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Death Before The Mast Tab

by Alestorm


Alestorm – Death Before The Mast


Tune guitar down 2 steps to C

. = palm mute
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide

Bass Intro

Riff 1 – x 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------7-8-7------|
|----5---5----7---7----9-10-9-10-----5---5----7---7---5h6p5-109--|
|-00-3-0-3-00-5-0-5-00-7s8--7s8---00-3-0-3-00-5-0-5-0-------8-7--|
  ..   .   ..   .   ..            ..   .   ..   .   .

Riff 2 – x 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------7-8-7------|
|----5---5----7---7----9-10-9-10-----5---5----7---7---5h6p5-109--|
|-00-3-0-3-00-5-0-5-00-7s8--7s8---00-3-0-3-00-5-0-5-0-------8-7--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  ..   .   ..   .   ..            ..   .   ..   .   .

Riff 1 x 1

Riff 3 – x 1
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--------------7-5-4--|
|-22222-22-222-5-3-2--|
|-00000-00-000--------|
  ..... .. ...

Riff 4 – x 7
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-4----------------------|
|-2-2-3-2-5---3---3-5-3--|
|---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-1-3-1--|

Riff 5 – x 1
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-4---------------4-4--|
|-2-2-3-2-5---3---2-2--|
|---0-1-0-3-0-1-0------|

 
Riff 6 – x 2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------7-------------------|
|----2----5----5----7-5-4-2-5-4-2--|
|-00-0-00-3-33---55-5-3s2-0-3s2-0--|
  ..   ..   ..   ..

Riff 7 – x 1
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-00-3-0-3-00-5-0-5-00-333-333--|
  ..   .   ..   .   .. ... ...

Riff 1 x 2
Riff 2 x 1
Riff 1 x 1
Riff 3 x 1
Riff 4 x 7
Riff 5 x 1
Riff 6 x 2

Riff 8 – x 3
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------| on the 1st time there is
|----------------2-4-2----------------5-4-2--| a pinch harmonic instead
|-2-4----4---4---0-2-0-2-4----4---4---3-2-0--| of the last three chords
|-0h2-22-2-2-2-2-------0h2-22-2-2-2-2--------|
      ..   .   .           ..   .   .

Riff 9 – x 2
|----------------------*-----------------------|
|----------------------*-----------------------|
|----------------------*-----------------------|
|----------------4-6-4-*----------------7-6-4--|
|-4-6----6---6---2-4-2-*-4-6----4---4---5-4-2--|
|-2s4-44-4-4-4-4-------*-2s4-22-2-2-2-2--------|
      ..   .   .           ..   .   .

Riff 8 x 2
Riff 9 x 2 on the 2nd time instead of playing the 2nd half of the riff (After *) play this:

|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-5-4-5-7-9--|
|-3-2-3-5-7--|

 
Riff 10 – x 1
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---4----7----4----7----|
|-2-2--5-5--2-2--5-5-2--|
|-0----3----0----3---0--|

Riff 11 – x 1
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---4----7----4----754--|
|-2-2--5-5--2-2--5-532--|
|-0----3----0----3------|

Riff 4 x 7

Riff 12 – x 1
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-4------------------------|
|-2-2-3-2-5---3---3-5-3-2--|
|---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-1-3-1-0--|