Band: Isis
Song: The Beginning And The End
Album: Oceanic
Bassist: Jeff Caxide
Tabbed By: BurnTheBassistMX (bronzemetaler@hotmail.com)
Tuning: E A D G

Riff 1 (0:01)
G |--------------------------------------2-2-2--------|
D |----4-4---4---4-------4-----4-4---4-----------4----|
A |---------------------------------------------------|
E |--2-----2---2---2-2-2---2-2-----2---2-------2---2--|

G |---------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------|
A |--2-2-2---2---4-2-2---2---4-5-4---2---4-2-2-2-0-2--|
E |--------2---2-------2---2-------2---2--------------|

Fill 1 (1:06)
G |-------------------------|
D |--4-4-4-444--------------|
A |------------2-2-0-----4--|
E |------------------0-2----|

Riff 2 (1:10)
G |------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------00-000-0-22---------4--|
E |--22-222-222-222-2-------------0-2-0-2----|

G |---------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------00-000-0-22---------4-4~--|
E |--22-222-222-222-2-------------0-2-0-2-------|

Riff 3 (1:30)
G |-----------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------2---------------------------2------|
A |----------------------4---4-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-4---4-2--|
E |--22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2--------------------------------------|

G |--------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------2-------------------------|
A |--00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-4---4-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22--|
E |--------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4 (1:51)
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------00-0-00-0-22-2-22-2--|
E |--22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2----------------------|

Riff 3 (2:08)
Riff 4 (2:28)

Riff 5 (2:45)
G |------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------|
A |-444-55555-444-55555-444-55555-777-55555--|
E |------------------------------------------|

Riff 4 (2:53)

Riff 6 (3:10)
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------|
E |--2222-2222-2222-2222-5555-5555-7777-7777--|

Riff 4 (3:18)
Riff 6 (3:35)
Riff 4 (3:43)
Riff 6 (4:00)

Riff 7 (4:25) (Use chorus effect when playing notes on the G string)
G |----------------------4-2~-4-2~-4-2~-4-2~--|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------|
E |--2-0~-2-0~-2-0~-2-0~----------------------|

Riff 8 (4:59)
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------|
E |--222-444-22-222-444-22-55-5-5-5-44-4-4-4--|

Fill 2 (5:31)
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------|
E |--22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2--|

Riff 9 (5:40)
G |----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|
A |--00-222-000-222-000-222-000-222--|
E |----------------------------------|

G |----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|
A |--00-444-000-222-000-444-000-222--|
E |----------------------------------|

G |-----------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------|
A |--444-444-444-444-444-444-444-444--|
E |-----------------------------------|

Riff 10 (6:03) (Again use chorus effect for the g string notes)
G |-------------------------------------------4-2~-4-2~-4-2~-4-2~--|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--2-0-0h2h4-2-0-0h2h4-2-0-0h2h4-2-0-0h2h4-----------------------|

Riff 11 (7:34)
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |--4~-5~-4~-7-5~--|
E |-----------------|