Mastodon's
"The Czar I. Usurper II. Escape III. Martyr IV. Spiral"
track no.4 from the 2009 album "Crack the Skye"
Tabbed out by beevvy <b.brachaczek@gmail.com>
Please send any feedback, suggestions, corrections,
etc. to my e-mail address (above).
I uploaded this file because my friends advised me to
do so, although it's not a final version yet. There are
still many mistakes and I haven't yet tabbed out Lead
Guitar (main solo is really difficult to work out!). I'll do it
soon.
Please don't rate this file until I update it!
(Unless you want to give me 5 stars ;-) )
You can also find my Guitar Pro tab of this song
here on ultimate-guitar.com. These are almost exact the same,
GP version has a bit more information.
I made this text version for users who don't have GP5.
Tuning: D Standard (down 1 step): DGCFAD
Tempo: about 122 in Escape part, Usurper and Martyr are a bit slower
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
----------------
AH - artificial harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
^ - brush up
*** Escape ***
** Intro **
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 2x
---------------12-------------|-----------------------------||
-------------------10---------|---------------13------------||
*-------10----------------10--|--------10---------10-----9-*||
*-0--0------0----------0------|--0--0------0----------0----*||
------------------------------|-----------------------------||
------------------------------|-----------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
--------------------------|--------------0--------0--|
--------------5-----------|-----------------5--------|
--------7--------7-----7--|--------7-----------------|
--0--0-----0--------0-----|--0--0-----0--------0-----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
--------------0-----------|--------------0--------0--|
-----------------5--------|-----------------5--------|
--------7--------------7--|--------7-----------------|
--0--0-----0--------0-----|--0--0-----0--------0-----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
Then play again the first two bars twice. And then:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
--------------------------|--------------8-----------|
--------------9-----------|-----------------9--------|
--------7--------7-----7--|--------7--------------7--|
--0--0-----0--------0-----|--0--0-----0--------0-----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
--------------------------|--------------8--------8--|
--------------9-----------|-----------------9--------|
--------7--------7-----7--|--------7-----------------|
--0--0-----0--------0-----|--0--0-----0--------0-----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
** Verse 1 **
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
---------------12-------------|-----------------------------||
-------------------10---------|---------------13------------||
*-------10----------------10--|--------10---------10-----9-*||
*-0--0------0----------0------|--0--0------0----------0----*||
------------------------------|-----------------------------||
------------------------------|-----------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 2x
--------------------------|--------------8-----------||
--------------9-----------|-----------------9--------||
*-------7--------7-----7--|--------7--------------7-*||
*-0--0-----0--------0-----|--0--0-----0--------0----*||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
Actually here begins the verse.
Play again the first two bars (from Verse 1) twice. And then:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 2x
--------------------------|--------------0--------0--||
--------------5-----------|-----------------5--------||
*-------7--------7-----7--|--------7----------------*||
*-0--0-----0--------0-----|--0--0-----0--------0----*||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
Then play the first two bars twice.
Then 3rd and 4th, twice.
Then 1st and 2nd, twice.
Then 5th and 6th, twice.
