Watchtower - Instruments Of Random Murder Chords & Tabs

 

Instruments Of Random Murder Chords & Tabs

Watchtower Chords & Tabs

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Instruments Of Random Murder Bass Tab

   
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INSTRUMENTS OF RANDOM MURDER (Bassline)
As recorded by Watchtower
(From the 1989 Album CONTROL & RESISTANCE)

Transcribed by Tom Geldschläger
	

Words by White Music by White/Keyser
Arranged by Watchtower

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

 Intro
  Q=105
 6/4                                    4/4
  Gtr I
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H       E S S  E S S  E S S  S S  S  S
|-----------------3-----5--------------|---------------------------------|
|-----5-----7-----------------7--------|-10-----10-----10-----10-9-------|
|--------------------------------------|----8-8----8-8----8-8------11-10-|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


 5/4
  E S S  E S S  E S S  S S  S  S S S  S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-9-----10-----10-----10-9-------9-8------|
|---8-8----8-8----8-8------11-10-----10-9-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


 4/4                              5/4
  E S S  E S S  E S S  S S  S  S   E S S  E S S  E S S  S S  S  S S S  S S
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-6-----10-----10-----10-9-------|-9-----10-----10-----10-9-------9-8------|
|---8-8----8-8----8-8------11-10-|---8-8----8-8----8-8------11-10-----10-9-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


 4/4
  E S S E S S E S S S S  S S
|----------------------------|
|-6--------------------------|
|-------------------9-8------|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----10-9-|
|----------------------------|


 5/4                                  4/4
  E S S E S S E S S S S  S S S S S S   E S S E S S E S S S S  S S
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9-----------------9-8------8-7-----|-8-----------------9-8-------|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----10-9-----9-8-|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----10-9--|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|


 5/4
  E S S E S S E S S S S  S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------9-8------8-7-----|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----10-9-----9-8-|
|------------------------------------|


 4/4                       5/4
   Q    Q    Q   S S  S S    Q    Q    Q   S S  S S S S S S
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------9-8------|----------------9-8------8-7--------|
|-13\--12\--12\------10-9-|-12\--12\--12\------10-9-----9-8----|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|


 4/4                       5/4                               4/4
   Q    Q    Q   S S  S S    Q    Q    Q   S S  S S S S S S   S S H..
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
|----------------9-8------|----------------9-8------8-7-----|------------|
|-13\--12\--12\------10-9-|-12\--12\--12\------10-9-----9-8-|-5----------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|


 Verse
  Q=140
 7/4
  W.            E E   +Q    E Q  E Q  E Q  E Q
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------8-|-(8)\--5----4----2----1----|
|-------------------|---------------------------|


  S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------7---------6---------4---------3---------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


  S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------7---------6---------4---------3-----3---|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----------|
|-----------------------------------------1-1-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|


 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


                                                 2/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q   +E   E +S  E S   H
|-----------------------------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5-----------------------------------|-8----|
|-------------8-8-6-6-5-5-7-(7)--(7)\-0-(0)-0-0-|------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------|


 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


                                          2/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q   E E Q    H
|----------------------------------------|------|
|----------------------------------------|------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5----------------------------|------|
|-------------8-8-6-6-5-5-3-3-7\----2----|-1----|
|----------------------------------------|------|


 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


                                                 2/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q   +E   E +S  E S   H
|-----------------------------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5-----------------------------------|------|
|-------------8-8-6-6-5-5-8-(8)--(8)\-0-(0)-0-0-|-9----|
|-----------------------------------------------|------|


 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


                                            2/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q   +E   E Q    Q  S S S S
|------------------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------------------|----4-4-4-4---|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------8-8-6-6-5-5-8-(8)--(8)\-5----|-2------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------|


 Chorus
 4/4
             |-3-|                   |-3-|
  Q  S S S S Q Q Q   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------7-6-5-|
|------------4-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|


             |-3-|                   |--3--|
  Q  S S S S Q Q Q   S S S S S S S S E E Q Q
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------4-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-6-5-|
|-4--4-4-4-4-------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|


                             Interlude
 7/4                         4/4
             |-3-|
  Q  S S S S Q Q Q E E H      Wx4
|---------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------|------------|
|------------4-3-5-4--------|------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-----------1----|------------|
|---------------------------|------------|


