|-12-------|-(12)----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|

  C
   <                       >
   H.         +H.         +H.
|-24-------|-(24)------|-(24)----*|
|-17-------|-(17)------|-(17)----*|
|-17-------|-(17)------|-(17)----*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|
|  <                       >
|  H.         +H.         +H.
|-12-------|-(12)------|-(12)----*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|-10-------|-(10)------|-(10)----*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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 ** Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen: The Official Power Tab Web Site