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A Shot Below The Belt Tab

by August Burns Red


A SHOT BELOW THE BELT (Bassline)
As recorded by August Burns Red
(From the 2005 Album THRILL SEEKER)

	

Words and Music by August Burns Red

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

   Breakdown
    Fast Metalcore Q=165
   5/4
    Gtr I
    S S E E S S E E S S S S S S E   E Q  S S S S E E E E E
||--------------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|


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


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


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


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


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


 Pre-Verse
 4/4
  W          +W
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)----||


   Verse
    W          W          W          H    H
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||o----------|----------|----------|-3----5----o||
||--0--------|-0--------|-0--------|------------||


    S S S E S E S S S E S E   E S E S E E S E S E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0-|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|


  H    S S S E S E   E S E S E S S S S E E
|------------------|------------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------------o||
|------0-0-0-0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


  E E H.        +H.      +E  S S   E E H.        +W
|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
|-7-7-7-------|-(7)------(7)-3-3-|-3-3-3-------|-(3)----|
|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------|


  E E H.        +W           E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-------|-(5)--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    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 E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  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 E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Interlude
  Slower Q=150
  >
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


  q  E E E q  E   E q  E E q  E   q  E E E q  E   E q  E E q  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------1-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3--3-3-3-3----|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  q  E E E q  E   E q  E E q  E   q  E E E q  E   E q  E E q  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  q  E E E q  E   E q  E E q  E   q  E E E q  E   E q  E E q  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------1-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-||
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3--3-3-3-3----|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||


   Verse
    Faster Q=165
    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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


   Verse
    S S S S S S S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------5-4-2-|
||o-------------------------|-------4-2-------|
||o-------------------------|-5-3-2-----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-0-|-----------------|


                        TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
  E E S S E S E S E E   E E E E E E E E    4x
|---------------------|-5-4-2-0------------||
|---------------------|---------1-2-4-5---o||
|---------------------|-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------||


 Verse
  TP         TP
  W          W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1--------|-5--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-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   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  2.
  Q  Q  S E S +E  E   S E S +E  E S E S +E  S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-(5)-5-|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|


  Q  Q  S E S +E  E   S E S +E  E S E S +E  S S
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-(7)-7-|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|


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


  Q  Q  S E S +E  E   S E S +E  E S E S +E  S S
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-0--0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--||


   Breakdown
   7/8
    S S E S S E Q  S S   E S S E Q  Q    S S E S S E Q  S S   E S S E Q  Q
||---------------------|---------------|--------------------|----------------||
||o--------------------|---------1-----|--------------------|---------1-----o||
||o--------------------|------------2--|--------------------|------------2--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------||


  Slower Q=135
 4/4          3/4
  +W           +Q    H    a
|------------|--------------||
|------------|--------------||
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------||
|------------|------12s===0-||


   Outro
   4/4
    S S E Q  Q  S S E   +E  Q  E E E E E
||--------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|
||--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0-3-2-1-0-|


  S S E Q  Q  S S E   +E  Q  E E E Q
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|----------1-1-1--o||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0---------||


  S S E Q  Q  S S E   +E  E Q  E E E E   S S E Q  Q  S S E   +E  Q  E E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------1-1-1--|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0----3-2-1-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0--------|


                                        2/4
  S S E Q  Q  S S E   +E  E Q  E E E E   E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(0)-0----3-2-1-0-|-3-2-1-0-|


 4/4
  S S E Q  Q  S S E   +E  Q  E E E Q    +W           +W
|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------1-1-1--|-(1)--------|-(1)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------*|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-(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