Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Motherfucker=Redeemer, Part 1
From Yanqui U.X.O.
Sorry, this isn't the whole song, but I wanted to tab out the whole 2nd half where it gets much slower and
quieter. I'm going to tab it out from right after the first big climax of the song, so right after 8:50 when
it begins to calm down. I may revisit it later to figure out the rest of it. To get the sound right on the
left guitar, you're going to want to use a lot of hall or plate reverb and a tremolo effect.
9:20
Right guitar, clean
Db|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-10---8--7-----------------8---7-----------7---------|
F |-------------8--10----------------10---8p7-----------| x4
Db|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
9:35
Left Guitar, tremolo/clean, starts playing this occasionally
Db|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
F |--------0~~-------------------|
Db|-----2~~----------------------|
Bb|--3~~-------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
10:24, play slowly in freetime
L. Guitar
Db|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
F |----------0---------------------| x8
Db|-------2-----2------------------|
Bb|----3-----------3---------------|
Eb|-3------------------------------|
| |
R. Guitar, |
does volume swells of this note the last 4 times
Db|--------------------------------|
Bb|--14----------------------------|
F |--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|
11:37
L. Guitar
Db|------------------------|
Bb|--------0---------------|
F |-----------------0------|
Db|-----2--------0---------|
Bb|--0--------2------------|
Eb|-------------------6----|
11:52, main riff
L. Guitar
Db|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------0----------------------------|
F |----------0-----------------------0-------------------|
Db|-------2-----2--------2--------0----------------------|
Bb|----3-----------3--0--------2-------------------------|
Eb|-3----------------------------------6-----------------|
| |
| | x6
R. Guitar, volume swells |
Db|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------14---------------11----------------|
F |-12---------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
14:26
L. Guitar, with some distortion on it now
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------0-----------------------------|
F |----------0-----------------------0--------------------|
Db|-------2-----2--------2--------0-----------------------|
Bb|----3-----------3--0--------2--------------------------|
Eb|-3----------------------------------6------------------|
| |
| | x4
R. Guitar, might be their screwdriver technique, not sure |
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-12-----------------9-------11------8------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
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15:00
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At this point, there's not as much structure, so you'll have to listen for timing. The center-panned guitar is
very atmospheric sounding, so use lots of delay, reverb, and moderate distortion as you do those vol. swells.
L. Guitar, repeats this for about 3 minutes
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
Db|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-7-----7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----3-----3------|
16:20 16:45
Center-panned Guitar, volume swells or trem picked:
Db|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Bb|-19-------20--19------17--14-----12---------------|-17--------15-----14----10--12--------|
F |--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
17:00
R. Guitar, tremolo picking
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------14---12-------------------------------------|
F |-13---12---------------------12--------10--------8----7-------| x2
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
18:07
L.Guitar, repeat this for ~40s then fade
Db|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
F |-----0--~~---0--~~-----------|
Db|--0--~~---0--~~--------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|
18:25 - 19:02
R. Guitar
Db|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
F |--12----------12----------|
Db|--------12----------12----|
Bb|--------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|
19:34 - 20:44
L. Guitar
Db|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-3-----------------------------------|
F |----------5--------------------------|
Db|----------------------------4--------|
Bb|-------------------3-----------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
19:43
R. Guitar
Db|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
F |-5-----------------------------------| x4
Db|---7-------7----7--5/7-----7---5-----|
Bb|--------7----------------7-------7---|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
R. Guitar, repeat this a few times until the end
Db|-------------|
Bb|-------------|
F |-------------|
Db|-5/7---------|
Bb|-------------|
Eb|-------------|
And there it is, I'll try to add more to it in the future
