Between the Buried and Me - "Mordecai" Guitar Tab
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Band: Between The Buried And Me
Song: Mordecai
Album: The Silent Circus
Track: 4
Tuning: C# standard (C#, F#, B, E, Ab, C#)
Transcribed by: Cory Brown (Obswalq), Beelzebozo, riffer_03, and Shane.
Copyright © Victory Records 2003
Version 2.5 - October 12, 2004
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This tab is for both guitars.
Easy access:
CTRL + F,
search for "guitar 1" or "guitar 2."
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Tab legend:
. - 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
a - comments q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - pinched harmonic ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute [] - ghost note, sustained note
() - tremolo note <> - Trill
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Guitar 1
(Clean.)
|--15-------||
|--14-------||
|--13-------||
|--12-------||
|-----------||
|-----------||
(Distorted.)
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------5-4-3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5-4-3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3-2-1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------5-4-3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5-4-3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3-2-1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(11)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-9-\----||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------5-4-3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5-4-3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3-2-1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-||
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------||
pm. pm. pm.
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------5----4----3-----------||
|-3h6-----4h7-----3h6-----5----4----3-----------||
|-----000-----000-----000-3----2----1-----------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(11)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-9-------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------6----------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|---------7h8p7-----6-----6h7h8h9----9-------||
|-9--8----------7----6-----------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
3x (last time, hold the D)
|------------------------------------13*\----||
|----------------------------10111213--------||
|.-------78910121110910111213---------------.||
|.-891011-----------------------------------.||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------6*--||
|-----2345----3456----2345----3456----4567----5678-----6789----||
|-3456----4567----3456----4567----5678----6789----78910--------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
x4
|----------------------------------------||-----||
|----------------------------------------||-----||
|.--------------------------------------.||-----||
|.---------11-8---9-6---------2-3-7---6-.||---6-||
|--3-4-7-6-10-7-3-8-5-3-4-7-6-2-3-7-0-6--||-0-6-||
|--3-4-7-6-9--6-3-7-4-3-4-7-6-0-1-5-0-4--||-0-4-||
........ .................
4x
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|.---------------------------------------------------------------------12*\-.||
|.-2-3/-6-\-2-3------7*--6-\3-2-3---9\6--------------------3-4/7\6\3/4------.||
|--2-3/-6-\-2-3--3/6-----6-\3-2-3---8\5--------------------3-4/7\6\3/4-------||
|--0-1/-4-\-0-1----------4-\1-0-1---7\4--7-4-3-1-2-3--4*---3-4/7\6\3/4-------||
. . ..... ........... .
|--------------||
|--------------||
|--------------||
|-2-3-/6-\-2-3-||
|-2-3-/6-\-2-3-||
|-0-1-/4-\-0-1-||
. .
|---------------------------------------------------------5------------||
|-------------------------------------------------5-7-------7----------||
|---------------------5-7-8---7-5-------------5-7-----5-------8-7-5----||
|-----------6-----6-7-------------7-6-4-6---7-----------------------6--||
|-8-5---5-8-----9------------------------------------------------------||
|-----7----------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------8\-5/6---||
|------------6--------12-10-12-12b-13r-12-----------------6-----------||
|----------8---8---8----------------------11--\7--10-\7--7-7----------||
|-7---7-10-------10---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|------9-12-9-----------------------------||
|-7-10--------10--------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
(This is all I feel like doing right now.)
(Haven't figured this part out, yet.)
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------8---11----------------------------||
|----12----10-13----10-13-----10-----10----10-------------------------||
|-5/7----11------10------9--8----11----------8-------------4---7----7-||
|---------------------------------------------10-7-----5-4---7---8----||
|--------------------------------------------------9-7----------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
(This part is played clean, and Matt Oien is correct.
I've confirmed this with several live videos.)
(Haven't figured this part out, yet.
Tommy's keyboard samples get in the way.)
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
(Clean, melodic solo.)
|--------15-13h14----------------------------------------12---15--/17---
|----------------15---------------15-----------------13----13---13---13-
|------16----------14-12--14/16-16--14-12-12-----12----14---------------
|-12h14-----------------12------------------12h14--14-------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-19-19/20\19-17-17/19-17--19------------15p14----
----------------------------17--------15-----15--
-16-16/17\16-14-14/16-14------16-14h16-----------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-18/19--------------------15/17-15--------------12--------------------15-----||
-------------12--12h13p12---------------12-13-15--15-13-12h13p12--13----13---||
-15/16--12h14--14---------12/14-12-12h14------------------------12--12----12-||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
(Distortion, switch to neck pick-up.)
|---------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------19-17--------15-------||
|------------------19------19-----------------------||
|-16h17-16h17--16-------19--------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
(Switch to bridge pick-up.)
