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Painkiller Bass

(ver. 1)
Death

PAINKILLER (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)

	

Words and Music by Halford, Tipton & Downing

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Scott Clendenin'

 Intro
  Q=128      Q=104
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          Wx4
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|


    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
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7-----8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7-----8---------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-6-6--||


   Verse
    Double time feel Q=208
    $
    $$
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7---|---8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7---|---8------------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0-6--6----||


 Chorus
  Half time feel Q=104
  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  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  Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--5--3--2--|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|


                                                         D.S.
                                                         D.S.
  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  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  Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--2--3--5--||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||


 Interlude
  Wx2          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 E
|------------|-------------------5-----4-------|-------------------5-----4-----|
|------------|-4-----5-----4---------------4h5-|-4-----5-----4---------------5-|
|------------|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----|---2-2---2-2---3-3---3-3---3---|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


    Q=208
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
||------------------|---5-----4-------|-----------------|---5-----4--------||
||o-4-----5-----4---|-------------4h5-|-4-----5-----4---|-------------5---o||
||o---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2-----|---2-2---2-2---3-|-3---3-3---3-----o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


   Bridge
    Q=104
    |----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  E.
||-------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-3--|


  |----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  E.
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-5----||


    |----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  E.
||-------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-(6)-6--|


  |----6----| |----6----| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  E.
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-(6)-8----||


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8-|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-6-6-6-8-8-8--|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-6-6-8-8-|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8-5-6-8--||


 Guitar Solo I
           Q=208
 3/4          4/4
  Wx2          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------||------------------|-----------------|
|----------||o-6-----7-----6---|---7-----6-------|
|----------||o---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-7p4-|
|----------||------------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6-----7-----6---|---7------------o||
|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4-2--2---o||
|-----------------|-----------------||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-6-----7-----6---|---7-----6-------|-6-----7-----6---|---7-----------o||
||----4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-7p4-|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4-2--2---||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                                     1.,2.,3.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-7--7---o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


  4.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  H.
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|-4--0--2--4--|-5--7-----|


                                       1.,2.,3.
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-6-----7-----6---|---7-----6-------|-6-----7-----6---|---7-----------o||
||----4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-7p4-|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4-2--5---||


  4.
     D.S.S. al Coda
             |-3-|
  W          Q Q Q H
|----------|------------||
|----------|------------||
|----------|------------||
|-4--------|-5-4-2-4----||


  Q=104
  &
  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  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  Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-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--7--5--4--|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  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  Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||
|-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--4--5--7--||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------||


   Interlude
    Q=208
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
||------------------|---5-----4-------|-----------------|---5-----4--------||
||o-4-----5-----4---|-------------4h5-|-4-----5-----4---|-------------5---o||
||o---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2-----|---2-2---2-2---3-|-3---3-3---3-----o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  Q=104
  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5--|
|--------------------------------------------------|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-5-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|


  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-5--||
|--------------------------------------------------||


 Breakdown
  Q=208
  W          W          E E H.        H    H
|----------|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|----------|-0-0---------|------6\----|


  E E H.        W          E E H.        W
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-0-----------|----------|-0-0---------|------|


   Out-Chorus
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7---|---8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7---|---8------------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0-6--6----||


    Q=104
    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
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-7-----5-----7-----8-----7-------|-7-----5-----7-----8---------o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-3p0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-6-6--||


   Guitar Solo II
    Q=208                                                1.,2.,3.
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-4-----5-----4---|---5-----4-------|-4-----5-----4---|---5-----------o||
||----2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2-5p2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2-0--0---||


  4.
                                 5/4
  E E E E H        +W          3x +H.      +H
|--------------||--------------||-----------------||
|--------------||o------------o||-----------------||
|---5----------||o------------o||-----------------||
|-2---2-2-0----||--(0)---------||-(0)------(0)----||


 Outro
  Q=98        H.=H          Q=50
 4/4         3/4        4/4
  H    H      Q  Q  Q    Q  +Q   H        +W          4x E  E H.
|-----------|----------|--------------||--------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|--------------||o------------o||------------*|
|-----------|----------|--------------||o------------o||------------*|
|-2----2----|-2--7--5--|-4--(4)--3----||--(3)---------||-2\---------*|



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
            
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