Dracula Bass

by Iced Earth
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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb
Capo: no capo
Author tonedeafidiot 49,008. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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DRACULA (Bassline)
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 2001 Album HORROR SHOW)
 
Transcribed by Metal Maestro
	
 
Words and Music by Jon Schaffer
Arranged by Metal Maestro
 
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar'
 
   Intro
    Q=145
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Wx8         3x Wx7          H.      Q     H..        E
||--------------||------------|------------|---------------|
||o------------o||------------|---------7S=|=12---------12-|
||o------------o||------------|------------|---------------|
||--------------||------------|------------|---------------|
 
 
   Q   E  Q.   Q     H..        E    Q   E  Q.    Q    H..       E
|-12--------------|---------------|-15-----14----12--|-------------|
|-----12-15----7S=|=12---------12-|-----12-----------|-7---------7-|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------|
 
 
  Q   E Q  E  E E   W           Q.   Q.   Q    W
|-------7--9h10p9-|----------|-10----9----7--|------|
|-7h=10-----------|-7--------|---------------|------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|-5----|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|------|
 
 
  +H.      Q    W          Q.   Q.    Q    W
|-------------|----------|---------------|------|
|-------------|----------|---------------|------|
|-(5)------3S=|=5--------|-8----7--------|------|
|-------------|----------|-----------10--|-5----|
 
 
  +H      Q    Q     H..       E    Q  E Q.   Q    W
|-----------------|--------------|-10----9----7--|------|
|-----------------|------------7-|-----7---------|------|
|------------/10--|-12-----------|---------------|-5----|
|-(5)----12-------|--------------|---------------|------|
 
 
  +H.      Q    W           Q.   Q.  Q    W
|-------------|----------|--------------|------|
|-------------|----------|--------------|------|
|-(5)------3S=|=5--------|-12S==10S==8--|------|
|-------------|----------|--------------|-5----|
 
 
  H     Q    Q     W           Q.   Q.   Q
|---------------|-----------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------|-10----9----7--|
|----------/10--|-12--------|---------------|
|-5----12-------|-----------|---------------|
 
 
   Bridge
    W          H.      Q   4x W          +W
||-----------|-------------||----------|--------|
||o----------|------------o||----------|--------|
||o----------|------------o||----------|--------|
||--0--------|-0-------1---||-0--------|-(0)----|
 
 
 Verse
  Q=170
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------5h7-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5--------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-3-|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|
 
 
    E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S E S S E S S
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------3-3-3--|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-3-|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--||
 
 
   Pre-Chorus
    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 E E
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------3-4-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0---1-------|
 
 
  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 E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------3-----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0---1---4-3--||
 
 
   Verse
    E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S E S S E S S
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------3-3-3--|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-3-|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--||
 
 
   Pre-Verse
    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 E E
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------3-4-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0---1-------|
 
 
  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 E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------3-----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0---1---4-3--||
 
 
   Chorus
    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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
 
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||
 
 
 Post-Chorus
  Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|
 
 
   Guitar Solo
    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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5----o||
||o-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3h5-3h5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-----8--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 
 
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3h5-3h5-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|---5-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----o||
|-----------------|-------------------8--o||
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---------------------||
 
 
    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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5----o||
||o-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3h5-3h5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-----8--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 
 
    E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
||----------------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--6S5--|
 
 
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S   S S E S S S S Q  E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--6S5--||
 
 
   Chorus
    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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
 
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
 
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  4x
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  4x
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||
 
 
 Post-Chorus
  Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----3-3-3-1--|
 
 
 Outro
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3h5-3h5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    Q  H.
|-----------------|----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|-----------7----|----------*|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5---3--|-5--------*|
|-----------------|----------------|----------*|
 
 
 
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
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