The Roots And The Ruins bass tab by Karate

Bass tabs

THE ROOTS AND THE RUINS (Bassline)
               As recorded by Karate
             (From the 2000 Album UNSOLVED)


This is a fun one to play because of the ties across
the barline that characterize the verses. In measure
24 there are some very lightly played accentuations
notated with parentheses. These reoccur throughout the
rest of the piece, usually on the A chord, and can be
thrown in as you see fit.


Words by Geoff Farina Music by Karate
Transcribed by Craig Wynne

4/4
Q=125

Intro
 E Q H  +E  +E Q H  S S  E Q Q.  E E
|---------------|-----2--0--------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------0-2-|-3-3--2--------|
|---3--2----(2)-|-(2)-------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------0-3-|

 E Q Q.  Q   E Q Q E Q  +E Q Q Q S S
|---------------|---------0-4--|-(4)-2--4----------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------0--0-2--|
|-0-0-----------|---3--2-------|-------------------|
|------6----6\--|--------------|-------------------|


 E Q Q.  E E  E Q Q.  E E  E Q Q E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-3--2--------|---------------|---2--0--------|
|---------------|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-----|
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|

                  1st Verse
 E Q Q.  E E  E Q Q E E E  +H   +E E E E
|---------------|---------------||------------------|
|---------------|---2--0--------||----------------0-|
|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-2-0-||-(0)----(0)-0-3---|
|-----------0-3-|---------------||------------------|


 +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E  +H   E Q E
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0----|
|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|-------------0-|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|

 +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|
|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


 +H   E E E E  +H   E E E E  +H   +E E E E
|----------0-1-2-|-(2)------0-----|------------------|
|-(2)----2-------|--------2---2-0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|
|----------------|----------------|------------0-3---|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|


 +H   +E E E E  +H   E E E E  +E  E  E  E  E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------(2)-------|
|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0-----|-------------------------0-|
|------------0-3---|------------3-0-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-----0-3---|
|------------------|----------------|---------------------------|


 +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E  +E  S E. E S E. S E.
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||
|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)-(2)------2----2----||
|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|------------2-----------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||

 Refrain
 E Q H  +E  +E Q Q Q S S  E Q Q.  E E
|---------------|-----2--4---------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------0--0-2-|-3-3--2---------|
|---3--2----(2)-|-(2)--------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------0-3--|


 E Q Q.  E E  E Q Q E E E  E Q Q.  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---2--0--------|---------------|
|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-----|-0-0--1--------|
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|

          2nd Verse
 E Q Q E E E  +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E
|---------------||------------------|------------------|
|---2--0--------||----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|
|-0-------3-2-0-||-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|
|---------------||------------------|------------------|


 +H   +E E E E  +H   E Q E  +H   +E E E E
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0----|----------------0-|
|------------0-3---|-------------0-|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|


 +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E  +E  S E. E S E. S E.
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||
|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)-(2)------2----2----||
|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|------------2-----------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||

 Bridge
 H  +E  E E E  +Q.  E E E E E  +Q.  E E E E E
|-------------5-7-|-(7)------10----------|--------------------|
|-3----(3)-/7-----|-------12----12----10-|-(10)---10-9--------|
|-----------------|----------------12----|-------------10-7-8-|
|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|


  E Q E Q.  E  +H   E E E E  +H   E E E E
|----------------|--------10--------|--------10-------|
|----------------|-----------0-10-7-|-(7)-------------|
|-10----9------8-|-(8)--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------8-7-6-|

               Refrain
 Q.  Q  Q.   W      E Q H  +E
|---------------|----------||---------------|
|------8\-------|----------||---------------|
|---------------|----------||---3--2----(2)-|
|---------------|----------||---------------|


 +E Q Q Q S S  E Q Q.  E E  E Q Q.  E E
|-----2--4---------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------0--0-2-|-3-3--2--------|----------------|
|-(2)--------------|---------------|-0-0--1---------|
|------------------|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3--|


 E Q Q E E E  E Q Q.  E E  E Q Q E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---2--0--------|---------------|---2--0--------||
|-0-------3-----|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-2-0-||
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|---------------||

  Guitar Solo
 +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|
|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


 +H   E Q E  +H   +E E E E  +H   +E E E E
|---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(2)----2-0----|----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|
|-------------0-|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|
|---------------|------------------|------------------|


 +H   +E E E E  +Q.  S S  E E E E
|------------------|---------------7-9---|
|-(1)----(1)-------|-------5-5-/10-----7-|
|------------0-3-7-|-(7)-----------------|
|------------------|---------------------|


+E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
-------------------------------|
-(7)-7-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-----0-|
---------------------------8---|
-------------------------------|


 +H   E E E E  +H   +E E E E  +H   E Q E
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|-(0)----0-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0----|
|----------0-3---|------------0-3---|-------------0-|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|


 +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E  +Q.  E E E E E  +Q.  E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------0-|-(0)-----0-----1-|-(1)-----1-----2-|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----------|-------0---0-3---|-------0---0-3---|
|-----------------------3---1---|-----------------|-----------------|

          Bridge
 +Q.  E E E E E  H  +E  E E E  +Q.  E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------5-7-|-(7)------10----------|
|-(2)-----2---2---||-3----(3)-/7-----|-------12----12----10-|
|-------2---------||-----------------|----------------12----|
|-----------------||-----------------|----------------------|


  +Q.  E E E E E  E Q E Q.  E  +H   E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|--------10--------|
|-(10)---10-9--------|----------------|-----------0-10---|
|-------------10-7-8-|-10----9------8-|-(8)------------8-|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|


 +H   E E E E  Q.  Q  Q.   W
|--------10-------|---------------|------||
|-----------------|------8\-------|------||
|-(8)-------------|---------------|------||
|-----------8-7-6-|---------------|------||

 Outro
 E Q Q E Q  +E Q Q Q S S  E Q Q.  E E
|---------0-4--|-(4)-2--4---------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------0--0-2-|-3-3--2---------|
|---3--2-------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------|------------------|-----------0-3--|


 E Q Q.  E E  E Q Q E E E  E Q Q.  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---2--0--------|---------------|
|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-----|-0-0--1--------|
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|


 E. E. E. E. Q  Q H.    +W
|----------------|------------|--------*|
|----2--0--5--3--|-3s=7-------|-(7)----*|
|-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
----------------
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s  - legato slide


Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
*| - double bar (ending)