Savatage - Prelude to Madness bass tab
PRELUDE TO MADNESS
from the album "Hall of the Mountain King" by Savatage
based on "The Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg
Tab by Rome Ohnui
NOTE: For this tab, the bass is tuned completely to D (D - G - C - F), not "drop D", as in
Savatage's early albums.
Also, I opted to play the C & G in the chorus on the 5th fret instead of using open strings
because the fretted note doesn't ring out like open notes do.
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LIGHTNING & INTRO
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|----------------------------------------3----------------------|
|-----------5--4-------------------5--4--------5--4--1--3--1~~~-|
|-3------------------------3----------------3-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5-----------5-----------5-----------------5----------------|
|-------4--5--------4--5--------4--5-----------------4-----5----|
|-3-----------3-----------3--------------3----------------------|
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MAIN
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|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------5-|-3-------3-----|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5---|---5---5-------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6-----|-----6---------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------5-|-3-------3-----|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5---|---5---5-------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6-----|-----6---------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------5-7-5-7--|-8-7-8--7-5-7--|-------5-7-5-7---|-8-7-8--7------|
|-5-7-9----------|---------------|-5-7-9-----------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------5-7-5-7--|-9-7-9--7-5-7--|-------5-7-5-7---|-9-7-9--7------|
|-5-7-9----------|---------------|-5-7-9-----------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
{Repeat 3x, speeding up steadily to about 190bpm}
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ENDING
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|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------5-|-3-------3-----|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5---|---5---5-------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6-----|-----6---------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|--------------------------5---5--|
|-------3-5---5--|-4---4--3---3--|-------3-5---5--5-3--------------|
|-3-5-7-----6----|---5------4----|-3-5-7-----6--------6-5-3---3----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5---5------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---3--------------------------------------------|
