GOD IS DEAD? (Bassline)

As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 2013 Album 13)

Words and Music by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Geezer Butler - Bass / 1/2step down'


 Intro
  Q=59
 4/4
  Gtr I (1/2 step down)
  H    H      H    Q.   E   H    H      H    Q.   S S
|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-3--------------|
|-0----2----|-0----6----3-|-0----2----|------2----2s3--|


  H    Q.   S S   Q.   S S Q.   E   H    H      H    Q.   S S
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|-3--------------|
|-0----2----2s3-|-0----2s3-6----3-|-0----2----|------2----2s3--|


    E. S E. S E. S E. S   E. S E  E Q  a  Q     E. S E. S E. S E. S
||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o-5--7----------------|-5--7-7\-------------|-5--7-----------------|
||-------0--0-0--0-0--0-|---------2-3--3s13\--|------0--0-0--0-0--0--|


  1.                 2.
            ~~~~~                     ~
  E. S E  E Q  Q      E. S E E E +E   Q
|------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------o||--------------------|
|-5--7-7\------5--o||-5--7-7-------------|
|---------2-3------||--------7-6-(6)\-3--|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  a S S S S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3--||


 1st Verse
  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  a S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3---|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  Q
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--6----|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  a S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3---|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  a S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--3s5-3-2-3-|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  Q
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--6----||


   Chorus
    $
    $$
    S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S Q  Q
||----------------5-4-3-----------|-------------------|
||o-------2-3-4-5-------5-3-2-----|-------------------|
||o-3s2s3---------------------4-3-|-2-2-3-2-2-0-------|
||--------------------------------|-------------3--2--|


                                           To Coda
                                           To Coda
  E. S S S S S E. S S E.   E. S S S S S E. S S E.
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------7-6-5-------------|------7-6-5--------------o||
|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-7--|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-5----||


                                          2nd Verse
  H    Q.   S S   Q.   E   Q   S S S S     Q.   E   Q  S S S S
|---------------|----------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------||o---------------------|
|---------------|----------------------||o---------------------|
|-0----2----2s3-|-0----2b3-2--/5-3-2-3-||--0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  Q    Q.   S   +S  Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|-------------3--|--------------------|
|-0----2b3-2--5-3-2-3-|-0----2b3-2-----|-0----2b3-(2)-2--6--|


  Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  S S S S   Q.   E   Q  E E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------3---|
|-0----2b3-2--2-3-5-3-|-0----2b3-2--5-3-2-3-|-0----2b3-2----2-|


                                      Bridge
  1.                2.
  Q.   E   Q  Q      Q.   E   Q  Q     Q  E. S S S E E S S
|-----------------||----------------||---------5------------|
|----------------o||----------------||-------5---5----------|
|----------------o||----------------||-3--3--------3-3-2-3--|
|-0----2b3-2--6---||-0----2b3-2--6--||----------------------|


                     ~~~
  Q  E. S S S S S S  E.   Q  E. S S S E E S S
|---------7-------------|---------5-----------|
|-------7---7-----------|-------5---5---------|
|-5--5--------5-0-9-10\-|-3--3--------3-3-2-3-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


  E. S E. S E S S S S S S   E. S E. S S S S S S S S S
|------7------------------|------5--------5-----------|
|----7----7-------4-5-4---|----5----5---5-------5---5-|
|-5---------5-5-5-------5-|-3---------3-----3-3---3---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


                     Interlude
                              ~~         ~~
  Q  E. S E E S E.    E S S S E. E S S S E.
|------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------5----||-----------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5---5--||--------------7---7-6--|
|------------------||-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|


          ~~         ~~           ~~         ~~
  E S S S E. E S S S E.   E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------7---7-6--|--------------7---7-6--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|


          ~~         ~~             ~~         ~~
  E S S S E. E S S S E.     E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-----------------------|
|--------------7---7-6--||o--------------7---7-6--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------||--0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|


                                                            D.S. al Coda
          ~~         ~~           ~~         ~~           ~~         ~~
  E S S S E. E S S S E.   E S S S E. E S S S E.   E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------7---7-6--|--------------7---7-6--|--------------7---7-6---o||
|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0------|-0-0-0-0-3--0---0--------||


   Interlude
    &
    E. S E. S E. S E. S   E. S E  E Q  a  E  +E     E. S E. S E. S E. S
||----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-5--7----------------|-5--7-7\-----------------|-5--7-----------------|
||-------0--0-0--0-0--0-|---------2-3--3s12-(12)\-|------0--0-0--0-0--0--|


