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Backbone Tab

by Gojira
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author wilson6907 [a] 250.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 24, 2017
We have an official Backbone tab made by UG professional guitarists.
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People keep on getting this wrong so I figured I would correct them.
By - Robert Wilson
Gojira - Backbone
Tuning
1 Step Down - DGCFAD
 
[MAIN RIFF]
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------| x5 (Gtr.1 plays the first time)
G|-----------------------------9--10-9--10------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  .  .  .  .
 
(Gtr.1)
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------9--10--------------9--10----| x2
G|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-----|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---7--8--0-0-0-0-0-0--7--8-----|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .        . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.2)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------4--5---------------4--5-------|
C|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-------| x2
G|-----------------------2--3---------------2--3-------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .         . . . . . .
 
[VERSE 1]
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------| x4
G|-----------------------------9--10-9--10------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  .  .  .  .
 
[Gtr.1]
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------9--10--------------9--10----| x2
G|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-----|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---7--8--0-0-0-0-0-0--7--8-----|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .        . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.2)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------4--5---------------4--5-------|
C|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-------| x2
G|-----------------------2--3---------------2--3-------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .         . . . . . .
 
[VERSE 2]
 
[VERSE 1]
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------| x8
G|-----------------------------9--10-9--10------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  .  .  .  .
 
(Gtr.1)
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------9--10--------------9--10----| x2
G|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-----|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---7--8--0-0-0-0-0-0--7--8-----|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .        . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.2)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------4--5---------------4--5-------|
C|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-------| x2
G|-----------------------2--3---------------2--3-------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .         . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.1)
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------9--10--------------9--10----| x2
G|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-----|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---7--8--0-0-0-0-0-0--7--8-----|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .        . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.2)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------4--5---------------4--5-------|
C|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-------| x2
G|-----------------------2--3---------------2--3-------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .         . . . . . .
 
[TRANSITION]
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
F|----------------------|
C|----------------------|
G|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM .  . .   . . . . . .
 
[BRIDGE]
(Gtr.1)(Tremolo Pick all notes)
D|-10--------------|---------------------|
A|-----9-----------|---------------------|
F|-----------------|---------------------|
C|-----------------|---------------------| x2
G|-----------------|---------------------|
D|---------4-------|-5---4---3---4-------|
 
(Gtr.2)(Tremolo Pick all notes)
D|-----------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------|---------------------|
F|-7---------------|---------------------|
C|-----6-----------|---------------------| x2
G|-----------------|---------------------|
D|---------4-------|-5---4---3---4-------|
 
(Gtr.1)(Tremolo pick all notes)
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
F|-11--12---11------|-9-11-12-9-11--8--|-11------12-------|-14-------16-------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| x2
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 
(Gtr.2)(Tremolo pick all notes)
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
F|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| x2
G|-9--10----9-------|-7-9-10-7-9--6----|-9-------10-------|-12-------14-------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 
(Gtr.1)(Tremolo Pick all notes)
D|-10--------------|---------------------|
A|-----9-----------|---------------------|
F|-----------------|---------------------|
C|-----------------|---------------------| x2
G|-----------------|---------------------|
D|---------4-------|-5---4---3---4-------|
 
Gtr.2 (Tremolo Pick all notes)
D|-----------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------|---------------------|
F|-7---------------|---------------------|
C|-----6-----------|---------------------| x2
G|-----------------|---------------------|
D|---------4-------|-5---4---3---4-------|
 
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
F|----------------------|
C|----------------------| x2
G|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM .  . .   . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.1)(Tremolo pick all notes)
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
F|-11--12---11------|-9-11-12-9-11--8--|-11------12-------|-14-------16-------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| x2
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 
(Gtr.2)(Tremolo pick all notes)
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
F|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| x2
G|-9--10----9-------|-7-9-10-7-9--6----|-9-------10-------|-12-------14-------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 
[TRANSITION]
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
F|----------------------|
C|----------------------| x2
G|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM .  . .   . . . . . .
 
[VERSE 3]
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------| x8
G|-----------------------------9--10-9--10------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0-------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  .  .  .  .
 
(Gtr.1)
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------9--10--------------9--10----| x2
G|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-----|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---7--8--0-0-0-0-0-0--7--8-----|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .        . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.2)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------4--5---------------4--5-------|
C|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-------| x2
G|-----------------------2--3---------------2--3-------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .         . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.1)
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------9--10--------------9--10----| x2
G|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-----|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---7--8--0-0-0-0-0-0--7--8-----|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .        . . . . . .
 
(Gtr.2)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------4--5---------------4--5-------|
C|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-------| x2
G|-----------------------2--3---------------2--3-------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM . . .  . . .  . . .         . . . . . .
 
[PRE-OUTRO]
(Gtr.1 +2)
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
F|-----------------|-----------------|
C|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
D|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
PM .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .
 
[OUTRO]
(Gtr.1 + 2)
D|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
F|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
C|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
G|-7--10-10--7-7--9-9--|-7-7--10-10--12--14-15-12-14-|-7--10-10--7-7--9-9--|-7-7--10-10--9-9--7-7--6--|
D|-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--0---0-0--0-0--0--|
PM .  . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .  . .  .  .  .    .  . .  . .  . .    . .  . .  . .  . ..
 
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| PM  Palm mute
| x   Dead note
 
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14 comments
im_atheist
well done for the tuning although there's one part slightly wrong! D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| F|---------------------------------------------------| C|-----------------------9--10--------------9--10----| x2 G|----------------------/x--x--------------/x--x-----| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---7--8--0-0-0-0-0-0--7--8-----| PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . should be: D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| F|---------------------/6------------/6-| C|---------------------/x------------/x-| G|---------------------/4-5-3-2-5-4--/4-| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----3-2-0-3-2-----| PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . other than that perfect!
+3
Ijantis
awesome tab, i,m gonna use it to tab guitar pro and give you credit for it.
+1
mysteryguitar
best one ive seen so far. your the only one to get the tuning right to. great job
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