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Bastards Of Christ tab by Deicide

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/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
/  The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be  /
/           used for private use and studying           /
/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/

                BASTARDS OF CHRIST
               As recorded by Deicide
          (From the 1997 Album SERPENTS OF THE LIGHT)

Words by Glen Benton
Music by Deicide

Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted) & Ryan Fanucchi (Death8699)
Inverted_one@hotmail.com

Gtr I (Eb) - 'Eric Hoffman'
Gtr II (Eb) - 'Brian Hoffman'
Gtr III (Eb) - 'Brian Hoffman Lead'
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
 Intro
 Fast Metal Q=194
 F#5
 4/4
 Gtr I
 PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
 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
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|
| Gtr II
| E  Q    Q    Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2---4----------------------------|-2---4-----------5-------4--------|
|-0---2----------------------------|-0---2-----------3-------2--------|


 F#5
 Gtr I
 PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
|     PM--------------------|      PM--------------------|
| E  E  S S S S S S S S S S S S  E  E  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---4---------------------------|-2---4---------------------------|
|-0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---2---2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|


  N.C.
  Gtrs I, II
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
  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---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---||


 Verse I
 E5
  PM--------------------|   PM------------------|
 E E  E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0---0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                   PM------------|
| E H..            H    S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-------------------------|-------------------------|


 E5
               5/4
  PM------------------------------------------------------|
 E E  E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0---0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|
|                   PM--------------------|
| E H..            H    S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-------------------------|---------------------------------|


  E5
  4/4
   PM--------------------------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||--0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------------------|


 E5
              5/4
  PM------------------|   PM--------------------------|
 E E E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------------------------||


 Chorus
 $
 N.C.
 4/4
 PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|
|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|
|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


 F#5
 4/4
 PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
 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
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|
| E  Q    Q    Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2---4----------------------------|-2---4-----------5-------4--------|
|-0---2----------------------------|-0---2-----------3-------2--------|


 F#5
 PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|
|     PM------------------------------------------------------|
| E  E  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---4---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|


  N.C.
  Gtrs I, II
  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
  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  3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---||


 Verse II
 Faster Q=202
 F5
  PM----------------------------|   PM  PM    PM  PM
 E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|-------------5---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-1-0-5-0-3-0-|-7-0-5-0-7-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


 F5
  PM-----------------------------|   PM  PM    PM  PM
 E Q
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|--------------7---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-3-0-7-0-5-0-|-8-0-7-0-10-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


 F5
  PM----------------------------|    PM  PM    PM  PM
 E Q
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------7---||---------------|---------------||
|-2---2---5---3---|-7---5---8-------||o-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--o||
|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||--0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1---||


 F5
  PM----------------------------|   PM  PM    PM  PM
 E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|-------------5---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-1-0-5-0-3-0-|-7-0-5-0-7-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


 F5
  PM-----------------------------|   PM  PM    PM  PM
 E Q
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|--------------7---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-3-0-7-0-5-0-|-8-0-7-0-10-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|


                              To Coda
 F5
  PM----------------------------|    PM  PM    PM  PM
 E Q
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------7---||---------------|---------------||
|-2---2---5---3---|-7---5---8-------||o-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--o||
|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||--0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1---||


 Guitar Solo
 E5
 4/4
 Gtrs I, II
    PM----------------------------------------------------------|
  E  E   E  E   S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--2-------------------------------------|---2--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|--0----0-----0----0-----2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
|            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3---| |---3---|
| H         +W
|-12-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----13----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------14-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------14--------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------12-----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------14-12---------------|-(12)-----------------------|


 E5
                   5/4
    PM-------------------------|   PM-------------------------------|
  E  E E E S S S S S S  S  S  E E E E S S S S S S S S S   S S S
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--2---------------------------------|--2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-----3-3-3--|
|--0----0-0-0-2-3-2-2--0-0----0----0-|--0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
|
|                    ~~
|           |----3----|
| E   W            Q
|-14b16r==============12-------------|--------------------------17b19=========|
|--------------------------13--------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12---|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-10-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


 E5
 4/4                 4/4
    PM----------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S  S  S  E E E E S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2--------------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---0--0-0-0-2-3-2-2--0--0----0----0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
|
|  ~~~~                ~
|           |----3-----|
| +E   W
|-(17)---------------12r-------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------13--------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------14---|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-9-----------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|


 E5
     PM--------------------------------------|
  E   E   E   E    S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------------------------------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0-----0-------2--3--2--2--0--0--0--0--|
|
|  S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S
|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\-|
|-/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\-/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15\-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
  S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S


 5/4
     PM------------------------------------------------|
  E   E   E   E    S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------------------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--3-3-3-3-|
|---0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------------------|
|
|                           ~~
|  S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S Q
|-/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15\-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-------|
|-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-17-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
  S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S Q


 E5
 4/4
    PM-----------------------------------------------|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---2------------------------|---2--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---0--0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-----------------|
|
|  >
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W              +W
|-(15)-----------------------|-(15)-----------------------|
|-(17)-----------------------|-(17)-----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
  +W              +W


 E5
              5/4
  PM------------------|   PM--------------------------|
 E E E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|
| W             W
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|


 E5
 4/4
  PM--------------------------------------------|
 E E E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|


                        D.S. al Coda
 E5
              5/4
  PM------------------|   PM--------------------------|
 E E E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------------------------|


 Outro
 &
 E5
 4/4
  PM--------------------------------------------|
 E E E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|


 E5
              6/4
  PM------------------|   PM--------------------------|
 E E E E S S S S S S S S  E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------2----*|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2----*|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------0----*|


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,

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