WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Death - Pull The Plug Bass | Ver. 2
PULL THE PLUG (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1988 Album LEPROSY)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Terry Butler'
Intro/Verse
Q=154
$
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E H H H H H H H E E E E 4x
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|--------------||o-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------o||
|------3-2-----||o------1----|------4----|------3----|------3-2-------o||
|----------3-2-||--0---------|-1---------|-4---------|-3--------3-2----||
Pre-Chorus
Q=160
Q H. W W W
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|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|----------|------|
S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-8-0-0-0-0-5-|-7-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-3-3-2s3-|
1.
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-8-0-0-0-0-5-|-7-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-3-3-2s3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E H.
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|---------------------------------o||-----------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-1---------||
|----------------------------------||-----------||
Chorus
Q.=96
6/8
E S S E Q. E S S E Q. E S S E Q. Q E Q.
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||o--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|-2----1----|
||--0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0----|-1-1-1-1-1----|----3------|
1. 2.
Fine
5/8
E S S E Q. E S S E Q. E S S E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q
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|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------o||---------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-2----3----o||-2----3--||
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0----|-1-1-1-1-1----|----3-------||----3----||
Bridge
Q=110
4/4
Wx2 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---||
Q=124
~ ~ ~ ~
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
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||o--------6---5--|-2---1--3---2--|
||o-5---4----7----|---3------4----|
||----6-----------|---------------|
1. 2.
2/4
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
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|--------6---5--|-2---1--3---2--o||-2---1----||
|-5---4----7----|---3------4----o||---3------||
|---6-----------|----------------||----------||
Q=202
4/4
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------o||-||o-----------------|
||o---------6---5---o||-||o-----------------|
||--4-4-4-4---7---6--||-||--3-3-4-4-3-3-4-4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
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|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-6-6-7-7-6-6-7-7-|-3-3-4-4-3-3-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2--2---||
Verse
E E E E E E E E 8x E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------o||-||o-----------------|
||o---------6---5---o||-||o-----------------|
||--4-4-4-4---7---6--||-||--3-3-4-4-3-3-4-4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
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|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-6-6-7-7-6-6-7-7-|-3-3-4-4-3-3-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2--2---||
Interlude/Solo (Rozz)
Q.=96
6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Solo (Schuldiner)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D.S. al Fine
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
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|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
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
