WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Death - Story To Tell Bass | Ver. 1
STORY TO TELL (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Scott Clendenin'
Intro
Q=148
4/4
Gtr I
H. E E E E E E H H. E E E E E E H
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------3S5-|-5s3-3s7-7----|---------5S7-|-7s5-5-5-5----|
|-0-----------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
H. E E E E E E H H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-------------|--------------|---------9-10-|-(10)---7-6------||
|-------------|--------------|--------------|------------8-7--||
|-------------|--------------|-5------------|-----------------||
|-8-------7S8-|-8s5-5s7-7----|--------------|-----------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
H. E E E E E E H H. E E E E E E H
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------3S5-|-5s3-3s7-7----|---------5S7-|-7s5-5-5-5----|
|-0-----------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
H. E E E E E E H H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-------------|--------------|---------9-10-|-(10)---7-6------||
|-------------|--------------|--------------|------------8-7--||
|-------------|--------------|-5------------|-----------------||
|-8-------7S8-|-8s5-5s7-7----|--------------|-----------------||
Verse
Q=137
$
5/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------------------|----------------------|
||--------3-2-3-2-------2-3-2---|-------2---------3----|
||o-0-3-5---------5-0-5-------5-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0--|
||------------------------------|----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E S S S E E E S S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------3-2-3-2-------2-3-2---|-------5---------3----||
|-0-3-5---------5-0-5-------5-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-o||
|-----------------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
Q=85
4/4
e S S e S S e E E e e S S e E +e S S e e
||----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------3-2---|-5-5-5-5---------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---------5-(5)-5-5-5-0-|
||----------------------|-----------------------|
e S S e S S e E E e e S S S S E +E E +E E 3x
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------3-2---|-5-5-5-3-3-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-----------3-(3)-2-(2)----o||
|---------------------|-----------------------3---||
Bridge
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E 3x T T T T T T T T E S S S S S S S S e
||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------o||-------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------||---------------------------2---2-----|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-3-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3---3-2-|
||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E T T T T T T T T E S S S S E S S E
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-3--o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Interlude
Q.=72
6/8
H. e S S S S e S S S S e S S S S e S S S S
|---------||----------------------|---------------------|
|---------||o---------------------|---------------------|
|---------||----------------------|---------------------|
|---------||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------||----------------------|---------------------|
e S S S S e S S S S e S S S S e 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.
e S S S S e S S S S e S S S S e S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
e S S S S e S S S S E. E. E E E
|---------------------|--------------||
|---------------------|-------------o||
|---------------------|-3--3---------||
|---------------------|-------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-------1-1-1--||
2.
e S S S S e S S S S e S S S S e e e
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|---------------------|-----------------||
Bridge
Q=120
4/4
S S Q. S S E E. S S S Q. S S E E. S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------4-5-4----|-4----------4-5-4----|
|-2-2------2--------5-|---5------2--------5-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
S S Q. S S E E. S S S Q. S S E E. S
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-4----------4-5-4----|-4----------4-5-4-----|
|---2------2--------5-|---5------2--------2--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
S S Q. S S E +E. S S S Q. S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------------------|--------------------------o||
||-----------------------|--------------2------------||
||o-2-2------2h3-2-(2)-2-|-2-2------2h3---3p2-0---2-o||
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
S S E E S S S S E +E. S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------2------------||
||o-2-2---2---2-2h3-2-(2)-2-|-2-2---2---2-2h3---3p2-0---2-o||
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
Fine
2/4
S S E E S S S S Q. S S Q.
|----------------------|----------||
|----------------------|----------||
|----------------------|----------||
|-2-2---2---2-2h3-2----|-2-2------||
|----------------------|----------||
Solo (Hamm)
Q=147
4/4
E. S E E +e E E E E. S E E +e E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
||o-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E +e E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
|--------------------|------------------|
E. S E E +e E E E E. S E E +e E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
Q=104
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q 4x
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-7-7---7-7-5-5-5-5-8-8-8---7-7-|-7-7---7-7-5-5-5-5-8-8-8----o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Breakdown
Q=105
6/4
E S S E E W E S S E E W
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0--------|
|--------------------|----------------|
4/4
S S Q S S H S S Q S S H
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1--1-2------|-----1--1-2------|
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Q=101
6/4
E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|----------------------------10-9----9-7---------|
|---------------7-6---6-----|---------------7-6---10-9-7------10-----10-9----|
|---------5-7-8-----8---8-7-|---------5-7-8-----8-------------------------11-|
|-0-0-0-0-------------------|-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
4/4
S S Q S S H S S Q S S H
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----1--1-2------|-----1--1-2------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
Q=120
Q Q S E S +Q Q Q S E S +Q Q Q S E S +Q +E E E E H
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------o||
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
||o-0--0--0-0-0-(0)--|-7--7--7-7-7-(7)--|-4--4--4-4-4-(4)--|-(4)------------o||
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----4-4-5-5-----||
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-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 S S E E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4------------o||
|---------------------------------|-----4-4-5-5-----||
Q=105
6/4
E S S E E W E S S E E W
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|-0-0-0-0--------|
|--------------------|----------------|
D.S. al Fine
4/4
S S Q S S H S S Q S S H
|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----1--1-2------|-----1--1-2------*|
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
