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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...

Elephant Man Tab

Send "Elephant Man" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/m/mastodon/354349.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture rockman Average	#1 by rockman the sequel at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:42 PM EST
	Hmmmm, thats cool as hell really. i didnt know about the elements...it makes a hell of alot of sense though. Leviathan is water, and blood mountain is earth..

No Picture Cicely aka Icic Badass	#2 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Oct 7, 2007 at 4:38 AM EST
	im confused, people say that remission is the fire element but i hear wind samples before this song. leviathan and blood mountain are obviously water and earth but this one im not so sure. i think it has references to both elements, i didn't actually buy the cd though so is there some art work that shows fire?

No Picture Anthony Average	#3 by Anthony at Oct 9, 2007 at 9:24 AM EST
	The elephant man was some freak that lived around that was born 1862. He was born with a rare disease. Growing tumors, hard as bone. Also unusual growth of bones. Known as Proteus Syndrome. The title The Proteus Syndrome Man wasn't really a good title, so they called him The Elephant Man. His name was Joseph Merrick, and is the last song in Remission. This one is instrumental. Also last song "Joseph Merrick" in Leviathan is Instrumental.

No Picture Tim Rhythm Player	#4 by Tim Hanson at Oct 9, 2007 at 4:58 PM EST
	Nope

No Picture ben Average	#5 by ben doherty at Oct 10, 2007 at 4:38 PM EST
	That was born 1862.* (Is it possible to edit posts, if I write anything wrong?)

No Picture Ahhma Average	#6 by Ahhma Yomamma at Oct 15, 2007 at 9:33 PM EST
	Actually, wasnt Joseph Merrick the name of the guy who wrote Moby Dick?

No Picture Pasquale Average	#7 by Pasquale at Oct 15, 2007 at 10:21 PM EST
	i dont think that remission is one of those albums because remission means the return of a disease such as cancer and leviathan is an animal in the WATER and a mountain is a form of LAND