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GOD IS DEAD? (Bassline)
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 2013 Album 13)
Words and Music by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Geezer Butler - Bass / 1/2step down'
Intro
Q=59
4/4
Gtr I (1/2 step down)
H H H Q. E H H H Q. S S
|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-3--------------|
|-0----2----|-0----6----3-|-0----2----|------2----2s3--|
H Q. S S Q. S S Q. E H H H Q. S S
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|-3--------------|
|-0----2----2s3-|-0----2s3-6----3-|-0----2----|------2----2s3--|
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E E Q a Q E. S E. S E. S E. S
||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o-5--7----------------|-5--7-7\-------------|-5--7-----------------|
||-------0--0-0--0-0--0-|---------2-3--3s13\--|------0--0-0--0-0--0--|
1. 2.
~~~~~ ~
E. S E E Q Q E. S E E E +E Q
|------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------o||--------------------|
|-5--7-7\------5--o||-5--7-7-------------|
|---------2-3------||--------7-6-(6)\-3--|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q a S S S S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3--||
1st Verse
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q a S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3---|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q Q
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--6----|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q a S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3---|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q Q
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--6----||
Chorus
$
$$
S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S Q Q
||----------------5-4-3-----------|-------------------|
||o-------2-3-4-5-------5-3-2-----|-------------------|
||o-3s2s3---------------------4-3-|-2-2-3-2-2-0-------|
||--------------------------------|-------------3--2--|
To Coda
To Coda
E. S S S S S E. S S E. E. S S S S S E. S S E.
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------7-6-5-------------|------7-6-5--------------o||
|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-7--|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-5----||
2nd Verse
H Q. S S Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q S S S S
|---------------|----------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------||o---------------------|
|---------------|----------------------||o---------------------|
|-0----2----2s3-|-0----2b3-2--/5-3-2-3-||--0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q Q Q. S +S Q Q
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|-------------3--|--------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--5-3-2-3-|-0----2b3-2-----|-0----2b3-(2)-2--6--|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q E E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------3---|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--5-3-2-3-|-0----2b3-2----2-|
Bridge
1. 2.
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q E. S S S E E S S
|-----------------||----------------||---------5------------|
|----------------o||----------------||-------5---5----------|
|----------------o||----------------||-3--3--------3-3-2-3--|
|-0----2b3-2--6---||-0----2b3-2--6--||----------------------|
~~~
Q E. S S S S S S E. Q E. S S S E E S S
|---------7-------------|---------5-----------|
|-------7---7-----------|-------5---5---------|
|-5--5--------5-0-9-10\-|-3--3--------3-3-2-3-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
E. S E. S E S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S
|------7------------------|------5--------5-----------|
|----7----7-------4-5-4---|----5----5---5-------5---5-|
|-5---------5-5-5-------5-|-3---------3-----3-3---3---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
Interlude
~~ ~~
Q E. S E E S E. E S S S E. E S S S E.
|------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------5----||-----------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5---5--||--------------7---7-6--|
|------------------||-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------7---7-6--|--------------7---7-6--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-----------------------|
|--------------7---7-6--||o--------------7---7-6--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------||--0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|
D.S. al Coda
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------7---7-6--|--------------7---7-6--|--------------7---7-6---o||
|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0--------||
Interlude
&
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E E Q a E +E E. S E. S E. S E. S
||----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-5--7----------------|-5--7-7\-----------------|-5--7-----------------|
||-------0--0-0--0-0--0-|---------2-3--3s12-(12)\-|------0--0-0--0-0--0--|
1. 2.
E. S E E Q Q E. S E E E +E
Instrumental Break
Faster Q=178
12/8
Q. Q. H. W W H. Q. Q.
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-0-----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------12\----|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------5-------|---------------------------|
|------7p5-7-(7)----7p5---|------5--------------------|
|-0--0------------------7-|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|
~~~~~~ ~
+Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|----------------------------|
|-------------------5--------|
|--------7p5-7-(7)----7p5----|
|-(0)--0------------------7--|
Bridge
~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q E E E E +Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E Q E +Q E Q. Q. E E E
|---------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|------5--------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-||--0--0-3----0--0-3--0-|-(0)--0-3----0----0-5s6--|
Instrumental Break
~~~~~~ ~
Q E Q. Q E Q E +Q E Q. Q E Q E 4x Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------||--------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------5--------|
|---------------------|-----------------------o||------7p5-7-(7)----7p5----|
|-0--0-3----0--0-3--0-|-(0)--0-3----0--0-6--5--||-0--0------------------7--|
~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~
+Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5-------|
|------5--------------------|--------7p5-7-(7)----7p5---|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|-(0)--0------------------7-|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------5---------------------|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0--|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------5-------|---------------------------|
|------7p5-7-(7)----7p5---|------5--------------------|
|-0--0------------------7-|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|
~~~~~~ ~
+Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|----------------------------|
|-------------------5--------|
|--------7p5-7-(7)----7p5----|
|-(0)--0------------------7--|
Pre-Solo Break
~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q E E E E +Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E
|---------------------------||------9-7---9-7--------|
|---------------------------||----------9-----9-4--5-|
|------5--------------------||-7--7------------------|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-||-----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
Q. E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E
|------------------------|------9-7---9-7--------|
|------5-------------5-7-|----------9-----9-4--5-|
|-7------7-6-5---5-7-----|-7--7------------------|
|--------------7---------|-----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
Guitar Solo
Q E E E E E E E a Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E
|-----------------------7-||------9-7---9-7--------|
|--------------5-7-7s9----||----------9-----9-4--5-|
|-7--7-5---5-7------------||-7--7------------------|
|--------7----------------||-----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
Q. E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E
|------------------------|------9-7---9-7--------|
|------5-------------5-7-|----------9-----9-4--5-|
|-7------7-6-5---5-7-----|-7--7------------------|
|--------------7---------|-----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
Interlude
~~~~~~
Q. E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|------------------------||--------------------------|
|------5-------------5-7-||o-----------------5-------|
|-7------7-6-5---5-7-----||o------7-5-7-(7)----7-5---|
|--------------7---------||--0--0------------------7-|
1.
~~~~~~
+Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5-------|
|------5--------------------|--------7-5-7-(7)----7-5---|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|-(0)--0------------------7-|
+Q E E E E +Q E E Q
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|------5--------------------o||
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5----||
Outro
2.
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
~~~~~~
Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E +Q E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------5-------|----------------------------||
|------7-5-7-(7)----7-5---|------5---------------------||
|-0--0------------------7-|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0--||
&&
4/4
~~ ~~ ~~
E. S S S S S E. S S E. E. S S S S S E. S S S E
|------------------------|--------------------------*|
|------------------------|--------------------------*|
|------7-6-5-------------|------7-6-5---------------*|
|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-7--|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-5\---*|
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
~
Q |------------------||--------------------|| |-----------------o||--------------------|| |-5--7-7\------5--o||-5--7-7-------------|| |---------2-3------||--------7-6-(6)\-3--||