The Somatic Defilement Whitechapel
THE SOMATIC DEFILEMENT (Bassline)
As recorded by Whitechapel
(From the 2007 Album THE SOMATIC DEFILEMENT)
Transcribed by Jonathan Rose
Words and Music by Whitechapel
Gtr I (A E A D) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (A E A D Gb B) - 'Strings'
Gtr III (A E A D Gb B) - 'Strings'
Drums Intro
Deathcore Q=110
4/4 12/8
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||-------------------------|--------------------------| |----------||-------------------------|--------------------------| |----------||-------------------------|--------------------------| |----------||-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1--|
TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------3-|-----------------------3-| |---0-1---5-4-------0-1---|---0-1---5-4-------0-1---| |-0-----0-----0-1-0-------|-0-----0-----0-1-0-------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-0-4-3-1-|
Slower Q=105
[4/4] W [5/4] W Q
|----------|-------------| |----------|-------------| |----------|-------------| |----------|-------------|
[4/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| ||o-----------------|-1-----2---------|-----------------|-1-----2---------o|| ||--0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-|---2-1---4-3-0-1-|-0-1-0-4-3-1-0-1-|---2-1---4-3-0-1--||
S S H.. S S H.. S H.. +S S S H..
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|| |---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|| |---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|| |-1-1-----------|-0-0-----------|-1-1---------(1)-|-0-0--------||
"Captivating with.."
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-----3---------4---3-------------|-------------------------6---2-5--o|| ||--1-1---1-4-3-1---1---0-3-0-4-3-1-|-0-0-3-0-4-3-0-4-0-3-4-0---0-------||
"Going by my.."
A Little Slower Q=103
E E E Q E T T T T E Q E E E Q.
|----------------------|---------------| |----------------------|---------------| |----------2---------2-|---------------| |-1-4-3------1-1-1-1---|----1-3-4------|
Slower Q=100
E E E Q E T T T T S. T Q E E E Q. [2/4] H
|-------------------------|---------------|------|| |-------------------------|---------------|------|| |----------2---------2----|---------------|------|| |-1-4-3------1-1-1-1------|----1-3-4------|------||
"I find a sense in.."
[4/4]
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------|| ||o-----------|-1----3----|-----------|-1---------o|| ||o-2----1----|-----------|-2----1----|------4----o|| ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
"Before sepulture. I must.."
E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S [5/4] E E E E E T T S H
|-------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------1-0-----------------|----------------------| |---------------------3-4-------|-------2-1------------| |-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|-1-3-4-----1-1-1------|
E T T S E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S E E E E E T T S H
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------|| ||o-------------------1-0-----------------|----------------------o|| ||o-----------------------------3-4-------|-------2-1------------o|| ||--4-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|-1-3-4-----1-1-1-------||
E T T S E E T T S E E T T S S S T T S
|---------------------------------------| |-------------------1-0-----------------| |-----------------------------3-4-------| |-4-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-1-----1-1-1-----1-1-1-|
Slower Q=95
E E E E E T T S H [3/4] E T T S E T T S Q
|----------------------|--------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------|| |-------2-1------------|--------------------|| |-1-3-4-----1-1-1------|-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7--||
Breakdown
Faster Q=135
[4/4] |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|-------------------------| ||o--------------------------------|-------------------------| ||o--------------------------------|-------------------------| ||--1-1-1-1-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|-1-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|| |--------------------------------|---------------------------o|| |--------------------------------|---------------------------o|| |-1-1-1-1-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|-1------1-1-1-1---1-1-0-----||
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S Q. S S S E S S S H S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|----------------------| ||o----------------------------|----------------------| ||o----------------------------|----------------------| ||--1-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S Q. S S S E S S S Q. S S S E S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|| |----------------------------|----------------------o|| |----------------------------|----------------------o|| |-1-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-0----||
S S E H. W S S E H. W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|| |---------------|----------|---------------|------|| |---------------|----------|---------------|------|| |-1-1-1---------|----------|-1-1-1---------|------||
"Inhaling fumes of the.."