** Verse 2 **
Q E E E Q E E H E E E
---------------------------|---------------------------|
-----------------------13--|---------------------------|
*------9-----10--9---------|--9h-10-------------9--10--|
*---------7----------------|-----------------7---------|
--0------------------------|---------------------------|
---------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E 2x
------------------------3--|--0-------------0-------------||
---------------------------|-----------3s5-----5----------||
--S------4-----5--4--------|-----5----------------4h5--4-*||
--S---2-----2--------------|-----------------------------*||
--0------------------------|------------------------------||
---------------------------|------------------------------||
** Bridge 1 **
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------5----4h--5-----4--|--------4-----4--4-----4--|
-------------------------|-----3-----3--------3-----|
--0----------------------|--0-----------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
--------------0----------|--------------0-----------|
-------3h--5-----5--3----|-------3h--5-----5--3--5--|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
Then go back to Verse 1. Second time you play Verse 2,
omit two last bars, and play this:
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
--------------------------|-----------------------------|----------
--------------------------|--6-----5-------------10-----|-12-------
--------------------4--4--|-----5-----5s--9h--12-----9--|--------9-
-------5p--4--5--5--------|-----------------------------|-----9----
--0-----------------------|-----------------------------|----------
--------------------------|-----------------------------|----------
*** Escape ***
** Riff 1 **
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q E E E Q S S E S S E S S E
------------------|--------------------------------------|
------------------|--------------------------------------|
---------12s--10--|--9~----------5--------7---------8s10-|
-2----2--12s--10--|--9~----------5--------7---------8s10-|
-2----2--10s---8--|--7~----------3--------5---------5s8--|
-0----0-----------|--------0--0-----0--0-----0--0--------|
PM--| PM--| PM--------|
S S E S S E S S S S E E
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
--------7--------7s9--------------12s--10--|
--------7--------7s9--------------12s--10--|
--------5--------5s7--------------10s---8--|
--0--0-----0--0-------0--0--0--0-----------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q S S E S S E S S E E E E Q E E E
-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
--9~----------5--------7--------8s9--|-----9--9-------------------|
--9~----------5--------7--------8s9--|-----9--9--2----2--12s--10--|
--7~----------3--------5--------5s7--|-----7--7--2----2--10s---8--|
--------0--0-----0--0-----0--0-------|-----------0----0--10s---8--|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q S S E S S E S S E
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
--9~----------5--------7---------8s10-|
--7~----------3--------5---------5s8--|
--7~----0--0--3--0--0--5--0--0---5s8--|
PM--| PM--| PM--------|
S S E S S E S S S S E E
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
--------7--------7s9--------------12s--10--|
--------5--------5s7--------------10s---8--|
--0--0--5--0--0--5s7--0--0--0--0--10s---8--|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q S S E S S E S S E
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
---------------------------------8s10-|
--9~----------5--------7---------8s10-|
--7~----------3--------5---------5s8--|
--7~----0--0--3--0--0--5--0--0--------|
PM--------| PM--------|
E E S S S S E E S S S S
------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|
-----10--------------/10--10--------------|
-----10--------------/10--10--------------|
------8---------------/8---8--------------|
---------0--0--0--0-----------0--0--0--0--|
PM--------| PM--------|
E E S S S S E E S S S S 3x
--------------------------------------------||
--------------------------------------------||
*-/10--10--------------/10--10-------------*||
*-/10--10--------------/10--10-------------*||
---/8---8---------------/8---8--------------||
-----------0--0--0--0-----------0--0--0--0--||
** Verse 3 **
PM--| PM--------------|
E. S S S E. S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|*--------------------------------------|
|*--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---0---0-0--0--0---0-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------8h-10-|
------------------------------------7h-9-------|
------------------------9---7--7h-9------------|
--------------10s-9h-10------------------------|
----0--10h-12----------------------------------|
PM--| PM--------------|
E. S S S E. S S S S S S S
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
--0---0-0--0--0---0-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 2x
-----------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------5h-7--||
------------------------------------5h-7------*||
------------------------9---7--7h-9-----------*||
--------------10s-9h-10------------------------||
----0--10h-12----------------------------------||
Then play the first two bars from Verse 3. And then:
AH AH
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
-------------------------------------------|
--12p-10s-8----8s-7------------------------|
------------11------9-11-9s-7---9---7------|
------------------------------9---9---9s-7-|
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
PM AH PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
------------------7---------------------|
--5---7-7--5-7s-9---9s-7-5----7----5s-6-|
----7----------------------7----7-------|
----------------------------------------|
** Verse 4 **
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mastodon/the_czar_tab.html ]
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM----------| PM-----|
E. S S S E S S E S S E S S E E S S E E S S S S
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-10--10-------10--------9--------9-|---------------9--9----------|
-----------------------------------|---------------9--9----------|
--8---8--------8--------7--------7-|---------------7--7----------|
--------0--0------0--0-----0--0----|-0-0-0--0--0-0-------0-0-0-0-|
PM--| PM--| PM----------| PM----|
E. S S S E S S Q E S S E E S S E E S S S S
----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-10---10-------10--------12S----9-|---------------9--9----------|
----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
--8----8--------8--------10S----7-|---------------7--7----------|
---------0--0------0--0-----------|-0-0-0--0--0-0-------0-0-0-0-|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM----------| PM----|
E. S S S E S S E S S E S S E E S S E E S S S S
------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-10---10-------10--------9--------9-|---------------9--9----------|
------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
--8----8--------8--------7--------7-|---------------7--7----------|
---------0--0------0--0-----0--0----|-0-0-0--0--0-0-------0-0-0-0-|
PM--| PM--| PM--------------|
E. S S S E S S Q E S S E E S S E E Q
------------------------------------|------------------------------|
------------------------------------|------------------------------|
--10---10-------10--------13S----9--|--------------------9--9------|
------------------------------------|------------------------------|
---8----8--------8--------11S----7--|--------------------7--7------|
----------0--0------0--0------------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--------x\*-|
*hand slide
** Bridge 2 **
Veery very hard part to work out.
