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I Am Ahab
Mastodon
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I AM AHAB
As recorded by Mastodon
(From the 2004 Album LEVIATHAN)
Words and Music by Mastodon
Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar II'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Clean Guitar'
Intro
Q=135
3/4
Gtr I
PM----|
E S S S S E E E H. +H.
||------------------|------------|-------------|
||o-----------------|------------|-------------|
||------------------|------------|-------------|
||--9---------9-7-9-|-10---------|-(10)--------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|--8---------|--(8)--------|
||------------------|------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----|
| E S S S S E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
||------------------|------------|-------------|
||o-----------------|------------|-------------|
||------------------|-10----7----|---5---4-----|
||--9---------9-7-9-|------------|-------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|--8----5----|---3---2-----|
||------------------|------------|-------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM----|
E S S S S E E E H. H.
|-----------------|---------|--------||
|-----------------|---------|-------o||
|-----------------|---------|--------||
|-9---------9-4-5-|-7-------|-4------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-3-|-5-------|-2-----o||
|-----------------|---------|--------||
Riff 2
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-8-8-|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-5-5-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-8-8-|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-5-5--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Riff 3
PM----------------| PM----------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S H. E S S S S S S S S S S Q. Q.
||------------------------|----------|-----------------------|-------------||
||o-----------------------|----------|-----------------------|------------o||
||------------------------|----------|-----------------------|-------------||
||--9---------------------|-10-------|-9---------------------|-7----4------||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-|--8-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-3-3-|-5----2-----o||
||------------------------|----------|-----------------------|-------------||
Verse
E. E. E E E E. E. E E E E. E. E E E E. E. E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o||
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
||--9--7--10-9-10-|-12------12-11-12-|-9--7--10-9-10-|-12------12-11-12--||
||o-7--5---8-7--8-|-10--10--10--9-10-|-7--5---8-7--8-|-10--10--10--9-10-o||
||----------------|------8-----------|---------------|------8------------||
E. E. E E E E. E. E E E E. E. E E E E. E. E E E
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||
||o-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------o||
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------||
||o-7--2--8-7-8-|-10--2--10-9-10-|-7--2--8-7-8-|-10--2--10-9-10-o||
||--5--0--6-5-6-|--8--0---8-7--8-|-5--0--6-5-6-|--8--0---8-7--8--||
Riff 4
Gtr I
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. Q. +H.
||--------------|-------------|------------|----------||
||o-------------|-------------|------------|---------o||
||--------------|-------------|------------|----------||
||--------------|-------------|------------|----------||
||o-8--7--5--4--|-5--8--5--4--|-5--2--5----|--(5)----o||
||--6--5--3--2--|-3--6--3--2--|-3--0--3----|--(3)-----||
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~
| E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. Q. H.
||--------------|-------------|------------|----------||
||o-------------|-------------|------------|---------o||
||--------------|-------------|------------|----------||
||--------------|-------------|------------|----------||
||o-8--7--5--4--|-5--8--5--4--|-5--2--5----|-/10-----o||
||--6--5--3--2--|-3--6--3--2--|-3--0--3----|----------||
Riff 5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--|
||--------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-0-0-8-0-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-|-7-0-0-8-0-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-7-0-0-8-0-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-|-7-0-0-8-0-0-5-0-4-0-5-0--||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--8-0-0--7-0-0--5-0--4-0--5-0-|--8-0-0--7-0-0--5-0--4-0--5-0-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-11-0-12-0-|-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-11-0-12-0-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-0-0-8-0-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-|-7-0-0-8-0-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--8-0-0--7-0-0--5-0--4-0--5-0-|--8-0-0--7-0-0--5-0--4-0--5-0-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-11-0-12-0-|-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-11-0-12-0-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
Chorus
E. E. Q. +H. E. E. Q. +H.
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|-10--11--------|-----------|-8--10--------|---------|
|---------12----|-(12)------|--------10----|-(10)----|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|
| E. E. Q. +H. E. E. Q. +H.
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|--7---8---5----|--(5)------|-5---7---3----|--(3)----|
|--5---6---3----|--(3)------|-3---5---1----|--(1)----|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
E. E. Q. +H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-6--8--5----|-(5)------|-7---8----|-10---11-----|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|-4---5----|--7----8-----|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|
| E. E. Q. +H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-3--5--2----|-(2)------|----------|-------------|
|-1--3--0----|-(0)------|-4---5----|--7----8-----|
|------------|----------|-2---3----|--5----6-----|
E. E. Q. +H. E. E. Q. +H.
|-10--11--------|-----------|-8--10--------|---------|
|-10--11--13----|-(13)------|-8--10--11----|-(11)----|
|---------12----|-(12)------|--------10----|-(10)----|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|
| E. E. Q. +H. E. E. Q. +H.
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
|--7---8---5----|--(5)------|-5---7---3----|--(3)----|
|--5---6---3----|--(3)------|-3---5---1----|--(1)----|
|---------------|-----------|--------------|---------|
E. E. Q. +H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-6--8--5----|-(5)------|-----------|--------------|
|-6--8--5----|-(5)------|-7----8----|-10----11-----|
|------------|----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|-4----5----|--7-----8-----|
|------------|----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|-----------|--------------|
|
| E. E. Q. +H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------|----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|-----------|--------------|
|-3--5--2----|-(2)------|-----------|--------------|
|-1--3--0----|-(0)------|-4----5----|--7-----8-----|
|------------|----------|-2----3----|--5-----6-----|
Clean Interlude
Gtr III
Let ring throughout
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|--------10-----|--------10-----|---------11------|---------11-------|
|------9----9---|------9----9---|------10----10---|------10----10----|
|----7--------7-|----7--------7-|----8----------8-|----8----------8--|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0---------------|-0----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| H. H. H. H.
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-------------|-7-------------|-7---------------|-7----------------|
|-5-------------|-5-------------|-5---------------|-5----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------13-------|----------13-------|
|-------12----12----|-------12----12----|
|----10----------10-|----10----------10-|
|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| H. H.
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-----------------|-7-----------------|
|-5-----------------|-5-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------15-------|----------15--------|
|-------14----14----|-------14----14-----|
|----12----------12-|----12----------12--|
|-0-----------------|-0------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| H. H.
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-7-----------------|-7------------------|
|-5-----------------|-5------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------8-----|--------8-----|--------10-----|--------10------|
|------7---7---|------7---7---|------9----9---|------9----9----|
|----5-------5-|----5-------5-|----7--------7-|----7--------7--|
|-0------------|-0------------|-0-------------|-0--------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7------------|-7------------|-7-------------|-7--------------|
|-5------------|-5------------|-5-------------|-5--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------11------|---------11------|----------13-------|----------13--------|
|------10----10---|------10----10---|-------12----12----|-------12----12-----|
|----8----------8-|----8----------8-|----10----------10-|----10----------10--|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-7---------------|-7---------------|-7-----------------|-7------------------|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5-----------------|-5------------------|
Outro
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-8-8-|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-5-5-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-8-8-|-7p5p0-7p5p0-7p5-5-5--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E S E. +E E H
|---------------------|------------------|------------|
|---------------------|------------------|------------|
|---------------------|------------------|------------|
|---------------------|---------------9--|-(9)\-------|
|-7-5-0-7---7-5-0-7---|-7-5-0-7---7-5-7--|-(7)\-------|
|---------------------|------------------|------------|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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