Watchtower - The Eldritch Chords & Tabs

 

The Eldritch Chords & Tabs

Watchtower Chords & Tabs

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The Eldritch Bass Tab

   
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THE ELDRITCH (Bassline)
As recorded by Watchtower
(From the 1989 Album CONTROL & RESISTANCE)

Transcribed by Tom Geldschläger
	

Words by Doug Keyser Music by Watchtower
Arranged by Watchtower

Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=130
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H.      Q
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------8\--|
|----------|-------------|


    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    4x
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---------7S8-------------8S9-----|-8-7-5-------5---------------o||
||----------------------------------|-------8-6-5---8-6-5----------||
||o-5p0-0-0-----0-0-5p0-0-0-----0-0-|---------------------9-7-6---o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||


 3/4         4/4
  Q  Q  Q     S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|----------||----------------------------|
|----------||----------------------------|
|-------6--||---------------------1---1--|
|-4--1-----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|----------||----------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S E E E   S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------1-2-3-|---------------------1---1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|


                      Q=130(16=sQ=130
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E   S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------1-0-----|---------------------1---1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|


                      Q=130(16=s16) Q=130
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|---------------------3-3-4-4-5-5-|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------1---1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|


                             Interlude
                              Q=110
  S S S S S S S S S S E E E   W          +W
|---------------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------1-2-3-|----------|--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|---------------------------|----------|--------|


   7/8
    E S S S S S S S S E. S   +S  S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-------------------------|------------------------------||
||o------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||-------------------------|-------------------7-6-4-6-7--||
||o---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0--2-|-(2)---5-5-5-5-5-5-----------o||
||-------------------------|------------------------------||


 7/4
    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E.
|-----------------------------------------7-6-7-6-8--|
|-------------------------------7-6-7-6-8------------|
|---------------------7-6-7-6-8----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


 Verse
  Q=120
 4/4
    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E E E E    Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------2-----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||----------------2-4-5---5-4-|
|-------------------------------||-4--4-4-4-4-4-5-------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|


    |-3-|     |-3-|                           |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E S E S E    Q.   +S  S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||----------------------4-6-7--|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||-3----(3)-------4-6-7--------|
|---------------------------------||----------4-5-7--------------|
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|


    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E E E E    Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||------------2-4-5-4-2-------|
|-------------------------------||-4--4-2-4-5-----------5-4-2-|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|


    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E S E S E    Q  Q  S S Q.
|---------------------------------||----------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||-3--3-----------|
|---------------------------------||-------8-7-6----|
|---------------------------------||----------------|


 Interlude
                     2/4
  |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E Q  Q    S. S. S. S. +E    Q  S E.
|-------------------|-----------------|---------||
|-------------4-----|-----------------|---------||
|-------8-7-5----5--|-5--4------------|---------||
|-8-6-5-------------|-------5--4--(4)-|------7--||
|-------------------|-----------------|---------||


 4/4
                  |-------6--------|
  S S S S S S S S S +S  +S  S +S  +S  T +T  +E.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4-(4)-(4)-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


                  |-------6--------|
  S S S S S S S S S +S  +S  S +S  +S  S E.
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4----|
|------------------------------------------|


                  |-------6--------|
  S S S S S S S S S +S  +S  S +S  +S  T +T  +E.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4-(4)-(4)-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


                                             Chorus
                  |-------6--------|            |-3-|     |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S +S  +S  S +S  +S  S E.    E S S S +S  S S S +S  E E E E
|------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-(4)-(4)------||-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-(5)-(5)-----------4----||-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|


                               |-3-|     |-3-|
  E E E E S S S S S S S S    E S S S +S  S S S +S  E S E S E
|---------8-------8-------||---------------------------------||
|-------6-----------------||-------------------------4---4---||
|-2---------6-6-6---6-6-6-||-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||
|---5-4-------------------||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------||---------------------------------||


           |-3-|
  Q.   +S  S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|
|----------------------4-6-7---|
|-3----(3)-------4-6-7---------|
|----------4-5-7---------------|
|------------------------------|


