Command Of The Blade bass

Command Of The Blade

Tune down one whole step (DGCFAd) 

The thrashing just keeps on getting better!! 
One of my all-time favorites from the kings of thrash, 

1a) Intro: 
F|-------------------|------| 
C|-------------------|------| 
G|-------------------|-%%-| 
D|--4444554477445544-|------| 
    ................ 

1b): (repeat 2x) 
F|--------------------------------|----| 
C|--------------------------------|----| 
G|-----2---3---5---3---2---3-2----|-%-| 
D|--000--0---0---0---0---0-----3~-|----| 
    ...  .   .   .   .   . 

2) Fill 1: 
F|--------------| 
C|--------------| 
G|--4--5--7--5--| 
D|--2--3--5--3--| 

3a) Verse riff: "Mist is falling..." 
F|-------------------------------------------------| 
C|--8-------9-8-------6-8---------11-10-10-11--10--| 
G|--6-6666667-6-6666664-6-66666666-9--8--8--9---8--| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
      ......    ......    ........ 

3b) Verse riff 2: "Flesh and bones, scared to scream..." 
F|---------------------------------------------| 
C|--3-------4-3-------4-3-------4-------5-5-5--| 
G|--1-1111112-1-1111112-1-1111112-4-4-4-3-3-3--| 
D|--------------------------------2-2-2--------| 
      ......    ......    ...... 
     
4) Chorus: "Command of the blade!" 
F|--------------------------------------------------------| 
C|--7---3--5-------------------7---3--5-------------------| 
G|--5---1--3-------------------5---1--3-------------------| 
D|------------0000000000000000----------3333333333333333--| 
	      ................          ................ 

5) Post-Chorus: "DEATH!!!" 
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
C|--------------4-5-------------6-7-------------8-9-----10-11----12-13--| 
G|--------------2-3-------------4-5-------------6-7-----8--9-----10-11--| 
D|--000000000000----000000000000----000000000000----0000-----0000-------| 
    ............    ............    ............    ....     .... 

6a) Solo rhytm: 
F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
G|--0000000000000000-|-0000000000000000-|-0000000000000000-|-0000000000000000--| 
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--| 
6b) 
F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
G|--2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222-|-2222222222222222--| 
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--| 
6c) 
F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
G|--4444444444444444-|-4444444444444444-|-4444444444444444-|-4444444444444444--| 
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--| 
6d) 
F|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
C|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
G|--6666666666666666-|-6666666666666666-|-6666666666666666-|-6666666666666666--| 
D|--................-|-................-|-................-|-................--| 

End with: 
F|------| 
C|--10--| 
G|---8--| 
D|------| 

7) Post-solo: 
F|----------------------------| 
C|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-10-8--| 
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--9-6--| 
D|----------------------------| 

8a) Interlude: "When you die by his blade..." 
F|----------------------------| 
C|--------------------8-10-8--| 
G|--5555555555555555556--8-6--| 
D|--..................--------| 
8b) 
F|---------------------------| 
C|--------------------6-8-6--| 
G|--3333333333333333334-6-5--| 
D|--..................-------| 

Play 7) again 2x and end with: 
F|-----| 
C|--7--| 
G|--5--| 
D|-----| 

Then play Chorus again and end with intro, 
and replace fill 1 with... 
9) Ending: 
F|-----------------| 
C|-----------------| 
G|--4--5--7--4--2--| 
D|--2--3--5--2--0--| 

THE END.  

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