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Capillarian Crest Tab

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

                                CAPILLARIAN CREST
                             As recorded by Mastodon
                      (From the 2006 Album BLOOD MOUNTAIN)

Words and Music by Mastodon
Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Brent Hinds'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Bill Kelliher'

This is one of the most technical songs ever I reckon

   Intro
    Q=180
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
    E E  E E  E E  E E   E E E E E E E E
||---------8---------8-|-----------------|
||o-----10---10--------|-6---------0-4-5-|
||--0-9---------9------|---5-0-4-5-------|
||----------------10---|-----------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||---------------------|-----------------|


  1.,2.
  E E  E  E  E E  E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
|--------12---------8-|------------------||
|-----10----10--------|-6---------0-4-5-o||
|-0-9----------9------|---5-0-4-5--------||
|----------------10---|------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------|------------------||


  3.
 10/8                     11/8
  Gtr I
  PM------------------------------------------------|
  E  E E E  E E E  E E E    E  E E  E E E  E E E  E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|----5--------5------5---|-----5------5------5------5-|
|------5----7------7-----|--7-------7------2------3---|
|-5------7------8------6-|-------8------2------3------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q.     Q.     Q.     E   +Q    Q.     Q.     Q.
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7----------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------7------8------6-|-(6)---8------2------3------|


   Pre-Verse
   6/4
    Gtrs I, II
    PM|    PM    PM|           PM|    PM     PM
    E E  E E E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E  E E E E E E E
||---------------------------|----------------------------||
||o--------------------------|---------------------------o||
||---------------------------|-----------------------4/9--||
||------10---6-6---------4-5-|-----10---6/10-----5-5------||
||o------8---4-4-----5-5-----|------8---4/=8-0-4---------o||
||--0-0----0-----0-0---------|-0-0----0-------------------||


   Verse
   4/4
    PM|    PM    PM    PM  PM|
    E E  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|
||------10---6-6---3-|---3-------------|
||o------8---4-4---1-|---1-------------|
||--0-0----0-----0---|-0---0-0-4-3-4-6-|


  PM|    PM    PM    PM  PM|
  E E  E E E E E E   E E E E  E E  E  E
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|---------10-9-10-12--||
|-----10---6-6---3-|---3-----------------||
|------8---4-4---5-|---5------8-7--8-10-o||
|-0-0----0-----0---|-0---0-0-------------||

Pre-Verse


  E E  E E  E E  E E   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-|-----------------|--------8---------8-|-----------------|
|-----10---10--------|-6---------0-4-5-|-----10---10--------|-6---------0-4-5-|
|-0-9---------9------|---5-0-4-5-------|-0-9---------9------|---5-0-4-5-------|
|---------------10---|-----------------|---------------10---|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|


  E E  E  E  E E  E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------12---------8-|-----------------|
|-----10----10--------|-6---------0-4-5-|
|-0-9----------9------|---5-0-4-5-------|
|----------------10---|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|

Verse
Pre-Verse

   Interlude
    Q=120
   3/4
    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
||------0-5p0-8-------5p0-8-|-------5p0-8-------5p0-8-|
||o-------------0-5p0-------|-0-5p0-------0-5p0-------|
||--4/9---------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|   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
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-5-5-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-3-3-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h4---5p4---0h4---5p4---|-0h4---5p4---0h4---5p4---|
|-----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
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----0-5p0-8-------5p0-8-|-------5p0-8-------5p0-8-|
|-------------0-5p0-------|-0-5p0-------0-5p0-------|
|-4/9---------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|--5h=6-----5h=6-----5h=6-----5h=6----|--5h=6-----5h=6-----5h=6-----5h=6----o||
|--------7--------7--------7--------7-|--------7--------7--------7--------7--||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
|  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||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17-17--||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-o||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----0-5p0-8-------5p0-8-|-------5p0-8-------5p0-8-|
|-------------0-5p0-------|-0-5p0-------0-5p0-------|
|-4/9---------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-3-3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


    Q=140
   5/8
    S  S S S S S S S S S   S  S S S S S S S  S  S  3x
||--0-10-----------------|-0-10--------------------||
||o------8---0-8---0-8---|------8---0-8---0-10----o||
||---------9-----9-----9-|--------9-----9------11--||
||-----------------------|-------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------o||
||-----------------------|-------------------------||
|
|   Q        Q       E     Q        Q        E     3x
||-----------------------|-------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------o||
||--5--------------------|-5-----------------------||
||-----------3-------5---|----------0--------2-----||
||o----------------------|------------------------o||
||-----------------------|-------------------------||


   4/4
    S S S S  S S S S S  S S S S  S S  S  4x
||-----------3----------------6----------||
||o-0-4-5-5----5-5-5------4-5----5-4--5-o||
||-------------------4--5----------------||
||---------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------||
|
|   S S S S  S S S S S  S S S S  S S  S  4x
||---------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------||
||o-5h7-7-7-10p7-7-7--------------------o||
||-------------------8h11-7h8-8h11-7h10--||


