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THE IRON FORCE (Bassline)
As recorded by Nocturnal Rites
(From the 1999 Album THE SACRED TALISMAN)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Q=105
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q S S S S S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------5-5S7-|-----------2-2-3-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|----2--2-3-2-0-2----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------|-3---------------3--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q S S S S S E.
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||o-----------5-5-7-|-----------2-2-3-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|----2--2-3-2-0-2-----||
||--0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------|-3---------------3---||
1st and 2nd Verses
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q S S S S S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------5-5-7-|-----------2-2-3-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|----2--2-3-2-0-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------|-3---------------3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q S S S S S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------5-5-7-|-----------2-2-3-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|----2--2-3-2-0-2------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------|-3---------------3----||
Pre-Chorus
$
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q S S E Q S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2-3-5------------|
|-------------------------|----------0--0-2-3-0-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q a Q Q a Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--(2)S6--------------|
|-------------------------|-----------2--(2)S5----|
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q S S E Q S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2-3-5------------|
|-------------------------|----------0--0-2-3-0-|
To Coda
E S S E S S E S S E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(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 Q Q S S S S S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-----------5-5-7-|-----------2-2-3-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|----2--2-3-2-0-2------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------|-3---------------3-----||
H +E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|
||o----------5-5-7-|-----------2-2-3-|
||--0----(0)-------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q S S S S S E. W
|-----------------|---------------------||------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||------||
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|----2--2-3-2-0-2----o||------||
|-----------------|-3---------------3---||-0----||
Guitar Solo I
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E S E.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------x\-5-5-5---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Guitar Solo II
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
W E E Q E E Q
|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|
|----------|---5-5----3-3---|
|-0--------|----------------|
W W W E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
Bridge
D.S. al Coda
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q 3x Q. E Q Q
||---------------|---------------||--------------||
||o--------------|--------------o||--------------||
||o--------------|-5----5-3--3--o||--------------||
||--0----2-3--3--|---------------||-0----2-3--3--||
Outro
&
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S S S S S S S
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
|-0--0------0---|----0------0---|----0------0---|----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------5-5-7-|-----------2-2-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q S S S S S E. 4x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|----2--2-3-2-0-2-----o||
|-----------------|-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
Artist: Nocturnal Rites
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