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A FUTURE UNCERTAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Nevermore
(From the 2005 Album THE GODLESS ENDEAVOR)
Transcribed by Namnra
Words and Music by Nevermore
Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F#) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=85
4/4
Gtr I
H. Q E +S E +S E +Q E E H. Q Q. H E
|------------|------------------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|--------------|
|---------1--|-2-(2)-2-(2)------------|---------1--|-2------------|
|-2----------|-------------0-(0)--3p0-|-2----------|------0----3--|
|------------|------------------------|------------|--------------|
H. Q E +S E +S E +Q E E H. Q E. E. Q +S S S S S S
|------------|------------------------|------------|------------------------||
|------------|------------------------|------------|------------------------||
|---------1--|-2-(2)-2-(2)------------|---------1--|-2--0-------------------||
|-2----------|-------------0-(0)--3p0-|-2----------|-------3--(3)-2h3p0h2p0-||
|------------|------------------------|------------|------------------------||
Verse (1st Section)
+E E +H Q E +S E +S E +Q E E H. Q Q. H E
|-----------------|------------------------|------------|-------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------|-------------|
|--------------1--|-2-(2)-2-(2)------------|---------1--|-2-----------|
|-(0)-2-(2)-------|-------------0-(0)--3p0-|-2----------|------0----3-|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------|-------------|
H. Q E +S E +S E +S S +E E E
|------------|-----------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------|
|---------1--|-2-(2)-2-(2)-----------------|
|-2----------|-------------0-(0)-0-(0)-3p0-|
|------------|-----------------------------|
H. Q E. E. S +S +S S E S E +S
|------------|-------------------------------||
|------------|-------------------------------||
|---------1--|-2--0--------------------------||
|-2----------|-------3-(3)-(3)-0-2-0-2-(2)---||
|------------|-------------------------------||
Verse (2nd Section)
E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H H
||------------------------------|-----------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------|
||--4-(4)-2-(2)-4-(4)-2-(2)-4-2-|-----------|
||o-----------------------------|-1----1----|
||------------------------------|-----------|
1.
E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H H
|-----------------------------|------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------o||
|-4-(4)-2-(2)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-2-|------3-----||
|-----------------------------|-1---------o||
|-----------------------------|------------||
2.
2/4 4/4
H H H H H
|------|-----------|-----------||
|------|-----------|-----------||
|------|-----------|-----------||
|-1----|-----------|-----------||
|------|-1----1----|-1----1----||
Interlude
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-12-12-11-11-11-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-11-11-11---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
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
|12-12-12-11-11-11-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-11-12-11-|-12-12-12-11-11-11-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-11-11-11|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T E
|-12-12-12-11-11-11-14-14-14-12-12-12--------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8----||
|--------------------------------------------------||
Bridge
Q=83
PM----------------| PM----| PM|
E S S +Q T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T E S E S S S E T T E S S S
||-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-7-5s8-(8)--------------------------------|-7-5s8-5s8---------------5-|
||-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------7-0-0-0-6-7-0---|
PM----------------| PM----|
E S S +Q T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-5s8-(8)-----------------------------------|
|------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
1. 2.
PM| PM
E S E S S S E T T T T T T T T T T T T E S E S S S E T T E S S S
|----------------------------------------||---------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||---------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||---------------------------||
|-7-5s8-5s8-----------------------------o||-7-5s8-5s8-----------------||
|-----------7-0-7-6-5-0-6-5-4-0-5-4-3-0--||-----------7-0-0-0-6-7-0-1-||
Verse
$
PM| PM
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||--0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1-|
PM| PM PM| PM
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
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1-|-0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1---|
To Coda
PM| PM
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1--||
Bridge
PM----------------| PM----| PM|
E S S +Q T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T E S E S S S E T T E S S S
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-5s8-(8)--------------------------------|-7-5s8-5s8---------------5--|
|------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------7-0-0-0-6-7-0----|
PM----------------| PM----|
E S S +Q T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-7-5s8-(8)--------------------------------|
|------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda
E S E S S S E T T T T T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-7-5s8-5s8------------------------------||
|-----------7-0-7-6-5-0-6-5-4-0-5-4-3-0--||
Chorus
&
E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H E. E. E
||------------------------------|--------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------|
||------------------------------|--------------|
||o-----------------------------|-1------------|
||--2-(2)-0-(0)-2-(2)-0-(0)-2-0-|------3--1--4-|
PM| PM| PM
E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-2-(2)-0-(0)-2-(2)-3-(3)-2-0-|-4----3-0-0-1-0-0-4-0---||
PM| PM| PM PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-0-0-1-0-0-4-0-3-0-0-1-3-3-3-3-3---|
Guitar Break
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
PM----|
|-3-|
Q E E E E Q.
