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Savatage Morphine Child Bass Tab

Poets And Madmen Tabs:

  1. Morphine Child »
  2. Awaken
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Song: Morphine Child
Artist: Savatage
Album: Poets and Madmen

A rock suite, over 10 minutes of bass-extravaganza!
Listen to the song for timing.
Bass starts at 0:11

Intro
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------ x3
a|----7--5--7--5--------8--7--5--7--5--7--5--------8--7--5--7--5--7--5--------8--7--5--|--7--
e|------------------0--0---------------------------0--0---------------------------0--0------------|------

last time complete with this
g|-------------------------------4----4--5--7--5--7--8--9-----------
d|-------------4--5--4--5--7----7------------------------------------
a|--7--5--7------------------------------------------------------------
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge intro
g|----------------------------------------------------
d|----------------------------------------------------
a|---7--5---------5---------------------------------
e|----------7--6-----7--6--5--0-------------------

Bridge 1
g|----------------------------------------------------
d|---------------------------------------------------- x3
a|----------------------------7--6------------------
e|----0----0----0----0-------------7--5--0-------

Main Verse
g|-----------------------------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------------------------
a|---------------------------------------5---3--------
e|---0----7--0----0----7--0----0-------------0---

Before Chorus Bridge
g|----------------------------------------------------
d|---------------------------------------------------- x2
a|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5------------
e|----------------------------------------------------

Chorus
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------- ecc.
a|----7--------5---------10---7---------5---------10---7------
e|--------0-0------0-0------------0-0------0--0----------------

[Bridge]

[Main Verse]

[Before Chorus Bridge]

[Chorus]

After that do this

g|-----------------------------------------------------------
d|----------------------------------------------------------- x 3
a|---7--7--7--8--8---5--5--8--7-----------------------
e|---------------------------------------0--0---0---0-----

Strange Choral part ( x2 )
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------------3--2---------2------------------------------------------------- x3
a|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------5--3-----5--3--2--5--3--2------3--2----------------
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5---------5--3---0---

g|---------------------------------------
d|--------------------------------------- x 4 and back
a|--------7--5---10let ring---------
e|----0---------------------------------

Guitar Solo

g|-------------------------------------------5--4--2------------------------------
d|--------------------------------------------------------5--2---------------------
a|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------5--2-------------
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------5---0---

g|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a|---------------7---------------7-------5--7--5--7----------------7-------------7-------8---6-----
e|----0--0--0-------0--0--0----------------------------0--0--0------0--0--0--------0-------------

[Before Chorus Bridge]

Bridge 2
g|---------------------------------------
d|--------------------------------------- x 3
a|---7--5---3let ring----------------
e|---------------------------------------

" ...I am the Morphine Child... "

g|-----------------------------------------------------------------
d|----------------------------------------------------------------- x2
a|---0--0---------0--0---------0--0----------00000---------
e|----------0--0---------0--0---------0--0---------------------


[Bridge 1] till fading

Power Outro ( Really Fast )
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a|--------------------5--7--5----7--------------------5--7--5----7--------------------5--7--5--7--7--7--5------------------
e|----0--5--6--7----------------------0--5--6--7----------------------0--5--6--7------------------------------7--5--3------

g|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a|--------------------5--7--5----7--------------------5--7--5----7-------------------5--7---------------5--7-----------------
e|----0--5--6--7----------------------0--5--6--7----------------------0--5--6--7---------0--5--6--7-------0--5--6--7---

g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a|-------5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---5-----5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5-----5--7-----5--7------5--7----5--7--------------
e|---7------------------------------------7----------------------------------------7--------7---------7---------7--------7----0----- let ring


I had a lot of difficulties tabbing this because it's a real strange song, surely not
linear.
By the way, it's quite technical and very funny to play!
Have fun!

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/s/savatage/138001.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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lee
Average
#1 by lee henninger at Oct 17, 2006 at 11:44 PM EST
I don't really know what this song is about but you gotta love it. epic.
 
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Vinnie
Rhythm Player
#2 by Vinnie Valium at Dec 28, 2006 at 3:37 AM EST
that song is do fuckin great the guiter is amazing but can any one plz tell me what does the lyrics mean???????????????????????????????