    S S S S S S S S S  E S E  E   +E  E E S E S S E  E  S
||------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--6-5-4-6-5-4-6-5-4-\3--------|--------------------------||
||o----------------------4-3-/5-|-(5)-6-------6-6---10\---o||
||------------------------------|---------3----------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S E   +E  E E S E S S E  E  S
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-5-4-6-5-4-6-5-4--------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------8-7-6-5-\4-5-|-(5)-6-------6-6---10\---|
|--------------------------------|---------3---------------|


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


   Verse
   4/4
    S S S S S S S S E S E S E  4x
||-----------------------------||-|
||o---------------------------o||-|
||------------------8-------8--||-|
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6---o||-|
||-----------------------------||-|


                                 11/8
                                      |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S E S E S E  3x E E E E E E E. E E. E E
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||--------------------------|
||------------------4-------4--||--------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---o||-1---1-1-1-1----1----2----|
||-----------------------------||--------------------------|

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   Interlude
    Q=100
   15/16
    E S S E S S S S S S S S S  4x
||-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------4-o||
||----------------5-----4------||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3---o||
||-----------------------------||


                             17/16
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------2-1-----2---3-|-------------2-1-----2---3-2-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-2---4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-2---4-------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|


 15/16
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------4---5-|
|-------------2-1-----2---3-|-------------2-1-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-2---4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-2---3---|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


                             4/4
                              |-3-|
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S   S S S E E. E E. E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------2-1-----2-----|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----3-2---0---|---------------------|
|---------------------------|-5-5-5-5----5----6---|


   Guitar Solo
   15/16
    E S S E S S S S S S S S S  4x
||-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------5-o||
||----------------5-----5------||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3---o||
||-----------------------------||


                             17/16
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-|-------------------------2-4-5-|
|---------------2-----2-----|-------------------2-3-5-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-5-------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|


 15/16                                                6/8
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S E.   E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------2-|---------------------4--|--------------------|
|---------------2-----2-----|---------------2--------|--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|


 15/16
  Gtr II
  E S S E S S S S S E E   E S S E S S E E S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------5-----5-5-|---------------5-5---5-|
|-----------------------|-------------------5---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  E S S E S S S S S E E   E S S E S S S Q.
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------5-----5-5-|---------5-5---------|
|-----------------------|-------------5-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


                             17/16
  Gtr I
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------2-3-|---------------------2-3-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-5-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-5-----5-3-2-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|


 15/16
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------2-3-|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-5-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-3-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|


   Pre-Verse
    Q=140
   4/4
    S S S S S S S S E S E S E  4x     S S S S S S S S E S E S E   4x
||-----------------------------||-||------------------------------||
||o---------------------------o||-||o----------------------------o||
||------------------8-------8--||-||------------------4-------4---||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6---o||-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2----o||
||-----------------------------||-||------------------------------||


 Verse
 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


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


 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


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


 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


                                               2/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.   +E   E +S  E S   H
|---------------------------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------------------|------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5---------------------------------|------|
|-------------8-8-6-6-5-5-8----(8)\-0-(0)-0-0-|-9----|
|---------------------------------------------|------|


 13/8
  S S S S E S S S S E S S  E S S S S  E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9---------9-----10---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


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


 Chorus
 4/4
             |-3-|                   |-3-|              |-3-|
  Q  S S S S Q Q Q   S S S S S S S S Q Q Q   Q  S S S S Q Q Q
|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------7-6-5-|------------------|
|------------4-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|------------4-3-5-|
|-4--4-4-4-4-------|-----------------------|-4--4-4-4-4-------|
|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|


                           7/4
                  |--3--|              |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S E E Q Q   Q  S S S S Q Q Q E E H
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-------|------------4-3-5-4--------|
|-------------------5-4-3-|-4--4-4-4-4-----------1----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


 Outro
 4/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0--0---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------5-4-----7-----8-----7-|-------------13-12-------14-------15-------14-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-6-5-4-5-----6-5---5-5---5-5---|-14-13-12-13-------13-12----12-12----12-12----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S  S S S  S S S  E E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
|---------5-4-----7-----8-----7-|-8-----7-----11-----10-----13---*|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
|-6-5-4-5-----6-5---5-5---5-5---|---5-5---5-5----9-9----9-9------*|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------*|



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