Overkill - Devil By The Tail Bass Tab

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Riff A (Play 10 times, guitars and drums enter 3rd time):

E#
B#
F#
C#2 02 0 22 02 2 02 0 22 03 0

Then, after the first solo, there is a part which is mainly guitar

Work, but it has some instrumental support though

Fill 1: 2x
2 2 2 2 2
2

The verses aren't that hard to play either:

Riff B:

2x
2 22 0 2 2 0 2 22 0 2 2 0 2 22 0 2 2 0 2 22 0 22 02 0
6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 22222 0 2 2 2 0 22222 0 2 2 2 0
6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 22225555444433332222555544443333

(1st verse)

Oh to be the fire, I am just a man Oh to walk the wire, believing that I can And reach on down your throat to tear it out Find out what the beatings all about

Now the Chorus:

Riff C:

3
2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 5 6 7
Justify my envy Jealousy to fail in
3
2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2
Perfect, deadly harmony hold the Devil by the tail Fill 2:
2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2
Devil by the tail

Then play Riff A 4 times, followed by this:

Fill 3:
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

For the 2nd verse, play Riff B and Riff C again, after that, repeat

Fill 2 and instead of the last D#, hold a D (lowest string, 1st fret)

(2nd verse)

Oh to slay the liar, he speaks for me, a man Oh to try, conspire, believing that I can And reach into your heart to pull it out Find out what the beating's all about

(Chorus)

Justify my envy Jealousy to fail In perfect, deadly harmony Hold the Devil by the tail Devil by the tail Then we enter the faster part, first, the guitar plays for 8 measures, when the bass and drums enter, the bass plays this

Easy riff,

During the bridge as well:

Riff D (Play 8 times, vocals enter 5th time):

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

(Bridge)

Run your Devil up the pole Into my domain The forgotten drool, like rabid dogs By any other name They growl, they bark, they gnaw at me I still hear them wail Play to hold what I hold A Devil by the tail During the "DEVIL...by the TAIL"-part, the bass plays this

Riff E:

0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Devil by the tail

Then repeat riff D once

(Bridge)

Run your devil out your soul By any other name The second "DEVIL...by the TAIL"-part is pretty much the same as the first one, except for the last measure Fill 4:
0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6
Devil by the tail

Then repeat Riff D once and play Riff E twice. After that, repeat

Riff D 4 times.

(Bridge)

Devil, devil, devil, devil Hey mr. Lucifer, do you have my pay? I'm done with working here as of today Hey mr. Savior, to you ever seem to fail? And got what I got, a Devil by the tail

The finishing riff is repeated until the end of the song

Riff F (Repeat and fade):

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1

(Bridge)

Devil, devil, devil, devil Devil by the tail (Repeat and fade)

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