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Cult of Personality

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★4.4(17)

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Tab5

Bass2

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

Q=92

N.C.

4/4

Gtr I

W S S S S E S S S S E Q

e|----------||------------------------|
B|----------||------------------------|
G|----------||------------------------|
D|----------||---3-----2---3-----2----|
A|----------||-----5---------5--------|
E|----------||-3-----3---3-----3------|

S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q

e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----|
A|-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5---------|
E|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------|

3/4

S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S

e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|---------------2---------|
D|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
A|-----5---------5----------|-----5-------------5-3-2-|
E|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3-----------------|

4/4

S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q

e|-------------------------|----------------------------||
B|-------------------------|----------------------------||
G|-------------------------|----------------------------||
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2------||
A|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5------------||
E|-/3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3----------||

Verse

$

Bb F

Gtr I

H. Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H

e|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
B|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-3---------|
G|-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-3----2----|
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|-3----3----|
A|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|-1----3----|
E|-3------3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3--------|------1----|

S S S S E S S S S E Q

1.,2. 3.

N.C. Bb C

S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q 3x H H

e||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
B||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-3----5----|
G||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3----5----|
D||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----5----|
A||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
E||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|-----------|

1. 2.

N.C. Bb5 F5

S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H

e||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
B||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-----------|
G||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3---------|
D||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----3----|
A||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
E||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|------1----|

N.C. Bb C

S S S S E S S S S E Q H H

e|------------------------|-----------|
B|------------------------|-3----5----|
G|------------------------|-3----5----|
D|---3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5----|
A|-----5---------5--------|-1----3----|
E|-3-----3---3-----3------|-----------|

N.C.

3/4

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

e||--------------------------|----------------------------||
B||o-------------------------|---------------------------o||
G||----------------2---------|----------------5-4---------||
D||----3-----5-3-0---3-------|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0---||
A||o-----5-------------5-3-2-|------5--------------------o||
E||--3-----3-----------------|-/3-----3-------------------||

Chorus

Bb F/A C/E G/D

4/4

Q +E E +E E E E E E E E +E E S S S S

e|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-15--(15)-13-(13)-------13-|-------13-12-(12)----13p12-------|
G|-15--(15)-14-(14)----14----|----12----12-(12)----------12----|
D|-15--(15)-15-(15)-15-------|-14-------12-(12)-12----------12-|
A|-13--(13)--0--(0)----------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|

D A/C# F C/G

E E E E E E +E +E Q +E E +Q S S E

e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-13--(13)---------------------|
G|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)-|-14--(14)-12-(12)--14p12------|
D|----16-------14--------------|-15--(15)-14-(14)--------14---|
A|-17-------16-----------------|-15--(15)-15-(15)-------------|
E|-----------------------------|-13--(13)-15-(15)-------------|

Bb F/A C/E G/D

Q +E E +S E. Q E E E E +E E E E

e|--------------------------17----|---------------------------|
B|-15--(15)-13-(13)---------------|-------13-12-(12)-13-12----|
G|-15--(15)-14-(14)-15b17==(15)r--|----12------------------12-|
D|-15--(15)-15-(15)---------------|-14------------------------|
A|-13--(13)--0--(0)---------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------|

To Coda

D A/C# F C/G

\1___/

E E E E E E +E +E Q E +S S +E +Q.

e|------------------------------|------------------------------||
B|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)------------------||
G|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)--|-14--14-(14)--12-(12)-(12)----||
D|----16-------14---------------|-15--15-(15)--14-(14)-(14)----||
A|-17-------16------------------|-15--15-(15)--15-(15)-(15)----||
E|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)--15-(15)-(15)----||

Chorus

Gtrs I, II

~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~

E a T T T T S S S S +E T T T T T T T T T T S

e|-(15)-15h17p15-------15-15-15------------15-----------------------------------|
B|---------------17p15----------18b20-(18)----18p15-18-15h18-15h17-15-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------17-17b19==|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

\0.5/

+T +T S S S E S S S S S S +E +E

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------15-18-15----------------------------|
G|-(17)r(17)-15----15-17b19----------17b18-17-15-(15)-(15)------|
D|--------------17----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~

+E +E +S S +E E +S S +Q

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------21b26==(21)--|
G|-(15)-(15)-(15)-19b22-(19)-21b24-(21)--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

\1.5/ \1.5____/ \1.5

S +S +E S +E +S +Q. +T S.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-(21)r(21)b27==(21)-(21)----(21)----(21)-(21)-----(21)r----||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

Verse

D.S. al Coda

N.C.

