Colony Of Birchmen Bass Tab

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Band Name: Mastodon
Song name: Colony Of Birchmen
Album: Blood Mountain
tuning: D G C F


intro: the bass doesn't play the intro

1st,2nd verse (0:07,0:49)
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------6-(6)------|---------6-(6)------|--------6-(6)-----|----------------|
|--7-----------8--7-|--7------------8--7-|--7-----------8---|-4-4-4-5-(5)-6-6|
|----0-0------------|-----0-0------------|----0-0---------7-|----------------|


|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------6-(6)------|---------6-(6)------|--------6-(6)-----|----------------|
|--7-----------8--7-|--7------------8--7-|--7-----------8---|-4-4-4-5-(5)-6-6|
|----0-0------------|-----0-0------------|----0-0---------7-|----------------|

|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|-4-4-4-5-(5)-6-6|
|--0-0-0-4-(4)\1----|--0-0-0-4-(4)\1-----|-0-0-0-4-(4)-\1---|----------------|



Chorus (0:30,1:12,2:12)
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--9-----------------|--5---------------|--7-------------|
|--0----------------|--------------------|------------------|------0-(0)-----|

 this is the "run with death" part of the chorus.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------5-7-5--------|
|--0----------------------|--2----------------------|--3--5-(5)--------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------5-7-5--------|
|--0----------------------|--2----------------------|--3--5-(5)--------------|



post-chorus-A (1:31,2;31)
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|------0----4-5--|
|-------10---10\9---|-------3h5--7--5--3-|-2----------------|-----4---/5-----|
|-0---0----0--------|-0---0--------------|---0-0-3-3-3-5-7--|-2-/5-----------|

|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|------0----4-5--|
|-------10---10\9---|-------3h5--7--5--3-|-2----------------|-----4---/5-----|
|-0---0----0--------|-0---0--------------|---0-0-3-3-3-5-7--|-2-/5-----------|


post-chorus-B (1:46,2:47)
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--*---------*----------|-*---------*----------|-*--------*-----------|
|--3--3--3---3--3--3----|-2--2--2---2--2--2----|-2--2--2---5--5--5----|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|---------------5-------|------------4--4------|-----------------------|
|---------5-(5)----5----|-----------------4----|-*---------*-----------|
|--3---3----------------|--2--2--2-------------|-2--2--2---5--5--5-----|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|




Bridge(1:55,2:55)
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--3------3---3------3--|-2------2---2------2--|-2----2---5---5---5---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--3------3---3------3--|-2------2---2------2--|-2----2---5---5---5---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--3------3---3------3--|-2------2---2------2--|-2----2---5---5---5---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--3------3---3------3--|-2------2---2------2--|-2----2---5---5---5---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|





Pre-solo(3:13) 
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-*---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0--let-this-note-ring-|for-two measures------|-0-let-note-ring-for--|

|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-two-measures----------|-0-let-note-ring-for--|-two measures---------|


                                             guitar solo(3:28)bass fig.1-I
|-----10~~~~~-----|11-9-8--------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|------11-9-8--------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------11-9\6-------|-5h7---------5-5---------5-|
|-----------------|--------------------0-2-3-|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---|


bass fig.1----------------------------------------------------------------I
|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-5--------7p5---5h7----|-5h7-------5-5-------7|-7-----------7p5---5h7----|
|--0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0-|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
repeat bass fig.1 like three times

end on a 
G|-5h7-(7)----



here's the order:
intro(no bass)
1st verse
chorus
2nd verse
chorus
post-chorus-A
post-chorus-B
bridge
chorus
post-chorus-A
post-chorus-B
bridge
pre-solo
guitar solo
then end it

Legend:
()-let note ring 
 \-slide
 h-hammer-on
 p-pull-off
 *-hit the note hard
 ~- vibrato

Mastodon rocks!!!