The Epitome Of Gods And Men Alike Bass Tabs by Mournful Congregation

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                    M O U R N F U L   C O N G R E G A T I O N

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        T H E   E P I T O M E   O F   G O D S   A N D   M E N   A L I K E
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                          THE DAWNING OF MOURNFUL HYMNS
                       (c) Weird Truth Productions - 2002
                       http://www.mournfulcongregation.tk/


                               Tune Down Four Steps
                                    Ab Db Gb B

                                  Tempo = 90 BPM
                               Time Signature = 4/4



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                                 Transcribed by

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk

                                   Version 1.0
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                             Tablature Symbols Used:


 p          -  Pull-Off
 h          -  Hammer-On
 (14b15r14) -  Bend note to specified pitch, then return to original pitch
 (/)        -  Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 \          -  Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 /          -  Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 ( )        -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 REST       -  Rest (Sustain rest for duration of blank space)



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Rest for 2 bars
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Riff 1: (Play 4 times)
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||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--7------------7----|--5--------3--------|--2-----------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------5----|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


|--------------------| |
|--------------------|*|
|--3--------2--------|*|
|--------------------| |



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Riff 2: (Play 4 times)
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  1                      2
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||--5------------5 h 7--|--7------7--5--7--(7/8)--|
||----------------------|-------------------------|

 3                      4                        5
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|--8------0--8----8----|--10----0--8----0--7----|--5------------5 h 7--|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|

 6                         7                    8
|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------| |
|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|*|
|--7------7--5--7--(7\3)--|--3------------3----|--10----0--8----0--7----|*|
|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------| |



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Play Riff 1 four times
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Play Riff 2 once
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Riff 3.1: (Play once)
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                         [ From this bar on the tempo = 60 BPM ]

||---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
||--10--------9--------||-------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------||--0----------------|--0----------------|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|


|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--0---------------|--0----------------|--5----------------|--0----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------5------|------------------------|
|--8--------------(8\5)-|--5------------------|--8--------------(8/10)-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|


|-------------------| |-----------------| |--/
|-------------------|3|--10------9------|4|--/
|--7----------------|/|-----------------|/|--/
|-------------------|4|-----------------|4|--/



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Riff 3.2: (Play once through)
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||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------7-----|------------7------------|------------------7-----|
||--0------0--0--7-----7--|--0------0-----7--10--7--|--0------0--0--7-----7--|
||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|


|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------9---------|---------------------------|------------7-----9-----|
|-0------0--7-----7--10--|-5----5--7--8--10--8--(8\7)|--0------0-----7-----7--|
|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|


|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--8----8--10--12--10--8--8 \ |--5----5--5--5--8--5--7\ -|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|


|------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|3|-------------------|
|--8---8--8--8--8--8-----|----------------7--(7b8r7)-7\-|/|-3--3--3--2--2--2--|
|---------------------5--|--0----0--0--0----------------|4|-------------------|


| |-------------------|-------------------||
|4|-------------------|-------------------||
|/|--0----------------|--(0)--------------||
|4|-------------------|-------------------||



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Play Riff 1 twice [ Tempo = 90 BPM ]
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Play Riff 2 four times
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Segue between Riff 2 and Riff 4: (Play once) [ Tempo = 72 BPM ]
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||-------------------|-------------------|--R   -|--   --||
||-------------------|-------------------|--E   -|--   --||
||-------------------|-------------------|--S   -|--   --||
||--4----------------|--(4)--------------|--T   -|--   --||



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Riff 4: (Play once)
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[ The first 4 bars are all that are required if you plan on improvising, as is
done on the track itself.  If you decide to do this, repeat the 4 bars six
times. ]


  1                        2                        3
||----------4-------8--4--|------------4-----4-----|-------------------------|
||--6--6---------6--------|--4------4-----6-----4--|--2----2--4--6--4--6-----|
||------------------------|------------------------|----------------------7--|
||------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

 4                         5                         6
|-------------------------|----------4-----8--------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--6--6-------6-----6--8--|--4--4-------6-----4--6--|
|--6------6 / 10----10----|-------------------------|----------4-----4--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

 7                         8                         9
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------8-----|
|--2--2----4--6--4--6-----|-------------------------|--6--6----8----6-----6--|
|----------------------7--|--6------6 / 10----10----|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

 10                       11
|----------6-------------|-------------------------|
|--4----4-------6--4--6--|--2----2--4--6--4--6-----|
|------------------------|----------------------7--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|

 12                               13
|---------------6-8-9-13-15-16-R-|-----------4-------8--4--|
|---------6-8-9----------------E-|--6--6--6-------6--------|
|--6---------------------------S-|-------------------------|
|------------------------------T-|-------------------------|

 14                           15                        16
|-----------6-----6----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--4--4--4-----6-----4--(6\2)|--2----2--4--6--4--2--4--|-------8----------11---|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|--6---------10---------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|

 17                        18
|-------------------8--4--|-----------6-----6-----------|
|--6--6--6--8----6--------|--4--4--4-----6-----4--(6\2)-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

 19                        20                       21
|-------------------------|------------------------|----------------8-----4--|
|--2----2--4--6--4--6--4--|-------8----------11----|--6--6--6--6-------6-----|
|-------------------------|--6---------10----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

 22                         23
|------------6----4--------|------------------------------|
|--4---6-6-----6-----4--6--|--2------4--(4/6\4)--(4/6)----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------7--|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

 24
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|--6------6 / 10------10--||
|-------------------------||



During the last bar the tempo gradually decreases to 35 BPM, increasing to 90
BPM immediately thereafter



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Outro: (Play once)
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  1                   2                   3
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||--6----------------|--6----------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|--7------------7----|
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

 4                       5                   6
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--6----------------|--6----------------|
|--7----7----(7 / 9)----|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 7                    8                      9
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--7------------7----|--7----7----9---------|--4------------4----|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

 10                    11                   12
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--4--------4----6----|--6------------6----|--6----7----7----9----|
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|

 13                  14                      15
|-------------------|-------8----11----9----|--------------------|
|--6----------------|--6--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|--7------------6----|
|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|

 16                     17                  18
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--6----------------|--6----------------|
|--6----9----9----9----|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 19                   20                     21
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--7------------7----|--7----7----9---------|--4------------4----|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

 22                    23                   24
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|--4--------4----6----|--6------------6----|--6----7----7----9----||
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||


  [ Begin fade ]

  25                  26                  27
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|--(4)--------------|--(4)--------------|

 28
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|--(4)--------------||



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End
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Tab summary:        Riff 1 X 4
                    Riff 2 X 4
                    Riff 1 X 4
                    Riff 2 X 1
                    Riff 3.1 X 1
                    Riff 3.2 X 1
                    Riff 1 X 2
                    Riff 2 X 4
                    Segue X 1
                    Riff 4 X 1
                    Outro X 1
                    
                    END

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