WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | August Burns Red - Meridian Bass | Ver. 1
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Meridian - August Burns Red
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Tuning: Drop C (CGCF)
Key:
"~" Sustain
"h" Hammer-on
"p" Pull-off
Riff 1: (0:18)
F|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-55555555-0000000000000000-|
F|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-55555555-0000000000000000-|
F|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-55555555-0000000000000000-|
F|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-55555555-0000000000000000-|
Riff 2: (0:46)
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1111111111111111-5555555555555555-00000000000000000000000000000000-|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1111111111111111-5555555555555555-00000000000000000000000000000000-|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3: (1:00)
F|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-000-0~---00000-0~-0~---0000000-0~---00-00-0~-0~---000000-|
F|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-000-0~---00000-0~-0~---0000000-0~---00-00-0~-0~---000000-|
F|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-000-0~---00000-0~-0~---0000000-0~---00-00-0~-0~---000000-|
F|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-000-0~---00000-0~-0~---0000000-0~---00-00-0~-0~---000000-|
(1:29)
F|----------|
C|----------|
G|----------|
C|-0~~~~~~~~|
Break (1:40)
Guitar only, short break though.
Riff 4: (1:52)
(NOTE: A slinky tone is what you want here, and in some later parts. EQ for more highs
you usually do and it should combine with your
downtuned strings for the right effect.)
F|----------------------|
C|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
C|-12~~~~~~~---8~~~~~~~-|
F|----------------------|
C|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
C|-12~~~~~~~---8~~~~~~~-|
Riff 5: (2:08)
(NOTE: Crescendo here)
F|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
C|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Riff 6: (2:16)
(NOTE: Straight eighth notes, broken up into 5 groups for easier reading. The final note
held while the drums play their sixteenth note fill.)
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-0~~~|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------h12---------------|
G|-11111111-13-13-13-13--13p12h13-------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-0~~~|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------h12---------------|
G|-11111111-13-13-13-13--13p12h13-------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-0~~~|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------h12---------------|
G|-11111111-13-13-13-13--13p12h13-------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
Riff 7: (3:04)
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-0~~~|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-11111111-1111------------------------------------|
C|---------------555--------------------------------|
Riff 8: (3:20)
(NOTE: Switch this up on your own by using your scale knowledge, this goes for a long time.)
F|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
C|-0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~|
Riff 9: (3:51)
F|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
C|-0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~|
Riff 10: (4:28)
F|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
C|-77777-078~-888-77-33-----------|
F|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-000-000---0-0-0-000-000|
End: (5:32)
