Grand Finale / Postludium Bass tab by Therion

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GRAND FINALE/POSTLUDIUM (Bassline)
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1996 Album THELI)

Transcribed by rumitema@freemail.hu


Music by C. Johnsson

Gtr I (G# C# F# B E) - 'Picked Bass'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Piano'

 Pre-Verse
  Q=144
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E     Q  E Q  Q  E   Q  E Q  Q  E
|-------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------||o--------------|--------------|
|-------------||---------------|--------------|
|-----------4-||o-5--5-5--5--1-|-4--4-4--4--0-|
|-------------||---------------|--------------|


  Q  E Q  Q  E   Q  E Q  Q  E
|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|----------------o||
|--------------|-----------------||
|-1--1-1--1--4-|-0--0-0--0--4---o||
|--------------|-----------------||


   Verse
    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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


   Chorus
    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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------||
||o---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


   Guitar Break
   6/4
    Gtr II
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--------------------------------------|
||o----17-19----19-22----20-23----19-22-|
||--16-------18-------19-------18-------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|


                                         4/4
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     W
|--------------------------------------||------|
|----17-19----19-22----20-23----19-22-o||------|
|-16-------18-------19-------18--------||------|
|--------------------------------------||------|
|-------------------------------------o||------|
|--------------------------------------||------|


 Interlude
  $
  Gtr I
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.    E E E +E  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-5----5-7----7-|-8----8-7----7-|-5----5-7----7-|-8----10-8-7-(7)-7-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.    E  E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5----5-7----7-|-8----8-7----7-|-5----5-7----7-|-8----11-10-8-7-8-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|


                                                   D.S.
    Q.   Q  E Q    +H.      +E  E   Q.   Q  E Q    +W
||---------------|----------------|--------------|----------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|---------o||
||----------7-6--|-(6)------(6)---|---------7-6--|-(6)------||
||o-5----8-------|--------------3-|-5----8-------|---------o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|----------||


   6/4
    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------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----5-7---7-10-----8-11---7-10-|---5-7---7-10-----8-11---7-10--||
||o-5-----7-------8-------7------|-5-----7-------8-------7------o||
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   PM-------------------------------------------------------|
|   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------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----7-9---9-12----10-13---9-12-|---7-9---9-12----10-13---9-12--||
||--7-----9------10-------9------|-7-----9------10-------9-------||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||


   Pre-Verse
   4/4
    Q  E Q  Q  E   Q  E Q  Q  E   Q  E Q  Q  E   Q  E Q  Q  E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-5--5-5--5--1-|-4--4-4--4--0-|-1--1-1--1--4-|-0--0-0--0--4-o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||


   Verse
    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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Chorus
  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---------|-----------------|
|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2---------|-----------|-2---------|-----------|
|------2----|-3----5----|------2----|-3----5----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-4---------|-----------|-4---------|-----------|
|------4----|-5----7----|------4----|-5----7----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


    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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------||
||o---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


   Outro
    Q=80
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    4x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4----||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||



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