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by August Burns Red


CONSUMER (Bassline)
As recorded by August Burns Red
(From the 2005 Album THRILL SEEKER)

	

Words and Music by August Burns Red

Gtr I (C G C F) - 'w/pick'

 Intro
  Fast Metalcore Q=186
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  S S E S S E Q    S S E H.        Q  S S E Q  S S E   S S E Q  E E E E
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0---------|----0-0-0----0-0-0-|-0-0-0----6-3-5-2--|


    E E S S E S S E E E   S S E E E E E E E
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------5h8-|-------------------|
||o-3h5-----------------|-------5h8-4h7-5p0-|
||------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-------------|


  E E S S E E E S S E   S S E E E E E E E    3x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-----------5h8-------|---------------------o||
|-3h5-----------------|-------5h8-----------o||
|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----6-3-5-2----||


 Pre-Verse
 2/4     5/8
  q  Q    E E E E E   E E E E E   E E E E E
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-0-----|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0-|


  E E E E E   E E E E E   E E E E E
|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0-|-6-3-5-2-0--|


 Verse
  Slower Q=160
 2/4      6/8
  H        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||
|------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|------||--2-5-0-3-6-0-|-2-5-0-3-6-0-|-2-5-0-3-6-0-|-2-5-0-3-6-0--||


 Breakdown
  Faster Q=170
 4/4
  S S Q  S S S S E E E   E S S S S Q  S S S S S S
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0---|


    Q  E S S S S E E E   E S S S S Q  S S S S S S  5x
||---------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||
||-------0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0----||


                                                 3/4
  Q  E S S S S E E E   E S S S S Q  S S S S S S   Q  E S S S S E
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
|------0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0---|------0-0-0-0-0--||


 Pre-Verse
  Faster Q=180
 4/4
  W          +W
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)----||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E  E E E  Q   Q    E E E E  E E E E   +E  E E Q  E Q    4x
||------------------|----------10--10--|------------------|-------------------||
||o---7-----8-7-----|---10-7-----------|---8-----10-8-----|------------------o||
||o---------------8-|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
||--0---0-0-----0---|-0------0---------|-8---8-8------8-8-|-(8)-8-8-8--8-8----||


 Pre-Verse
  Q  S S E S S E Q    S S E H.        Q  S S E S S E Q    S S E H.
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0---------|----0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-------|


  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----||


   Verse
    E E S S E Q  E E   S S E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o-2h3--------------|-------3h7-5h8-7p0-|
||o--------------3h5-|-------------------|
||------0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-------------|


  E E S S E Q  E E   S S E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------||
|-2h3--------------|-------3h7-5h8-7p0--o||
|--------------3h5-|--------------------o||
|-----0-0-0--------|-0-0-0---------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Slower Q=170
  H.      q    W
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|-0-------0--|------||


 Chorus
  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|


  S S S S E S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5-----3s7---------|-7s8---------8s3---------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S Q  S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---|


    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|


  S S S S E S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------5-----3s7---------|-7s8---------8s3-----------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5-|


 1.
  S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E E S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---||


 Breakdown
  2.
  S S S S E  Q  +S  E E S   E E E Q  S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---/3--(3)-0-0---|---0-0----0-0-0-0-0-|


    S S S S E  Q  S E E S   E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|---------5s3-7s8-|
||--0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0-----------|


  1.
  S S S S E  Q  S E E S   E E E Q  S S S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0----0-0-0-0-0--||


    2.
    S S S S E  Q  S E E S   E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|---------5h8-7p0-|
||--0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0-----------|


  S S S S E  Q  S E E S   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------5s3-7s8---o||
|-0-0-0-0---/3--0-0-0---|---0-0--------------||


  S S E Q  S S E Q    S S E Q  S S E Q
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0----0-0-0----||


   Interlude
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0---||


   Verse
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0---||


   Bridge
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0---||


   Verse
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E  E E  E  E  Q
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|---------8-----7-|-----10---12-12-12---|
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0---0-0---|-0-0----0------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0--||


 Outro
  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|


  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|


  +W           +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|



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