Band: Between The Buried And Me
Song: Mordecai
Album: The Silent Circus
Track: 4
Tuning: C# standard (C#, F#, B, E, Ab, C#)
Transcribed by: Cory Brown (Obswalq), Matt Oien (riffer_03), and Beelzebozo.
Copyright © Victory Records 2003
Version 2.3 - September 12, 2004
This is for guitar 1 (Paul Waggoner's part).
I will put guitar 2 on here when I have the time.
Tab legend:
. - 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
(Clean.)
|--12-------||
|--11-------||
|--10-------||
|--9--------||
|-----------||
|-----------||
(Distorted.)
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|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
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|-------------------------5-4-3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5-4-3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3-2-1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
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|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
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|-------------------------5-4-3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5-4-3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3-2-1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
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|-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(11)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-9-\----||
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|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
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|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------5-4-3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5-4-3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3-2-1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
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|-----------------------------------------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
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|-----------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------5----4----3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5----4----3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3----2----1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
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|-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(11)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-9-------||
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|--------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------6----------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|---------7h8p7-----6-----6h7h8h9----9-------||
|-9--8----------7----6-----------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
3x (last time, hold the C)
|------------------------------------13*\----||
|----------------------------10111213--------||
|.-------78910121110910111213---------------.||
|.-891011-----------------------------------.||
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|----------------------------------------------------------6*--||
|-----2345----3456----2345----3456----4567----5678-----6789----||
|-3456----4567----3456----4567----5678----6789----78910--------||
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/between_the_buried_and_me/mordecai_tab.html ]
x4
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|.---------11-8---9-6---------2-3-7---6-.||---6-||
|--3-4-7-6-10-7-3-8-5-3-4-7-6-2-3-7-0-6--||-0-6-||
|--3-4-7-6-9--6-3-7-4-3-4-7-6-0-1-5-0-4--||-0-4-||
pm..............................
4x
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|.---------------------------------------------------------------------12*\--.||
|.-2-3-6-\-2-3------7*--6-3-2-3---9\6--------------------3-4/7\6\3/4---------.||
|--2-3-6-\-2-3--3/6-----6-3-2-3---8\5--------------------3-4/7\6\3/4----------||
|--0-1-4-\-0-1----------4-1-0-1---7\4--7-4-3-1-2-3--4*---3-4/7\6\3/4----------||
pm.........
|-------------||
|-------------||
|-------------||
|-2-3-6-\-2-3-||
|-2-3-6-\-2-3-||
|-0-1-4-\-0-1-||
|---------------------------------------------------------5------------||
|-------------------------------------------------5-7-------7----------||
|---------------------5-7-8---7-5-------------5-7-----5-------8-7-5----||
|-----------6-----6-7-------------7-6-4-6---7-----------------------6--||
|-8-5---5-8-----9------------------------------------------------------||
|-----7----------------------------------------------------------------||
(Haven't figured this part out, yet.)
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|-----------------------------------8---11----------------------------||
|----12----10-13----10-13-----10-----10----10-------------------------||
|-5/7----11------10------9--8----11----------8-------------4---7----7-||
|---------------------------------------------10-7-----5-4---7---8----||
|--------------------------------------------------9-7----------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
(This part is played clean, and Matt Oien is correct.
I've confirmed this with several live videos.)
(Haven't figured this part out, yet. Tommy's keyboard samples get in the way.)
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(Clean, melodic solo.)
|--------15-13h14----------------------------------------12---15--17---
|----------------15---------------15-----------------13----13---13--13-
|------16----------14-12--14/16-16--14-12-12-----12----14--------------
|-12h14-----------------12------------------12h14--14------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-19-19b-17-17/19-17--19------------15p14----
-----------------------17--------15-----15--
-16-16b-14-14/16-14------16-14h16-----------
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
-18/19--------------------15/17-15--------------12--------------------15-----||
-------------12--12h13p12---------------12-13-15--15-13-12h13p12--13----13---||
-15/16--12h14--14---------12/14-12-12h14------------------------12--12----12-||
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(Distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------19-17--------------15-------||
|------------------19------19-----------------------------||
|-16-17-16-17--16-------19--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
(Continue this for awhile.)
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|------------------------||
|.-----7----------------.||
|.-2---5---5---5--------.||
|--2---3---5---5---------||
|--0-------3---2---------||
(Ending solo.)
|--15-14---------------------------------------------------------14-15-----
|--------15---------15-----------15------------------------12-15-------15--
|.----------14-16-------12-11-12----11-12-12---12-11----14-----------------
|.---------------------------------------------------12--------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
x4
--------------------------------1417---||
------------------------------15-------||
-14-12-11-12-11-------------14--------.||
----------------12--------16----------.||
-------------------12---17-------------||
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sweep pick....
|-15-14------------------------------------------------
|-------15---------------------------------------------
|----------14-16-------16---14---16--b19r-16--------16-
|---------------------------------------------17-------
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
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---14---16--b19r-16------------11----14-16-b19r-16---||
---------------------17--12--------------------------||
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