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MARCH OF THE FIRE ANTS
As recorded by Mastodon
(From the 2002 Album REMISSION)
Words and Music by Mastodon
Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP
Gtr I (A G C F A D) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (A G C F A D) - 'Guitar II'
Gtr III (A G C F A D) - 'Extra Guitar'
Intro
Q=135
3/4 4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--|
||--0--3--1--|-0-----------------|-0--------------|-0---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q H
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||--------5--|-4-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||--0--3-----|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|------2h3p2-2h3p2-|------2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--o||
|-0--3--1--|-0-----------------|--0---------------|--0-----------------------||
|
| Q Q Q H. +H. +W
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|-------5--|-4-----------------|-(4)--------------|-(4)----------------------||
|-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|-(2)--------------|-(2)---------------------o||
|-0--3-----|-0-----------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)----------------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|
||--0--3--1--|-------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-8h9p8-8h9p8-8h9p8-|
||--------5--|-------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-------------------|
||--0--3-----|-------------------|
4/4
|-3--| |-3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E 4x
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|----2h=3p2-2h=3p2-|-----2h=3p=2--2h=3p=2--2h=3p=2-o||
|-0----------------|-0------------------------------||
|
| |-3--| |-3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E 4x
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------|----12h13p12-12h13p12-12h13p12-o||
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|----9h10p9-9h10p9-|--------------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-0----------------|-0------------------------------||
Verse
3/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E +E Q. Q Q 4x
|----------||------------------|-----------------||
|----------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|----------||------------------|-----------------||
|----------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-(4)-------------||
|-2--5--3--||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|-(2)-5----5--3--o||
|-0--3--1--||------------------|-----3----3--1---||
1.,2.,3.
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E +E Q. Q Q 4x
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-(4)-------------||
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|-(2)-5----5--3--o||
||------------------|-----3----3--1---||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E +E Q. Q Q 4x
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-|-(7)-------------||
||o-----------------|----------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-(4)-------------||
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----5----5--3--o||
||------------------|-----3----3--1---||
Chorus
4.
Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. E Q. E Q.
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|---------3----|---------4----|---------9----|---8------10----|
|-2--2--2-1----|-2--2--2-2----|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8----|
|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------|
|
| Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. E Q. E Q.
|-7-------6----|---------7----|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-4-------3----|---------4----|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------9----|---8------10----|
|----2--2------|-2--2--2------|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8----|
|----0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------|
Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. E Q. E Q. 3x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||----------3----|---------4----|---------9----|---8------10----||
||o-2--2--2-1----|-2--2--2-2----|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8---o||
||--0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------||
|
| Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. E Q. E Q. 3x
||----------6----|---------7----|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||----------3----|---------4----|--------------|----------------||
||---------------|--------------|---------9----|---8------10----||
||o-2--2--2------|-2--2--2------|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8---o||
||--0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------||
Interlude
Q=140
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||------8--7------8---7-----8-|----10--7-----10---7----10-|
||o-10-------10---------10----|--8--------8----------8----|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----7--5------7---5-----7-|-----8--5-----8---5-----8---||
|--8--------8----------8----|--6--------6---------6-----o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----4--3------4---3-----4-|-----6--3------6---3-----6-|
||---5--------5----------5----|--3--------3----------3----|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----3--1------3---1-----3-|-----4--1-----4---1-----4--o||
|--3--------3----------3----|--1--------1---------1------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||------8--7------8---7-----8-|----10--7-----10---7----10-|
||o-10-------10---------10----|--8--------8----------8----|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----7--5------7---5-----7-|-----8--5-----8---5-----8---||
|--8--------8----------8----|--6--------6---------6-----o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| H +E Q E H +E Q E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
Bridge
3/4
Gtrs I, II
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
||-------------|------------|---------0--|---------0---|
||o---------0--|---------0--|---------5--|---------5---|
||----------4--|---------4--|------------|-------------|
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|-------------|
||--0-3-0-3----|-0-3-0-3----|-3-5-6-3----|-3-5-6-3-----|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|---------0--|------------|---------0--|-------------|
|-7-7-----5--|------------|-7-7-----5--|-------------|
|-5-5--------|-5----------|-5-5--------|-5-----------|
|-----6-4----|----6-4-6-4-|-----6-4----|----6-4-6-4--|
Gtr I
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q 4x
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|---------6-----|---------6-----|---------4----|---------4------o||
|---------8b10r-|---------8b10r-|---------6b8r-|---------6b8r----||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-6-8-4-6-------|-6-8-4-6-------|-4-6-2-4------|-4-6-2-4--------o||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q 4x
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|---------6-----|---------6-----|---------4----|---------4------o||
|---------8b10r-|---------8b10r-|---------6b8r=|---------6b8r----||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------o||
|-4-6-2-4-------|-4-6-2-4-------|-2-4-0-2------|-2-4-0-2---------||
Outro
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--|
|-0--3--1--|-0-----------------|-0--------------|-0---------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q H
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-------5--|-4-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-0--3-----|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|------2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--|
|-0--3--1--|-0-----------------|--0---------------|-0---------------------|
|
| Q Q Q H. +H.
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-------5--|-4-----------------|-(4)--------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|-(2)--------------|-----------------------|
|-0--3-----|-0-----------------|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|
Gtrs I, II
Q Q Q Q W
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-2--5--3--2--|----------*|---|
|-0--3--1--0--|----------*|---|
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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