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BLADECATCHER
As recorded by Mastodon
(From the 2006 Album BLOOD MOUNTAIN)
Music by Mastodon
Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Clean I'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Clean II'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Distortion I'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Distortion II'
Well I got some of this from Total Guitar but I added the harmonys coz no other
tab seems to have them. Enjoy!
Clean Intro
Q=204
7/8
Gtr I
Let Ring throughout
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E x3 E E E E E E E x4
|------------------0-||-------------------0--||-||-------------------0--||
|------14----15------||o-0----14----15------o||-||o-0----15----17------o||
|--------------------||----------------------||-||----------------------||
|---14----16----16---||----14----16----16----||-||----16----16----18----||
|--------------------||o--------------------o||-||o--------------------o||
|--------------------||----------------------||-||----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------0-||-------------------0--||-||-------------------0--||
|-------2-----3------||o-0-----2-----3------o||-||o-0-----3-----5------o||
|--------------------||----------------------||-||----------------------||
|----2-----4-----4---||-----2-----4-----4----||-||-----4-----6-----6----||
|--------------------||o--------------------o||-||o--------------------o||
|--------------------||----------------------||-||----------------------||
E E E E E E E x4 E E E E E E E x3
||-------------------0--||-||-------------------0--||
||o-0----17----19------o||-||o-0----19----21------o||
||----------------------||-||----------------------||
||----18----19----19----||-||----19----21----21----||
||o--------------------o||-||o--------------------o||
||----------------------||-||----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------0--||-||-------------------0--||
||o-0-----5-----7------o||-||o-0-----7-----9------o||
||----------------------||-||----------------------||
||-----6-----7-----7----||-||-----7-----9-----9----||
||o--------------------o||-||o--------------------o||
||----------------------||-||----------------------||
9/8
E E E E E E E E E
|-||-------------------0-----|
|-||o-0----19----21------0---|
|-||-----------------------0-|
|-||----19----21----21-------|
|-||o------------------------|
|-||-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E
|-||-------------------0-----|
|-||o-0-----7-----9------0---|
|-||-----------------------0-|
|-||-----7-----9-----9-------|
|-||o------------------------|
|-||-------------------------|
Heavy Intro
Q=75
4/4 3/4
Gtr III
H. Q E Q E Q
|-^0-----------|------------------|
|-^0-----------|-6-----9----------|
|-^9-----------|-8b10-11b13-------|
|-^9-----------|-------------3-7--|
|-^7-----------|-------------3-7--|
|-^0--------0--|-------------1-5--|
|
| Gtr IV
| H. Q E Q E Q
|--------------|------------------|
|--3b5---------|-6-----9----------|
|--2-----------|-8b10-11b13-------|
|--------------|-------------3-7--|
|--------------|-------------3-7--|
|-----------0--|-------------1-5--|
4/4 9/16
H. Q E E E E. E E E E.
|-^0-----------|-----------------------|----------|
|-^0-----------|-6----7-----8-----9----|----------|
|-^9-----------|-8b10-9b11-10b12-11b13-|----------|
|-^9-----------|-----------------------|-3-5-7-9\-|
|-^7-----------|-----------------------|-3-5-7-9\-|
|-^0--------0--|-----------------------|-1-3-5-7\-|
|
| H. Q E E E E. E E E E.
|--------------|-----------------------|----------|
|--3b5---------|-6----7-----8-----9----|----------|
|--2-----------|-8b10-9b11-10b12-11b13-|----------|
|--------------|-----------------------|-3-5-7-9\-|
|--------------|-----------------------|-3-5-7-9\-|
|-----------0--|-----------------------|-1-3-5-7\-|
Blast Beat Riff
Q=142
4/4
Gtrs III, IV
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-5-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-6-3-|
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-5-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-6-3---|
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-6-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-5-2-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-6-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-5-2-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-5-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-6-3-|
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-5-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-3-6-3-|
Melody 1
Q.=142
6/8 7/8
Gtrs III, IV
~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---0h8h10------|
|-------------|-------0-7-7/|=9--------9----|
|-------0h5h7-|-7/9-9-------|---------------|
|-0h5h9-------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|
12/8
~~
E E E E E E E E E Q.
||----------10-------------------|
||o-0h10h12----12----0h8h10------|
||----------------12--------9----|
||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
6/8
~~
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
|---------10-------------------|---------10-------|
|-0h10h12----12----0h8h10------|-0h10h12----12----|
|---------------12--------9----|---------------12-|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
1.,2.