  1.                 2.
                                      ~
  E. S E  E Q  Q      E. S E E E +E   Q
|------------------||--------------------||
|-----------------o||--------------------||
|-5--7-7\------5--o||-5--7-7-------------||
|---------2-3------||--------7-6-(6)\-3--||


 Instrumental Break
  Faster Q=178
 12/8
  Q.   Q.   H.        W              W              H.      Q.    Q.
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-0-----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------12\----|


           ~~~~~~       ~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~~
  Q  E E E E +Q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------5-------|---------------------------|
|------7p5-7-(7)----7p5---|------5--------------------|
|-0--0------------------7-|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|


             ~~~~~~       ~
  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|----------------------------|
|-------------------5--------|
|--------7p5-7-(7)----7p5----|
|-(0)--0------------------7--|


                               Bridge
   ~~~       ~~~~~~
  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E     Q  E Q.   Q  E Q  E   +Q   E Q.   Q.   E E E
|---------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|------5--------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-||--0--0-3----0--0-3--0-|-(0)--0-3----0----0-5s6--|


                                                 Instrumental Break
                                                           ~~~~~~       ~
  Q  E Q.   Q  E Q  E   +Q   E Q.   Q  E Q  E  4x Q  E E E E +Q   E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------||--------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------5--------|
|---------------------|-----------------------o||------7p5-7-(7)----7p5----|
|-0--0-3----0--0-3--0-|-(0)--0-3----0--0-6--5--||-0--0------------------7--|


   ~~~       ~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~       ~~~
  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5-------|
|------5--------------------|--------7p5-7-(7)----7p5---|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|-(0)--0------------------7-|


 ~~~~~       ~~~~~~
  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------5---------------------|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0--|


           ~~~~~~       ~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~~
  Q  E E E E +Q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------5-------|---------------------------|
|------7p5-7-(7)----7p5---|------5--------------------|
|-0--0------------------7-|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|


             ~~~~~~       ~
  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|----------------------------|
|-------------------5--------|
|--------7p5-7-(7)----7p5----|
|-(0)--0------------------7--|


                              Pre-Solo Break
   ~~~       ~~~~~~
  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E    Q  E E E E E E E Q  E
|---------------------------||------9-7---9-7--------|
|---------------------------||----------9-----9-4--5-|
|------5--------------------||-7--7------------------|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-||-----------------------|


  +Q   E E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|


  Q.   E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E Q  E
|------------------------|------9-7---9-7--------|
|------5-------------5-7-|----------9-----9-4--5-|
|-7------7-6-5---5-7-----|-7--7------------------|
|--------------7---------|-----------------------|


  +Q   E E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|


                            Guitar Solo
  Q  E E E E E E E a Q  E    Q  E E E E E E E Q  E
|-----------------------7-||------9-7---9-7--------|
|--------------5-7-7s9----||----------9-----9-4--5-|
|-7--7-5---5-7------------||-7--7------------------|
|--------7----------------||-----------------------|


  +Q   E E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|


  Q.   E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E Q  E
|------------------------|------9-7---9-7--------|
|------5-------------5-7-|----------9-----9-4--5-|
|-7------7-6-5---5-7-----|-7--7------------------|
|--------------7---------|-----------------------|


  +Q   E E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E
|--------7-5---7-5---7-5---|--------------7-6-5-----|
|-(5)--5-----7-----7-----7-|------4-5-6-7-------7-5-|
|--------------------------|-5--5-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|


                            Interlude
                                      ~~~~~~
  Q.   E E E E E E E E E     Q  E E E E +Q   E E E E
|------------------------||--------------------------|
|------5-------------5-7-||o-----------------5-------|
|-7------7-6-5---5-7-----||o------7-5-7-(7)----7-5---|
|--------------7---------||--0--0------------------7-|


                             1.
                                         ~~~~~~
  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5-------|
|------5--------------------|--------7-5-7-(7)----7-5---|
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0-|-(0)--0------------------7-|


  +Q   E E E E +Q   E E Q
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|------5--------------------o||
|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5----||


 Outro
  2.
                                   D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
           ~~~~~~
  Q  E E E E +Q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E +Q   E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------5-------|----------------------------||
|------7-5-7-(7)----7-5---|------5---------------------||
|-0--0------------------7-|-(7)----7-6-5-(5)--0-3-5-0--||


  &&
 4/4
               ~~     ~~                ~~
  E. S S S S S E. S S E.   E. S S S S S E. S S S  E
|------------------------|--------------------------*|
|------------------------|--------------------------*|
|------7-6-5-------------|------7-6-5---------------*|
|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-7--|-0--0-------7-6--0-6-5\---*|


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