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The Hangman’s Body Count (Bass)
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Volbeat - The Hangmans Body Count
D Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand



[Intro]

   rest for 4 bars, then play this 3x:
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---|


   continue, play this 5x
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---3-----------|


   end - 3 beats
F|-------------------------|
C|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-5-----------------------|



[PreVerse]
   
F|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-5--------------------5--|-5-------------------5-5-|

F|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
D|-5-----------------------|-------------3-----------|

  bass rhythm is different from guitar:
F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-8-8-8---8-8-8\--3-3-3---3-3-3---|



[Verse 1]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-0---------------------------3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-0-------------------------------|



[Chorus]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|

F|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-1t---1t---1t----1---1---1---1---|-0t---0t---0t---0---0---0---0---|



[Preverse 2]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-8-8-8---8-8-8\--3-3-3---3-3-3---|



[Verse 2]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-0---------------------------3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-0-------------------------------|



[Chorus]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|

F|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-1t---1t---1t----1---1---1---1---|-0t---0t---0t---0---0---0---0---|



[Intro Bridge]

   play this bar 3x
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---|

   4th bar
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---3-----------|

   play this bar 3x
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---|

   8th bar
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---3-----------|

   end:
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---| pick note 23x



[Guitar Solo]

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3h5--5---3--|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---5---3---|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-3---------------5---7---5-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------3---3---|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-----------------------5h7-7-7-7-7-7h8-7p5-5-7-|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5---7---5-----------------------|
D|-8-----------8---------------------------3---3---|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-----------------------5h7-7-7-7-7-7h8-7p5-5-7-|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5---7---5-----------------------|
D|-8-----------8---------------------------3---3---|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-----------------------5h7-7-7-7-7-7h8-7p5-5\--|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-1-----------1---3---1---0-----------0---1---0---|



[Preverse 3]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-0s----0s----0s----0s----3-------|
                                     >     >     >     >     >


[Verse 3]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3---|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---|-0-------------------------------|



[Last Chorus]

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|

F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|-5-----5---5-5-----------7h8-----|

F|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-1t---1t---1t----1---1---1---1---|-0t---0t---0t---0---0---0---0---|

F|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|



[Outro]

   play this bar 3x
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---|

   4th bar
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---3-----------|

   play this bar 3x
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---|

   8th bar
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---3---3---3---|


Outro Solo Part:

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---| pick note 23x

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3h5--5---3--|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---|

F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5\----------------------------------------------|



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| x   Dead note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| t   Triplet 
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| >   Accented note

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