Mother Man Lyrics

MOTHER MAN
As recorded by Atheist
(From the 1991 Album UNQUESTIONABLE PRESENCE)
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
Technical Death Metal Q=120
N.C.
Gtr I
| Gtr II
Faster Q=198
Gtrs I, II
N.C.
Gtr I
||o---------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
| Gtr II
||o---------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|------8------------------|------8------------------o||
|----------------------10-|----------------------10-o||
|-----11------------------|-----11------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
N.C.
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-------4-------4-|-------4-------4-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3--o||
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------6--o||
N.C.
PM--| PM----| PM--| PM--------| PM----| PM--| PM|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
||o-------4-------|---4-------4-----|-------3-------|---3-------3------o||
| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM--------| PM----| PM--| PM|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
||o-------7-------|---7-------7-----|-------6-------|---6-------6------o||
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-------4-------4-|-------4-------4-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3--o||
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------6--o||
E5 N.C.
Gtr I
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
|-0--(0)-5-6--(6)-2-|-3--(3)-0-2-3-5s6-|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
|-0--(0)-5-6--(6)-2-|-3--(3)-0-2-3-5s6-|
E5 N.C.
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
|-0--(0)-5-6--(6)-2-|-3--(3)-0-2-3-5s6-5-3--|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
E5 N.C.
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
|-0--(0)-5-6--(6)-2-|-3--(3)-0-2-3-5s6-|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
|-0--(0)----------5-|-6--(6)-0-2-3-5s6-|
E5 N.C.
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
|-0--(0)-5-6--(6)-2-|-3--(3)-0-2-3-5s6-5-3--|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-------4-------4-|-------4-------4-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3--o||
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------6--o||
Gtr I
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------15-|
| Gtr II
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o-5---------------------|-(5)---------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------o||
|----------------------|----------------------15--o||
|----------------------|--------------------------o||
|-4--------------------|-(4)----------------------o||
N.C.
||o----------------------|-----------------------o||-|
||o----------------------|--------------------15-o||-|
||o----------------------|-----------------------o||-|
||o-8-10-11-8----8-11-10-|-8-10-11-8----11-10--7-o||-|
N.C.
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|----------------------15-o||
||o-----8--9-----------9--8-|-----8--9--------9--8----o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
Lead: Shaefer
E5 N.C.
Gtr III
|-22b24--------22--(22)-(22)\---|---15-12-----------------|
| Gtr I
| ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ PM|
|--0-----(0)-5--6---(6)-------2-|-3----(3)--0--2--3--5s=6-|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ PM|
|--0-----(0)-5--6---(6)-------2-|-3----(3)--0--2--3--5s=6-|
E5 N.C.
|-14b16r(14)-12-----12-----------|----12-(12)-----------------|
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ PM|
|--0---------(0)--5--6----(6)--2-|--3-----(3)-0--2--3--5s==6--|
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ PM|
|--0---------(0)---------------6-|--7-----(7)-0--2--3--5S==6--|
E5 N.C.
|----------------------12h14p12h14p=12h==14-|----------------------12h14p==12h14p12----|
|-12h14p12h14p=12h==14----------------------|-12h14p12h14p=12h==14---------------------|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM---|
|--0-------(0)----5-----6-------(6)----2----|--3-------(3)----0-----2----3-----5s====6-|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM---|
|--0-------(0)----5-----6-------(6)----2----|--3-------(3)----0-----2----3-----5s====6-|
E5 N.C.
|-(14)b15r(14)---------------------|-----------------------||
|-(14)b15r(14)-12-----12-----------|-----------------------||
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
|---0----------(0)--5--6----(6)--2-|--3--(3)-0-2-3-5s6-5-3-||
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM|
Lead: Burkey
N.C.
Gtr IV
| Gtr I
| PM---------| PM---------|
| Gtr II
| PM---------| PM---------|
T T T T T T T T
| PM---------------| PM---------------|
| PM---------------| PM---------------|
T
| PM------------| PM---------|
| PM------------| PM---------|
T T T T T T T T
| PM---------------| PM---------------|
| PM---------------| PM---------------|
TP TP TP TP
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
TP TP TP TP
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-22b24=======(22)-------(22)-|-22------(22)--(22)r=|
|-22b25===(22)r-22-22---------(22)-|-22------(22)--------|
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| PM PM PM
||o------------------------|----------------------o||
||o-7--------------6---5-4-|-7------------6---5-4-o||
| Gtr II
| PM| PM PM PM
||o------------------------|----------------------o||
||o-7--------------6---5-4-|-7------------6---5-4-o||
| PM| PM
| PM PM
| PM| PM PM PM
as
N.C.
PM| PM PM PM
||o------------------------|----------------------o||
||o-7--------------6---5-4-|-7------------6---5-4-o||
| PM| PM PM PM
||o------------------------|----------------------o||
||o-7--------------6---5-4-|-7------------6---5-4-o||
ter Q=212
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
| PM----------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
| PM----------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
N.C.
PM-------------------------------------------------
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---9---10---7------------|---9---10---7------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|---7---8---5-----------|---7---8---5-------------o||
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o---4-5-2-----|---4-5-2-----|---2-3-0-----|---2-3-0-----o||
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr I
| Gtr II
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o---4-5-2-----|---4-5-2-----|---2-3-0-----|---2-3-0-----o||
Slower Q=138
Gtr V
>
| >
Lead harmony: Burkey
Gtr V
||o--------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Gtr II
||o-18b20----(18)------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------17----|------------17-15-17--(17)p15s12-|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------18-|-18b20--(18)--18-17-----------||
|--------------------|------------------------18---o||
|-12s15------(15)----|------------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------o||
Lead: Burkey
N.C.
Gtr IV
|-15p10--------------------------------|----------------18-16b18-----(16)-----|
|------------------10-----(10)\---1/---|-13h17--------------------------------|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM------------------------------------------------------|