    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E E E E    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||-----7-8-----7-8-----7-8-----7-8-||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||-5-6-----5-6-----5-6-----5-6-----||
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------||


    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E S E S E
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4---4------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

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                     Verse
                   Q=130
  Q  Q  S S S S Q     S S S S S S S S S S E S E.   S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3--3--5-6-5-3----||---------------------1---1--|---------------------1-2-3-|
|---------------0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|


                                                   Q=130(16=
  S S S S S S S S S S E S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------1---1--|---------------------1-0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-2-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


 sQ=130
  S S S S S S S S S S E S E.
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---------------------1---1---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|-----------------------------|


                      Q=130(16=s16)
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------3-3-4-4-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
|---------------------------------|


  Q=130
  S S S S S S S S S S E S E.   S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------1---1--|---------------------1-2-3---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


                          Guitar Solo
  Q=120
  W          +W            E Q  S S E S E S E   S S E Q  S S E S E S
|----------|------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|----------|------------||--------------------|--------------9---9---|
|----------|------------||--------------------|----------8-9---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||----------6---6---6-|-4-6------------------|
|----------|------------||-0----2-4-----------|-----3----------------|


  E S S Q  +H       E S E +Q   E S E +E    E S S S S S S S E E E.
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-9-8-9-----------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------9--(9)----|----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-5--|
|-----------------|-6---6-(6)--6---6-(6)-|------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S E E E.   E S S S S S S S E E E.   E S S S S S S S E E E.
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-5--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-5--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-5--|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


   7/8                         11/16                   2/8
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S     E E
||----------------------------|----------------------||-----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------o||-----|
||----------------------------|----------------------||-2---|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-o||-----|
||----------------------------|----------------------||-----|


 7/8                         11/16          7/8
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S   E Q.   S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-2------7-5-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|
|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---------------------2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-----|
|-------------------------|


 Interlude
                             11/16
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-----------------7-5-3---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|


 7/8
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-5-3-7-5-3-|-----------------7-5-3-----|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|


    Q=130
   4/4
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S Q   4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------7S8-------------8S9-----|-8-7-5-------5--------------o||
||----------------------------------|-------8-6-5---8-6-5---------||
||o-5p0-0-0-----0-0-5p0-0-0-----0-0-|---------------------9-7-6--o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||


 3/4        9/8                               2/4
                                               |----6----|
  Q  Q  Q    S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S   S S S S S S S E.
|----------|---------------------------------|-------4-6-7-6-4---|
|----------|---------------------------------|-4-5-7-------------|
|-------6--|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-4--1-----|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-8-8-8---5-5-5-5-|-------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------|


 Chorus
  Q=120
 4/4
    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E E E E    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||-4-------4-------4---4---4---4----|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||---2-2-2---2-2-2---2---2---2---2--|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|


    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E S E S E    E E E Q.   S S E
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||------------------|
|---------------------------------||-5-4-3-2----5-4-5-|
|---------------------------------||------------------|


    |-3-|     |-3-|                      |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E E E E    Q..   S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------||-------5-4-2-------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------5-3-2-------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)S2-2S3-3-||-------------------5-3-2-|
|-------------------------------||-4-----------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|


    |-3-|     |-3-|
  E S S S +S  S S S +S  E S E S E    E Q.   S S E +Q
|---------------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------4---4---||-3-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2---2---2-||-------------------|
|---------------------------------||--------4-3-2-(2)--|
|---------------------------------||-------------------|


 Outro
  Q=130
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------*|
|---------7S8-------------8S9-----|-8-7-5-------5---------------*|
|---------------------------------|-------8-6-5---8-6-5---------*|
|-5p0-0-0-----0-0-5p0-0-0-----0-0-|---------------------9-7-6---*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------*|



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