Bass tabs
THE KINSLAYER (Bassline)
As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 2000 Album WISHMASTER)
Transcribed by Ivan - ([email protected])
Words and Music by Nightwish
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
S S E Q E S S Q E S S E S S Q S S S S H S S E Q
|-------------------|------------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|------------------------|---------------||
|--------------0----|---2-----5--------------|--------0------||
|-0-0---------------|------------------0-0-0-|---------------||
3/4 4/4
S S E S E S +S E S S S E Q E S S Q E S S E S S Q S S S S
|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------0-------------||-------------------|---------0---------------|
|-2-------------------||--------------0----|---2---------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-2-0-||-0-0---------------|------------------0-0-0--|
1st Verse
3/4 4/4
H S S E Q S S E S E S +S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------||---------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------||-------0-------------||---------------------------------|
|--------0------||-2-------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------||-----------3-(3)-2-0-||---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------3-2-|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------|
|--------------------3-2--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-4-------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------4--2-1-|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|
| H H W
|-4---------------2------|-4-------------------------------|
|-5---------------2------|-5-------------------------------|
|-6---------------2------|-6-------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------4--2-1-|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|
|
| H H W
|-4---------------2------|---------------------------------|
|-5---------------2------|---------------------------------|
|-6---------------2------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------------3-|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-3-4-5---|
|
| W
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-|-4-------4-------4-------4-5-6-7-|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3----|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5------------|
|------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------------3-|-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-|
|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-3-4-5---|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------||
|-4-------4-------4-------8-7-6-5----||
|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5------------||
|------------------------------------||
Bridge
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-------------------------|-------------------4--|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----4-----4-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-----4-4--|-----4-----4-----4-----4--|
|-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-----2-4--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
|-------------------------|-------------------5--|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------4--|--------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q Q
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-------------------------|----------------2---|
|-------------------3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----4-----4-----4-3--|-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-0--2---|
|-----2-----2-----2-3--|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------4--|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3-1--4---|
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------3-2-1-0-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S
|-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-----2---------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3-----3---------||
|-------------------------|-------------------3-2-1-0-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
2nd Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|
|
| W
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------3-2-|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------||
|--------------------3-2--||
Pre-Chorus
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 E S S E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-5-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7--|
|----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5---5-5---5-5---7-7---7-7-7-7-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-5-5---5-5---5-5---3---3---3---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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-5---5-5---5-5---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7----|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. E E H. E E
|---------------------------------||-------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------||-------------|-------------|
|-5-5---5-5---5-5-----------------||-7-------5-5-|-7---------5-|
|-------------------7---7---7---7-||-------------|---------5---|
H. E E H E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-------5-5-|-7--------6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-------------|------5-5-----|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----6-6--|
|-----------------------------|-----------------5-5------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E W
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------4--2-1-|------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|-4----|
|
| Gtr II
| W H H W
|-4-------------------------------|-4---------------2------|-4----|
|-5-------------------------------|-5---------------2------|-4----|
|-6-------------------------------|-6---------------2------|-5----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
Bridge II
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E
|------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------||---------------------------------|-------------------4--2-1-|
|------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(4)--------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|
|
| +W W +H H
|-(4)--------||-4-------------------------------|-(4)---------------2------|
|-(4)--------||-5-------------------------------|-(5)---------------2------|
|-(5)--------||-6-------------------------------|-(6)---------------2------|
|------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
W +W S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------|------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-----------------------------|
|
| W +W W
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-----------------------------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-----------------------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-----------------------------|
|----------|------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5---|
|-------------------------5-----|
|
| W
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
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 E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6-||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------5---||
|
| W W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|----------------------------------|
|--9-------------------------------|
|--9-------------------------------|
|-11-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E W +W
|-------------------------|-----------|---------||
|------------------4--2-1-|-----------|---------||
|-------------------------|-----------|---------||
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|--4--------|--(4)----||
|
| H H W +W
|-------------------------|-----------|---------||
|--9---------------7------|--9--------|--(9)----||
|--9---------------6------|--8--------|--(8)----||
|-11---------------7------|-10--------|-(10)----||
|-------------------------|-----------|---------||
|-------------------------|-----------|---------||
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
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-2-2---2-2---2-2----4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| W H H
|----------------------------------|-7----------------9---------------|
|--9-------------------------------|-8---------------10---------------|
|--9-------------------------------|-9---------------11---------------|
|-11-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4----|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-------------------------------------|
|--9----------------------------------|
|--9----------------------------------|
|-11----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
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
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-2---2-2---2-2----4----4----4----4-|--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| H S S S S S S S S W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7------------------9----9----9----9-|--9-------------------------------|
|-8------------------9----9----9----9-|--9-------------------------------|
|-9-----------------11---11---11---11-|-11-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|-2-2---2-2---2-2----4----4----4----4----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| H S S S S S S S S
|-7------------------9----9----9----9----|
|-8-----------------10---10---10---10----|
|-9-----------------11---11---11---11----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
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
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|-2-2---2-2---2-2---------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------4----4----4----4-||
|
| W H S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--9-------------------------------|-7------------------9----9----9----9-||
|--9-------------------------------|-8------------------8----8----8----8-||
|-11-------------------------------|-9-----------------10---10---10---10-||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Outro
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E Q T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------4--|-----------------------------------------|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E Q
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|
|-------------------------------3----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E E E
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E S S S S W
|---------------------------------------||------*|
|-------------------------------3-2-1-0-||------*|
|---------------------------------------||------*|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------||------*|
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, s16 = swing 16ths
