Mastodon - "March Of The Fire Ants" Guitar Tab
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Band: Mastodon
Album: Remission
Song: March of the Fire Ants
Copyright (c) Relapse Records, 2002
Version 1.0 - 1/20/2004
Transcribed By: Shaun Secaur
Email: Soulterashaun@yahoo.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning;D standard with E string tuned to A
Low to High; A,G,C,F,A,D
Riff 1
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|Gtr. 1
|------------hp--hp--hp----hp--hp----hp--hp--hp--|
|--2--5--3--232-232-232---232-232---232-232-232--|
|--0--3--1--0-----------0---------0--------------|
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|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|Gtr.2
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2--5--3--2------------------------------------|
|--0--3--1--0------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 alternates stopping the chord and letting it ring.
Guitar 1's riff is always the same.
Riff 1 at 0:28
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|Gtr. 1
|------------hp--hp--hp----hp--hp----hp--hp--hp--|
|--2--5--3--232-232-232---232-232---232-232-232--|
|--0--3--1--0-----------0---------0--------------|
|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------hp--hp--hp--------------hp--hp--hp--|
|-----------898-898-898---hp--hp----787-787-787--|Gtr. 2
|------------------------9109-9109---------------|
|--2--5--3--2------------------------------------|
|--0--3--1--0-----------0---------0--------------|
Riff 2
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--33333334----------33333334----------|
|--11111112-5---5-3--11111112-2---5-3--|
|-----------3---3-1-----------0---3-1--|
Riff 2B (played by guitar 2 along with Riff 2)
|--------------------------------------|
|---(gradual bends on these notes)-----|
|--33333333----------33333333----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------5---5-3-----------2---5-3--|
|-----------3---3-1-----------0---3-1--|
Riff 2C
|--66666666----------66666666----------|
|--(Gradual bends on these too)--------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------5---5-3-----------2---5-3--|
|-----------3---3-1-----------0---3-1--|
Riff 3 (Chorus??)
|--------0-------0---------------------|
|--------0-------0---------------------|
|--------9------10---------------------|
|--------9------10--------9--8-10------|
|--2-----7-2-----8--2-----7--6--8------|
|--0----0--0----0---0----0--0--0-------|
. . . . .
Then Riff 2, 2B and 2C
Riff 3
Riff 4 (Bridge, guitars 1 and 2)
|----6-5---6-5---6---8-5---8-5---8---5-3---5-3---5---6-4---6-4---6--|
|--8-----8-----8---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---4-----4-----4----|Gtr.1
|--7-----------7---5---------------5-----------5---3----------------|Gtr.2
|--5-----------5---3---------------3-----------3---1----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
At 2:44 Guitar 1 is the same, guitar 2 plays
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----3-2---3-2---3---5-2---5-2---5---2-0---2-0---2---3-0---3-0---3--|
|--5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1-----1----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Light palm muting
At 2:56 Guitar 1 still plays the same, guitar 2 plays this
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----8-7---8-7---8---10-7--10-7--10--7-5---7-5---7---8-5---8-5---8--|
|--10----10----10--8------8----8---8-----8-----8---6-----6-----6----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Resume at 3:08 what was played at 2:44
Riff 5 (Post-Bridge, not exactly sure, but pretty close)
|------------------0-----0-----------------------------|
|------0-----0-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------7------------7--------|
|--------------------------77----577----77----577------|
|--------------------------55xxxx-55----55xxxx-55------|
|--1343--1343--3565--3565-----------656~---------656~--|
.... ....
Con't.
|----------------------------|
|------4~----4~----2~----2~--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--5636--5636--3414--3414----|
.... .... .... ....
Repeat until Riff 1 resumes and ends the song.
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