Elephant Man Mastodon
Transcribed By: (J. Merrick)
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note - Trill
Tuning standard down one whole step D G C F A D
This is exactly the way Brent showed me how to play it.
There are a few sections to the song which I have tabbed
individually rather than the whole song.
he sequence is obvious when you listen to the song.
Intro
Play loosely, letting the open strings ring
|---------------0-------------------0---------| |-------12--------12---------12--------12-----| |-----0-----0--------------0-----0------------| |---9--------------------9--------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-----------------0-----------------0---------| |----------10-------10--------10------10------| |-------0-----0-------------0-----0-----------| |----7--------------------7-------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|
Then strum when the drums come in
|------0--0--0----0--0--0--0--------0---------| |------0--0--0----0--0--0--0--------0---------| |------4--4--4----2--2--2--2-/--4-------------| |------5--5--5----3--3--3--3-/--5-------------| |------7--7--7----5--5--5--5-/--7-------------| |--0------------------------------------------| |------0--0--0----0--------------------------------| |------0--0--0----0--------------------------------| |------4--4--4----2--------------------------------| |------5--5--5----3------------0----0----0-----2---| |------7--7--7----5----------5---4----2-----0------| |--0-------------------- 0--5----------------------| |------0--0--0----0--0--0--0--------0---------| |------0--0--0----0--0--0--0--------0---------| |------4--4--4----2--2--2--2-/--4-------------| |------5--5--5----3--3--3--3-/--5-------------| |------7--7--7----5--5--5--5-/--7-------------| |--0------------------------------------------| |------0--0--0----0--------------------------------------| |------0--0--0----0--------------------------------------| |------4--4--4----2--------------------------------------| |------5--5--5----3------------0---0---0----0-----2------| |------7--7--7----5----------5---5---4----2-----0--------| |--0-------------------- 0-5-----------------------------|
Then strum this chord sequence
[F] [C] [Bb] [Am] [G] [F]
|------------------------------------3-------1------------| |--10-------5-------3--------1-b-----3-------1------------| |--10-------5-------3--------2-b-----4-------2------------| |--10-------5-------3--------2-b-----5-------3------------| |---8-------3-------1--------0-------5-------3------------| |------------------------------------3-------1------------|
First solo
|---12h13p12--10-12-10-8-7h8p7--5-7-5-3-----------------| |---------------------------------------3~ 5-6-5-6------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |---5h6p5--3-5-3--1-0h1p0-------------------------------| |-------------------------2-4-2-------------------------| X2 |-------------------------------5-0-2-3-2-3-------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------|
Brent improvised the second, end solo in one take. He told me not even
he could tab it accurately! So you'll have to work it out yourselves...
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