POLAROIDS OF POLAR BEARS (Bassline)
As recorded by Alexisonfire
(From the 2003 Album ALEXISONFIRE)
Words and Music by Alexisonfire
Arranged by Alexisonfire
Transcribed by Gabriel Ortiz
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Freely Q=55
4/4
Gtr I
Wx9
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|--------||
|--------||
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Strict Time: Slowly Q=60
E. S +E E +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S +S S S S E 4x
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------|-------------------------------5-----o||
||o-0--2-(2)-3-(3)-------3-------|-----------3---------------------3---o||
||-----------------1-1-1---1-1-1-|-(1)-1-1-1---1-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-----1--||
E. S +E E +H +W
|-------------------|--------||
|-------------------|--------||
|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|-(3)----||
|-------------------|--------||
Pre-Verse
Faster Q=116
7/8
W W W H E E E
|----------|----------|----------|------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------0-0-0-||
|----------|----------|----------|------------||
Verse
Double-Time Q=232
4/4
E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
1.
E E +E E +E E E E W E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E E E
|---------------------|----------|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|----------|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1--||
2.
E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|
E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-||
E E +E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
||----------------------|-------------|
||o---------------------|-------------|
||o---------------------|----------5--|
||--5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--7--8-----|
E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E E E +E E 4x
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-1-1-(1)-1-3-3-(3)-3---||
Pre-Chorus
Q Q H W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|-5----------|----------|----------|------|
W H E E +Q S S S S q Q S S S S q Q S S S S Q
|----------|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|----------|------x-5-(5)\--|-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|
S S S S q Q S S S S q Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--||
Chorus
S S S S q Q S S S S q Q S S S S Q
||------------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--|
S S S S q Q S S S S q Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-5----|
S S S S q Q S S S S q Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|
S S S S q Q S S S S q Q S S S S Q 3x
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------o||
|-----------------------|------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1---||
Q Q H W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|-1----------|----------|----------|------|
E E +E E +E E E E +E E +E E E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-1--|
E E +E E +E E E E +E E +E E E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-1--||
Bridge
E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-3-3-(3)-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E 4x
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1-|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1---||
E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1-|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1-||
Interlude
q q q q q q E E Q q q q q q q E E Q 4x
||--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------||
||o-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------o||
||o-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------o||
||--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-5-0--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-5-0----||
H.=H
Q Q H H E E +Q E E +H. +W
|------------|---------------|--------------|--------||
|------------|---------------|--------------|--------||
|------------|---------------|--------------|--------||
|-5----------|------x-1-(1)--|-x-3-(3)------|-(3)----||
Guitar Break
Slower Q=128
Q +E E +Q Q E E E E E E Q
||-------------------|----------------|
||o------------------|----------------|
||o-0--(0)-2-(2)--3--|---------3------|
||-------------------|---1-1-1---1-1--|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E Q 4x
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------5-(5)-------o||
|-----------3-------|-------3-------3-----o||
|-(1)-1-1-1---1-1-1-|-(1)-1-----------1----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-|-3---------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-|-3---------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|------*|
|-----------------|------*|
|-0-0-0-2-2-2-3---|------*|
|-----------------|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
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