    S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S  3x
||----8-----------------|---8------------------||
||o-0---6-----6-----6---|-0---6-----6-----8---o||
||--------9-9---7-9---7-|-------9-9---7-9---9--||
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
|
|   Q       Q       E     Q       Q       E    3x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||--5-------------------|-5--------------------||
||----------3-------5---|---------0-------2----||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------||


   4/4
    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  4x
||-------------10----------------------13-----------||
||o-0-11-12-12----12-12-12-------11-12----12----12-o||
||-------------------------11-12-------------12-----||
||--------------------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------------------||
|
|   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  4x
||--------------------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------||
||o-5h=7--7--7-10p=7--7--7-------------------------o||
||--------------------------8h11--7h=8--8h11--7h10--||


    S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S  3x
||----8-----------------|---8------------------||
||o-0---6-----6-----6---|-0---6-----6-----8---o||
||--------9-9---7-9---7-|-------9-9---7-9---9--||
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
|
|   Q       Q       E     Q       Q       E    3x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o-5-------------------|-5-------------------o||
||----------3-------5---|---------0-------2----||


 1/4
   S   S  S  S
|--------------||----|
|--0--10-------||----|
|--------11----||----|
|-----------12-||----|
|--------------||----|
|--------------||----|
|
| +Q
|--------------||----|
|--------------||----|
|--------------||----|
|--------------||----|
|--------------||----|
|-(2)----------||----|


   Bridge
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
    E. E. E E. E. E   E. E. E E. E. E   E. E. E E. E. E   E. E. E E. E. E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-7--7--7-7--7--7-|-7--7--7-8--8--8-|-7--7--7-7--7--7-|-7--7--7-8--8--8-|
||--0--0--0-0--0--0-|-0--0--0-7--7--7-|-0--0--0-0--0--0-|-0--0--0-7--7--7-|


  E. E. E E. E. E   E. E. E E. E. E   E. E. E E. E. E   E. E. E E. E. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-7--7--7-7--7--7-|-7--7--7-8--8--8-|-----------------|-------------------||
|-0--0--0-0--0--0-|-0--0--0-7--7--7-|-7--7--7-7--7--7-|-7--7--7-8--8--8--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--0--0-0--0--0-|-0--0--0-7--7--7---||


   Riff 1
    Q=150
   6/4
    Gtrs I, II
    PM----------------------------|
    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--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------/4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
||--0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0------------------|


  PM----------------------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------/4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0------------------|


 5/4
                                   ~~~
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  Q
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------4-4-6-6-------||
|-----------------4-4-5-5---------[8]---||
|-8-8-----5-5-4-4----------------------o||
|-----7-7-------------------------------||


   Riff 2
   5/8
    Gtrs I, II
    S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||------------------3-3-|-------------3-3-----|
||o---------4-4-5-5-----|-----4-4-5-5-----5-5-|
||--0-0-4-4-------------|-0-0-----------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------3-3-|-------------3-3-------|
|---------4-4-5-5-----|-----4-4-5-5-----5-5---|
|-0-0-4-4-------------|-0-0-------------------|


  Gtr I
  S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------3-3-|-------------3-3-----|
|---------4-4-5-5-----|-----4-4-5-5-----5-5-|
|-0-0-4-4-------------|-0-0-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------7-7-|-------------7-7-----|
|---------8-8-9-9-----|---------8-8-----8-8-|
|-0-0-8-8-------------|-0-0-8-8-------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------3-3-|-------------3-3-------||
|---------4-4-5-5-----|-----4-4-5-5-----5-5--o||
|-0-0-4-4-------------|-0-0-------------------||
|
| 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-------||
|---------8-8-9-9-----|---------8-8-----8-8--o||
|-0-0-8-8-------------|-0-0-8-8---------------||


   Riff 3
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
                     PM----------------------------|
    E. E. E. E. Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------|---------------------------------|
||o----------------|---------------------------------|
||-----------------|---------------------------------|
||--7--6-----------|---------------------------------|
||o-5--4--8--7--2--|---------------------------------|
||--------6--5--0--|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


                     PM----------------------------|
  E. E. E. E. S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------------------|----------------------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-7--6-------------|-----------------------------------||
|-5--4--8--7-------|----------------------------------o||
|-------6--5--0h2--|-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||


  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|


 Outro
  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9-9---------7-7---------4-4-----|-----2-2-------------------------|
|-----7-7---------4-4---------2-2-|---------0-0-----4-4-------------|
|---------9-9---------7-7---------|-5-5---------2-2-----2-2-4-4-4-4-|


 6/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  W.             E W        Q.
|--------------|------------------*|
|--------------|------------------*|
|--------------|------------------*|
|-7\===========|=2----------------*|
|-7\===========|=2----------------*|
|-5\===========|=0----------------*|


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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Jamma wrote on October 8 2009, 09:46 am

This to me seems the better tab. Its easier to play and when something seems overcomplicated its usually a bad sign.

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Sebariath wrote on February 20 2010, 03:06 pm

Dude im jus gonna give you 5 stars coz u have bothered to tab this, i will never be good enough to play this amazing song. I hail you and Mastodon.

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Lich2011 wrote on October 15 2011, 12:52 pm

This is one crazy song!! Blood mountain
is an incredible album. So is the song,
and so are you who manage to tab this song
Kudos to you!

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