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Bass Tab

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

Song

Band: Soulfly

Album: Primative

Song: Boom

Tuning: B Tuning (B, E, A, D) Low (B) - High (G)

This Transcription By: Niall 'Uncle Clitsta' (lates_dude@hotmail.com)

formally known as clitz

note: Tuning is VITAL on this one, you must get your strings tuned to the

above for it to sound right.

this was requested so I thought I'd get the ball rolling, may not be 100%

but once someone starts off usually good corrections follow.

Doing this from memory, had it in my room pretty correct.

dont look at this and say wtf, its a strange song :P

Legend

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5b - Full Bend (in this song)

S - Slap

x - Dead Note

\ - Slide Down

/ - Slide Up

x\ - Scratch Slide

5h7 - Hammer-on

5h7b- bend on moment of hammer on

7p5 - Pull-Off

~ - Let Note Ring

Intro (not sure what instrument it is, but it can be arr. for bass)

Tone up w/Distortion as well

S S S S

|D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|E|-5b------------------5b----------5b------------------5-5-5b--|
|B|-0--x\--x\--(14)x\---0---x\--x---0--x\--x\--(14)x\-----------|

Verse

|D|----------------------------| Bending note: these are ordinary bends

|A|*--------------------------*| you full-bend the note up and slowly

|E|*-5br(5)-x-5br(5)-x-5br(5)-*| release it back to the pitch of 5

|B|----------------------------| hense the (5) ghost note on the tab.

Mid-verse

|D|-------------------------------|
|A|*-----------------------------*|
|E|*--5-5b-x-x-7--5-5b-x-x-5h7b--*|
|B|-------------------------------|

Chorus? (Boom Whatchu got?)

|D|---------|--------------------------------------------------|
|A|---------|*------------------------------------------------*|
|E|----R----|*------------------------------------------------*|
|B|---------|--0--0-0-1-0-1-0-1--2--3---0--0-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1---|

Post-Chorus 1 (unsure bout these bits) repeat with variations

|D|-------------------------------------------------|
|A|------------------------5h7p5-------5h7p5--------|
|E|-7-7-7--/12-12-12-7-7-7-------7-7-7-------5-5-5--|
|B|-------------------------------------------------|

Post-Chorus 2 (REALLY UNSURE)

|D|--------------------------------|-------|-------|
|A|*-------5h7p5-------5h7/9\7/9--*|-/12~--|-------|
|E|*-7-7-7-------7-7-7------------*|-------|---R---|
|B|--------------------------------|-------|-------|

Outro

|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A|-9--9--9--9--8--9~--9~--8--9~--9--8--9~--9~-8----------------------------9~--|
|E|-7--7--7--------7~---------7~--------7~--------7-----------------------------|
|B|-0---------------------------------------------0--x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\----|

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