TAKEN BY VULTURES (Bassline)
(From the 2005 Album THE MECHANICAL HAND)

Transcribed by Tom Wall
	


Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Q=260
 2/4      4/4
  Gtr I
  W        E E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|------||------------------|------------------|
|------||o-----------------|------------------|
|------||o-----3-5-3-5-----|-8-10-7-8-3-5-----|
|------||--0-0---------0-0-|--------------0-0-|


  E E E E E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-3-5-----8-10-7-8-|-3-5-----3-5-------|
|-----0-0----------|-----0-0-----0-0---|


  E E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----3-5-3-5-----|-8-10-7-8-3-5-----|
|-0-0---------0-0-|--------------0-0-|


  E E  E  E E  E E E   E  E E E E  E E E
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------o||
|-7-8-10-12-8-10-----|-8-10-----8-10-----o||
|----------------0-0-|------0-0------0-0--||


   Verse
    |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E H      H.      E E   q  H    E E   q  Q  Q  Q
||-------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0------|---------0-0-|-0-------0-0-|-0-----3--2---|


  |-3-|        |-3-|          |-3-|                                 |-3-|
  E E E E Q.   E E E   E Q.   E E E E E   H.      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-|-3-5-0-0-3-5-0-0-0--||


   Breakdown
     Q   Q  E  Q   E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||-------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------|----12----12----12----12-|
||o------------------|-------------------------|
||--12--12----12--12-|-12----12----12----12----|


  Q  Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|---7---7---7---7--|
|--------------|------------------|
|-7--7----7--7-|-7---7---7---7----|


  Q  Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E  3x
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------o||
|--------------|-----3-----------|--------------|-----------------o||
|-3--3----3--3-|-3-3---3-5-3-0-3-|-0--0----0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


   Verse
                                  |-3-|
    Q  Q  E Q  E   +q   H.        E E E Q  E Q  E   +q   H.
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------o||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------o||
||--0--0----0--0-|-(0)----------|-0-0-0-0----0--0-|-(0)---------||


 SLAVES!
 6/8         4/4
  Wx10        Wx8
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|


    Q.=155
   6/8
    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    W        W
||-----------|----------|--------|-------||
||o----------|----------|--------|------o||
||o-5--5--5--|-5--5--5--|--------|------o||
||-----------|----------|--------|-------||


    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    W        W       4x W
||-----------|----------|--------|---------||------*|
||o----------|----------|--------|--------o||------*|
||o----------|----------|--------|--------o||------*|
||--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--|--------|---------||------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
+ - 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(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)

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
 :  - bar (freetime)
 &  - Coda