TRUTH OF A LIAR (Bassline)
As recorded by August Burns Red
(From the 2007 Album MESSENGERS)
Transcribed by Chris Allan
Words and Music by ABR
Arranged by ABR
Gtr I (C G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=135 1. 2.
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W H. E E
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------||--------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------o||--------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------o||--------------|
||--0--------|-0--------|-8--------|-7---------||-7-------7----|
|----------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
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||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-|
|----------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
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|---------3---------| |---------3---------|
E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------3-------| |-------3-------|
E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q E E E E Q.
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-8-8-8-----8-8-8-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Q=190
E E H. W +H E E E E
|-------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------|----------|--------7h8p7---||
|-------------|----------|--------------8-||
|-0-----------|-0--------|-(0)------------||
Verse
3/4
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-10-9--------|
|-------7---5h8---|-----------8p7---|-------7---5h8---|--------8p7----|
|-5---8-----------|-7p0---5-------8-|-5---8-----------|------------8--|
|---0-----0-----0-|-----8---0-------|---0-----0-----0-|---------------|
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 Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------7---5h8---|-----------8p7---|-------7---5h8---|-----------------|
|-5---8-----------|-7p0---5-------8-|-5---8-----------|-----------------|
|---0-----0-----0-|-----8---0-------|---0-----0-----0-|-7-7-8-8-0-------|
3/4
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-10-9--------||
||o-------7---5h8---|-----------8p7---|-------7---5h8---|--------8p7---o||
||o-5---8-----------|-7p0---5-------8-|-5---8-----------|------------8-o||
||----0-----0-----0-|-----8---0-------|---0-----0-----0-|---------------||
Q=160
4/4 2/4
E S e S e E E E E E S e S e E E E E E S e S e E E E E E S e S e
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------|
||o-------------8-7---|-------------8-7---|-------------8-7---|------------|
||o-5---------------8-|-5---------------8-|-5---------------8-|-5----------|
||----0-0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0--|
4/4
Q E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-------------------o||
|---------------|-------------------o||
|-3--3-3-3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-0-0-0-0--||
Breakdown A
E S e S e H +E S e S e E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------8-7---|
|------------------|--------------------8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-12\----|-(12)-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E S e S e E E S S E E S e S e E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------8-7-----|
|-5-------------------|-----------------8---|
|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0---------|
E S e S e H E S e S e E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------8-7---|
|-5--------------|-----------------8-|
|---0-0-0-0------|---0-0-0-0-0-------|
E S e S e E E S S E E S e S e E S S S S E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-------------------|-----------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q=135
W +H. E E
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-0--------|-(0)------0---||
Re-Intro
|--------3--------| |--------3--------|
E Q. E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E Q E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-----0-0-0-----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|
|-------3-------| |----3----|
Q Q E E E Q. E E Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
|-------------------|--------------||
|-------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------|-------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
Build up
Q=200
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-|-8-7-3-0-7-5-8-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
|--------3--------|
S S S S E E E E E E 4x E E E E Q E E E E Q
|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------o||-----------------------|
|---------------------o||-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-8-7-5-7-8--||-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----|
Q=190
S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
||--------------9-10-7---|--------------------|
||o-----------7----------|---7-5--------------|
||o----------------------|-------8-7----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0----------0-|-0---------7-7-8-10-|
S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------9-10-7---|-------------------||
|-----------7----------|---7-5-----8-7-5--o||
|----------------------|-------8-7--------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0----------0-|-0-----------------||
Breakdown B
Q=155
S S S S E Q E E E E S S S S E S S Q S S
||---------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0----0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S S S Q S S S S E S S 4x S S S S Q S S S S E E
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------------------o||-------------------------|
|--------------------------o||-------------------------|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0---|
S S S S E Q E E E E S S S S E S S Q.
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
S S S S E Q E E E E S S S S E S S Q S S
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0---|
S S S S E Q E E E E S S S S E S S Q.
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
S S S S E Q E E E E S S S S E S S +Q E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-|
W W W H. E S S
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------0-0--|
W +W W +H H
|----------|------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|------------|----------|-------------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)---------||
Bridge
Q=170
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-|-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 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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
Outro
Q=190
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------0-0-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
E E E E E E E S S E E E E H
|-------------------|--------------*|
|-------------------|--------------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------*|
|-------------------|--------------*|
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
Artist: August Burns Red
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