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THE SOMATIC DEFILEMENT (Bassline)
As recorded by Whitechapel
(From the 2007 Album THE SOMATIC DEFILEMENT)
Transcribed by Jonathan Rose
Words and Music by Whitechapel
Gtr I (A E A D) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (A E A D Gb B) - 'Strings'
Gtr III (A E A D Gb B) - 'Strings'
Drums Intro
Deathcore Q=110
4/4 12/8
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1--|
TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------3-|-----------------------3-|
|---0-1---5-4-------0-1---|---0-1---5-4-------0-1---|
|-0-----0-----0-1-0-------|-0-----0-----0-1-0-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|
Slower Q=105
4/4 5/4
W W Q
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
4/4
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-1-----2---------|-----------------|-1-----2---------o||
||--0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-|---2-1---4-3-0-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-|---2-1---4-3-0-1--||
S S H.. S S H.. S H.. +S S S H..
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------||
|-1-1-----------|-0-0-----------|-1-1---------(1)-|-0-0--------||
"Captivating with.."
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 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o-----3---------4---3-------------|-------------------------6---2-5--o||
||--1-1---1-4-3-1---1---0-3-0-4-3-1-|-0-0-3-0-4-3-0-4-0-3-4-0---0-------||
"Going by my.."
A Little Slower Q=103
E E E Q E T T T T E Q E E E Q.
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|---------------|
|----------2---------2-|---------------|
|-1-4-3------1-1-1-1---|----1-3-4------|
Slower Q=100
2/4
E E E Q E T T T T S. T Q E E E Q. H
|-------------------------|---------------|------||
|-------------------------|---------------|------||
|----------2---------2----|---------------|------||
|-1-4-3------1-1-1-1------|----1-3-4------|------||
"I find a sense in.."
4/4
H H H H H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-1----3----|-----------|-1---------o||
||o-2----1----|-----------|-2----1----|------4----o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
"Before sepulture. I must.."
5/4
E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S E E E E E T T S H
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------1-0-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------------3-4-------|-------2-1------------|
|-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|-1-3-4-----1-1-1------|
E T T S E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S E E E E E T T S H
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------1-0-----------------|----------------------o||
||o-----------------------------3-4-------|-------2-1------------o||
||--4-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|-1-3-4-----1-1-1-------||
E T T S E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------1-0-----------------|
|-----------------------------3-4-------|
|-4-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|
Slower Q=95
3/4
E E E E E T T S H E T T S E T T S Q
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|-------2-1------------|--------------------||
|-1-3-4-----1-1-1------|-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7--||
Breakdown
Faster Q=135
4/4
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|-1-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-0-----||
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S Q. S S S E S S S H S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S Q. S S S E S S S Q. S S S E S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-0----||
S S E H. W S S E H. W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
|-1-1-1---------|----------|-1-1-1---------|------||
"Inhaling fumes of the.."
S S E E E E +E E E S +S E E E E E E E
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-[2]b2.5r(2)-------2-------|
||--1-1-1-7-1-7b8r(7)-1-2-|-------------2-1-2---2-1-2-|
S S E E E E +E E E S +S E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-[2]b2.5r(2)-------2---------o||
|-1-1-1-7-1-7b8r(7)-1-2-|-------------2-1-2---2-1-2----||
"We all will spread.."
~ ~ ~~~~~~~~
E Q E Q E E +E S S E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E S E S E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1-2--1-4--1-5-|-(5)-1-1-4-1-4-5-4-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-4-5-|
~ ~ ~~~~~~~~
E Q E Q E E +E S S E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E S E S E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-4-5--4-7--4-8-|-(8)-4-4-7-4-7-8-7-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-4-5-||
Breakdown
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0-|
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0--|
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0-|
H.=H
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S e. e. e
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0--|
Original Tempo Q=110
6/8
H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------|-------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10--||
|---------|-------------|----------------|----------------||
"By these words I am.."
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------||
|-8-7-5-7-5-4-|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10-||
|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------||
"Until death do us part.."
