Blood And Thunder Guitar Tab

"Blood and Thunder"
Mastodon
Leviathan
copyright (c) Relapse records 2004
tabbed by Noach Chancer
nchancer@globalsolutech.com
in standard tuning down 1 whole step
KEY:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer on
p = pull off
bu = bend up till it reaches pitch of note in parentheses
bd = bend down ||  || ||       ||  ||  ||   ||   ||
Intro and Verses:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-7----7/9----7/9----7/9----7/9--10----7/9--10----10-10-9\7/10\9-------------|
-5----5/9----5/9----5/7----5/7--8-----5/7--8------8--8-7\5/8\ 7-------------|
---00-----00-----00-----00---------00---------00----------------------------|
Choruses:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------12-12--9-9--6--12--9-9--6------------|
-2--8-8--5-5--11-11--7-7--14-14--11-11--10-10--7-7--4--10--7-7--4-7bu(8)bd(7-|
-0--6-6--3-3---9--9--9-9--12-12---9--9---------------------------------------|
Interlude/Solo section:
(low harmony)
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-----------------------5-------------------------5---5----------------------|
-4-5-4h5p4---4-5-4-5-7-----4-5-4h5p4---4-5-4-5-7---7------------------------|
-----------7-------------------------7--------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------3-------------------------3---3----------------------|
-2-3-2h3p2---2-3-2-3-5-----2-3-2h3p2---2-3-2-3-5---5------------------------|
-----------5-------------------------5--------------------------------------|
(play begining of riffs like whats in brackets after u play through whats
[-------]-------------------------| above twice)
[-------]------------5------------|(same patterns follows for high harmony)
[-4-5-4-]--4-5-4-5-7--------------|
[-------]7------------------------|
(high harmony)
----------------------------------12---------------------------------12---12-|
-12-13-12h13p12----12-13-12-13-15----12-13-12h13p12----12-13-12-13-15---15---|
----------------14----------------------------------14-----------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------10---------------------------------10---10-|
-10-11-10h11p10----10-11-10-11-13----10-11-10h11p10----10-11-10-11-13---13---|
----------------12----------------------------------12-----------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm during 1st 2 times of solo riff:
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-4--4----4--4----2--2----2--2-----------------------------------------------|
-2--2----2--2----0--0----0--0-----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude after Solo section(4X):
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-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--10-10-10-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5---8--8--8-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------------|
-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--9-9-9-7--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4------|
------------------------------------4-4-4-4--7-7-7-5--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2------|
Chorus twice and then verse twice
Outro:                                                      [Last 2 Chords]
------------------------------------------------------------[-------------]-|
-10-9-9\\\\-----------------7-9-9\\\\-----------------------[-------------]-|
-10-9-9\\\\-----------------7-9-9\\\\-----------------------[-------------]-|
-10-9-9\\\\-----------------7-9-9\\\\-----------------------[-7--9--------]-|
--8-7-7\\\\-----------------5-7-7\\\\-----------------------[-5--7--------]-|
------------2-1-0-1-2-1-0-1-----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0-1-------[-------------]-|
harmony during ourto is:
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-12/13-13-THEN-14\13-13-------|
-10/11-11------12\11-11-------|
The End
ENJOY!!!

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/m/mastodon/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture PunkJunky Wanna Be	#1 by PunkJunky at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:36 PM EST
	i think the first half of the song is about blood and the second half is about thunder. Is it just me?

No Picture Andrew Wanna Be	#2 by Andrew Long at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:24 PM EST
	Mastodon are a truly awesome band. Any bunch of guys brave enough to do a concept album (on what many consider to be the greatest American novel ever written) as their second album, and pull it off pretty much perfectly, demand some respect. Blood & Thunder is a summarising introduction to the story of Moby Dick. It focuses pretty much entirely on captain Ahab, describing his paranoia, his ever imminent descent into madness, and his desire for revenge. The entire theme of the book is fantastically contracted into four words: white whale, holy grail. Pure genius...

No Picture John Wanna Be	#3 by John Merritt at Oct 11, 2007 at 2:37 PM EST
	I HIGHLY reccomend reading Moby Dick if you are into this album's concept. It's funny reading all these people who are calling the book "stupid." You should probably read more than 10 pages into it. It's an absolute work of art. RAWWWWK

No Picture Tavo Wanna Be	#4 by Tavo at Oct 17, 2007 at 8:33 AM EST
	The part about "this ivory leg is what propels me" is about how moby dick took ahabs leg and is what drives him to get revenge by killing him.