Overkill - The Years Of Decay Chords & Tabs

 

The Years Of Decay Chords & Tabs

Overkill Chords & Tabs

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The Years Of Decay Bass Tab

   
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THE YEARS OF DECAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Overkill
(From the 1989 Album THE YEARS OF DECAY)

Transcribed by B. Johnson
	

Words and Music by Overkill
Arranged by Overkill

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

 Intro
  Moderately Q=112
 4/4
  Gtr I
  <
  W           +W           +W           +W           +W           W
|----------||------------|------------|------------|------------|------||
|----------||------------|------------|------------|------------|------||
|-7--------||-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|------||
|-0--------||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------||


 1st, 2nd Verses
  $
  Gtr II
   H.       A  E  E    Q   E  E  +H        H.       A  E  E    W
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|-------|


   H.       A  E  E    Q   E  E  +H        H.       A  E  E    H.       E  E
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17-------17s16---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|------------------|


                               Gtr I
   H.       E  E    W           Q  Q   Q  Q
|-14-------11-12-|-11--------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------|-12-----11-----|
|----------------|-----------|---------------|
|----------------|-12--------|-10------9-----|


  Gtr II
   H.       A  E  E    Q   E  E  +H        H.       A  E  E    W
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|-------|


   H.       A  E  E    Q   E  E  +H        H.       A  E  E    H.       E  E
|-16-------16h17-16-|-14--12-12-(12)----|-16-------16h17-16-|-17-------17s16---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|------------------|


                                 Gtr I
   H..        E    A  W           H    H      W
|-19---------19-|-19s21--------|------------|------|
|---------------|--------------|------------|------|
|---------------|--------------|-10----9----|------|
|---------------|-----0--------|------------|-0----|


   E E  E  E E E  E  E   W           E E  E  E E E  E  E
|------11h12-----11h12-|----------|------11h12-----11h12-|
|----9---------9-------|----------|----9---------9-------|
|-10---------9---------|----------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-0--------|-10---------9---------|


           To Coda
  <
  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-|-----------------|---------------5-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2---||


 Guitar Solo #1
  H..       E   W          W          H.      A E E
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|-3--------|----------|-3-------3h5-3-|
|-0---------0-|----------|-0--------|---------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   H    Q  A E E   Q.   E Q.   E   H    E E E E
|--------9------|---------------|--------9------|------5-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|------7--------|-3----3--3h5-3-|------7--------|-3------3-3-3-|
|-0-----------0-|---------------|-0-----------0-|--------------|


              Free Time QH.=H       Q=100
                                      D.S. al Coda
  H    H      W          +W            Q  Q  Q  Q
|------7----|-9--------|-(9)--------:--------------||
|-----------|-9--------|-(9)--------:--------------||
|-5---------|-7--------|-(7)--------:-10-----9-----||
|-----------|-0--------|-(0)--------:--------------||


  Moderately Q=112
  &
                                       2/4     4/4
                                                              >
  E E E E E E E E   E E E  E E E E E    H       +W           +W
|-----------------|------------9-----||-9----||-(9)--------|-(9)----||
|-----------------|----------9---9---||-9----||-(9)--------|-(9)----||
|-----------------|---7-9-10-------7-||-7----||-(7)--------|-(7)----||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0----------------||-0----||-(0)--------|-(0)----||


  Faster Q=132
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---o||
|-----------------||o-----------------|---2-------2-----o||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3--||


 Bridge
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E A E E A E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|---------------------|-----4-5-----4-----|
|-------0-2-0---0-|---2-------2-----|-------0-3h5-0-3h5-3-|---2-------2-------|
|-0-2-3-------3---|-3-------2-----3-|-0-2-3---------------|-3-------2-----3---|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E A E E A E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|---------------------|-----4-5-----4-----|
|-------0-2-0---0-|---2-------2-----|-------0-3h5-0-3h5-3-|---2-------2-------|
|-0-2-3-------3---|-3-------2-----3-|-0-2-3---------------|-3-------2-----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
|-----------------|-------6---------|-----------------|-------6----------|
|-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------------|-----6-------6----|
|-----------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---4-------4------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0--|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/overkill/the_years_of_decay_btab.html ]
  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
|-----------------|-------6---------|-----------------|-------6----------|
|-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------------|-----6-------6----|
|-----------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---4-------4------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0--|


  H.      E E   H    Q  E E   H.      E E    H    Q  E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-------5-2-|-3----3--2h3-|-0-------0-2-|-/5----3--2-3-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


  H.      E E   H    Q  E E   W          H    H
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||
|-0-------0-2-|-3----2--2-3-|-0--------|-8----7----||
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||


   Guitar Solo #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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|-----------------|-----4-5-----4----o||
||o-----------------|---2-------2-----|-----------------|---2-------2------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----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
||------------------|-------6---------|-----------------|-------6----------||
||o-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------------|-----6-------6---o||
||o-----------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---4-------4-----o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-------4-----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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---|-----------------|-----4-5-----4----o||
||o-----------------|---2-------2-----|-----------------|---2-------2------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3---||


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


 3rd Verse
  Tempo I Q=112
  W          H.      E E   H.      E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|---------4-5-|---------4-5-|-7--5-4-5-4-----|
|-2--------|-0-----------|-2-----------|------------7s5-|
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|


  W          H.      E E   H.      E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|---------4-5-|---------4-5-|-7--5-4-5-4-----|
|-2--------|-0-----------|-2-----------|------------7s5-|
|----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|


  H..       E   A W          +H.      +Q      H    +E  Q  E
|-------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|----------4--5-|
|-5---------5-|-5h7--------|-(7)------(7)\--|-2----(2)------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|---------------|


  W          H    +E  Q  E   H.      +Q      H    +E  Q  E
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|----------4--5-|-7-------(7)\--|----------4--5-|
|-0--------|-2----(2)------|---------------|-2----(2)------|
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  W          H.      E E   W          H..       E   A W
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|--------|
|----------|---------4-5-|-7--------|-------------|--------|
|-0--------|-2-----------|----------|-5---------5-|-5h7----|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|--------|


  Q  E E Q  E E   W          Q  E E Q  E E   W          Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|----4-5----4-5-|----------|----4-5----4-5-|----------|----4-5----4-5-|
|-5------4------|----------|-5------4------|----------|-5------4------|
|---------------|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||


    Faster Q=132
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----4-5-----4---o||
||o-----------------|---2-------2-----o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-------2-----3--||


  H.=H                              Ritard Q=66  H=H
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    H    +Q   +Q
|-----------------|-----------9-9-9-||-9----(9)--(9)----||
|-----------------|-----9---9-9-9-9-||-9----(9)--(9)----||
|-----------------|---7-7-7-7-------||-7----(7)--(7)----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0---0---------||-0----(0)--(0)----||


  Tempo I Q=112
  +W           +H     Q  Q    W          +H     Q  Q
|-(9)--------|-(9)----------|----------|--------------|
|-(9)--------|-(9)----------|----------|--------------|
|-(7)--------|-(7)----------|----------|--------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)----3--2--|-0--------|-(0)----3--2--|


  W          +H     Q  Q    W          +H     Q  Q
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|-0--------|-(0)----3--2--|-0--------|-(0)----3--2--||


 Outro
  Q   Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q   Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3--------|----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3--------||
|-0-------------|-------3--2--|-0-------------|-------3--2--||


    Q   Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q   Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q
||----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
||o---------------|-------------|---------------|--------------o||
||o----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3--------|----/7--5-7--2-|-3--3---------o||
||--0-------------|-------3--2--|-0-------------|-------3--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