Mastodon - Bladecatcher Tab

                                  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 - 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 - <e .=""> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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