 Atheist - "Mineral" Bass Tab
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Band: Atheist
Album: Elements
Song: Mineral
Copyright (c) Music for Nations 1993 / Relapse Records 2005
Version 2.0 - 21th of October, 2006 - 9th of April, 2007 (Latest corrections)
Transcribed By: Lassi Nurminen (aka, epitaph)
Email: Gaborik10@hotmail.com / Gaborik@welho.com
EADG (from low to high)
0:03
|---------|
|-4-------|
|---------|
|---2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|
|-------4--4-4-4----------4-------| Six Times
|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2----------2--2-2-2---2-2-2-|
0:23
|------------------------------|
|----------7--7-7-7-7------10\-|
|-7-7-9-10------------7--7-----|
|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------7--7-7-7-7------10\-| Three
|----------7-7-9-10------------7--7-----| Times
|---2-2-2-------------------------------|
0:35
|--------------------------|
|-------9------------7-----| Remember to
|---------9------------7---| improvise the fills
|-7-7-7-----7--5-5-5-----5-|
0:38
|-------|
|-4-----|
|-------|
|---2-2-|
|---------------------------------|
|-------4--4-4-4----------4-------| Four
|---------------------------------| Times
|-2-2-2----------2--2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|------------------------------|
|----------7--7-7-7-7------10\-|
|-7-7-9-10------------7--7-----|
|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------7--7-7-7-7------10\-| Three
|----------7-7-9-10------------7--7-----| Times
|---2-2-2-------------------------------|
1:05
|---------------------------|
|-------9-------------------| (Improvise..)
|---------9----------7--7-7-|
|-7-7-7-----7--5-5-5--------|
|--------------------------|
|-------9------------7-----|
|---------9------------7---|
|-7-7-7-----7--5-5-5-----5-|
1:12
|--------------------------------------| *It sounds like these
|-------5-----4*-5-4--------5----------| two notes were played an octave lower.
|---2-2----5*-----------2-2----0-2-3-2-| If this is the case, then Tony used
|-0-------------------0----------------| a five string bass for this song
|-------4------------2-----|
|---------4------------2---|
|-2-2-2-----2--0-0-0-----0-|
|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------5--0-4-5-4--------5----------|
|---2-2---------------2-2----0-2-3-2-|
|-0-----------------0----------------|
|-------4------------2-----|
|---------4------------2---|
|-2-2-2-----2--0-0-0-----0-|
|--------------------------|
1:33
|-------|
|-4-----|
|-------|
|---2-2-|
|---------------------------------|
|-------4--4-4-4----------4-------| Four
|---------------------------------| Times
|-2-2-2----------2--2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|------------------------------|
|----------7--7-7-7-7------10\-|
|-7-7-9-10------------7--7-----|
|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------7--7-7-7-7------10\-| Three
|----------7-7-9-10------------7--7-----| Times
|---2-2-2-------------------------------|
2:00
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------66-66-------------------------| Twice
|-55-55-55-55-44-44-------------------00-00-77-77-|
|-------------------------22-22-22-22-------------|
|-7---6--------------|
|-7---6--6---------9-| Twice
|-5---4-----4---7--7-|
|-----------2---5----|
2:27
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-2----3-2----3-2-|
|----------4-5/7-6-4-------------|
|-4----2-5-----------4-5-0-2-----| Four
|--------------------------------| Times
|---2------------------------3-2-|
2:47
|-------|
|-4-----|
|-------|
|---2-2-|
|---------------------------------|
|-------4--4-4-4----------4-------| Four
|---------------------------------| Times
|-2-2-2----------2--2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|-----------------------------|
|----------7--7-7-7-7------10-|
|-7-7-9-10------------7--7----|
|-----------------------------|
3:04 - Repeat twice
|---------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------7--7-7-7-7------10-|
|----------7-7-9-10------------7--7----|
|---2-2-2------------------------------|
3:24
|---------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-|
3:27
|-------4------------2-----|
|---------4------------2---|
|-2-2-2-----2--0-0-0-----0-|
|--------------------------|
3:31
|------------------------------------|
|-------5--0-4-5-4--------5----------| Four
|---2-2---------------2-2----0-2-3-2-| Times
|-0-----------------0----------------|
|-------4------------2-----|
|---------4------------2---|
|-2-2-2-----2--0-0-0-----0-|
|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------5--0-4-5-4--------5----------| Twice
|---2-2---------------2-2----0-2-3-2-|
|-0-----------------0----------------|
3:49
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-2-2--22-2-2-2-2-0-|
|-------------------|
3:55
|---------|
|-4-------| Repeat many times..
|---------|
|---2-2-2-|
4:23
|------------------------------| Twice
|-4-----4-4-----4-4------4-4---| (Slight timing
|------------------------------| differences
|---2-2-----2-2-----2-2----2-2-| at both times)
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