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ENEMIES OF REALITY (Bassline)
As recorded by Nevermore
(From the 2003 Album ENEMIES OF REALITY)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Words and Music by Nevermore
Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F#) - 'Bass'
Intro Riff A
Q=89 Q.=89
(B7b9)
7/8 6/8
Gtr I
H.. 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-------|-------------------------|
|-----------||--4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-4-4-4-0-0-0-1-1-1-0h1p0-|
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-------|-7h8p7-----------5--------|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-6-7---7-6-5--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-4-4-4-0-0-0-1-1-1-0h1p0-|
PM--|
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||
|-------------------------|-------------------3-6-------||
|-------------5-5-5-------|-----------------5-----5----o||
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-7-5-4-7-4-0-4-7-------------||
Riff B
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
|----------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||--0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-0-|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-3-|
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||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------3-2-0--o||
|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-0-|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0---------||
Verse 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
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-0-|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-3-|
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||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------3-2-0---o||
|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-0-|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0----------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------5-4-2-||
|-2-3-2-3-2-5-2-3-2-5-3-2-|-2-3-2-3-2-5-2-3-2-------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------3-2-0--|
|-1-3-1-3-1-5-1-3-1-5-3-1-|-1-3-1-3-1-5-1-3-1--------|
Guitar Solo 1
E S +E S S S S S S S E S +E S S S S S S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------2-----------|---5-(5)---5-----------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-(0)-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------3---3-3-3-3-3-|
E S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|---4-(4)---4-----------|-3-----------3------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------/7\---o||
|-2-------2---2-2-2-2-2-|---1-1-1-1-1---1-1--------||
Pre-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
||--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|---------------|-7-----0-5----o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|---6-0-----4---||
Chorus
Q=89
4/4
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S E S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------2-0-(0)------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-------------------5-3-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-1--|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------------------------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-2-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-------------(1)-1-(1)-0-1-4-4-4-4-|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S E S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------2-0-(0)------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-------------------5-3-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-1--|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-------------------------6-6-/6\--|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-(8)-8-7-8----------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|----------------------------------|
Riff A
Q.=89
6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-4-4-4-0-0-0-1-1-1-0h1p0-|
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-------|-7h8p7-----------5--------|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-6-7---7-6-5--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-4-4-4-0-0-0-1-1-1-0h1p0-|
PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------3-6------|
|-------------5-5-5-------|-----------------5-----5----|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-7-5-4-7-4-0-4-7------------|
Verse 2
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-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-0-|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-3-|
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||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------3-2-0---o||
|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-3-1-0-|-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0----------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------5-4-2-||
|-2-3-2-3-2-5-2-3-2-5-3-2-|-2-3-2-3-2-5-2-3-2-------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------3-2-0--|
|-1-3-1-3-1-5-1-3-1-5-3-1-|-1-3-1-3-1-5-1-3-1--------|
Pre-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
||--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|---------------|-7-----0-5----o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|---6-0-----4---||
Chorus
Q=89
4/4
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S E S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------2-0-(0)-----------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-------------------5-3-2-----|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-1-|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------------------------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-2-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-------------(1)-1-(1)-0-1-4-4-4-4-|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S E S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------2-0-(0)------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-------------------5-3-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-1--|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-------------------------6-6-/6\-|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-(8)-8-7-8---------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|---------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 2
S S e S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------4-----------------------|---------4-----------------------|
|-----------4---------------------|-----------4---------------------|
|-2-0-2-x-----2-(2)-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-3-2-3-x-----3-(3)-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|
|-3-|
S S e S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S +S S S S e e e
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------4-----------------------|---------4----------------------|
|-----------4---------------------|-----------4--------------------|
|-2-0-2-x-----2-(2)-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-3-2-3-x-----3-(3)-0-2-3-5-3-0--|
S S E S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------4-----------------------|---------4-----------------------|
|-----------4---------------------|-----------4---------------------|
|-2-0-2-0-----2-(2)-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-3-2-3-0-----3-(3)-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|
|-3-|
S S E S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S +S S S S e e e
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------4-----------------------|---------4----------------------|
|-----------4---------------------|-----------4--------------------|
|-2-0-2-0-----2-(2)-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-3-2-3-0-----3-(3)-0-2-3-5-3-0--|
Breakdown
S S E +S E. E. S +E E +S E. E. S +E E +S E. 4x
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--2-0-1-(1)-4--3--6-(6)-5-|-(5)-8--9--8-(8)-7-(7)-6---||
Guitar Solo 3
Q.=89
6/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1--|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-7-----0-5---|
|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|---6-0-----4-|
Q=89
9/8 4/4
|-3-|
H. Q. W H. E E E
|--------------|----------|---------------|
|--------------|----------|---------------|
|--------------|----------|---------------|
|--------------|----------|---------2-----|
|--------------|----------|-----------4-1-|
Chorus
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S E S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------2-0-(0)------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-------------------5-3-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-1--|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|------------------------------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-2------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-------------(1)-1-(1)-0-1-4-4-4-4--|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S E S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-----------2-0-(0)------------|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-------------------5-3-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-1--|
S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------2-------------2---0-2-|-------------------------6-6-/6\---|
|-----------2-------------2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-(8)-8-7-8-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)-0-0---------|-----------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------2-------2-------2-------|-----------------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---|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------2-------2-------2-------|-------------------------6-6-/6\----|
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-(8)-8-7-8------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-|------------------------------------|
Outro
Q.=89
6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-4-4-4-0-0-0-1-1-1-0h1p0-|
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-------|-7h8p7-----------5--------|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-6-7---7-6-5--|
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 S E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------/6\-|
|-------------5-5-5-------|-------------------------|-------------5-5-5-----|
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-------0-0-0-|-4-4-4-0-0-0-1-1-1-0h1p0-|-4-4-4-7-7-7-----------|
|-3-| |-3-|
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
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------3-6---|---------------------6-9---|
|-2h5p2---2-------2-5-----5-|-5h8p5---5-------5-8-----8-|
|-------4---4-1-4-----------|-------7---7-4-7-----------|
|-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------9-12----|
|-8h11p8----8---------8-11------11-|
|--------10---10-7-10--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. +Q.
|----------------------------|--------------*|
|-7-10---10---10---9---9---9-|--------------*|
|------9----7----6---7-------|--------------*|
|------------------------8---|-7----(7)\----*|
|----------------------------|--------------*|
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