/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be /
/ used for private use and studying /
/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
BASTARDS OF CHRIST
As recorded by Deicide
(From the 1997 Album SERPENTS OF THE LIGHT)
Words by Glen Benton
Music by Deicide
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted) & Ryan Fanucchi (Death8699)
Inverted_one@hotmail.com
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Eric Hoffman'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Brian Hoffman'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Brian Hoffman Lead'
Intro
Fast Metal Q=194
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5
4/4
Gtr I
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|
| Gtr II
| E E H. E E Q Q Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2---4----------------------------|-2---4-----------5-------4--------|
|-0---2----------------------------|-0---2-----------3-------2--------|
E5 F#5 E5 F#5
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---4---------------------------|-2---4---------------------------|
|-0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---2---2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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 S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---||
Verse I
E5
PM--------------------| PM------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0---0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------|
| E H.. H S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-------------------------|-------------------------|
E5
5/4
PM------------------------------------------------------|
E E E 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
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0---0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------|
| E H.. H S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-------------------------|---------------------------------|
E5
4/4
PM--------------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||--0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------------------|
E5
5/4
PM------------------| PM--------------------------|
E E E 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 4x
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------------------------||
Chorus
$
N.C.
4/4
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 E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|-2----0-----2-----|
|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|----3---2-0---0-2-|
|
| 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 E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|-9----7-----9-----|
|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|---10---9-7---7-9-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5
4/4
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|
| E E H. E E Q Q Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2---4----------------------------|-2---4-----------5-------4--------|
|-0---2----------------------------|-0---2-----------3-------2--------|
E5 F#5
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------|
| E E 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---4---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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 S S S S 3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---||
Verse II
Faster Q=202
E5 G5 F5 E5 G5 F5
PM----------------------------| PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|-------------5---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-1-0-5-0-3-0-|-7-0-5-0-7-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|
E5 G5 F5 E5 G5 F5
PM-----------------------------| PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|--------------7---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-3-0-7-0-5-0-|-8-0-7-0-10-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|
E5 G5 F5 E5 G5 F5
PM----------------------------| PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------7---||---------------|---------------||
|-2---2---5---3---|-7---5---8-------||o-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--o||
|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||--0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1---||
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E5 G5 F5 E5 G5 F5
PM----------------------------| PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|-------------5---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-1-0-5-0-3-0-|-7-0-5-0-7-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|
E5 G5 F5 E5 G5 F5
PM-----------------------------| PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2---------------|--------------7---|-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--|
|-0-0-3-0-7-0-5-0-|-8-0-7-0-10-0---0-|-0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1--|
To Coda
E5 G5 F5 E5 G5 F5
PM----------------------------| PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------7---||---------------|---------------||
|-2---2---5---3---|-7---5---8-------||o-2----5----3--|-2----5----3--o||
|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||--0--0-3--0-1--|-0--0-3--0-1---||
Guitar Solo
E5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--2-------------------------------------|---2--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|--0----0-----0----0-----2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3---| |---3---|
| E E E E E E H +W
|-12-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----13----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------14-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------14--------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------12-----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------14-12---------------|-(12)-----------------------|
E5
5/4
PM-------------------------| PM-------------------------------|
E E E 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
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--2---------------------------------|--2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-----3-3-3--|
|--0----0-0-0-2-3-2-2--0-0----0----0-|--0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| |----3----|
| H. E E E W Q
|-14b16r==============12-------------|--------------------------17b19=========|
|--------------------------13--------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12---|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-10-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E5
4/4 4/4
PM----------------------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2--------------------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---0--0-0-0-2-3-2-2--0--0----0----0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
|
| ~~~~ ~
| |----3-----|
| +H. E E E W
|-(17)---------------12r-------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------13--------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------14---|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-9-----------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E5
PM--------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------------------------------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0-----0-------2--3--2--2--0--0--0--0--|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\-|
|-/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\-/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15\-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
5/4
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-------------------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--3-3-3-3-|
|---0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15\-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-------|
|-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-17-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
E5
4/4
PM-----------------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---2------------------------|---2--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---0--0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-----------------|
|
| >
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +W
|-(15)-----------------------|-(15)-----------------------|
|-(17)-----------------------|-(17)-----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
+W +W
E5
5/4
PM------------------| PM--------------------------|
E E E 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
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
E5
4/4
PM--------------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
D.S. al Coda
E5
5/4
PM------------------| PM--------------------------|
E E E 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
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--------------------------|
Outro
&
E5
4/4
PM--------------------------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------------|
E5
6/4
PM------------------| PM--------------------------|
E E E 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 E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------2----*|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2----*|
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------------0----*|
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