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|----------------7---------||
|-5----4----2----5----5----||
|-5----5----2----3----5----||
|-3----2----0---------3----||
(Switch to bridge pick-up.)
x3
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|.-12--12--12--12--12--12---.||
|.---12--12--12--12--12--12-.||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-14--14--14--14--14--14---||
|---14--14--14--14--14--14-||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
x3
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|.-16--16--16--16--16--16---.||
|.---16--16--16--16--16--16-.||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|---------------------17---||
|-17--17--17--19--21-------||
|---17--17--17--17--17--17-||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
(Ending solo.)
|--15-14---------------------------------------------------------14-15-----
|--------15---------15-----------15------------------------12-15-------15--
|.----------14-16-------12-11-12----11-12-12---12-11----14-----------------
|.---------------------------------------------------12--------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
x4
---------------------------------1417---||
-------------------------------15-------||
-14-12-11-12-11--------------14--------.||
----------------12-7-------16----------.||
-------------------------17-------------||
----------------------------------------||
Sweep pick..
|-15-14------------------------------------------------
|-------15---------------------------------------------
|----------14-16-------16---14---16--b19r-16--------16-
|---------------------------------------------17-------
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------||
---14---16--b19r-16------------11----14-16-b19r-16---||
---------------------17--12--------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------||
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Guitar 2
|--12-------||
|--11-------||
|--10-------||
|--9--------||
|-----------||
|-----------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-8h11p8-000-9h12p9-000-8h11p8-000-8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-||
pm. pm. pm.
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------5-4-3-------------||
|----------------------------------5-4-3-------------||
|-8h11p8-000-9h12p9-000-8h11p8-000-3-2-1-------------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-8h11p8-000-9h12p9-000-8h11p8-000-8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-||
pm. pm. pm.
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------5---4---3---------||
|----------------------------------5---4---3---------||
|-8h11p8-000-9h12p9-000-8h11p8-000-3---2---1---------||
pm. pm. pm. . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(11)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(10)-(6)-(9)-(10)---------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------10---------||
|---------7h8p7-----6-----6h7h8h9---9--------||
|-9--8----------7----6-----------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
3x
|----------------------------||-----------------------------||
|----------------------------||-----------------------------||
|.--------------------------.||-----------------------------||
|.-888877776666555544443333-.||-888877776666555544443-------||
|--666655554444333322221111--||-666655554444333322221-------||
|--666655554444333322221111--||-666655554444333322221-------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------6*--||
|-----2345----3456----2345----3456----4567----5678-----6789----||
|-3456----4567----3456----4567----5678----6789----78910--------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|-2-2---2---2-2--2-------||
|-2-2---2---2-2--2-------||
|-0-0---0---0-0--0-------||
................
x4
|----------------------------------------||-----||
|----------------------------------------||-----||
|.--------------------------------------.||-----||
|.---------11-8---9-6---------2-3-7---6-.||---6-||
|--3-4-7-6-10-7-3-8-5-3-4-7-6-2-3-7-0-6--||-0-6-||
|--3-4-7-6-9--6-3-7-4-3-4-7-6-0-1-5-0-4--||-0-4-||
........ .................
4x
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|.---------------------------------------------------------------------12*\-.||
|.-2-3/-6-\-2-3------7*--6-\3-2-3---9\6--------------------3-4/7\6\3/4------.||
|--2-3/-6-\-2-3--3/6-----6-\3-2-3---8\5--------------------3-4/7\6\3/4-------||
|--0-1/-4-\-0-1----------4-\1-0-1---7\4--7-4-3-1-2-3--4*---3-4/7\6\3/4-------||
. . ..... ........... .
|--------------||
|--------------||
|--------------||
|-2-3-/6-\-2-3-||
|-2-3-/6-\-2-3-||
|-0-1-/4-\-0-1-||
. .
|---------------------------------------------------------5------------||
|-------------------------------------------------5-7-------7----------||
|---------------------5-7-8---7-5-------------5-7-----5-------8-7-5----||
|-----------------6-7-------------7-6-4-6---7-----------------------6--||
|---------------9------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 1 (Guitar 2 comes in.)
|----||
|----||
|-2--||
|-2--||
|-0--||
|----||
4x
|---------||--------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------||--------------------||--------------------------2-4-2----||
|-2--4--3-||-2--2---------4--3--||.-2--2----------------3-5-------5-.||
|-1--4--3-||-2--1--2-5-4--4--3--||.-2--1--2-5-4-----4-3-------------.||
|-0--2--1-||-0--0---------2--1--||--0--0--------2-5------------------||
|---------||--------------------||-----------------------------------||
(Haven't figured this part out, yet. Tommy's keyboard samples get in the way.)
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------7---------------------------7--------------------||
|-5------------7-----\--------22222222222--5-----5-----4--------||
|-5------------5-----\--------22222222222--3-----5-----5--------||
|-3------------------\--------00000000000--------3-----2--------||
pm........
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|-----7----------------||
|-2---5---5---4--------||
|-2---3---5---5--------||
|-0-------3---2--------||
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|.-----------------------------
|.-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-
|--2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-
|--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-
pm.. .... .... ....
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-7-7777-7-7777-7-7777-7-7777-
-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-
-3-3333-3-3333-3-3333-3-3333-
-----------------------------
pm.. .... .... ....
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-
-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-
-3-3333-3-3333-3-3333-3-3333-
pm.. .... .... ....
------------------------------||
------------------------------||
-----------------------------.||
-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444-.||
-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555-5-5555--||
-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222--||
pm.. .... .... ....
xalot
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|.-----7------------.||
|.-2---5---5---4----.||
|--2---3---5---5-----||
|--0-------3---2-----||
x3
|-----------------------------------------||--------||
|-----------------------------------------||--------||
|.---------------7-----------------------.||--------||
|.-----2-------5-------5-------4h5-------.||--------||
|----2-------3-------5-------5------------||--------||
|--0---------------3-------2--------------||-0------||
(With delay.)
Keyboard part (to do it on guitar, just use a lot of chorus and reverb):
|-4------------------||
|-5------------------||
|-6------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
(Gradually fades in.)
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