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JOIN ME IN DEATH (Bassline)
As recorded by HIM
(From the 2000 Album RAZORBLADE ROMANCE)
Words and Music by HIM
Arranged by Saitou Hajime (ometal666@hotmail.com)
Transcribed by Saitou Hajime
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=114
4/4
Gtr II
W W
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--5-----------------------|-------------------------|
||---------------------------|--6----------------------|
||--(2)----------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-(4)---------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
||------12-----14-16----(16)-|-----9-----11-12----(12)-|
||o--------------------------|-(5)---------------------|
||---9-----(9)---------------|--6----(6)---------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
W +W
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6-------------------|-(6)-----||
|----------------------|--------o||
|-(4)------------------|-(4)-----||
|
| E S S E H +E +W
|-----4-----6-7----(7)-|-(7)-----||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6----(6)------------|---------||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
2.
+W W W
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|--5-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|--6----------------------------|
|-(6)------------|-(2)------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-(4)---------------------------|
|-(4)------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| +W E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|-(7)------------|-----12-----14-16------(16)-|---------9-----11-12------(12)-|
|----------------|----------------------------|-(5)---------------------------|
|----------------|--9-----(9)-----------------|--6--------(6)-----------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E Q E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|--2--(2)s4------4--4--4-4---4--|
|----------2-2-0-|--0----------0--0--0-0---0--|-------------------------------|
W +W
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|--6-------------------------|-(6)--------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-(4)------------------------|-(4)--------------------|
|
| E S S E H +E +W
|---------4-----6-7------(7)-|-(7)--------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|--6--------(6)--------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|--2--(2)s4-----4-4--4-4--4--|--2--(2)s4-4-4--2-2-0---|
Verse 1
$ To Coda
W W W
|------------------|-------------------||--(7)---------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|
| Q E H +E Q E H +E W
|----14-16----(16)-|-----16-18----(18)-||--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o-------------------|
|-9----------------|-11----------------||--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|
| W W E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o-------------------|
|-0----------------|--2----------------||---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
1.
E H +Q +E W E H +Q +E
|-(7)-(6)-------(6)---(6)-|-(7)---------------|-(7)-(6)-------(6)---(6)-----||
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| W W W
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| 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||
|-/6---6--6-6-6--6--6--6--|-------------------|-/6---6--6-6-6--6--6--6-----o||
|-------------------------|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------------||
Verse 2
2.
&
W E H +Q +E W
|-(7)---------------|-(7)-(6)-------(6)---(6)-|-(7)------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| W W H +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|--7--------(7)--------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--9--------(9)--------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--8--------(8)------8-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|------------------9---|
|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------11-----|
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|--2---2--2-2-2--2--2--2--|--4--4-4-4--4---4-4-4-|
E H +Q +E W E H +Q +E
|-(7)-(6)-------(6)---(6)-|-(7)------------------|-(7)-(6)-------(6)---(6)----|
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|
| W H +E E E E W
|--6----------------------|--7--------(7)--------|--6-------------------------|
|--7----------------------|--9--------(9)--------|--7-------------------------|
|--8----------------------|--8--------(8)------8-|--8-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------9---|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------11-----|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-/6---6--6-6-6--6--6--6--|----------------------|-/6---6--6-6-6--6--6--6-----|
|-------------------------|--4--4-4-4--4---4-4-4-|----------------------------|
W E H +Q +E
|-(7)------------------|-(7)-(6)-------(6)---(6)-|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| H +E E E E W
|--7--------(7)--------|--6----------------------|
|--9--------(9)--------|--7----------------------|
|--8--------(8)------8-|--8----------------------|
|------------------9---|-------------------------|
|---------------11-----|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-/6---6--6-6-6--6--6--6--|
|--4--4-4-4--4---4-4-4-|-------------------------|
W W
|-(7)---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|
| W E E E H E
|--4----------------|------------------|
|--5----------------|-11---11----------|
|--6----------------|-11---11----------|
|-------------------|-11---11----------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------|
|-------------------|--2----2----2-2-0-|
Chorus
W W
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o--5-------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|--6----------------------------|
