Death - "Trapped In a Corner" Bass Tab
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Band: DEATH
Album: Individual Thought Patterns
Song: Trapped in a Corner
Copyright (c) Copyright (c) Relativity records 1993
Transcribed By: Karl C. (the koglos)
Email: karlcaris@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning D G C F
fretless electric bass guitar
Alright, here's what you've been waiting for...
Watch for my G tab of this song coming soon...
"Trapped in a Corner" by Death.
Intro:
------
Bass rests for first 8 measures while guitar does first rep of intro...
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time Signature:
3/4 4/4 3/4 4/4 ... etc.
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
T
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------
|-------------------|-------------------------|--8(13)-----
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8(13)-----
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------
* Tap the 13th fret quickly
w/ right hand to produce
an artificial harmonic..
** there is also an echo/
delay effect on this
note
Riff A:
-------
6/8 7/8 6/8
|--14-------------|-14-------------------|-14-------------
|*----14----14----|----14----14----14----|----14----14----
|*-------12-------|-------12----12----12-|-------12-------
|-----------------|----------------------|----------------
7/8 6/8 .... etc.
|-14-------------------|----------------|-----------------------
|----14----14----14----|-15-------------|-15--------------------
|-------12----12----12-|----15----15----|----15----15----15-----
|----------------------|-------13-------|-------13----13----13--
|----------------|------------------------|
|-12-------------|-12--------------------*|
|----12----12----|----12----12----12-----*|
|-------10-------|-------10----10----10---|
|-14-------------|-14-------------------|-14-------------
|----14----14----|----14----14----14----|----14----14----
|-------12-------|-------12----12----12-|-------12-------
|----------------|----------------------|----------------
|-14-------------------|
|----14----14----14----|
|-------12----12----12-|
|----------------------|
Verse: Time signature: 6/8
------
|----------------------------------------------------
|--8-----------11----------8-----------11------------
|------9-9-9-------9-9-9-------9-9-9-------9-9-9-----
|----------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|--7-----------10-----------7-----------10----------
|------8-8-8--------8-8-8-------8-8-8--------8-8-8--
|---------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------3/(5)\(3)----
|------------------------------------------4--
|--1-----------4-----------1------------------
|------2-2-2-------2-2-2------2---------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|--0-----------3-----------0-----------3------------
|------1-1-1-------1-1-1-------1-1-1-------1-1-1----
Chorus:
-------
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|*--2------------------------------------------------*|
|*--0-000-3-000-2-000-5-000-3-000-7-000-5-000-8-000--*|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Then Play Verse again ....
..... and then do this:
____________________
| 1 | 2
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------
|*------------------------------------------------------*|---10---
|*--0-000-3-000-2-000-5-000-3-000-7-000-5-000----8-000--*|---8----
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------
Interlude:
----------
Time Sig. 4/4
Rhythm: 1&2&3 & 1 & 2 & 3 4
x x
|-------------|--|-------------|------17\--|-------------|---------------
|-------------|--|-------------|------16\--|-------------|---------------
|-0-0-----0-0-|--|-0-0-----0-0-|-----------|-0-0-----0-0-|------------3--
|-------------|--|-------------|-----------|-------------|---1---1-3-----
Rhythm & 2 & 3 & 4
|-------------|--|-------------|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------|--|-------------|---5/(7)\(5)/(7)\(5)/(7)-|------------|
|-0-0-----0-0-|--|-0-0-----0-0-|---5/(7)\(5)/(7)\(5)/(7)-|-0-0----0-0-|
|-------------|--|-------------|-------------------------|------------|
Rhythm: 3 &
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------------6/(10)\--|
|---------------------|
Now this part, the first beat of the riff has the guitar and bass playing a
triplet; it is difficult to hear because the drums are doing 16th notes over
top of it.
3
_____ ___ |
| | | | | O|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|*------------8-------|-----------8--------|
|*--6p5---------------|--6p5---------------|
|-------5---6----5----|------5--6---5-5-6--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|------------8------------|-----------8--------|
|--6p5-------------/6\(4)-|--6p5---------------|
|------5---6----5---------|------5--6---5-6-5--|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|------------8-----------7---|-----------8--------|
|--6p5-------------7/(10)----|--6p5---------------|
|------5---6----5------------|------5--6---5-5-6--|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|------------8------------|-----------8--------*|
|--6p5-------------/6\(4)-|--6p5---------------*|
|------5---6----5---------|------5--6---5-6-5---|
Background for guit. solo:
--------------------------
You can check www.stevedigiorgio.com to see how he plays those 16th notes;
basically you use 3 fingers, the pattern is 3,2,1,2 3,2,1,2 .....
|--|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|*-|*--------7-----8-------7---|--------8-----5-----7----|
|*-|*--0000---000---000--00-0--|--0000---000---000---000-|
|--|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------7-----8-------7---|--------8-----7---10---*|
|--0000---000---000--00-0--|--0000---000----00-----*|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|*--------7-----8-------7---|--------8-----5-----7-----|
|*--6666---666---666--66-6--|--6666---666---666---666--|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
_______________________
|1 | 2
|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------|
|--------7-----8-------7---|--------8-------7----10----*|---------*|
|--6666---666---666--66-6--|--6666---666-------66------*|--1--5---*|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------|
Background for the tapping guit solo
------------------------------------
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------2-2-2---------|------------------------------|
|-3-3-3--5-5-5---------5-5-5--|--3-3-3--5-5-5--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
x x
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--2-2-2--2------2-2-2--2------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------2-2-2---------|------------------------------|
|-3-3-3--5-5-5---------5-5-5--|--3-3-3--5-5-5--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Then play:
- Riff A
- Verse
- Chorus
- Verse
Ending: Time Sig. 6/8
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|--0-000-3-000-2-000-5-000-3-000-7-000-5-000-8-000--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
x
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|---------------------------------------------------22--||
|--12-000-15-000-14-000-17-000-15-000-19-000-17-000-20--||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
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