Harbinger Bass Tab by Mick Gordon

Harbinger bass tab by Mick Gordon

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Just ambience chords for the first 12 seconds, then you come in like so
Intro:
  /                                                     x15
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-|4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +
Then, then sixteenth time through goes like this
G|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
D|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|------------|-----------|
D|------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2----|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Chorus 1: does it count as a chorus if there are no words? I'll just call the loud bits choruses.

It seems to be alternating 3/4 and 2/4 which attributes to the off-kilter, lurching feel of the song.
  _     ^      _        _     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-/-/-|8---8---|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^     (synth noise)
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
E|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-----|--------|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-/-/-|8---8---|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|------------|
D|------------|--------|------------|------------|
A|------------|--------|------------|------------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0---x-|0-----0---x-|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +


Quiet bit:
                                                      x8
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-|6-6-6-2-2-2-|3-3-3-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +
Then you go quiet for a bit and return with this
                                                      x5 I think
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-|5-5-5-5-5-5-|1-1-1-1-1-1-|0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +

One measure of pause and then you fly full force into
Chorus 2:

  _     ^      _        _     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-/-/-|8---8---|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^     (synth noise)
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
E|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-----|--------|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-/-/-|8---8---|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|------------|
D|------------|--------|------------|------------|
A|------------|--------|------------|------------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0---x-|0-----0---x-|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +

Quiet Bit 2:
There's another long quiet for bass here, fading in with this
                                                      x~8
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|5---5---5---|5---5---5---|5---5---5---|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|5---5-8---8-|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +
A short buildup and then you return to the intro riff

G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-|4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +
Which you play a bunch of times.

Chorus 3:

G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-/-/-|8---8---|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^     (synth noise)
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
E|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-----|--------|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|------------|--------|------------|--------|
A|------------|--------|------------|--------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0-/-/-|8---8---|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +
  _     ^      _        _     ^      _.    ^.     _.    ^.     _.    ^.     ^
G|------------|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
D|------------|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
A|------------|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
D|0-----0---x-|0---0-1-|0-----0---x-|0-----0---x-|0-----0---x-|0-----0---x-|0----------|
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +




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| ^   Marcado (play it punchy)
| _   Tenuto (play it long)
| x   Dead note
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down

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Last updated: December 5, 2020

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