Empty Words Bass

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EMPTY WORDS (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
 
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted)
	
 
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
 
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Kelly Conlon'
 
 Verse
  Q=100         Moderate Metal Q=121
                $
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                     ~~~~~~~~~                         ~
  Wx16          E E E E H      E E E H    +E    E E E E H      E E E E H
|-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
|-------------|-3-2----------|-3-2------------|-3-2----------|--------------|
|-------------|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
 
 
                       ~~~~~~~~~                         ~
  E E E E H      E E E H    +E    E E E E H      E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-8----|
|-3-2----------|-3-2------------|-3-2----------|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
 
 
                       ~~~~~~~~~                         ~
  E E E E H      E E E H    +E    E E E E H      E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
|-3-2----------|-3-2------------|-3-2----------|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
 
 
   Pre Chorus
    Q=124
    W          W          H    H      H    H     4x
||-----------|----------|-----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|-----------|-----------o||
||o----------|----------|-----------|-4---------o||
||--5--------|-0--------|-5----1----|------4-----||
 
 
    Q=118
            ~                            ~
    S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S   S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
 
 
    S S S S S S S S Q  S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
 
 
  1.                        2.
                                                ~~~
  S S S S Q  S S S S Q      S S S S Q  S S S S  Q
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||--------------------[6]--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
 
 
            ~                            ~
    S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S   S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o--------------------6-7-6-4-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
 
 
    S S S S S S S S Q  S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
 
 
  1.                        2.
                                                ~~~
  S S S S Q  S S S S Q      S S S S Q  S S S S  Q
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||--------------------[6]--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
 
 
  Q=112
 3/4       5/8
  H.        H    E
|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|
 
 
 3/4                       5/8
  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
 
 
   3/4        5/8
    Q  Q  Q     Q  E. E.
||-----------|------------||
||o----------|-----------o||
||o-7--8--5--|-10--7--8--o||
||-----------|------------||
 
 
   Chorus
     Fast Metal Q=160
To Coda
   4/4
                                             ~~     ~~       ~~     ~~
     H    S S S S S S S S   H    E E E E   E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.   4x
||------------------------|--------------|--------7------|---------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------|-5--------5----|-7------9-----o||
||o--7--------------------|--------------|---3-----------|---5------7---o||
||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8----0-0-0-0-|---------------|---------------||
 
 
   Solo Rythm
    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-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
 
  S S S S E S S S S E S S E   S S S S E S S S S E S S E  4x
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
 
 
    Q=180
   9/8
    W        +E    W        +E    W        +E    W        +E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--5--------(5)-|-0--------(0)-|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)--||
 
 
    Q=176                                        1.,2.,3.          4.
    W        +E    W        +E    W        +E    W        +E   4x  Q  H..
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||------------|
||--0--------(0)-|-1--------(1)-|-3--------(3)-|-1--------(1)--||--1---------|
 
 
   Chorus
     Q=160
D.S. al Coda
    &
   4/4
                                             ~~     ~~       ~~     ~~
     H    S S S S S S S S   H    E E E E   E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.   9x
||------------------------|--------------|--------7------|---------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------|-5--------5----|-7------9-----o||
||o--7--------------------|--------------|---3-----------|---5------7---o||
||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8----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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X