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Witches Dance Bass Tab by Mercyful Fate

Witches Dance bass tab by Mercyful Fate

Bass Tab

  • Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: Em

Tuning: EADG

🤘 Intro:

   H       E E E E   W                 +H    +E  E E E   W                 H      +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-r-------r-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|------------1-1-1-|
E|-----------------|-0---------------|-(0)---(0)-------|-0---------------|-1------(1)-------|

   W                 +H    +E  E E E   W                 W                 +H      E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-10--------------|-(10)------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|-8---------------|-(8)-----r-1-1-1-|
E|-0---------------|-(0)---(0)-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   E E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     H      +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|------------1-1-1-|
E|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-1------(1)-------|

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

🤘 Pre-verse 1:
   E E Q   H           Q.    E +H          E E Q   H           Q.    E +H
G|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------||
D|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------||
A|-----r---r---------|-5-----3-(3)-------|-----r---r---------|-5-----3-(3)-------||
E|-0-0---------------|-------------------|-0-0---------------|-------------------||

🤘 Verse 1:
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.    E +Q   E E
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-7-7-------------|-------------------5-|-7-7-------------|-5-----3-(3)--3-5-|
E|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-3-(3)-2-(2)---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|

   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E E E E E   Q   E E +Q   E E
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|-7-7-------------|-------------------5-|-7-7-------------|-5---5-3-(3)--3-3-||
E|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-3-(3)-2-(2)---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------||

🤘 Pre-chorus 1:
   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   W
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   H     +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3-----(3)-1-1-1-||
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||

🤘 Chorus 1:
   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   E E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     H      +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|------------1-1-1-|
E|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-1------(1)-------|

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

🤘 Pre-verse 2:
                                                               -3-: -3-: -3-: -3-:
   E E Q   H           Q.    E +H          E E Q   H           E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-------------------------||
D|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-------||
A|-----r---r---------|-5-----3-(3)-------|-----r---r---------|-------------------5-5-5-||
E|-0-0---------------|-------------------|-0-0---------------|-------------------------||

🤘 Verse 2:
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.    E +H
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-7-7-------------|-------------------5-|-7-7-------------|-5-----3-(3)-------|
E|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-3-(3)-2-(2)---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|

   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.    E +H
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
A|-7-7-------------|-------------------5-|-7-7-------------|-5-----3-(3)-------||
E|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-3-(3)-2-(2)---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------||

🤘 Pre-chorus 2:
   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   W
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   H     +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3-----(3)-1-1-1-||
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||

🤘 Chorus 2:
   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   E E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     H      +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|------------1-1-1-|
E|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-1------(1)-------|

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

🤘 Bridge: Q=109
                    2/4
   W                 +Q.  E
G|-----------------|---------|
D|-----------------|---------|
A|-----------------|------4--|
E|-0---------------|-(0)-----|

 4/4
   H.          E E   Q.    E Q.    E   H.          E E   Q.    E Q.    E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-7-|-7---------------|
A|-5-----------7-8-|-7---------------|-8---------------|-------7-7-----7-|
E|-----------------|-------5-5-----5-|-----------------|-----------------|

   Q   Q   Q   E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     +Q   Q   Q   E E   E E Q   Q   E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----7---5-------|-5---7---5-------|------5-----------|-----------------|
A|-6-----------8-7-|-------------8---|-(8)------8---7-5-|---r-r---r---r---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-5-------------5-|

   H.        +E  E   H.        +E  E   H.        +E  E   H.        +E  E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5---------(5)-5-|-4---------(4)-4-|-5---------(5)-5-|-4---------(4)-4-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   H.        +E  E   H.        +E  E   H.        +E  E   E E Q   Q   E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-3---------(3)-3-|-2---------(2)-2-|-1---------(1)-1-|-0-r-r---r---r-4-||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

🤘 Solo:
   H.          E E   Q.    E Q.    E   H.          E E   Q.    E H
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-7-|-7---------------|
A|-5-----------7-8-|-7---------------|-8---------------|-------7-7-------|
E|-----------------|-------5-5-----5-|-----------------|-----------------|

   Q   Q   Q   E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     +Q   Q   Q   E E   E E Q   Q   E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----7---5-------|-5---7---5-------|------5-----------|-----------------|
A|-6-----------8-7-|-------------8---|-(8)------8---7-5-|---r-r---r---r-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-5---------------|

  Q=143
   W                 +H      E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-5---------------|-(5)-----r-1-1-1-||
E|-----------------|-----------------||

Intro reprise:
   W                 +H    +E  E E E   W                 W                 +H      E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-10--------------|-(10)------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|-8---------------|-(8)-----r-1-1-1-|
E|-0---------------|-(0)---(0)-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   E E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     H      +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|------------1-1-1-|
E|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-1------(1)-------|

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

🤘 Verse 3:
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.    E +Q.   E
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-7-------------|-------------------5-|-7-7-------------|-5-----3-(3)---5-|
E|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-3-(3)-2-(2)---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|

   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E +E  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.    E +H
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
A|-7-7-------------|-------------------5-|-7-7-------------|-5-----3-(3)-------||
E|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-3-5-3-(3)-2-(2)---|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------||

🤘 Pre-chorus 3:
   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   W
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   H     +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3-----(3)-1-1-1-||
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||

🤘 Chorus 2:
   Q   E E  Q   Q     Q   Q   E E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     H      +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----------------|------------1-1-1-|
E|-0---0-0-0---0---|-0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-1------(1)-------|

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

🤘 Pre-verse 1:
   E E Q   H           Q.    E +H          E E Q   H           Q.    E +H
G|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------||
D|-2-2---------------|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-7-----5-(5)-------||
A|-----r---r---------|-5-----3-(3)-------|-----r---r---------|-5-----3-(3)-------||
E|-------------------|-------------------|-0-0---------------|-------------------||

🤘 Solo 2:
     E E E E E E E E   Q.    E +H          E E E E E E E E   Q.    E +H
G||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
A||o-7-7-------------|-5-----3-(3)-------|-7-7-------------|-5-----3-(3)------o||
E||------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------||

🤘 Solo 3:
   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   W
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

   H.        +E  E   W                 H.         +E  E   H     +E  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
A|-2---------(2)-2-|-3---------------|-4----------(4)-4-|-3-----(3)-1-1-1-||
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||

🤘 Outro:
   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   E E E E   Q   Q   E E +E E    Q   +Q   H
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------1-1-1-|-----10----9-(9)---|-8---(8)\-r------||
E|-0---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
----------------
 r   - rest
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar:  - double bar:o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end

Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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