Band: Strapping Young Lad
Album: City
Song: Underneath the Waves
Copyright (c) Century Media - 1997 (?)
Version 1.0 - October, 23 2005
Transcribed By: Daniel Gainer
Email: Wraithninja5000@yahoo.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on ^ - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
*- pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
b - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
C G C G C E
Riff 1 x 4
|----------------------------||----------------------------||-----2------3------2----1-1-||-----4------5------4----3-3-||0000-2-0000-3-0000-2-00-1-1-||0000---0000---0000---00-----| .... .... .... ..
Riff 2 (Played during second 2 times of Riff 1)
|-----------------||-----------------||5555555555555555-||7777777777777777-||5555555555555555-||-----------------|
Filler 1
|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------||4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------||2-2-2-2-2-2------1111-------------1111-||------------9\1--1111 (long wait) 1111-| .... ....
Riff 3 x 4 (6*^ is only played the first time Replace it with 8 afterwards)
|--------------------||--------------------||--------------------||--------------------||8-5-6-----5-6-5-6-5-||8-5-6-6*^-5-6-5-6-5-|
Riff 4 x 3
|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||8-55668866885555-||8-55668866885555-| ..............
Filler 2
|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------9\0---------------------||------------7\0-1111---1111---11111-||8-8-8-8-8-8-----1111---1111---11111-| .... .... .....
|----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||000000-00-00-00-000000-00-00-00-000000-00-00-00-000000-00-00-00-||000000-00-00-00-000000-00-00-00-000000-00-00-00-000000-00-00-00-| ...... .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. ...... .. .. ..
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 4 x 3
Filler 3
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| . . . . . .
Riff 5 x 4
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||----------------5555555555555555-||44444444444444447777777777777777-||44444444444444445555555555555555-||4444444444444444-----------------|
Filler 5
|-----||-----||-----||-----||-----||11\4-|
Riff 6 x 2
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||-----------------------5----5----5----5-||---4----4----4----4-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-||44-4-44-4-44-4-44-4-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-||44-4-44-4-44-4-44-4---------------------| .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Riff 7 x 2
|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-----------------------5----5----------||---4----4----4----4-77-7-77-7-77777777-||44-4-44-4-44-4-44-4-55-5-55-5-55555555-||44-4-44-4-44-4-44-4--------------------| .. .. .. .. .. .. ........
Riff 6 x 2
Riff 7 x 2
Riff 8 x 3
|------||------||------||2-0-6-||2-0-6-||2-0-6-|
Riff 9
|------||------||------||2-3-1-||2-3-1-||2-3-1-|
RIff 8 x 2
Riff 9 x 2
Riff 8 x 3
RIff 9 x 1
Riff 8 x 2
Filler 6
|--------------||--------------||--------------||--------------||22-33-22-2331-||22-33-22-2331-| .. .. .. ....
Riff 8 x 3
Riff 9 x 1
Riff 8 x 2
Riff 9 x 1
Filler 7
|---------||---------||---------||---------||22223311-||22223311-| ........
Riff 8 x 3
Riff 9 x 1
Riff 8 x 2
Riff 8 x 1
Filler 7
RIff 10 x 8 (This is probably wrong)
|----------------||----------------||----------------||-33223322332233-||-33223322332233-||000000000000000-| ...............
Filler 8
|-----||-----||-----||-----||-----||14\0-|
Riff 11 x 4
|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-7575757--7575757--7575757---------||-7575757--7575757--7575757-110-110-||00000000-00000000-00000000-110-110-| ........ ........ ........ ... ...Riff 12 x 4
|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||4--------4--------4--------4----4----||4-444444-4-444444-4-444444-4-44-4-44-||4-444444-4-444444-4-444444-4-44-4-44-| ...... ...... ...... .. ..
Riff 11 x 2
Riff 12 x 4
Riff 11 x 4
Filler 9 (Play instead of 000 00 in Riff 11)
|------------||------------||------------||------------||1-2-3-1-2-3-||1-2-3-1-2-3-|
RIff 5 x 4
Filler 5
Riff 6 x 2
Riff 7
RIff 6 x 2
Riff 7
Riff 13
|---------------------------------||33333333333333332222222222222222-||33333333333333332222222222222222-||33333333333333332222222222222222-||33333333333333332222222222222222-||33333333333333332222222222222222-|
Riff 8 x 6 (Palmmuted last 2 times)
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