I hope left guitar plays something like this:
E S E S S S S S S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S
--------------------------------|--------------------7-----7-----|
-----------------5-6--------6~--|--~\-----------3-/5-----0-----0-|
------------0h-4-----4---4------|----------------------4-----4---|
----------6------------6--------|-------0~-----------------------|
-------7------------------------|--------------------------------|
--0--5--------------------------|--------------------------------|
E S E S S S S S S S S S E E. S S S S S E E S S E
---------------------------------|---------7-----7-\------------|
-----------------5-6-----5---6~--|--6~--/5-----0------3--5-5-3--|
------------0h-4-----4-----4-----|-----------4-----\------------|
----------6------------6---------|------------------------------|
-------7-------------------------|------------------------------|
--0--5---------------------------|------------------------------|
S. S. S S S S S S S S S S S E Q Q+S S S S S S S S
-----------------------------------|----------------7-----7---7-|
-------------------5-6-----5---6~--|--~----3~----/5-----0---0---|
--------------0h-4-----4-----4-----|------------------4---------|
------------6------------6---------|-------0--------------------|
--------7-5------------------------|----------------------------|
--0--5-----------------------------|----------------------------|
AH
E S E S S S S S S S S S E E. E S S S E E E E
---------------------------------|-----------7---7-\-----------|
-----------------5-6-----5---6~--|--6~---/5-----------0--5--5--|
------------0h-4-----4-----4-----|-------------4---\-----------|
----------6------------6---------|-----------------------------|
-------7-------------------------|-----------------------------|
--0--5---------------------------|-----------------------------|
and right one:
PM--|
E S S T T S S S S S S S S S E Q Q+S S S S S S S S
--------------------------------------|----------------7-----7-----|
----------------------5-6-----5---6~--|--~----3~----/5-----5-----5-|
-----------------0h-4-----4-----4-----|------------------4-----4---|
---------------6------------6---------|----------------------------|
-------7-7--5-------------------------|----------------------------|
--0--5--------------------------------|----------------------------|
PM--|
E S S T T S S S S S S S S S E E. S S S S S E E E E
---------------------------------------|---------7-----7-\-----------|
----------------------5h-6-----5---6~--|--~---/5-----0------3--5--5--|
-----------------0h-4------4-----4-----|-----------4-----\-----------|
---------------6-------------6---------|-----------------------------|
-------7-7--5--------------------------|-----------------------------|
--0--5---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
PM--|
E S S T T S S S S S S S S S E Q Q S S S S S S S S
---------------------------------------|-------------------7-----7-----|
----------------------5h-6-----5---6~--|--~\----------3-/5-----0-----0-|
-----------------0h-4------4-----4-----|---------------------4-----4---|
---------------6-------------6---------|--------0~---------------------|
-------7-7--5--------------------------|-------------------------------|
--0--5---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
PM--|
E S S T T S S S S S S S S S E E. E S S S S S E E E
--0------------------------------------|-----------7-----7-\----------|
----------------------5h-6-----5---6~--|--6~---/5------0-----0--5--5--|
-----------------0h-4------4-----4-----|-------------4-----\----------|
---------------6-------------6---------|------------------------------|
-------7-7--5--------------------------|------------------------------|
-----5---------------------------------|------------------------------|
** Bridge 3 **
AH
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|*----------------------------|--------------------------|
|*----------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------8-----<>7~----------|--8-----7-----8--0--5--7--|
|---0--5-----5----------0--5--|-----5-----5--------------|
AH
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E 2x
----------------------------|---------------------------||
----------------------------|---------------------------||
----------------------------|--------------------------*||
----------------------------|--------------------------*||
--------5-----<>3~----------|--5-----3-----3-----5--5---||
--0--5-----5----------0--5--|-----5-----5-----0--3--3---||
Then play something like this:
E E E E
-----------------|
-----------------|
--------12s--10--|
--2--2--12s--10--|
--2--2--10s---8--|
--0--0-----------|
And go back to Riff 1.