Gtr I

H. Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q

e|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|----3-----2---3-----2----|
A|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|------5---------5--------|
E|-3------3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-/3-----3---3-----3------|

S S S S E S S S S E Q

&

F C/G

2/4 4/4

\0.5_____/

H W

e|------------------|---------------|
B|-13--13-13-13-----|---------------|
G|-14--14-14-14-----|-12----(12)----|
D|-15--15-15-15-----|-14----(14)----|
A|-15--15-15-15-----|-15----(15)----|
E|-13--13-13-13-----|-15----(15)----|

Q E S S H +H

Gtrs I, II

~~~~~~

           |---4----|  |---4----|          |---4----|  |---4----|  |-----4-----|

Q T T T T T T T T S S T T T T T T T T T T T T

|---------15-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--18b20-----18p15-15-15h18-15-17-15-------x-15-18p15-17p15----15-------15-18p15---||
|-(12)-------------------------------17b19------------------17----17b19------------||
|-(14)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||

+W

Guitar Solo

|-----4-----| |-----4------| |

T T a T T T T T T T T T +T +T T S |

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17p15----------------------15-18-15-17-15--------------------15------|
|-------17pb18r(17)p15-17b19----------------17b18r(17)b19-(17)----17b19|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
           |-----4-----|  |---4---|

T S T T T T T T T T T +E

--------------------------------------------|
-15-------------15-18p15-17p15-x------------|
----17-15-17b19------------------17b19-(17)-|
--------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
                 |---4---|  |---4---|  |---4----|  |---4----|  |---4----|  |---4----|

+S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------17-15------15----------------15h17-15----------15h17-15----------15h17-15-|
|-(17)-17b18-17-15---------17-x----17-15-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------x---------------------17-15-17----------17p15h17----------17p15h17----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |---4----|  |---4----|                 |-----5-----|  |---3----|        |---4---|

T T T T T T T T T T T X X T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E..

|----------------------------------------15---------------------------------------------------|
|----------15-17-15-15-------17-17-15-------15-15-------------15-18-15-17-15-15-x----15-------|
|-17-------------------17-15----------17----------17-17-17b19---------------------17----17b18r|
|----15h17------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

\1.5_____/

~~~~

+E +S S S S +E S S S S S S S S

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-5-3-----------|
G|-(17)-(17)-xsx-----3-(3)-5-------5b6-5-3---|
D|-----------xsx---------------------------5-|
A|-----------xsx-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

~~

         |----6-----|              |------6------|  |--3--|  |3-|

S a E. S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------x---11-15-13-11-15-13-11-10---------------11-13-15-13-11----11-|
|-3-5s7--9-7-9-x-x-------------------------12-9-10-12-12----------------12----|
|----------------x------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

\1/

   |--3--|  |-3--|           |--3--|           |-3--| |------6-------|

S S S S E S T T S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-10-14-12---14-------------------------------9-12-9-------10-13-12---|
|------------------14-14p12-14p12-14-12-10-11-12--------10-12------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------6-------|

T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T S a S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------10s12-----------------------------------/13-0-------15-------18-17-|
|-10-12-------12-10h12p10-9----9-10-13-12-9s8-x----------16----17-15-------|
|---------------------------12----------------x-------17-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~

|--3--|

T T T T E Q S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------|
|-15----------18-18--18-17-15-18-17-15----15-15--|
|----18-17-15--------------------------17--------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

\1.5___/

~~~~ ~~~~

+E +E S E. +Q S E.

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-(15)-(15)-x-----17--(17)-----20pb22r|
G|-----------------17--(17)--17--------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~

+E +E +E E +S E. E S S

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-(20)b22==(20)r(20)b22-20b22==(20)-20pb24==xr\------|
G|-------------------------------------------x\--4s16-|
D|-------------------------------------------x\-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

\1 \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5___/ \0.5 \2____/1.5________

                                                |-------------6-------------|

+E. +S S +E S +E. T T +S +S S S +S +S

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(16)-(16)-17-----(17)-14-----(14)-16p====14-(14)---(14)-16p14---(14)----(14)-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

/1\ \2.5/ \0.5 | \1/ \1/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \1.5