||--(2)------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-(4)---------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
||------12-----14-16------(16)-|---------9-----11-12------(12)-|
||o----------------------------|-(5)---------------------------|
||---9-----(9)-----------------|--6--------(6)-----------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Q E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|--2--(2)s4------4--4--4-4---4--|
||---0----------0--0--0-0---0--|-------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
W +W 3x
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|--6-------------------------|-(6)----------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-(4)------------------------|-(4)----------------------||
|
| E S S E H +E +W 3x
|---------4-----6-7------(7)-|-(7)----------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|--6--------(6)--------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E 3x
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--2--(2)s4-----4-4--4-4--4--|--2--(2)s4-4-4--2-2-0-----||
Gtr III
Q E H +E Q E H +E
|----14-16----(16)-|-----16-18----------(18)-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-9----------------|-11----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W H E E E E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-----------11\-6---------|
|-0----------------|--2--------------4\---0--|
W W
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|
Guitar Break
E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
||----12-----14-16----(16)-|-----9-----11-12----(12)-|
||o------------------------|-(5)---------------------|
||--9----(9)---------------|--6----(6)---------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E H +E +W
|---4-----6-7----(7)-|-(7)-----||
|--------------------|--------o||
|--------------------|---------||
|-6---(6)------------|---------||
|--------------------|--------o||
|--------------------|---------||
Gtr II
W W
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--5-----------------------|-------------------------|
||---------------------------|--6----------------------|
||--(2)----------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-(4)---------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
||------12-----14-16----(16)-|-----9-----11-12----(12)-|
||o--------------------------|-(5)---------------------|
||---9-----(9)---------------|--6----(6)---------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W W
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--4----------------------|
||---0-----------------------|-------------------------|
1.
W +W
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6-------------------|-(6)-----||
|----------------------|--------o||
|-(4)------------------|-(4)-----||
|
| E S S E H +E +W
|-----4-----6-7----(7)-|-(7)-----||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6----(6)------------|---------||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
|
| W +W
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|--------o||
|--4-------------------|-(4)-----||
Out-Chorus
2.
W W W W
|----------|--------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------|--------------||o--5-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------|--------------||-----------------------------|--6----------------------------|
|----------|--------------||--(2)------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------|--------------||o----------------------------|-(4)---------------------------|
|----------|--------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W W E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|----------|--------------||------12-----14-16------(16)-|---------9-----11-12------(12)-|
|----------|--------------||o----------------------------|-(5)---------------------------|
|----------|--------------||---9-----(9)-----------------|--6--------(6)-----------------|
|----------|--------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------|--------------||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------|--------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W H E E E E Q E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
|----------|--------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------|--------------||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------|--------------||o----------------------------|--2--(2)s4------4--4--4-4---4--|
|----------|--------2-2-0-||---0----------0--0--0-0---0--|-------------------------------|
W W 3x
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--6-------------------------|--8-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-(4)------------------------|-(6)----------------------------||
|
| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E 3x
|---------4-----6-7------(7)-|----------------7-9------(9)----||
|----------------------------|---------11--------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--6--------(6)--------------|--8---------(8)-----------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E 3x
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|--2--(2)s4-----4-4--4-4--4--|--2--(2)s=6-----6-6--6-6--6-----||
Q
Gtr III
Q E H +E Q E H +E
|----14-16----(16)-|-----16-18-------(18)-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-9----------------|-11-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W H E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-0----------------|--2--------2-2-2---2--|
Outro
=94 Q=89
E E E Q Q E +E Q H +E
|------------------16-|-(16)-18--20----(20)-*|
|-------11-13--16-----|---------------------*|
|----13---------------|---------------------*|
|-13------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|
| W Q. H +E
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|-----------4-----(4)-*|
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