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EX'S AND OH'S (Bassline)
As recorded by Atreyu
(From the 2006 Album A DEATH GRIP ON YESTERDAY)
Words and Music by Atreyu
Arranged by Atreyu
Transcribed by rhythmansane@gmail.com
Gtr I (C G C F) - 'Mark McKnight'
Intro
Moderately Fast Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
2.
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 +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1st Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-0-0---2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-5-5---5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-5-5---5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-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-|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
2.
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 +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
2nd Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-0-0---2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-5-5---5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-3-2---|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------------5-|
+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
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(5)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-5---5-|-(5)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-0-|
+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
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|---------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|-----------------||
Bridge
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-----------------|---------------0--|
||------------------|---------------0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|
|-----------------|---------------1-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---2-|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2-0-0--||
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---|
|-----------------|---------------1-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---2-|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---1-|
1st Guitar Solo
+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
|---------------------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---2-|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------1-|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---2-|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2-2-0-||
2nd Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|---------------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 W
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------||
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------||
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------||
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---2-|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---1-|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---2-|------||
Interlude
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--------|-(2)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
2nd Chorus
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
2.
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 +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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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Bass Tabs |
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Title |
Ex’s And Oh’s |
Artist |
Atreyu |
Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID |
xYq6pqlanEg |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
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How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar.
The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string
(usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string.
For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret).
Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).