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Ghosts Along The Mississippi by Down

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Composers: Jim Bower, Kirk Windstein, Pepper Keenan, Phil Anselmo, Rex Robert Brown

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GHOSTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI (Bassline)
As recorded by Down
(From the 2002 Album DOWN II)


 Words and Music by Pepper Keenan, Phillip Anseimo, Jimmy Bower, Rex Brown and Kirk Wingstein

 

Gtr I (C# F# B E) - 'Tune Down 1 1/2 Steps'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=100
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx3          S e S S e S S e S S S  E
|------------|---------------------------||
|------------|---------------------------||
|------------|---------------------------||
|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-15\-||


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0--------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-0h1--|


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0---------5s7--|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0------|


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0--------------|
|-0-0---0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-0h1--|


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0---------5s7--|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0------|


   Verse
    H.      +E  a E   Q.   E Q.   S S   H.      +E  E
||------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-------------5h7-|-5----5-4----5h7-|---------------|
||--0-------(0)-----|-----------------|-0-------(0)-2-|


  1.                    2.
  Q.   E a Q.   S S     a Q.   E +E  S S S S S S     Q  E.  S +E  E E S S
|--------------------||--------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------------||o----------------------|
|---------------5h7-o||----------------------5h7-||o-------/7-(7)-5---5h7-|
|-3----3-3s5---------||-2h3----5-(5)-5-5-5s7-----||--0--0-----------7-----|


                        1.
  Q  E. S +E  E S S E   Q  E. S +E  E E E   E E +E. S +E  E S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------o||
|-5--5--4-(4)-4-2p0---|-------7-(7)-5-----|---------------------5h7-o||
|-------------------3-|-0--0----------0-2-|-3-3-(3)-5-(5)-5-5h7------||


  2.
  Q  E. S +E  E E E    Q   E.  S  +Q.    +E     H    +E    E  E  E
|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------12-----|
|-------7-(7)-5-7-9-|-10--10--12-(12)---(12)\-|-5----(5)-/12----12\-|
|-0--0--------------|-------------------------|---------------------|


                   Pre-Chorus
  Q  Q  Q  E. S     S S S S +E  e S S E S S E     S S S S +E  e S S E S S E
|---------------||-----------------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------||o---------------------------o||----------------------------|
|-4--4--3--3--0-||o-8s7-0---------------------o||-8s7-0----------------------|
|---------------||--------7-(7)-7-8s7---8s7-7--||-------7-(7)-7-8s7---8s7-7--|


                              Chorus
  S S S S +E  E S S E S S E    W          H.      +S  S S S
|---------------------------||----------|-------------------|
|---------------------------||----------|-------------------|
|-8s7-0---------------------||----------|---------------5h7-|
|-------3-(3)-0-8s7-7-8s7-7-||-3--------|-2-------(2)s7-----|


  H.      +E  E   a Q.   +S  a S +S  S S S S S S S   H.      Q
|---------------|----------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------|-5h7----(7)-5h7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-----|-------------|
|-0-------(0)-0-|------------------------------7-5-|-3-------3/--|


