Mesopotamia by Black Light Burns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mesopotamia - Black Light Burns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Stephen McFall Email: smboo28@aim.com Tuning: Gtr. 1 & 2 are in 1 and 1/2 steps down Drop D low to high (B,F#,B,E,G#,C#) Intro Pt. 1 Gtr. 1 (Distorted) C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7-------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-5-(Just play this over and over for a long time)--------------------------| B|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro Pt. 2 Gtr. 1 (Distorted) play 2x C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------| F#|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------| B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------| Verse 1 Gtr. 1 (Distorted) play 2x C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7-------3-------7---------------------------------------------------------| F#|-5-(x32)-3-(x16)-5-(x16)---------------------------------------------------| B|-0-------3-------0---------------------------------------------------------| Pre-Chorus Gtr. 1 & 2 (Distorted) |play 3 1\2x (4th time play only stuff before line) C#|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| G#|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------| F#|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------| B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------| Play Intro Pt. 1 again Then after a bit play Intro Pt. 2 1 time minus the last 16 0-5-7’s then play this Interlude Pt. 1 Gtr. 1 & 2 (Distorted) play 12x C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7-7-7-7-x-10-10-10-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-6----------------------------------------| B|-7-7-7-7-x-10-10-10-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-6----------------------------------------| F#|-5-5-5-5-x-8--8--8--x-3-x-3-x-3-3-4----------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play Pre-Chorus again Interlude Pt. 2 Gtr. 1 (Overdrive + Heavy Delay) (Something like this) C#|-2--2--2-2-2-(x4)-5-5-555-555555-6-6-66-6-666666--2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP C#|--5--6--5--6--5--6--8--6--8--10--11-----(10-11--)-(play 9x fade out)-------| G#|-------------------------------------7--(------7)--------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then C#|-2--2--22-2-222222(x2)-5-5-55-5-555555-6-6-66-6-666666--play whole line 2x-| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then C#|-8--8--88-8-888888-6-6-66-6-666666-5-5-22-2-222222--2-2-22-2-222222--------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then TP TP C#|-8--8--88-8-888888-10----11------------------------------------------------| G#|------------------------------7--------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Interlude Pt. 2 Gtr. 2 (Distortion) play this 30x C#|---------------| G#|---------------| E|x-x-xx-x-xxxxxx| B|x-x-xx-x-xxxxxx| F#|---------------| B|---------------| Then both guitars play Interlude Pt. 1 8x Then both guitars play this C#|-------| G#|-------| E|-------| B|7------| F#|5-(x32)| B|0------| Just before end Gtr. 3 (silent through the rest of the song does a pickslide down the F# low B strings, however, if this was played live one of the two guitarists would just do instead of playing the B5 at the end | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================================== www.TAB6.com