BLOOD AND THUNDER
As recorded by Mastodon
(From the 2005 Album LEVIATHAN)
Words and Music by Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders and Bill Kelliher
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=96
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/|=9-10-----7/9-10-----10-10\9\7/10--|
|-7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/|=7--8-----5/7--8------8--8\7\5/=8--|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|------0-0--------0-0---------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/|=9-10-----7/9-10-----10-10\9\7/10-|
|-7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/|=7--8-----5/7--8------8--8\7\5/=8-|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|------0-0--------0-0--------------|
Verse
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/|=9-10-----7/9-10-----10-10\9\7/10--|
||o-7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/|=7--8-----5/7--8------8--8\7\5/=8--|
||----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|------0-0--------0-0---------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/|=9-10-----7/9-10-----10-10\9\7/10-|
|-7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/|=7--8-----5/7--8------8--8\7\5/=8-|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|------0-0--------0-0--------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/|=9-10-----7/9-10-----10-10\9\7/10-|
|-7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/|=7--8-----5/7--8------8--8\7\5/=8-|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|------0-0--------0-0--------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/|=9-10-----7/9-10-----10-10\9\7/10-|
|-7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/|=7--8-----5/7--8------8--8\7\5/=8-|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|------0-0--------0-0--------------|
Chorus
$
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2--/8-8--5-5--/11-11--8-|-8--/14-14--11-11--/17-17--14-|
|-0--/6-6--3-3---/9--9--6-|-6--/12-12---9--9--/15-15--12-|
Gtr I
E. S Q +Q Q Q H S +S +E
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------17-----|-14-----18---------------------|
|-14--11-11--(11)-----x-----|--x------x---------------------|
|-12---9--9---(9)----15-----|-12-----16----12b14==(12)r(12)-|
|
| Gtr II
| E. S Q +E. S E. S E. S H S +S +E
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-14--11-11--(11)-17-17--14-|-14--11-11---------------------|
|-12---9--9---(9)-15-15--12-|-12---9--9----12b14==(12)r(12)-|
Gtrs I, II
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2--/8-8--5-5--/11-11--8-|-8--/14-14--11-11--/17-17--14-|
|-0--/6-6--3-3---/9--9--6-|-6--/12-12---9--9--/15-15--12-|
To Coda
E. S Q +Q Q Q H S +S +E
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------17-----|-14-----18-----------------------||
|-14--11-11--(11)-----x-----|--x------x----------------------o||
|-12---9--9---(9)----15-----|-12-----16----12b14==(12)r(12)---||
|
| Gtr II
| E. S Q +E. S E. S E. S H S +S +E
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-14--11-11--(11)-17-17--14-|-14--11-11----------------------o||
|-12---9--9---(9)-15-15--12-|-12---9--9----12b14==(12)r(12)---||
Interlude
5/8
Gtr III
S S T T T T S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------12-|
||o-12-13-12h13p12----12----12-13-15----|
||-----------------14----14-------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| S S T T T T S S S S S S
||------------------------------------7-|
||o--7--8--7h=8p=7-----7-----7--8-10----|
||------------------9-----9-------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S T T T T S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------9-|
||---9-10--9h10p=9-----9-----9-10-12----|
||o----------------12----12-------------|
||--------------------------------------|
6/8
S S T T T T S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------12----12-|
|-12-13-12h13p12----12----12--13-15----15----|
|----------------14----14--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| S S T T T T S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------7-----7-|
|--7--8--7h=8p=7-----7-----7---8-10----10----|
|-----------------9-----9--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| S S T T T T S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9-----9-|
|--9-10--9h10p=9-----9-----9--10-12----12----|
|----------------12----12--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
5/8
S S T T T T S S S S S S
|----------------------------------10-|
|-10-11-10h11p10----10----10-11-13----|
|----------------12----12-------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S T T T T S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------5-|
|--5--6--5h=6p=5-----5-----5--6--8----|
|-----------------7-----7-------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S T T T T S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7-|
|--7--8--7h=8p=7-----7-----7--8-10----|
|----------------10----10-------------|
|-------------------------------------|
6/8
S S T T T T S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------10----10--||
|-10-11-10h11p10----10----10--11-13----13----o||
|----------------12----12---------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||
|
| S S T T T T S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------5-----5--||
|--5--6--5h=6p=5-----5-----5---6--8-----8----o||
|-----------------7-----7---------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||
|
| S S T T T T S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------7-----7--||
|--7--8--7h=8p=7-----7-----7---8-10----10-----||
|----------------10----10--------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||
N.C.