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o-------------|-------------|----------------|----------------o||
||o-8-7-5-7-5-4-|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10--o||
||--------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------||
Dm Em F Bb Em F Am
Gtr II
<
H. E E E E E E
||--13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|
||o-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|
||------------------|--------15-------14-|
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
||--12--------------|-12--------------12-|
||o---------12------|-----------12-------|
||------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||o--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|
||------------------|--------------------|
Gm Bb C
< < <
H. Q. Q.
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|--15-------17--------o||
|-15--------------|--15-------17---------||
|-17--------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|
| < <
| H. +Q. Q.
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-15--------------|-(15)------11---------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10--o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
Dm Em F Bb Em F Am Gm Bb C
< < < <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|-----------------|--------------------|
|-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|-----------------|--15-------17-------|
|-----------------|--------15-------14-|-15--------------|--15-------17-------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-17--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q E H. +Q. Q.
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-12--------------|-12--------------12-|-15--------------|-(15)------11-------|
|---------12------|-----------12-------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Dm Em F Bb Em F Am Gm Bb C
< < < <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|-----------------|--------------------||
|-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|-----------------|--15-------17-------||
|-----------------|--------15-------14-|-15--------------|--15-------17-------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-17--------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q E H. +Q. Q.
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-12--------------|-12--------------12-|-15--------------|-(15)------11-------||
|---------12------|-----------12-------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10-||
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Strings Outro
Slower Q=102
Dm Em F Bb Em F Am Gm Bb C
Gtr II
< < < <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13----------|-15--17----15--17----|-------------|---------------|
|-15----------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|-------------|-15----17------|
|-------------|--------15--------14-|-15----------|-15----17------|
|-------------|---------------------|-17----------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr III
| < < < < < < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-14----12----|-10-----9---14-|
|-12----------|-12--------15--------|-15----14----|-12----10---15-|
|-------12----|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
Dm Am
< <
H. +H. H. +H.
|-13----------|-(13)---------|-------------|---------------|
|-15----------|-(15)---------|-13----------|-(13)----------|
|-------------|--------------|-14----------|-(14)----------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|
| < < < < < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-13----12----|--------------|-13----12----|-(15)---(13)---|
|-------------|--15----13----|-------------|--15-----13----|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-12----------|--12----------|-15----14----|--12-----10----|
|-------12----|--------12----|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
Dm Em F Bb Em F Am Gm Bb C
< < < <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13----------|-15--17----15--17----|-------------|-------------|
|-15----------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|-------------|-15----17----|
|-------------|--------15--------14-|-15----------|-15----17----|
|-------------|---------------------|-17----------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| < < < < < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-13----12----|-15--------17--------|-20----18----|-17----15----|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-12----------|-14--------15--------|-19----17----|-15----14----|
|-------12----|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
Dm Em F Bb Em F Am Gm Bb A
< < < <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13-------|-15--17----15--17----|----------|-------------|
|-15-------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|----------|-15----14----|
|----------|--------15--------14-|-15-------|-15----14----|
|----------|---------------------|-17-------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|
| < < < < < <
| H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q.
|-13-------|-10--------12--------|-13-------|-10-----9----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|-12-------|--8--------10--------|-12-------|--8-----7----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
Dm Em F Bb Em F Am Dm
< <
H. E E E E E E H. +H.
|-25-------|-27--29----27--29----|-25-------|-(25)----|
|-18-------|-20--22-27-20--22-25-|-18-------|-(18)----|
|-19-------|-21--22-19-21--22-17-|-19-------|-(19)----|
|----------|--------20--------19-|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|
| < < < <
| H. Q. Q. H. +H.
|-13-------|-10--------12--------|-13-------|-(13)----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|-12-------|--8--------10--------|-12-------|-(12)----|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
C
< >
H. +H. +H.
|-24-------|-(24)------|-(24)----*|
|-17-------|-(17)------|-(17)----*|
|-17-------|-(17)------|-(17)----*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|
| < >
| H. +H. +H.
|-12-------|-(12)------|-(12)----*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|-10-------|-(10)------|-(10)----*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
|----------|-----------|---------*|
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
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