Merciless Bass Tab

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MERCILESS (Bassline)
                          As recorded by Billy Sheehan


                  |---6---|
  H    Q   Q      E S S S S S S S S S E   S  E.S
|--------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------||-------------------2-5b6--------|
|--------------||---------2-4-2-5-4--------------|
|---------12--||-0-0-3h4-------------------12S0-|


   |---6----|
  +E  S S S S S S S S S E.  E. S
|--------------------------------|
|---------------------2----------|
|-----------2-4-2-5-4------------|
|-(0)-0-3h4-------------3b4----0-|


   |---6----|
  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------7---|
|---------------------2---5p4-6p5---6-|
|-----------2-4-2-5-4---5-------------|
|-(0)-0-3h4---------------------------|


    |-3-|                               |---6---|
  S T T T S S S S T T T T S E S S E S   E S S S S S S S S S E   S  E.S
|-5h7p6p4-----7-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------7-6---6h7p6p4---4-----8-7---|-------------------2-5b6-----------|
|-----------------------7---5---------|---------2-4-2-5-4-----------------|
|-------------------------------6-5---|-0-0-3h4-------------------12S0----|


   |---6----|
  +E  S S S S S S S S S E.  E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------2-----------|
|-----------2-4-2-5-4-------0-0-2-|
|-(0)-0-3h4-------------3b4-------|


  +S  S E S E S E S S +S  S S S   +S   E. Q  Q  E. S
|-------------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------||
|-(2)-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-7-|-(7)-----------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------5---||


 1st Verse
                        ~~~~~~~~
  +S  S S S S S  E Q  E E   +E  S S S E  S S S E E. S
|-------------------------|------------------x--------|
|-------------------------|------------------x--------|
|-----------------------7-|-(7)-5---5-7-----x--------|
|-(5)-5-3-0-5-5----------|-------7----------x------5-|


  +S  S S S S S  E S E. E E
|------------------x--------|
|------------------x----0S5-|
|------------------x--------|
|-(5)-5-3-0-5-5---x--------|


                                                    ~~~
  +E  E E S S +E  E E S S   +E  S S S S  E S E. S S E
|-------------------------|----------------x----x-----|
|-(5)-4-3-2-0-(0)---------|----------------x----x-----|
|-----------------3-2-1---|----------------x----x---7-|
|-----------------------5-|-(5)-3-0-5-5---x----x-----|


 ~~~~~
              |-3-|          |-3-|
  +E  S S S S S S S E. S +E  S S S
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------5----------------|
|-(7)-5---5-5-7-5------7-(7)-5---7---|
|-------7---------7------------7-----|


        T     T     ~~~~~
  Q  Q  E     E     Q        S E. Q  Q  E. S
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------9(21)--|-----------------|
|-5-----------9(21)--------|-----------------|
|----0S=7(19)--------------|-0-------------5-|


                          ~~~~~~~~      ~~
                                             |-3-|
  +E  S S S S  E S E. S S E   +E  S S S E. E S S S S E S
|----------------x----x-----|----------------x-x-x-x-------|
|----------------x----x-----|------------------------------|
|----------------x----x---7-|-(7)-5---5-7------------------|
|-(5)-3-0-5-5---x----x-----|-------5------------------5---|


  +E  S S S S  E S E. E E   +E  E E S S +E  E S  S  S S
|----------------x--------|-----------------------------|
|----------------x----0S5-|-(5)-4-3-2-0-(0)-------------|
|----------------x--------|-----------------3-2p(0)-1---|
|-(5)-3-0-5-5---x--------|---------------------------5-|


                            ~
  +S  S S S S S  E S E. S S E
|------------------x----x-----|
|------------------x----x-----|
|------------------x----x---7-|
|-(5)-5-3-0-5-5---x----x-----|


   ~~~
              |-3-|          |-3-|                    |----6----|
  +E  S S S S S S S E. S +E  S S S   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  S S S S S S E E Q
|----------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------5--------------|-------9--9-|----2p0h2p0h2p0h2------||
|-(7)-5---5-5-7-5------7-(7)-5---7-|-5-----------|-----------------------||
|-------7---------7------------7---|----0s=7--7S=|=0---------------------||


 Chorus
  E S S S S S S +S  T T S S S S E   E E E S S +S  S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-----6---------------------|
|-------------------------------2-|---------------------------|
|-----------2-0-(0)-0-0-2-0-3h4---|-4-4---x-5-(5)-4-5-4-5-7s9-|
|-0-2-0-3h4-----------------------|---------------------------|


  E S S S S S S +S  T T S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-----|
|-----------2-0-(0)-0-0-2-0-3h4---0---|
|-0-2-0-3h4---------------------------|


                      ~
            |-3-|
  E E E E E S S S S S E   E S S S S S S +S  T T S S S S E
|---7---7---------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------7-7-7-7-5---|-------------------------------2-|
|-5---5---------------7-|-----------2-0-(0)-0-0-2-0-3h4---|
|---------5-------------|-0-2-0-3h4-----------------------|


                  |-3-|
  E E E S S +S  S S S S S  S  E
|-----6--------------------------|
|---------------------4-9-----9-|
|-4-4---x-5-(5)-4-5-7-----(9)----|
|--------------------------------|


                                        T     T
  E S S S S S S +S  T T S S S S S S   E E     Q      Q   Q
|-----------------------------------|---7(19)-----------------|
|-------------------------------2---|----------------7--(7)--|
|-----------2-0-(0)-0-0-2-0-3h4---0-|-5-------5(17)-----------|
|-0-2-0-3h4-------------------------|----------------5---5---|

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/b/billy_sheehan/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Venti Average	#1 by Venti at Oct 9, 2007 at 11:45 PM EST
	SlasherLS: You're a Metallica fan, right? What about Disposable Heros, that had basically the same message. "Had no chance to see myself/Molded day by day" Both songs are about media/government brainwashing us. (Metallica played it better, but meh.) In any case, this can be taken the exact opposite from what it's meant if you want, just take it seriously, instead of as a satire.