5/8 6/8
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------12-|----------------------------12----12-|
||o-12-13-12----12----12-13-15----|-12-13-12----12----12-13-15----15----|
||-----------14----14-------------|----------14----14-------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||------------------------------9-|-----------------------------9-----9-|
||---9-10--9-----9-----9-10-12----|--9-10--9-----9-----9-10-12----12----|
||o----------12----12-------------|----------12----12-------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||---------------------------5--7-|--------------------------5--7--5--7-|
||o--7--8--7--5--7--5--7--8-------|--7--8--7--5--7--5--7--8-------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
5/8 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------10-|----------------------------10----10--||
|-10-11-10----10----10-11-13----|-10-11-10----10----10-11-13----13----o||
|----------12----12-------------|----------12----12--------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------7-|-----------------------------7-----7--||
|--7--8--7-----7-----7--8-10----|--7--8--7-----7-----7--8-10----10-----||
|----------10----10-------------|----------10----10-------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------5-|-----------------------------5-----5--||
|--5--6--5-----5-----5--6--8----|--5--6--5-----5-----5--6--8-----8----o||
|-----------8-----8-------------|-----------8-----8--------------------||
5/8 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------12-|----------------------------12----12-|
||o-12-13-12----12----12-13-15----|-12-13-12----12----12-13-15----15----|
||-----------14----14-------------|----------14----14-------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||------------------------------9-|-----------------------------9-----9-|
||---9-10--9-----9-----9-10-12----|--9-10--9-----9-----9-10-12----12----|
||o----------12----12-------------|----------12----12-------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------7-|-----------------------------7-----7-|
||o--7--8--7-----7-----7--8-10----|--7--8--7-----7-----7--8-10----10----|
||------------9-----9-------------|-----------9-----9-------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
5/8 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------10-|----------------------------10----10--||
|-10-11-10----10----10-11-13----|-10-11-10----10----10-11-13----13----o||
|----------12----12-------------|----------12----12--------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------7-|-----------------------------7-----7--||
|--7--8--7-----7-----7--8-10----|--7--8--7-----7-----7--8-10----10-----||
|----------10----10-------------|----------10----10-------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------5-|-----------------------------5-----5--||
|--5--6--5-----5-----5--6--8----|--5--6--5-----5-----5--6--8-----8----o||
|-----------7-----7-------------|-----------7-----7--------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
Bridge
4/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|--8--8--8-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------|---------------------------------||
|-5-5-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-4s5s4--o||
|-------------------------4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-2s3s2---||
Outro
&
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||--9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/9-----7/|=9-10-----7/9-10-----10-10\9\7/10---||
||o-7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/7-----5/|=7--8-----5/7--8------8--8\7\5/=8--o||
||----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|------0-0--------0-0----------------||
1.
PM----------| PM----------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--9--9\----------------10s|=9--9\----------------8/--||
||--x--x------------------x-|-x--x-----------------x---||
||o-7--7\-----------------8s|=7--7\----------------6/-o||
||---------2-1-0-1-2-1-0----|--------2-1-0-1-2-1-0-----||
2.
Gtr I
PM----------| PM----------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9\-----------------8/|==9---9\----------------10\|
|-x--x------------------x-|--x---x------------------x-|
|-7--7\-----------------6/|==7---7\-----------------8\|
|--------2-1-0-1-2-1-0----|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0----|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------| PM----------|
| Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9\----------------12s|=13--13\----------------14\|
|-x--x------------------x-|--x---x------------------x-|
|-7--7\----------------10s|=11--11\----------------12\|
|--------2-1-0-1-2-1-0----|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0----|
PM----------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--9---9\-----------------8s==|
|--x---x------------------x---|
|--7---7\-----------------6s==|
|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0------|
|
| PM----------|
| Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-13--13\----------------12s==|
|--x---x------------------x---|
|-11--11\----------------10s==|
|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0------|
PM----------| PM----------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q H
|---------------------------|--------------------------|------------*|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|------------*|
|--9---9\----------------10s|==9---9\----------------8s|=9----------*|
|--x---x------------------x-|--x---x-----------------x-|-x----------*|
|--7---7\-----------------8s|==7---7\----------------6s|=7----------*|
|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0----|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0---|------------*|
|
| PM----------| PM----------|
| Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q H
|---------------------------|--------------------------|------------*|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|------------*|
|-13--13\----------------14s|=13--13\----------------7s|=9----------*|
|--x---x------------------x-|--x---x-----------------x-|-x----------*|
|-11--11\----------------12s|=11--11\----------------5s|=7----------*|
|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0----|----------2-1-0-1-2-1-0---|------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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