THE MOURNING PALACE (Bassline)
As recorded by Dimmu Borgir
(From the 1997 Album ENTHRONE DARKNESS TRIUMPHANT)
Words and Music by Dimmu Borgir
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Nagash'
Intro Verse
Q.=80
6/8
Gtr I
Wx7 E E E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q. 6x
|----------|------------||------------|-----------|-----------|--------------||
|----------|------------||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------o||
|----------|-2-5-4-7----||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-2-5-4-7-----o||
|----------|------------||--2--2-2--2-|-2--2-2--2-|-2--2-2--2-|--------------||
Pre-Chorus
S S +Q Q E S S +Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E 4x E E E Q.
||----------------|---------------|-----------|------------||-------------|
||o---------------|---------------|-2--2-2--1-|-----------o||-------------|
||o---------------|---------------|-----------|-2--2-2--0-o||-2-5-4-7-----|
||--0h2-(2)--2--2-|-0h2-(2)--2--2-|-----------|------------||-------------|
Verse
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q. 4x
||------------|-----------|-----------|-------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|------------o||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-2-5-4-7----o||
||--2--2-2--2-|-2--2-2--2-|-2--2-2--2-|-------------||
Pre-Chorus
S S +Q Q E S S +Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E 4x
||----------------|---------------|-----------|-------------||
||o---------------|---------------|-2--2-2--1-|------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|-----------|-2--2-2--0--o||
||--0h2-(2)--2--2-|-0h2-(2)--2--2-|-----------|-------------||
Chorus
H.=H Q.=66
H. +H. Q. Q.
|---------|----------||------------|
|---------|----------||o-----------|
|-7-------|-(7)------||o-0----0----|
|---------|----------||------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.
E E E E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E.
|----7---------|-------------|--------------||
|-/9---9-7-----|-------------|-------------o||
|-----------9--|-------------|-------------o||
|--------------|-0--0--7--7--|-0--0--7--7---||
Bridge
6.
W Q. S S S E S e. e. e. e. e. e. S S S E S
|--------|----------------||--------------|------------------|
|--------|----------------||o-------------|------------------|
|--------|------3-3-3-5-6-||o-------------|-------3-3-3-6-5--|
|--------|----------------||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0-------------|
4/
e. e. e. e. e. e. S S S E S
|-------------|------------------||-|
|-------------|-----------------o||-|
|-------------|-------3-3-3-5-6-o||-|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0-------------||-|
4
e. e. e. e. S S S S e. e. e. e. S S S S
||----------------------|-----------------------||
||o---------------------|----------------------o||
||o-------------3-3-5-6-|-------------3-3-6-5--o||
||--0--0--0--0----------|-0--0--0--0------------||
Out-Chorus
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
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|
||--------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Outro
Q=166
4/4
Wx4 H. E E W H. E E W
|------------|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|------------|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|------------|-2-------1-2-|----------|-------------|------|
|------------|-------------|----------|-3-------2-3-|-0----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
H.. E H.. E H.. E H H
||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------o||
||o-2---------0-|-2---------0-|-2---------0-|-----------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-3----0-----||
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||o-2--2--2--2-0-|-2--2--2--2-0-|-2--2--2--2-0-|--------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-3--3--0--0----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|
1/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E
|-----------------|------------------||------*|
|-----------------|-----------------o||------*|
|-----------------|-----------------o||------*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-6-7--*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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