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| Mephibosheth |
| ------------------ |
| as recorded by Mortification |
| Words by Steve Rowe and Doug Van Pelt |
| Music by Steve Rowe |
| From the album "Primitive Rhythm Machine" 1995 |
| Tabbed by Juha-Matti Pajunp„„ -81 |
| Date: Tue , 8 April 21:00:38 |
Riff A
e|-----------------------------------+---------------------||
B|-----------------------------------+---------------------||
G|-----------------------------------+---------------------||
D|---9-------7-------5-------4-------+---2-----------------||
A|---7-------5-------3-------2-------+---0-----------------||
E|------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0--+---------------------||
p.m p.m p.m p.m
3/4
e|-----------------------------------+---------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------+---------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------+-*-------------------------||
D|---9-------7-------5-------4-------+-*---2--4------5-----------||
A|---7-------5-------3-------2-------+-----0--2------3------4----||
E|------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0--+----------------------2----||
p.m p.m p.m p.m p.m
4 times
e|-------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||
G|----------------------------*--||
D|----------------------------*--||
A|---4--4-4---4--4-4---4--4-4----||
E|---2--2-2---2--2-2---2--2-2----||
p.m- - - - - - - - - - -|
Riff B
4/4 3 times 4 times
e|--------------------------+---------------------------||
B|--------------------------+---------------------------||
G|-*----------------------*-+-*----------------------*--||
D|-*----------------------*-+-*----------------------*--||
A|---------0--2----5--4-----+----0--2--0----------------||
E|---0--3-------------------+-------------3----2--1-----||
p.m- - | p.m- - -| p.m
e|-------------------------+----------------------------||
B|-------------------------+------------------1---------||
G|-------------------------+------------------1---------||
D|---9--9--9--7----5----4--+------------------3---------||
A|---7--7--7--5----3----2--+-----5----3--3--------------||
E|-------------------------+-----3----1--1--------------||
Fill 1
e|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------||
G|-------------------------||
D|-----------a.h-----------||
A|---2--3--2-------2--3----||
E|---0--1--0--3----0--1----||
p.m- - | p.m
Rhythm Figure 1
e|------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------||
B|------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------||
G|------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------||
D|------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------||
A|---2--3--2--5--(5)------+--(5)------2--3--2--5--+--(5)--------------||
E|---0--1--0--3--(3)------+--(3)------0--1--0--3--+--(3)--------------||
p.m- - | p.m- - -|
Bass Riff
e|--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------||
B|--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------||
G|-*------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------||
D|-*--------2--3----2-------+--------2--3----2-------+--------3--4-----------||
A|-------2-------------2----+-----2-------------2----+-----3----------3------||
E|----0---------------------+--0---------------------+--1----------------3---||
__________ ___________
| 1. | 2.
e|-------------------------|--------------------------||
B|-------------------------|--------------------------||
G|-----------------------*-|--------------------------||
D|---------5--6----5-----*-|---------5----------8-----||
A|------5-------------5----|------5----------8--------||
E|---3---------------------|---3----------6-----------||
Rhythm Figure 2
e|-----------------+---------------+---------------+----------------||
B|-----------------+---------------+---------------+----------------||
G|-----------------+---------------+---------------+----------------||
D|-----------------+---------------+---------------+----------------||
A|---2--2----------+--2--2---------+--3--3---------+--5--5----------||
E|---0--0----------+--0--0---------+--1--1---------+--3--3----------||
Fill 2
e|-----------------+----------------||
B|-----------------+----------------||
G|-----------------+----------------||
D|-----------------+----------------||
A|---8------7------+--(7)-----------||
E|---6------5------+--(5)-----------||
Rhythm Figure 3
e|--------------+---------------+--------------+---------------||
B|--------------+---------------+--------------+---------------||
G|--------------+---------------+--------------+---------------||
D|--------------+---------------+--------------+---------------||
A|--2--2--------+--2--2---------+--3--3--------+--5--5---------||
E|--0--0--------+--0--0---------+--1--1--------+--3--3---------||
e|---------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------||
B|---------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------||
G|---------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------||
D|---------------+---------------+--------------+--------------------||
A|--2--2---------+--2--2---------+--3--3--------+--5--5------8--8----||
E|--0--0---------+--0--0---------+--1--1--------+--3--3------6--6----||
Guitar Solo
e|-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------||