   ~~~
   H.       Q     Q   Q  H      S e S S e S S e S S S S S
|---------------|-------------|----------------------------||
|---------------|-------------|----------------------------||
|-13-------13\--|-7\----------|----------------------------||
|---------------|-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0--------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-0h1--|


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0---------5s7--|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0------|


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0--------------|
|-0-0---0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-0h1--|


  S S S 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 E.
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5p0----------------------|---------5p0------------------|
|-------------5p0------------------|-------------5p0---------5s7--|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0------|


   Verse
    H.      +E  a E   Q.   E Q.   S S   H.      +E  E
||------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-------------5h7-|-5----5-4----5h7-|---------------|
||--0-------(0)-----|-----------------|-0-------(0)-2-|


  1.                    2.
  Q.   E a Q.   S S     a Q.   E +E  S S S S S S     Q  E.  S +E  E E S S
|--------------------||--------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------------||o----------------------|
|---------------5h7-o||----------------------5h7-||o-------/7-(7)-5---5h7-|
|-3----3-3s5---------||-2h3----5-(5)-5-5-5s7-----||--0--0-----------7-----|


                        1.
  Q  E. S +E  E S S E   Q  E. S +E  E E E   E E +E. S +E  E S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------o||
|-5--5--4-(4)-4-2p0---|-------7-(7)-5-----|---------------------5h7-o||
|-------------------3-|-0--0----------0-2-|-3-3-(3)-5-(5)-5-5h7------||


  2.
  Q  E. S +E  E E E    Q   E.  S  +Q.    +E     H    +E    E  E  E
|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------12-----|
|-------7-(7)-5-7-9-|-10--10--12-(12)---(12)\-|-5----(5)-/12----12\-|
|-0--0--------------|-------------------------|---------------------|


                           Pre-Chorus
  H     S S S S S S S S     S S S S +E  e S S E S S E
|-----------------------||-----------------------------||
|------/7-5-------------||o---------------------------o||
|-4-----------x---x---x-||o-8s7-0---------------------o||
|-------------x---x---x-||--------7-(7)-7-8s7---8s7-7--||


  S S S S +E  e S S E S S E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-8s7-0----------------------|
|-------7-(7)-7-8s7---8s7-7--|


                              Chorus
  S S S S +E  E S S E S S E    W          H.      +S  S S S
|---------------------------||----------|----------------------|
|---------------------------||----------|----------------------|
|-8s7-0---------------------||----------|---------------5h7----|
|-------3-(3)-0-8s7-7-8s7-7-||-3--------|-2-------(2)s7--------|


                                                           ~~
  Q.    E +E  E a E a E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E    H.      +Q
|-----------------------|-----------------9-7------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|-----5---5-7s9-9-----9-8-7-5----|---------------|
|------/7-(7)-7-5h7-5h7-|-5-7---7---------------------7\-|---------------|
|-0---------------------|--------------------------------|-3-------(3)/--|


   W           H     H      H    Q  S S S S
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------7-|
|-12--------|-------------|-------------5---|
|-----------|-12\---------|---------5h7-----|


                                                 Bridge
  Q  +H      Q    S e S e S S S S S S S S S S     E S S S S E +E      E S E S
|---------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------0-5-||o-----------------------------|
|-7--(7)\-------|-7---------------------------||o-7---------------------------|
|---------------|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-5h7-----||----0-0-0-0-3-(3)b3.5-0-0-3-0-|


  E. S S S E +S  S E  S S S S  5x     E S S S S E +E      E S E S
|------------------------------||-||------------------------------|
|-------------------------0-5-o||-||o-----------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-3-(3)-3-3/---------o||-||o-7---------------------------|
|---------------------5h7------||-||----0-0-0-0-3-(3)b3.5-0-0-3-0-|


    E.  S  E  E  +S   S  E  S S S S
|------14------------12--------------||
|-/11-----11-10-(10)----10\-----0-5-o||
|-----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------5h7------||


                            Guitar Solo
  Q   Q  H      W            S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|-------------|----------||-----------------------------------|
|-------------|----------||o---------5p0----------------------|
|-7\----------|----------||o-------------5p0------------------|
|-------------|----------||--0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------5p0------------------|---------5p0----------------------|
|-------------5p0--------------|-------------5p0------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-0h1--|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-5s6-(6)/-|


                                  Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.     W          H.      +S  S S S
|-------------------------------||----------|--------------------|
|---------5p0------------------o||----------|--------------------|
|-------------5p0---------5s7--o||----------|---------------5h7--|
|-0-0-0-0---------6p0-4p0-------||-3--------|-2-------(2)s7------|


  Q.   S S +E  Q  E   E E a E E S S E S S E    H.      Q
|-------------------|---------------7-9-7----|-------------|
|-------------------|---------5-7s9-------9\-|-------------|
|-------------------|---5-5h7----------------|-------------|
|-0----3-3-(3)s5--6-|-7----------------------|-3-------3/--|


   H.       Q     Q  H.        W
|---------------|------------|------*|
|---------------|------------|------*|
|-12-------12\--|------------|------*|
|---------------|-0--0-------|------*|




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


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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