Second time you play, after Bridge 2 play this:
** Bridge 4 **
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S Q E E E E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|*---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|*--5---5-------6~---6-------7---5-|--------5----4--4--2--2--4--|
|---7---7-------7~---7-------8---7-|--------7----5--5--3--3--5--|
|---------0--0---------0--0--------|--0--0----------------------|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E S S E E E E E
------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
---------------13br--13-------------|--------------------------------*||
--/9----9---------------------7---5-|-------7~-------5--7--5S--10--9-*||
-/10---10---------------------8---7-|-------5~-------3--5--3S---8--7--||
----------0--0----------0--0--------|-0--0-----0--0-------------------||
Then play A5 (actually it's G5) and wait for about 8 bars.
*** Martyr ***
** Bridge 5 **
|---3--|
E. E. E E E+Q E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------10--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------10-----13------|
|*-----------10------9------10--|---------12---------------------|
|*------10----------------------|-----10------10-----------------|
|---0------------12-------------|--0------------------0----------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
-------------------------|---------------------------||
-------------------------|---------------------------||
--------2-----4~---------|--2-----4-----5--4--2--4--*||
-----3-----3-------------|--------------------------*||
--0-------------------0--|-----0-----0---------------||
-------------------------|---------------------------||
** Bridge 3 **
play harmonics only 2nd time
AH AH AH
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
---------------------------|--------------------------|
---------------------------|--------------------------|
*--------------------------|--------------------------|
*--------------------------|--------------------------|
---------8-----7~----------|--8-----7-----8--0--5--7--|
---0--5-----5--------0--5--|-----5-----5--------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
--------------------------|---------------------------||
--------------------------|---------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------*||
--------------------------|--------------------------*||
--------5-----3~----------|--5-----3-----3-----5--5---||
--0--5-----5--------0--5--|-----5-----5-----0--3--3---||
** Verse 5 and Solo **
My interpretation of left guitar part:
^
H H Q E E Q E E
-----------0--------|----------0----------0--|
-----------1--------|----------0----------0--|
*-2--------2--------|--4----4-----5----5-----|
*-2--------2--------|--4----4-----5----5-----|
--0--------0--------|--2----2-----3----3-----|
--------------------|------------------------|
H Q E E S S S S E E E E E E 8x
-------------------0--|---------------------------------||
-------------------8--|---------------------------------||
--9--------9----9-----|--------------------------------*||
--9--------9----9-----|--2h-3p-2p-0--------------0h--2-*||
--7--------7----7-----|-------------3--5--2h--3---------||
----------------------|---------------------------------||
And right one:
W H H
-------------------|--------------------|
-------------------|--------------------|
*-2----------------|--4--------5--------|
*-2----------------|--4--------5--------|
--0----------------|--2--------3--------|
-------------------|--------------------|
W S S S S E E E E E E 8x
-------------------|--------------------------------||
-------------------|--------------------------------||
--4----------------|-------------------------------*||
--2----------------|--2h-3p-2p-0--------------0--2-*||
--2----------------|-------------3--5--2h--3--------||
--0----------------|--------------------------------||
Then play Bridge 5.
And then (the following part definitely needs corrections):
E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E Q
--------------------------|---------------0----------|
--------------------------|------------------8-------|
-----------4--------------|--4--5--7s--9--------9----|
--0--2-----------5-----7--|--------------------------|
--------------7------7----|--------------------------|
--------1-----------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
-----------0--------------|--1--3s--5-----8------0------|
-----------------------3--|------------5-----10-----10--|
-----2--------2--0--2-----|-----------------------------|
--0-----------------------|-----------------------------|
--------1-----1-----------|-----------------------------|
--------------------------|-----------------------------|
*** Spiral ***
Play some variation of Verse 1. See GP tab for details.
And then play Verse 2 like it would be played 2nd time.
And finish the song with E5 (actually D5).
Have a good fun!
(Sorry for my imperfect English.)