S S E E E E +E E E S +S E E E E E E E
||------------------------|---------------------------| ||o-----------------------|---------------------------| ||o-----------------------|-[2]b2.5r(2)-------2-------| ||--1-1-1-7-1-7b8r(7)-1-2-|-------------2-1-2---2-1-2-|
S S E E E E +E E E S +S E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------|-[2]b2.5r(2)-------2---------o|| |-1-1-1-7-1-7b8r(7)-1-2-|-------------2-1-2---2-1-2----||
"We all will spread.."
~ ~ ~~~~~~~~
E Q E Q E E +E S S E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E S E S E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-1-2--1-4--1-5-|-(5)-1-1-4-1-4-5-4-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-4-5-|
~ ~ ~~~~~~~~
E Q E Q E E +E S S E E E E E E +E E Q E Q E S E S E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |---------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-4-5--4-7--4-8-|-(8)-4-4-7-4-7-8-7-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-4-5-||
Breakdown
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0-|
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0--|
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S E. E. E
|-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0-|
H.=H
S S S S S S S S S Q.. E S S S S S S e. e. e
|-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---0-0--0--0--|
Original Tempo Q=110
6/8
H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-------------|----------------|----------------|| |---------|-------------|----------------|----------------|| |---------|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10--|| |---------|-------------|----------------|----------------||
"By these words I am.."
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|| |-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|| |-8-7-5-7-5-4-|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10-|| |-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------||
"Until death do us part.."
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|| ||o-------------|-------------|----------------|----------------o|| ||o-8-7-5-7-5-4-|-8-7-5-4-5-7-|-10-12-8-10-7-8-|-8-10-8-7-8-10--o|| ||--------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------||
[Dm]Gtr II[Em] [F] [Bb] [Em] [F] [Am]
<
H. E E E E E E
||--13--------------|-15--17----15-17----| ||o-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-| ||------------------|--------15-------14-| ||------------------|--------------------| ||o-----------------|--------------------| ||------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q E
||------------------|--------------------| ||o-----------------|--------------------| ||------------------|--------------------| ||--12--------------|-12--------------12-| ||o---------12------|-----------12-------| ||------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|--------------------| ||o-----------------|--------------------| ||o--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-| ||------------------|--------------------|
[Gm] < [Bb] < [C] <
H. Q. Q.
|-----------------|----------------------|| |-----------------|--15-------17--------o|| |-15--------------|--15-------17---------|| |-17--------------|----------------------|| |-----------------|---------------------o|| |-----------------|----------------------||
|
| < <
| H. +Q. Q.
|-----------------|----------------------|| |-----------------|---------------------o|| |-----------------|----------------------|| |-15--------------|-(15)------11---------|| |-----------------|---------------------o|| |-----------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|| |-----------------|---------------------o|| |-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10--o|| |-----------------|----------------------||
[Dm] < [Em] [F] [Bb] [Em] [F] [Am] [Gm] < [Bb] < [C] <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|-----------------|--------------------| |-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|-----------------|--15-------17-------| |-----------------|--------15-------14-|-15--------------|--15-------17-------| |-----------------|--------------------|-17--------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q E H. +Q. Q.
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-12--------------|-12--------------12-|-15--------------|-(15)------11-------| |---------12------|-----------12-------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10-| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
[Dm] < [Em] [F] [Bb] [Em] [F] [Am] [Gm] < [Bb] < [C] <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13--------------|-15--17----15-17----|-----------------|--------------------|| |-15--------------|-17--18-15-17-18-13-|-----------------|--15-------17-------|| |-----------------|--------15-------14-|-15--------------|--15-------17-------|| |-----------------|--------------------|-17--------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q E H. +Q. Q.
