In the Desert of Set Lyrics

IN THE DESERT OF SET (Bassline)
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1996 Album THELI)
Words and Music by C. Johnsson
Gtr I (G# C# F# B E) - 'Picked Bass'
Q=104
Gtr I
||o---------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
Lead: C. Johnsson
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-3-3------o||
Gtr I
||o---------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
E. S H. E. S H. E. S H. E. S Q E E E E
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------o||
||o--------------|--------------|-3--3-3-------|-2--2-2--3--------o||
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-3-3------o||
H.=H Q=80
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
Q=144
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 3x
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
H. +E E H. +E E H. +E E W
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|------o||
||o-------------3-|-2-------(2)-0-|-3-------(3)-2-|-0----o||
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------------3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-2-3-----------3-|-2-3-----------3-|-2-3-----------3-|-2-3-----------3--o||
E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E
E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E
E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 3x
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
E. S E Q E E E E. S E Q E E E E. S E Q E E E E. S E Q E E E
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o---------------3-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-0-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-2-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--o||
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||o-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x Q +Q H
|-----------------|-----------------o||---------------*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-o||-7--(7)\-------*|
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