Artist : Godspeed You! Black Emperor Song : The Dead Flag Blues Album : f# a# oo Bassist : Mauro Pezzente Tabbed by : Will Acton (SyntaxWilber) - butterfly__effect__@hotmail.com The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You! Black Emperor is split up into 4 distinct parts: (i) The Dead Flag Blues (Intro) [00:00 - 06:37] (ii) Slow Moving Train [06:37 - 10:10] (iii) The Cowboy... [10:10 - 14:27] (iv) Outro [14:27 - 16:27] I have tabbed the whole thing by ear. However, it is possible that in part (i), the bass sound is being made by a string instrument such as a cello. In some parts of the song, the bass is very, /very/, quiet, and you need to listen extremely carefully for the bass. Although my tab may not be totally perfect, it is definitely far from being utterly wrong. A lot of time and effort went into this, so enjoy it. Because GY!BE rock. Any comments or questions, feel free to e-mail me. (i) The Dead Flag Blues (Intro): **Here, the bass sounds are /extremely/ quiet, so pay a lot of attention [00:00 - 01:42] G|------------ D|------------ A|------------ E|0~~~~~~~~~~~ [01:42 - 02:45] Rest (monologue to a background of string instruments) [02:45 - 03:21] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| | D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~| x5 A|1~~~~~~~~~--|------------|------------|------------| | E|------------|------------|------------|------------| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & / [03:21 - 04:32] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| | D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~--|6---3~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~| x10 A|1~~~~~~~~~--|------------|------------|------------| | E|------------|------------|------------|------------| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & / [4:32 - 4:39] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~--|6---3~~~~~--|4---4---4---| A|1~~~~~~~~~--|------------|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [04:39 - 04:47] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~--|6---3~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~| A|1~~~~~~~--4-|----------4-|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [04:47 - 04:53] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~--|6---3~~~~~--|4---4---4---| A|1~~~~~~~--4-|----------4-|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [04:53 - 05:08] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| | D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~--|6---3~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~| x2 A|1~~~~~~~--4-|----------4-|------------|------------| | E|------------|------------|------------|------------| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & / [05:08 - 05:15] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|--------3---|--------3---|6---3~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~| A|1~~~~~~---4-|1~~~~~~---4-|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [05:15 - 05:22] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|3-----------|6///3~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~| A|1~~~~~~~~~~-|--4-1~~~~~~-|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [05:22 - 05:29] G|------------|------------|------------|6---6---6---| D|--------3---|--------3---|----3~~~~~--|------------| A|1~~~~~~---4-|1~~~~~~---4-|1-----------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [05:29 - 05:36] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|--------3---|--------3---|3---3---3---|3-4-4~~-3~~-| A|1~~~~~~---4-|1~~~~~~---4-|--4---4---4-|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [05:36 - 05:43] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|--------3---|--------3---|6///3~~~~~--|4---4---4---| A|1~~~~~~---4-|1~~~~~~---4-|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [05:43 - 05:50] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~--|4~~~~-3-4~~-| A|1~~~~~~~~~~~|------------|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [05:50 - 05:57] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|3~~~~~~~~~--|6---3~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~| A|1~~~~~~~~~--|------------|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [05:57 - 06:05] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|3~~~~~~~----|6---3~~~~~--|4---4---4---| A|1~~~~~~~~~--|---------4--|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [06:05 - 06:20] G|------------|------------|------------|------------| | D|------------|3~~~~~~~----|6---3~~~~~--|4~~~~---4---| x2 A|1~~~~~~--4--|---------4--|------------|------------| | E|------------|------------|------------|------------| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & / [06:20 - 06:37] G|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------ D|------------|3~~~~~~~----|6---3~~~~~--|4---4---4---|-----------|------------ A|1~~~~~~--4--|---------4--|------------|------------|1~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~ E|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------ 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & (ii) Slow Moving Trains: **No bass [06:37 - 10:10] Rest (random sounds) (iii) The Cowboy: **Bass is easy to hear and follow, but played quite quietly [10:10 - 14:27] G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | E|9~~~~~--9~~~~~--|9~~~~~--9---8---|6~~~~~--6~~~~~--|6~~~~~--6---4---| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & x12 | G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | E|2~~~~~--2~~~~~--|2~~~~~--2---4---|6~~~~~--6~~~~~--|6~~~~~--6---8---| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & / [13:57 - 14:27] G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|9~~~~~--9~~~~~--|9~~~~~--9---8---|6~~~~~--6~~~~~--|6~~~~~--6---4---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|2~~~~~--2~~~~~--|2~~~~~--2---4---|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (iv) Outro: **Lots of sliding, but the bass is louder here than most of the song, and easy to listen to. [14:27 - 15:25] G|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| | D|11~~~~\\\|6~~~~~~~----|8~~~~~\\\|3~~~~~~~~~--|4~~~~~//////|6~~~////(9)-| x10 A|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| | E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & / [15:25 - 15:30] G|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|11~~~~\\\|6~~~~~~~----|8~~~~~\\\|3~~~~~~~~~--|4~~~~~//////|6~~~~~\\\| A|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [15:30 - 15:36] G|------------------|------------------| D|------------------|------------------| A|------------------|11~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| E|9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & G|15~~~~~~~~\\\\|10~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|11~~~~~~~/////////|13~~~~~~~~\\\\| D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & [15:36 - 16:10] G|6~~~~~~~~/////////|13~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| | D|------------------|------------------| | A|------------------|------------------| | E|------------------|------------------| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & x6 | G|15~~~~~~~~\\\\|10~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|11~~~~~~~/////////|13~~~~~~~~\\\\| | D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| | A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| | E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| | 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & / [16:10 - 16:27] G|6~~~~~~~~~~~ D|------------ A|4~~~~~~~~~~~ E|------------ End