WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | American Head Charge - Pledge Allegiance Bass | Ver. 1
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE (Bassline)
As recorded by American Head Charge
(From the 2005 Album THE FEEDING)
Words by Cameron Heacock Music by Bryan Ottoson, Cameron Heacock, Chris Emery
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Chad'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E 3x
||--------------------------|------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------o||
||--2-2-x-x---2-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2-x-x---2-2-2-0-2-3--||
2/4 4/4
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-----2-----3-----2-----3-|
|-2-2-x-x---2-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|
Verse
q q q q q q q E E q q q q q q q E E
||--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2-2--||
Pre-Chorus
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E 3x
||--------------------------|------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------o||
||--2-2-x-x---2-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2-x-x---2-2-2-0-2-3--||
2/4 4/4
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-----2-----3-----2-----3-|
|-2-2-x-x---2-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|
Chorus
2/4 4/4
H E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
|------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|------||o----------2h4----------2h4-|----------2h4--------------o||
|------||o------0h2----------0h2-----|------0h2---------2-----3--o||
|------||--2--2---------2--2---------|-2--2---------2-2---2-2-----||
2nd Verse
q q q q q q q E E q q q q q q q E E
||--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2-2--||
Pre-Chorus
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E 3x
||--------------------------|------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------o||
||--2-2-x-x---2-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2-x-x---2-2-2-0-2-3--||
2/4 4/4
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-----2-----3-----2-----3-|
|-2-2-x-x---2-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2-x-x---2-|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|
2nd Chorus
W E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|----------||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------||o----------2h4----------2h4-|----------2h4-------------o||
|----------||o------0h2----------0h2-----|------0h2---------2-----3-o||
|----------||--2--2---------2--2---------|-2--2---------2-2---2-2----||
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|----------2h4----------2h4-|----------2h4---------|
|------0h2----------0h2-----|------0h2-------0-2-3-|
|-2--2---------2--2---------|-2--2---------2-------|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-2-------------2-|-----------------o||
||o-----2---1-1-----|---1---------2---o||
||----2---2-----2---|-2---2-5-5-2---2--||
E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E E E H Q. E +W
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|--------|
|-2-------------2-|-(2)-------------||o-------------|--------|
|-----2---1-1-----|-----2--1----2---||o-------------|--------|
|---2---2-----2---|-----------2---2-||--0----7----6-|-(6)----|
1. 2.
H Q. E +W H Q. E +H +E E E E
|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------o||-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------o||-------------|--------------2----|
|-0----6----5-|-(5)---------||-0----6----5-|-(5)----(5)-2---2--|
1.
H Q. E +W H Q. E +W
||--------------|------------|-------------|---------||
||o-------------|------------|-------------|--------o||
||o-------------|------------|-------------|--------o||
||--0----7----6-|-(6)--------|-0----6----3-|-(3)-----||
2.
H H W +W
|-----------|----------|------------|
|-----------|----------|------------|
|-----------|----------|------------|
|-0----6----|-3--------|-(3)--------|
>
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
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Wx2 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-/14--/14--/14--/14--|-/14--/14--/14--/14--|
Out Chorus
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------2h4----------2h4-|----------2h4-------------o||
||o------0h2----------0h2-----|------0h2---------2-----3-o||
||--2--2---------2--2---------|-2--2---------2-2---2-2----||
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----2-----3-|-----2-----3-----2-----3-|
|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|
S S E S S E E Q. H E Q.
|--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------|--------------*|
|-----2-----3-0------|------0-------*|
|-2-2---2-2---0------|------0-------*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths