Machtkampf bass tab by Arch Enemy

Bass tabs

🏷Legend:         Timing:
\ - slide/bend down   W - whole note     W. - dotted whole note
/ - slide/bend up    H - half note      H. - dotted half note
b - bend        Q - quarter note    Q. - dotted quarter note
h - hammer-on      E - eighth note     E. - dotted eighth note
p - pull-off      S - sixteenth note   S. - dotted sixteenth note
~ - sustain       N - thirty-second note N. - dotted thirty-second note
+ - harmonic      ' - thirty-second note triplet (3/S)
            t - sixteenth note triplet (3/E)
            T - eighth note triplet (3/Q)
            T.- quarter note triplet (3/H)

Notes:
Lots that I'm unsure of here. I EQed the bass up and everything else down,
and slowed it down 20%, and still had a tough time. Please let me
know if you think I've made a mistake.

Intro Riff 1
D#|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#|*--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F |*------------------------2-2-2-2-|-------------------------2-2-2-2-|
C |-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0---------|-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0---------|
  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

                  |                1|2
D#|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------|
A#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------*|--------------|
F |-------------------------2-2-2-2-|-----------------2-2-2-2--------*|--------------|
C |-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1-|--------------|
  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

Intro Riff 2
D#|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
F |-------------|-----------|-----------------|-8-88-87~~-7-777\|
C |-------------|--------5//|-0-00-00~~-0-003/|-----------------|
             Q  E SE SQ  E SSE  E SE SQ  E SSE

D#|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
F |-----------------|-8-88-87~~-7-777\|-----------10------|--------------|
C |-0-00-00~~-0-003/|-----------------|-0--0--0~~----12-8-|-1--1--0~~~~~-|
  E SE SQ  E SSE  E SE SQ  E SSE  E. E. Q  E E E  E. E. H  (E)

Intro Riff 3
                                  x3|
D#|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#|*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
F |*--------------------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7*|
C |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3//////-|---------------------------------|
  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
*- keep picking while sliding

D#|--------------------------------|----------------|
A#|--------------------------------|----------------|
F |---------------------10---------|----------------|
C |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----12--8--|-1---1---0~~~~~-|
  S S S S S S S S S S E  E E  E. E. H

Verse 1/2
 |S              x8|
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|*-----------------------------*|
F |*--7~-7-7-7---7~-7-7-7---7-7-7*|
C |-0----------0----------0-------|
  S E S S S S E S S S S S S S

Pre-Chorus 1/2
D#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A#|*------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F |*7\---------7\---------7-------|-7\---------7\-------------3-5-|
C |----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-3-5-----|
  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S

                 |               1|2      |To Coda
D#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
A#|-------------------------------|------------------------------*|-------------|
F |-5\---------5\---------5-------|-4\---------4\---------4------*|-4\\---------|
C |----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-------------|
  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S  E S S S S E S S S S S S S S  Q

Chorus 1
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-5~~-5-5-5-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|
  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E

D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
F |-7--77-9~~-9\\-|-5--55-7~~-7-7-|---------------|---------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~-8~~~~~-|
  E. SE Q. Q   E. SE Q. E E  W        H   H

Solo 1
                        x3|                  |DS al Coda
D#|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------|
A#|*----------------------|----------------------*|--------------------|--------------|
F |*----------------------|-8--8--7~~~-7--7------*|------------10------|--------------|
C |-0--0--0~~~-0--0-4-6-7-|-----------------8-7-3-|-0--0--0~~~----12-8-|-1--1--0------|
  E. E. Q  E S S S S  E. E. Q  E S S S S  E. E. Q   E E E  E. E. E

Coda (Chorus 2)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-------7~~-7-7-7-|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-------8~~-8-8-8-|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-----------|-----------------|-8~-88-----------|
  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E

D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-|-5--55-5~~-5-5-|---------------|-----------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~-8~~~~~~-|
  E. SE Q. Q   E. SE Q. E E  W        H    H

Chorus 3
D#|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A#|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|------------10-10-9-|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~---------|
  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E

D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
F |-7--77-9~~-9\\-|-5--55-7~~-7-7-|---------------|------------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2--2--2--1--1--1-|
  E. SE Q. Q   E. SE Q. E E  W        T. T. T. T. T. T.

Bridge/Interlude
D#|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
A#|*------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
F |*------7-----|-----7-7-7~~-5~~-|-------------|-------------|
C |-0-----------|-0---------------|-8-----8-----|-5~-5~-7~-7~-|
  H   H    Q  E E Q  Q   H   H    Q Q Q Q

D#|-------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
A#|-------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------*|
F |-------7-----|-----7-7-7~~~~~~-|-------------|---------------*|
C |-0-----------|-0---------------|-10~~~~~~~~~-|-7~~~~//11~~~~~-|
  H   H    Q  E E H     W      H    H

D#|------------------------|----------------|
A#|------------------------|----------------|
F |-----77-----77----------|----------------|
C |-0~~----0~~----0~~~~~~~~|~~-0-0-0-0-0000-|
  E. SE E. SE H.      E E E E SSSS

Solo 2
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-5~~-5-5-5-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|
  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E

D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-|-5--55-5~~-5-5-|---------------|-----------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~/8~~~~~~-|
  E. SE Q. Q   E. SE Q. E E  W        H    H

               +
D#|---------------|----------12~~~|
A#|---------------|---------------|
F |---------------|-------------7~|
C |---------------|---------------|
               Q Q

Solo 3
D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
F |~~7777777777----|----------3-----|----------3-----|---------------|
C |------------5-3~|~~33333333--3-1~|~~11111111--1-0~|~~0000000000-5~|
   SSSSSSSSSSE Q  SSSSSSSSE E Q  SSSSSSSSE E Q  SSSSSSSSSE Q

D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|-6~~~----------|
F |----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|------7-7~~~~~-|
C |~~55555555--5-3~|~~33333333--3-1~|~~11111111--1-0-|---------------|
   SSSSSSSSE E Q  SSSSSSSSE E Q  SSSSSSSSE E E  Q.  E H

Bridge 2
D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|
F |----------------|----------------|----------------|
C |-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|
  Q.  Q.  Q   Q.  Q.  Q   Q.  Q.  Q

D#|-------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------14-18-14-18-------------|
F |-------------15-18-15-18-------------15-18-15-18-|
C |-12-15-12-15-------------------------------------|
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
F |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
C |-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0~~--0~~--12\\\|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
  Q.  Q.  Q   Q.  Q.  Q   Q.  Q.  Q   S S S S S S S

Chorus 4
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F |-9~-99-9~~-9-9-9-|-5~-55-7~~-7-7-7-|-9~-99-9~~-9-9-9-|-5~-55-----------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3~~-3-3-3-|
  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E

D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
F |-9~-99-9~~-9-9-|-7--77-7~~-7-7-|---------------|-----------------|
C |---------------|---------------|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-4~~~~~~-8~~~~~~-|
  E. SE Q. Q   E. SE Q. E E  W        H    H

Ending Chorus
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7~-77-7~~-7-7-7-|---------------------|
C |-----------------|-8~-88-5~~-5-5-5-|-----------------|-8~-88-10~~-10-10-10-|
  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E  E. SE Q  E E E

                         |Rit.
D#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|-----------|
A#|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|-----------|
F |-7~-77-7~~-7-7-|-5--55-5~~-5-5-|---------------|------------------|-----------|
C |---------------|---------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2--2--2--1--1--1-|-0~~~~~~~~-|
  E. SE Q. Q   E. SE Q. E E  W        T. T. T. T. T. T. W