|------------------||
|------------------||
|------------------||
|------------------||
|-4--4-3-1-4-------||
Chorus
E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H E. E. E
||------------------------------|--------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------|
||------------------------------|--------------|
||o-----------------------------|-1------------|
||--2-(2)-0-(0)-2-(2)-0-(0)-2-0-|------3--1--4-|
PM| PM| PM
E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-2-(2)-0-(0)-2-(2)-3-(3)-2-0-|-4----3-0-0-1-0-0-4-0---||
Guitar Solo
PM| PM| PM PM| PM------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T H. e e e H. Q
|-----------------------------------------||---------------|------------|
|-----------------------------------------||---------------|------------|
|-----------------------------------------||---------------|-3-------3--|
|-----------------------------------------||-2-------2-4-5-|------------|
|-3-0-0-1-0-0-4-0-3-0-0-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||---------------|------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H. Q H e e e e e e H. e e e H. Q
|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------|
|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------|
|-4-----------|------2-----------|---------------|------------|
|-------------|--------2-1-2-----|-2-------2-4-5-|------------|
|---------2\--|-1------------3-0-|---------------|-1-------1--|
Harmony/Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H. Q H e e e e e e H. e e e H. Q
|------------|------------------||---------------|------------|
|------------|------------------||---------------|------------|
|------------|------2-----------||---------------|------------|
|------------|--------2-1-2-----||-2-------2-4-5-|------------|
|-2-------2--|-1------------3-0-||---------------|-1-------1--|
Bass Interlude
|-3-| |-3-|
H. Q H e e e e e e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------|------------------||------------------------------------|
|------------|------------------||o-8-----7-----10-----8-----7-8-7-5--|
|------------|------2-----------||----6-6---6-6----6-6---6-6----------|
|------------|--------2-1-2-----||o-----------------------------------|
|-2-------2--|-1------------3-0-||------------------------------------|
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 S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-8-----7-----10-----8-----7-8-7---|-------------------------------------|
|---6-6---6-6----6-6---6-6-------9-|-10-----9-----12-----10-----9---12---|
|----------------------------------|----8-8---8-8----8-8----8-8---8----8-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-10---9-------12---10--------9----9-10---||
|----8---8-8-8----8----8-8s10---10-------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-10-----9-----12-----10-----9-10-9-7-|
|----8-8---8-8----8-8----8-8----------|
|-------------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-8-----7-----10-----8-----7-8-7-5--|
|-10-----9-----12-----10-----9-10-9-7-|---6-6---6-6----6-6---6-6----------|
|----8-8---8-8----8-8----8-8----------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-8-----7-----10-----8-----7-8-7---|-------------------------------------|
|---6-6---6-6----6-6---6-6-------9-|-10-----9-----12-----10-----9---12---|
|----------------------------------|----8-8---8-8----8-8----8-8---8----8-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-10---9-------12---10--------9----9-10--|
|----8---8-8-8----8----8-8s10---10-------|
|----------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|---------------------------------|
Guitar Break
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
2/4
PM--|
|-3-|
Q E E E
|------------||
|------------||
|------------||
|------------||
|-4--4-3-1---||
Verse
4/4
PM| PM
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1-|
PM| PM PM| PM
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
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1-|-0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1--|
Out-Chorus
PM| PM
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H E. E. E
|------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------||o-----------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------||o-----------------------------|-1------------|
|-0-0---0-12\--0-1-0-3-0-4-3-1-||--2-(2)-0-(0)-2-(2)-0-(0)-2-0-|------3--1--4-|
PM| PM| PM
E +S E +S E +S E +S E E H S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------o||
|-2-(2)-0-(0)-2-(2)-3-(3)-2-0-|-4----3-0-0-1-0-0-4-0--||
PM| PM| PM PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S
|---------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------*|
|-3-0-0-1-0-0-4-0-3-0-0-1-3-3-3-3-3-----*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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