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-12--------------|-12--------------12-|-15--------------|-(15)------11-------|| |---------12------|-----------12-------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |--8--7-5--7--5-4-|--8---7--5--4--5--7-|-10--12-8-10-7-8-|---8--10-8--7--8-10-|| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Strings Outro
Slower Q=102
[Dm]Gtr II[Em] [F] [Bb] [Em] [F] [Am] [Gm] [Bb] [C]
< < < <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13----------|-15--17----15--17----|-------------|---------------| |-15----------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|-------------|-15----17------| |-------------|--------15--------14-|-15----------|-15----17------| |-------------|---------------------|-17----------|---------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr III
| < < < < < < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------| |-------------|---------------------|-14----12----|-10-----9---14-| |-12----------|-12--------15--------|-15----14----|-12----10---15-| |-------12----|---------------------|-------------|---------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|
[Dm] < [Am] <
H. +H. H. +H.
|-13----------|-(13)---------|-------------|---------------| |-15----------|-(15)---------|-13----------|-(13)----------| |-------------|--------------|-14----------|-(14)----------| |-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------| |-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------| |-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|
| < < < < < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-13----12----|--------------|-13----12----|-(15)---(13)---| |-------------|--15----13----|-------------|--15-----13----| |-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------| |-12----------|--12----------|-15----14----|--12-----10----| |-------12----|--------12----|-------------|---------------| |-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
[Dm] < [Em] [F] [Bb] [Em] [F] [Am] [Gm] < [Bb] < [C] <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13----------|-15--17----15--17----|-------------|-------------| |-15----------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|-------------|-15----17----| |-------------|--------15--------14-|-15----------|-15----17----| |-------------|---------------------|-17----------|-------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| < < < < < < < <
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-13----12----|-15--------17--------|-20----18----|-17----15----| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------| |-12----------|-14--------15--------|-19----17----|-15----14----| |-------12----|---------------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
[Dm] < [Em] [F] [Bb] [Em] [F] [Am] [Gm] < [Bb] < [A] <
H. E E E E E E H. Q. Q.
|-13-------|-15--17----15--17----|----------|-------------| |-15-------|-17--18-15-17--18-13-|----------|-15----14----| |----------|--------15--------14-|-15-------|-15----14----| |----------|---------------------|-17-------|-------------| |----------|---------------------|----------|-------------| |----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
|
| < < < < < <
| H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q.
|-13-------|-10--------12--------|-13-------|-10-----9----| |----------|---------------------|----------|-------------| |----------|---------------------|----------|-------------| |-12-------|--8--------10--------|-12-------|--8-----7----| |----------|---------------------|----------|-------------| |----------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
[Dm] < [Em] [F] [Bb] [Em] [F] [Am] [Dm] <
H. E E E E E E H. +H.
|-25-------|-27--29----27--29----|-25-------|-(25)----| |-18-------|-20--22-27-20--22-25-|-18-------|-(18)----| |-19-------|-21--22-19-21--22-17-|-19-------|-(19)----| |----------|--------20--------19-|----------|---------| |----------|---------------------|----------|---------| |----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
|
| < < < <
| H. Q. Q. H. +H.
|-13-------|-10--------12--------|-13-------|-(13)----| |----------|---------------------|----------|---------| |----------|---------------------|----------|---------| |-12-------|--8--------10--------|-12-------|-(12)----| |----------|---------------------|----------|---------| |----------|---------------------|----------|---------|
[C] < >
H. +H. +H.
|-24-------|-(24)------|-(24)----*| |-17-------|-(17)------|-(17)----*| |-17-------|-(17)------|-(17)----*| |----------|-----------|---------*| |----------|-----------|---------*| |----------|-----------|---------*|
|
| < >
| H. +H. +H.
|-12-------|-(12)------|-(12)----*| |----------|-----------|---------*| |----------|-----------|---------*| |-10-------|-(10)------|-(10)----*| |----------|-----------|---------*| |----------|-----------|---------*|
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
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