~~~

S T T +T S. T T +T +T +S T T +T T T T +T S. Q

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----|
G|-14-14s==12-----(12)---12h16p14-(14)--(14)-(14)h16p14-----(14)h16p14h16-----(16)-14--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                |------6------|  |----5----|

Q +S E T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T

|-18b20===(18)pb20r18b20r18p15-18-15------------15--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------18-x-17-18----x-16-19-x-17-15----15-15s14-15s|
|------------------------------------------------------------------17-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~

|--3--| |--3--|

S T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T S S S T T T T T T T T

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-15-------------15-18-15-17-15----------15-18-15-15----------18----------15-18-18p15h17----|
|-------17-17-17-17----------------17-x\-16-------------17-15s17----15-17-17-------------------|
|-------------------------------------x\-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------x\-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

T T T T S T T E E S S S S S S S S

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----17-15-17-x-17p15-x-17b19-17b19-17-15----15-17b19-15----|
D|-------------x-------x-------------------17-------------17-|
A|---------------------x-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

C/G Bb/F C/G Bb/F

~~

S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S +E S S S S S S E S S

e|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-------------|
G|-15-17-15----15-17b19-15----15-17-15-17-15-x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3---3-5b7-3---|
D|----------17-------------17----------------x\-||-5-x-5-3-(3)-5-3-5-3-0---------5-|
A|-------------------------------------------x\-||---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|

C/G Bb/F

S S S S S S S +T T Q E E

e|-------------------------------|
B|-5-x-5-3-----------------------|
G|-5-x-5-3---3-5b7r(5)p3------x/-|
D|-5-x-5-3-0-------------5--5-x/-|
A|----------------------------x/-|
E|-------------------------------|

\2 \3.5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e E +E +E Q Q Q.. +S +H

e|-/19-----------------------------|--------------------||
B|---------------------------------|--------------------||
G|-----/12-(12)-(12)-7tr10--7tr10--|-7tr10---(7)-(7)----||
D|---------------------------------|--------------------||
A|---------------------------------|--------------------||
E|---------------------------------|--------------------||

Verse

Gtr I

H. Q

e|-------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------|
G|-2-----------------------|
D|----3-----2---3-----2----|
A|------5---------5--------|
E|-3------3---3-----3------|

S S S S E S S S S E Q

1.,2.

S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q 3x

e||---------------------------|-------------------------||
B||o--------------------------|------------------------o||
G||---------------------------|-------------------------||
D||----3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----||
A||o-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5--------o||
E||--3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------||

3. 1. 2.

Bb F Bb C Bb F

H H S S S S E S S S S E Q H H 4x H H

e|-----------||-------------------------|------------||-|-----------|
B|-3---------||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|-3---------|
G|-3----2----||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|-3----2----|
D|-3----3----||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|-3----3----|
A|-1----3----||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-1----3----|
E|------1----||--3-----3---3-----3------|------------||-|------1----|

1. 2.

Bb C

S S S S E S S S S E Q H H S S S S E S S S S S S Q

e||-------------------------|------------||-|--------------------------|
B||o------------------------|-3----5----o||-|--------------------------|
G||-------------------------|-3----5-----||-|--------------------------|
D||----3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5-----||-|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|
A||o-----5---------5--------|-1----3----o||-|-----5---------5----------|
E||--3-----3---3-----3------|------------||-|-3-----3---3-----3--------|

Outro

Q=94

3/4

W S S S S S S S S S S S S

e|--------||-------------------------|
B|--------||-------------------------|
G|--------||---------------2---------|
D|--------||---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
A|--------||-----5-------------5-3-2-|
E|--------||-3-----3-----------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------5-4-------|---------------2---------|
D|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0-|---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
A|------5-------------------|-----5-------------5-3-2-|
E|-/3-----3-----------------|-3-----3-----------------|

4/4

S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e W

e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
G|----------------5-4-----5-4-----|---5-4-------5-4-------5-4-----|------*|
D|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-----5-3-|-------5-3-------5-3-------5-3-|------*|
A|------5-------------------------|-------------------------------|------*|
E|-/3-----3-----------------------|-------------------------------|------*|

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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