Savatage - Prelude To Madness Bass

PRELUDE TO MADNESS

based on "The Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg


NOTE: For this tab, the bass is tuned completely to D (D - G - C - F), not "drop D", as in
Savatage's early albums.

Also, I opted to play the C & G in the chorus on the 5th fret instead of using open strings
because the fretted note doesn't ring out like open notes do.


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LIGHTNING & INTRO
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|-----------5--4-------------------5--4--------5--4--1--3--1~~~-|
|-3------------------------3----------------3-------------------|


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|----5-----------5-----------5-----------------5----------------|
|-------4--5--------4--5--------4--5-----------------4-----5----|
|-3-----------3-----------3--------------3----------------------|



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MAIN
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|----------------|---------------|---------------5-|-3-------3-----|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5---|---5---5-------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6-----|-----6---------|


|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------5-|-3-------3-----|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5---|---5---5-------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6-----|-----6---------|


|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------5-7-5-7--|-8-7-8--7-5-7--|-------5-7-5-7---|-8-7-8--7------|
|-5-7-9----------|---------------|-5-7-9-----------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|


|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------5-7-5-7--|-9-7-9--7-5-7--|-------5-7-5-7---|-9-7-9--7------|
|-5-7-9----------|---------------|-5-7-9-----------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|

{Repeat 3x, speeding up steadily to about 190bpm}


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ENDING
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|----------------|---------------|---------------5-|-3-------3-----|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5---|---5---5-------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6-----|-----6---------|


|----------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|--------------------------5---5--|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5--5-3--------------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6--------6-5-3---3----|


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|-----------------3---3--------------------------------------------|