BEFORE I FORGET (Bassline)
As recorded by Slipknot
(From the 2004 Album THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES)
Words and Music by Slipknot
Transcribed by scott666
Gtr I (B F# B E) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=125
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Q Q Q Q 3x Q Q E E S E. E E S E. H
|------------||---------------||----------------|---------------|
|------------||o-------------o||----------------|---------------|
|------------||o-------------o||----------------|---------------|
|------------||--2--2--2--2---||-2--2--5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S E E S E.
||---------------------------------||--------------------------||
||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------||
||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------||
||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--||
Pre-Verse
$
2/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S E E S E. E E S E.
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------|----------||
||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0--||
Verse
4/4
S S S S E. E S S S E. S S S S S E. E S S S E. S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|
S S S S E. E S S S E. S S S S S E. S E E S E. 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----5-5-0-0---||
Pre-Chorus
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|-3--------|-5--------|-2--------|-0----||
Chorus
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
D.S.
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E Q Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8--|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8---||
Interlude
H.. E +E H.. W H H 4x
||--------------|---------------|----------|------------||
||o-------------|---------------|----------|-----------o||
||o-------------|---------------|----------|-2----5----o||
||--3---------5-|-(5)-0---------|-2--------|------------||
Q 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 Q E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|-(2)-2-2S5--5-5---|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------3-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------2-|-(2)-2-2S5--5-5----o||
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------3---||
+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 Q E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|-2-2-2S5--5-5--||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---------------||
Chorus
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E Q 4x
|---------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|---------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8---||
Breakdown
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 7x
||---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------o||
||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||
S S S S S S S S E E S E. E E S E. H
|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|---------------||
|-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------||
Outro
Wx8
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
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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