Scream Murder Bass Tab by Savatage

Scream Murder bass tab by Savatage

Bass Tab

Tuning: D Tuning (D G C F)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

Scream Murder
Savatage

Intro 1:

                      H         H            Q     Q     Q     Q
F||-------|-------|------------14--------|--------14----------------|
C||-------|-------|--12------------------|--12----------12----------|
G||-------|-------|----------------------|--------------------12----|
D||-------|-------|----------------------|--------------------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Intro 2:

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------5---3-|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------5---3-|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Verse 1:

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------5---3-|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Pre-Chorus 1:

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5---5---7-|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Chorus 1:

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5---5---7-|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Chorus 2:

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5---5---7-|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Verse 2:

  E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

                                         |----3----|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q    Q    Q
F||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||--------------------------|-------------------5----3----|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3--------------|
D||--------------------------|-----------------------------|

Pre-Chorus 2:

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

Guitar Solo:

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------5---3-|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5---5---7-|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5---5---7-|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------5---3-|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Verse 3:

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------5---3-|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Pre-Chorus 3:

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S   E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5---5---7-|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Chorus 3:

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

                                            |---3---|                                           |---3---|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
F||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C||--------------------------|------------------5---3-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--3---------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5---5---7-|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

Chorus 4:

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

     E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S    E  S S E  S S E  S S E  S S
F||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G||--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|

Interlude:

  Q    H.                  H         H        Q     Q     Q     Q
F||--------------|---------|------------14----|--------14----------------|
C||--------------|---------|--12--------------|--12----------12----------|
G||--5----R------|---------|------------------|--------------------12----|
D||--------------|---------|------------------|--------------------------|

Coda 1:

    E  S S Q   E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q   S E.  Q   S E.  Q
F||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
G||-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--|--3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3--|-0-3---3---0-3---3-|
D||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|

    E  S S Q   E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q   S E.  Q   S E.  Q
F||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
G||-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--|--3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3--|-0-3---3---0-3---3-|
D||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|

Coda 2:

    E  S S Q   E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q   S E.  Q   S E.  Q
F||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
G||-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--|--3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3--|-0-3---3---0-3---3-|
D||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|

    E  S S Q   E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q   S E.  Q   S E.  Q
F||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
G||-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--|--3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3--|-0-3---3---0-3---3-|
D||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|

Coda 3:

    E  S S Q   E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q     E  S S Q    E  S S Q
F||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G||-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5----5--5-5-5--|--3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3--|
D||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

    S E.  Q    S E.  Q   S E.  Q   S E.  Q   S E.  Q   S E.  Q    S E.  Q
F||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|
C||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|
G||-0-3---3----0-3---3-|-0-3---3---0-3---3-|-0-3---3---0-3---3-|--0-3---3-|
D||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|

V: Ending

     W
F||-------------------|                         |---------------------||
C||-------------------| Improvise for 5 bars    |---------------------||
G||--5----------------| before ending with              |--3\-----------------||
D||-------------------|                         |---------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\
/ - tremolo bar dip
\
 - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\
 - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
\ -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down

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