Thickening Lyrics

Mastodon
I was finally able to decipher this crazy song. Here are all the riffs in relative
order, repeat as neccesary.
Some parts are not 100% correct, but pretty close.
W. H. H E S S
|--9----------------|--7------------5--------L--4-5-|
W
W. H. H E S S W
--10----------------|--8------------7--------L--5-7-|--5----------------|
W.
H. H. W
W. H. H E S S
|--9----------------|--7------------5--------L--4-5-|
W
Repeat the rhythm guitar sequence a few times underneath the solo, then switch to this...
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. E E
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
--8--------------------8--|--L---------------------|--5--------2--------2-----|
This riff is a bit ad lib, feel free to rake how you like.
E. S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E
E. S S S E E E E E E E E E H E. S S S E E E E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E E E E E
E E E E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Repeat that sequence of riffs, with this solo inbetween.
E E H S S E
Q. S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H. E S S S
W
Then comes the heavy 3/4 riff. Not sure if this is correct, but it's a fun riff
to play regardless.
S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Repeat that riff a few times during this solo.
Q. Q E Q. Q. H.
--12------10----15S--|--12------15------|--17------------|
Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q.
H. Q E Q E Q. Q E
--17------------|---L----14S--15----14--|----------------------|
--14------------|---L----11S--12----11--|--14b------14b----14--|
H E S S H. S S S S S S S S S S S S
--12---------L--12-14-|--11------------|--11-12-11----11----------------------|
Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S E S E S E S E S E S E S
HH
Bar A below
Bar B below
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
--L-----4-----5--4--4S--5--|--------4-------------------------------|
Q. H E W
--0------0--------L--|--L----------------||
Here are some nice layered guitar parts played on the outro, played at the designated bars.
Bar A
Q. E H
Bar B
H
Enjoy! I hope you can learn to master this song.
- kev
Duration Legend
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down