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                          KEEPING THE BLADE (Bassline)
                        As recorded by Coheed and Cambria
(From the 2005 Album GOOD APOLLO, I'M BURNING STAR IV - VOLUME ONE: FROM FEAR THROUGH THE EYES OF MADNESS)

Music by Coheed and Cambria
Transcribed by sprinklerthief

Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'strings arr. for gtr.'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F#) - 'strings arr. for gtr.'

 Intro
  Slowly Q=70
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


   Second Stage Theme
                                                      H=H
                                                     6/4
    W          +W           W          +W             W.
||-----------|------------|----------|-------------||-------||
||o----------|------------|----------|------------o||-------||
||o----------|------------|-4--------|-(4)--------o||-------||
||--2--------|-(2)--------|----------|-------------||-------||


 Interlude
  Q=78
 4/4
  Wx6
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


               5/4
  H..       E   Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|----------------||
|-----------7-|-4--2-----------||
|-------------|-------5--------||
|-------------|----------9-----||


 In Keeping Theme
  Faster Q=90
 4/4
  <
  Q  +Q         H             W
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------7-----------|-9-------------------|
|-7--(7)--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| <             <
| Q   S  S  S S E +Q   S  S   E +Q    E E  E  E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------9-(9)--7----|---------------------|
|-------------7----------10-|-9-(9)-----9-10------|
|-7---7--9-10---------------|--------10------10-9-|


  H           H             W
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------7-----------|-9----------------|
|-7-----------------------|------------------|
|
|             <
| Q  S S  S S E +Q   S  S   E +Q    E  Q  Q
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------9-(9)--7----|------------------|
|-----------7----------10-|-9-(9)------------|
|-7--7-9-10---------------|--------10-10--9--|


  H           H             W
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------7-----------|-9-------------------|
|-7-----------------------|---------------------|
|
|             <
| Q  S S  S S E +Q   S  S   E +Q    E E  E  E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------9-(9)--7----|---------------------|
|-----------7----------10-|-9-(9)-----9-10------|
|-7--7-9-10---------------|--------10------10-9-|


  H           H             W
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------7-----------|-9----------------|
|-7-----------------------|------------------|
|
|             <
| Q  S S  S S E +Q   S  S   E +Q    E  Q  Q
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------9-(9)--7----|------------------|
|-----------7----------10-|-9-(9)------------|
|-7--7-9-10---------------|--------10-10--9--|


    H              H               W
||------------------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------------|
||o----------------7------------|--9-----------------|
||--7---------------------------|--------------------|
|
|   Q  +S  S  S  S E  S S  E  E    Q.    E E  E  E E
||------------------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------------|--------------------|
||o----------------9----9-10-14-|-16-------9-10------|
||--7--(7)-9-10-12---12---------|-------10------10-9-|


  H              H               W
|-----------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------7------------|--9--------------o||
|-7---------------------------|------------------||
|
| Q  +S  S  S  S E  S S  E  E    Q.    E  Q  Q
|-----------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------9----9-10-14-|-16--------------o||
|-7--(7)-9-10-12---12---------|-------10-10--9---||


  +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(9)--------|-(9)--------|-(9)----*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|
| +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(9)--------|-(9)--------|-(9)----*|


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
<n>  - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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