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Bastard Nation

Overkill
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Song

Author/Artist: Overkill

Title: Bastard Nation

Album: W.F.O.

Transcribed by: Jan Werthwein

Email: yawn40@hotmail.com

This is a metal anthem if i've ever heard one,

off my favourite overkill album.

Intro (clean electric w/ chorus?)_

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-------------------2---0------------------------------------------------------
-4---4-------4----4--------4---2---------------2--------------2---------------
-5-------5-------5-----------------4-------4--------------4-------4-----------
---------------------------------------5--------------5---------------5-------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-0-------0-------0------2-----0----0---------------7--\-----------------------
-2---2-------2---2------2-----2--------4-----------7--\-----------------------
-------------------------------------------5---0---5--\-----------------------

play above part twice

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4------------4---4-/-5-------------5---5-/-7-----------7--------------7------
-----5---------------------7--------------------9-------------------9------9--
---------5----------------------7-------------------10------7---10------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------5-/-10----------------
-7-------7-h-9-\-4---5------5-h-7-\-2---4-----------7---5-/-10----------------
--------------------------------------------5---0---5---7-/-8-----------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4-------4-----------4---5-------5------------5---2-----------2---------------
-----------------5------------------------7-----------3---------------3-------
-----5-------5---------------7--------7-------------------3----------------3--

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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------2----------------------------------------------------0--0--0------------
--3-------3---5------5-h-7-\-2---4-----4-h-5-\-0---2-------2--2--2---2-/-4----

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

music stop

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4-h-5-p-4-----------4---7--/10---\4------------------------------------------
-------------7---5------------------------------------------------------------

Riff Fig. 1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------5---6------------------------------
-3-p-2--------5-p-4--------3-p-2-----------3---4------------------------------
---------3------------5------------2---0--------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff Fig. 2

p.m.-------- p.m.-------- p.m.-- p.m.------- p.m.-- p.m.-----

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------5--6-
-------------4--------------4--------4--------------4--------4-----------3--4-
-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

p.m.-------------

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4-----6---7--/11--9------2----------7---------------------9--9--9--9--9--9---
-2-----4---5--/9---7------0----4-----5-/-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---
-------------------------------2----------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----------------------------------------------
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

end

1.

p.m.-------- p.m.-------- p.m.-- p.m.--------- p.m.-- p.m.--

---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------
---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------
---------------------------------------------------------------------|-5---6--
-------------4--------------4--------4--------------4--------4-------|-3---4--
-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|--------
---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------

end 2.

--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-3---4--|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-1---2--|---------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff Fig. 3 (verse)

P.m.-------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

end 1. end 2

--------|
----------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------
----------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------
----------|--5--|------------------------------------------5---6--------------
----------|--3--|--3-p-2-------5-p-4-------3-p-2-----------3---4--------------
-2--2--2--|-----|----------3-----------5-----------2---0----------------------
----------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------

p.m.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----

end 1.

----------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------
----------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------
----------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------
----------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------
----------|---3----|---3---2--------------------------------------------------
-2--2--2--|---1----|---1---0--------------------------------------------------

riff fig. 4 (chorus)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4-----6---7---/11--9------2--------4------4-/-7------------------------------
-2-----4---5---/9---7------0---4----2------2-/-5---7---9---------5------------
-------------------------------2-------------------5---7---7-7---3------------

p.m.------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-7--------9---7-----7-/-11----------------------------------------------------
-5---7----7---5-----5-/-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----
-----5------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-11\-9-----9-\-7--------------------------------------------------------------
-9-\-7-----7-\-5--------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat Riff fig. 3 (2 times)

Riff fig. 4

Bridge p.m p.m.-------- p.m.------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-2-------2---------------------------------------------------------2--------2-
-2-------2-------6---7------------------9--9--------------9--9-----2--------2-
-0-------0---0---4---5------0--0--0--0--7--7--0--0--0--0--7--7-----0--------0-

p.m. p.m.------- p.m.------- p.m.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------2-------2---------------
-----12--7-----------------9--9--------------9--9-----2-------2-------6--7----
-0---10--9-----0--0--0--0--7--7--0--0--0--0--7--7-----0-------0---0---4--5----

p.m.------- p.m.------- p.m.----------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------12---7---9-----------------------9----
-------------9--9--------------9--9-----10---9---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----
-0--0--0--0--7--7--0--0--0--0--7--7-------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---7-----7---5-----4-------4--4--4------4--4--4--
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---5-----5---3-----2-------2--2--2------2--2--2--

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--4-----4---------------------------------------------------------------------
--2-----2---------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

solo

riff fig 3 (starting from 2nd position) x2

end solo with

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--4---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--2---------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat rhythm fig 4 (2nd time w/ palm muting)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-4--4--4--4--4------4--4--4--4--4------4--4--4--4--4------4--4--4--4--4-------
-2--2--2--2--2------2--2--2--2--2------2--2--2--2--2------2--2--2--2--2-------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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-4--------4---------4---------4----------4---6---7---2------------------------
-2---4----2----4----2----4----2----4-----2---4---5---0-------------7---9------
-----2---------2---------2---------2-------------------------------5---7------

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