7/8
Gtr III
~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|---------0---|----0h8h10-------o||
|-------------|-0-----0---7/|==9---------9-----||
|-------0h5h7-|---7/9-------|------------------||
|-0h5h7-------|-------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|---------0-8/|=10-0-8-10-------o||
|---------5h7-|-0-7/9-0-----|-----------[9]----||
|---5h7-0-----|-------------|------------------||
|-0-----------|-------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|-------------|------------------||
3.
6/8 7/8 6/8
~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. +H.
|-------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------|---------0---|----0h8h10------|--------|
|-------------|-0-----0---7/|==9--------9----|-(9)----|
|-------0h5h7-|---7/9-------|----------------|--------|
|-0h5h7-------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +H.
|-------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------|---------0-8/|=10-0-8-10------|--------|
|---------5h7-|-0-7/9-0-----|-----------9----|-(9)----|
|---5h7-0-----|-------------|----------------|--------|
|-0-----------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
Melody 2
Q=110
4/4
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
||--0-7---------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-----8-0-8---------------------|--------------------0h7-----------o||
||------------9-0-9---------------|-------------0h7h=9------9--(9)----||
||------------------10-0-7--------|-------0h7h9-----------------------||
||o------------------------9-(9)--|-0h7h9----------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
||--0-7---------------------------|----------------------7------------||
||o-----8-0-8---------------------|---------------8h10-0---10-(10)---o||
||------------9-0-9---------------|---------7h9-0---------------------||
||------------------10-0-7--------|---7h9-0---------------------------||
||o------------------------9-(9)--|-0--------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Gtrs III, IV
~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------4/7-(7)--|---------12h16p12----------------------------|
|---0h2p0-5p4---4h5-0----------|-0h12h14----------14p12----14p12-------------|
|-------------0----------------|------------------------14-------14-12\10----|
|-0----------------------------|------------------------------------------12-|
3/4
~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q +H.
|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------|
|------------------------------|-------5----------------------|--------|
|---------------------4--------|-5-7-8---8-7-5---7---5-2-(2)--|-(2)----|
|---0h2p0-5p4---4h5-0---6-(6)--|---------------7---7---2-(2)--|-(2)----|
|-------------0----------------|-----------------------0-(0)--|-(0)----|
|-0----------------------------|------------------------------|--------|
Bridge (Slowly increase in tempo)
Q=96H=H Q=125 H=H
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|------------10----12-|
|-----------------|---8---10-9----11----|
|-----------7---9-|-7---9---------------|
|---6---8-6---8---|---------------------|
|-5---7-----------|---------------------|
Q=145
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W +W +W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-11--------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-(11)----|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
Outro
Q=70
W W +W +W
|-^0--------|----------|------------|--------|
|-^0--------|----------|------------|--------|
|-^9--------|----------|------------|--------|
|-^9--------|----------|------------|--------|
|-^7--------|----------|------------|--------|
|-^0--------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
This bit fades in Yay now colony of birchmen! lol yeh...
2/4
PM--------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S Q E 8x S S S S S S S S S S S S 8x S S Q.
||--------------------||-||---------------------------||-----------*|
||o------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||-----------*|
||--6-4---------------||-||---------------------------||-----------*|
||------4-7-6---------||-||---------------------------||-----------*|
||o-----------5\4--x-o||-||o-------------------------o||-----------*|
||--------------------||-||--2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-4-4-4--||-2-2-------*|
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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