• Song:

    Mordecai

  • Artist:

    Between The Buried And Me

  • Album:

    The Best of Between The...

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), Matt Oien (riffer_03), and Beelzebozo.

Copyright ? Victory Records 2003
Version 2.3 - September 12, 2004

This is for guitar 1 (Paul Waggoner's part).
I will put guitar 2 on here when I have the time.

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
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    [] - ghost note, sustained note
()  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

 (Clean.)
|--12-------||
|--11-------||
|--10-------||
|--9--------||
|-----------||
|-----------||

 (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 C)
|------------------------------------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-||
 pm..............................

                                                                            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----------||
                                       pm.........

|-------------||
|-------------||
|-------------||
|-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----------------------------------------------------------------||

 (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------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------

 -19-19b-17-17/19-17--19------------15p14----
 -----------------------17--------15-----15--
 -16-16b-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)
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------19-17--------------15-------||
|------------------19------19-----------------------------||
|-16-17-16-17--16-------19--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||

 (Continue this for awhile.)
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|.-----7----------------.||
|.-2---5---5---5--------.||
|--2---3---5---5---------||
|--0-------3---2---------||

 (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--------16----------.||
 -------------------12---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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