KARATE - "the roots and the ruins" Tablature
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Subject: k/karate/the_roots_and_the_ruins.btab
THE ROOTS AND THE RUINS (Bassline)
As recorded by Karate
(From the 2000 Album UNSOLVED)
This is a fun one to play because of the ties across
the barline that characterize the verses. In measure
24 there are some very lightly played accentuations
notated with parentheses. These reoccur throughout the
rest of the piece, usually on the A chord, and can be
thrown in as you see fit.
Words by Geoff Farina Music by Karate
Transcribed by Craig Wynne
4/4
Q=125
Intro
E Q H +E +E Q H S S E Q Q. E E
|---------------|-----2--0--------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------0-2-|-3-3--2--------|
|---3--2----(2)-|-(2)-------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------0-3-|
E Q Q. Q E Q Q E Q +E Q Q Q S S
|---------------|---------0-4--|-(4)-2--4----------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------0--0-2--|
|-0-0-----------|---3--2-------|-------------------|
|------6----6\--|--------------|-------------------|
E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-3--2--------|---------------|---2--0--------|
|---------------|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-----|
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|
1st Verse
E Q Q. E E E Q Q E E E +H +E E E E
|---------------|---------------||------------------|
|---------------|---2--0--------||----------------0-|
|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-2-0-||-(0)----(0)-0-3---|
|-----------0-3-|---------------||------------------|
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H E Q E
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0----|
|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|-------------0-|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|
|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
+H E E E E +H E E E E +H +E E E E
|----------0-1-2-|-(2)------0-----|------------------|
|-(2)----2-------|--------2---2-0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|
|----------------|----------------|------------0-3---|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|
+H +E E E E +H E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------(2)-------|
|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0-----|-------------------------0-|
|------------0-3---|------------3-0-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-----0-3---|
|------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +E S E. E S E. S E.
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||
|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)-(2)------2----2----||
|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|------------2-----------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||
Refrain
E Q H +E +E Q Q Q S S E Q Q. E E
|---------------|-----2--4---------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------0--0-2-|-3-3--2---------|
|---3--2----(2)-|-(2)--------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------0-3--|
E Q Q. E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q. E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---2--0--------|---------------|
|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-----|-0-0--1--------|
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|
2nd Verse
E Q Q E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E
|---------------||------------------|------------------|
|---2--0--------||----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|
|-0-------3-2-0-||-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|
|---------------||------------------|------------------|
+H +E E E E +H E Q E +H +E E E E
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0----|----------------0-|
|------------0-3---|-------------0-|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +E S E. E S E. S E.
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||
|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)-(2)------2----2----||
|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|------------2-----------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------------||
Bridge
H +E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
|-------------5-7-|-(7)------10----------|--------------------|
|-3----(3)-/7-----|-------12----12----10-|-(10)---10-9--------|
|-----------------|----------------12----|-------------10-7-8-|
|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|
E Q E Q. E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|--------10--------|--------10-------|
|----------------|-----------0-10-7-|-(7)-------------|
|-10----9------8-|-(8)--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------8-7-6-|
Refrain
Q. Q Q. W E Q H +E
|---------------|----------||---------------|
|------8\-------|----------||---------------|
|---------------|----------||---3--2----(2)-|
|---------------|----------||---------------|
+E Q Q Q S S E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E
|-----2--4---------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------0--0-2-|-3-3--2--------|----------------|
|-(2)--------------|---------------|-0-0--1---------|
|------------------|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3--|
E Q Q E E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---2--0--------|---------------|---2--0--------||
|-0-------3-----|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-2-0-||
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|---------------||
Guitar Solo
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|
|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|------------0-3---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
+H E Q E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E
|---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(2)----2-0----|----------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----1-|
|-------------0-|-(0)----(0)-0-3---|------------0-3---|
|---------------|------------------|------------------|
+H +E E E E +Q. S S E E E E
|------------------|---------------7-9---|
|-(1)----(1)-------|-------5-5-/10-----7-|
|------------0-3-7-|-(7)-----------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
-------------------------------|
-(7)-7-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-----0-|
---------------------------8---|
-------------------------------|
+H E E E E +H +E E E E +H E Q E
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|-(0)----0-----1-|-(1)----(1)-----2-|-(2)----2-0----|
|----------0-3---|------------0-3---|-------------0-|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------0-|-(0)-----0-----1-|-(1)-----1-----2-|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----------|-------0---0-3---|-------0---0-3---|
|-----------------------3---1---|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
+Q. E E E E E H +E E E E +Q. E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------5-7-|-(7)------10----------|
|-(2)-----2---2---||-3----(3)-/7-----|-------12----12----10-|
|-------2---------||-----------------|----------------12----|
|-----------------||-----------------|----------------------|
+Q. E E E E E E Q E Q. E +H E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|--------10--------|
|-(10)---10-9--------|----------------|-----------0-10---|
|-------------10-7-8-|-10----9------8-|-(8)------------8-|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
+H E E E E Q. Q Q. W
|--------10-------|---------------|------||
|-----------------|------8\-------|------||
|-(8)-------------|---------------|------||
|-----------8-7-6-|---------------|------||
Outro
E Q Q E Q +E Q Q Q S S E Q Q. E E
|---------0-4--|-(4)-2--4---------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------0--0-2-|-3-3--2---------|
|---3--2-------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------|------------------|-----------0-3--|
E Q Q. E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q. E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---2--0--------|---------------|
|-0-0--1--------|-0-------3-----|-0-0--1--------|
|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|-----------0-3-|
E. E. E. E. Q Q H. +W
|----------------|------------|--------*|
|----2--0--5--3--|-3s=7-------|-(7)----*|
|-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
----------------
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
*| - double bar (ending)
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
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