B|--------p--------------------------------------+--------p--p-------------||
G|--16--16-14---p--p-----------------------------+--17--17-16-14---p--p----||
D|------------17-16-14\12---p--p-----------------+---------------17-16-14--||
A|------------------------15-14-12---p--p--------+-------------------------||
E|---------------------------------15-14-12\10---+-------------------------||
e|--------------------------+-------------Tremolo Bar-----------||
B|--------------------------+-N.H------------\-----/------------||
G|--------------------------+--5---------------\-/---(5)--------||
D|--\12---p--p--------------+-----------------------------------||
A|------15-14-12---p--p-----+-----------------------------------||
E|---------------15-14-12---+-----------------------------------||
p p
e|--15-14-12---p--p-------------------------------------||
B|-----------15-13-12---p--p----------------------------||
G|--------------------14-12-11---p--p-------------------||
D|-----------------------------14-12-10---p--p----------||
A|--------------------------------------14-12-10--------||
E|-----------------------------------------------12-----||
e|--------------------+-----------------------+-------------------p---p----||
B|-(12)--5.----7---8--+-----5--7----8--/10----+--5--0----5--0----5-0-7-0---||
G|--------------------+-----------------------+----------------------------||
D|--------------------+-----------------------+----------------------------||
A|--------------------+-----------------------+----------------------------||
E|--------------------+-----------------------+----------------------------||
h h p p
e|---p----p---p---p----------+---h-h--5-7-8-7-5--p-p-------------||
B|--8-0-10-0-8-0-7-0--5------+--5-7-8-----------8-7-5--p-p-------||
G|---------------------------+------------------------7-5-4--p---||
D|---------------------------+------------------------------7-5--||
A|---------------------------+-----------------------------------||
E|---------------------------+-----------------------------------||
p p
e|-----------------------------------+--------h--h---12-15-14-12-----||
B|---h-p-----------------------------+------12-14-15-------------15--||
G|--4-5-4--p-------------------------+-------------------------------||
D|--------7-5--p-h-p-p---------------+-------------------------------||
A|------------8-7-8-7-5--p-p-h-p-p---+-------------------------------||
E|----------------------8-7-5-7-5-0--+-------------------------------||
p p p p p p
e|--17-15-14----+-19-17-15----20-19-17------22^----------------||
B|-----------17-+----------19----------20----------------------||
G|--------------+----------------------------------------------||
D|--------------+----------------------------------------------||
A|--------------+----------------------------------------------||
E|--------------+----------------------------------------------||
e|------------------------+---------------------------||
B|------------------------+---------------------------||
G|------9--10----9--------+------9--10----9--12-------||
D|------9--10----9--12----+------9--10----9--12-------||
A|------------------12----+---------------------------||
E|------------------------+---------------------------||
e|------------------------------------------+-------------------------------||
B|----h--p--p-----p-------------------------+-------------------------------||
G|--16-17-16-14-16-14--------p--p-----------+-------------------------------||
D|--------------------17---16-14-12---------+----------------p--p-----14----||
A|------------------------------------------+----h--h--p---15-14-12---------||
E|------------------------------------12----+--12-14-15-14------------------||
Rhythm Figure 4
e|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------------------||
B|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------------------||
G|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------------------||
D|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------------------||
A|--2--3--2--5--(5)------+--(5)------------+--2--3--2--5--(5)--------||
E|--0--1--0--3--(3)------+--(3)------------+--0--1--0--3--(3)--------||
p.m- - | p.m- - |
e|---------------------+----------------------||
B|---------------------+----------------------||
G|---------------------+----------------------||
D|---------------------+----------------------||
A|--(5)----------------+--2--3--2--5---\------||
E|--(3)----------------+--0--1--0--3---\------||
p.m- - |
Words
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VERSE1
David made a covenant with Jonathan
A promise of trust, the spilling of blood
Slaughter the heifer, walk between two parts
Off with my head if I break the oath.
CHORUS
Mephibosheth
Blood covenant
VERSE2
Jonathan died in battle
David, ascend to the throne
Mephibosheth a cripple
Son of Jonathan lost
Left behind as the fled
Oath of death upon David's head
CHORUS (repeat)
BRIDGE
Search went out for Mephibosheth
Caught, imprisoned, cursing rebel
Brought before King David's throne
Thought that death was imminent
David remembers the covenant oath
He'll show kindness to Jonathan's house
Seen as now the son of the king
All that Saul's would now be his
VERSE3
You are Mephibosheth
David, symbolic of God
Your resisting His throne
The blessing of the blood covenant
Christ died for you, you don't even know
CHORUS (repeat)
