WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Watchtower - The Eldritch Bass | Ver. 1
THE ELDRITCH (Bassline)
As recorded by Watchtower
(From the 1989 Album CONTROL & RESISTANCE)
Words by Doug Keyser Music by Watchtower
Arranged by Watchtower
Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
W H. Q
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------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 S S S S Q 4x
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------7S8-------------8S9-----|-8-7-5-------5---------------o||
||----------------------------------|-------8-6-5---8-6-5----------||
||o-5p0-0-0-----0-0-5p0-0-0-----0-0-|---------------------9-7-6---o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
3/4 4/4
Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|----------||----------------------------|
|----------||----------------------------|
|-------6--||---------------------1---1--|
|-4--1-----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|----------||----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------1-2-3-|---------------------1---1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
Q=130(16=sQ=130
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------1-0-----|---------------------1---1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Q=130(16=s16) Q=130
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 E S E.
|---------------------3-3-4-4-5-5-|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------1---1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
Interlude
Q=110
S S S S S S S S S S E E E W +W
|---------------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------1-2-3-|----------|--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|---------------------------|----------|--------|
7/8
E S S S S S S S S E. S +S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-------------------------|------------------------------||
||o------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||-------------------------|-------------------7-6-4-6-7--||
||o---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0--2-|-(2)---5-5-5-5-5-5-----------o||
||-------------------------|------------------------------||
7/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------------7-6-7-6-8--|
|-------------------------------7-6-7-6-8------------|
|---------------------7-6-7-6-8----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Q=120
4/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------2-----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||----------------2-4-5---5-4-|
|-------------------------------||-4--4-4-4-4-4-5-------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E S E S E Q. +S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||----------------------4-6-7--|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||-3----(3)-------4-6-7--------|
|---------------------------------||----------4-5-7--------------|
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||------------2-4-5-4-2-------|
|-------------------------------||-4--4-2-4-5-----------5-4-2-|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E S E S E Q Q S S Q.
|---------------------------------||----------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||-3--3-----------|
|---------------------------------||-------8-7-6----|
|---------------------------------||----------------|
Interlude
2/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q Q S. S. S. S. +E Q S E.
|-------------------|-----------------|---------||
|-------------4-----|-----------------|---------||
|-------8-7-5----5--|-5--4------------|---------||
|-8-6-5-------------|-------5--4--(4)-|------7--||
|-------------------|-----------------|---------||
4/4
|-------6--------|
S S S S S S S S S +S +S S +S +S T +T +E.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4-(4)-(4)-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------6--------|
S S S S S S S S S +S +S S +S +S S E.
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4----|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------6--------|
S S S S S S S S S +S +S S +S +S T +T +E.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4-(4)-(4)-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus
|-------6--------| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S +S +S S +S +S S E. E S S S +S S S S +S E E E E
|------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)------||-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4----||-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E S S S +S S S S +S E S E S E
|---------8-------8-------||---------------------------------||
|-------6-----------------||-------------------------4---4---||
|-2---------6-6-6---6-6-6-||-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||
|---5-4-------------------||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------||---------------------------------||
|-3-|
Q. +S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|
|----------------------4-6-7---|
|-3----(3)-------4-6-7---------|
|----------4-5-7---------------|
|------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||-----7-8-----7-8-----7-8-----7-8-||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||-5-6-----5-6-----5-6-----5-6-----||
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------||
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E S E S E
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4---4------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Verse
Q=130
Q Q S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S E S E. S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3--3--5-6-5-3----||---------------------1---1--|---------------------1-2-3-|
|---------------0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
Q=130(16=
S S S S S S S S S S E S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------1---1--|---------------------1-0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-2-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
sQ=130
S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---------------------1---1---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|-----------------------------|
Q=130(16=s16)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------3-3-4-4-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
|---------------------------------|
Q=130
S S S S S S S S S S E S E. S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------1---1--|---------------------1-2-3---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Guitar Solo
Q=120
W +W E Q S S E S E S E S S E Q S S E S E S
|----------|------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|----------|------------||--------------------|--------------9---9---|
|----------|------------||--------------------|----------8-9---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||----------6---6---6-|-4-6------------------|
|----------|------------||-0----2-4-----------|-----3----------------|
E S S Q +H E S E +Q E S E +E E S S S S S S S E E E.
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-9-8-9-----------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------9--(9)----|----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-5--|
|-----------------|-6---6-(6)--6---6-(6)-|------------------------|
E S S S S S S S E E E. E S S S S S S S E E E. E S S S S S S S E E E.
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-5--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-5--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-5--|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
7/8 11/16 2/8
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E E
||----------------------------|----------------------||-----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------o||-----|
||----------------------------|----------------------||-2---|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-o||-----|
||----------------------------|----------------------||-----|
7/8 11/16 7/8
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q. S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-2------7-5-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---------------------2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-----|
|-------------------------|
Interlude
11/16
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-----------------7-5-3---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
7/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-----------------7-5-3-----|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Q=130
4/4
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 Q 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------7S8-------------8S9-----|-8-7-5-------5--------------o||
||----------------------------------|-------8-6-5---8-6-5---------||
||o-5p0-0-0-----0-0-5p0-0-0-----0-0-|---------------------9-7-6--o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
3/4 9/8 2/4
|----6----|
Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|----------|---------------------------------|-------4-6-7-6-4---|
|----------|---------------------------------|-4-5-7-------------|
|-------6--|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-4--1-----|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-8-8-8---5-5-5-5-|-------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------|
Chorus
Q=120
4/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||-4-------4-------4---4---4---4----|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||---2-2-2---2-2-2---2---2---2---2--|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E S E S E E E E Q. S S E
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||------------------|
|---------------------------------||-5-4-3-2----5-4-5-|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E E E E Q.. S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------||-------5-4-2-------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------5-3-2-------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||-------------------5-3-2-|
|-------------------------------||-4-----------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S +S S S S +S E S E S E E Q. S S E +Q
|---------------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||-3-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||-------------------|
|---------------------------------||--------4-3-2-(2)--|
|---------------------------------||-------------------|
Outro
Q=130
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 E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------*|
|---------7S8-------------8S9-----|-8-7-5-------5---------------*|
|---------------------------------|-------8-6-5---8-6-5---------*|
|-5p0-0-0-----0-0-5p0-0-0-----0-0-|---------------------9-7-6---*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------*|
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
