• Song:

    Backwards Marathon

  • Artist:

    Between The Buried And Me

  • Album:

    The Best of Between The...

BACKWARDS MARATHON
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
ALASKA

GTR I   (C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#)
GTR II  (C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#)

-------------------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
r - release
/\- slide up/down
<>- artificial harmonic
()- harmonic

  gtr's I and II                  x3                                 x2
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------3-6-3-----------|7-10-7-------------------5-8-5---|
|------------------------5-2-------|-------9-6---------------------7-|
|--0-0-0-0-4-7-4-7-----------0-0-0-|-----------0-0-0-4-7-4-7---------|

  gtr II                         x 3                                     x2
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-9-6-----------|-10-13-10--------------------9-12-9----|
|-----------------------8-5-------|----------12-9----------------------11-|
|-0-0-0-0-4-7-4-7-----------0-0-0-|---------------0-0-0-4-7-4-7-----------|


|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|---------6-3-|-9-11-9-|
|-0-0-0-0-4-1-|-6--9-6-|
|                      |
|                      |
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|---------6-3-|--------|
|-0-0-0-0-4-1-|--------|


|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------<2>-------<2>-|--------1-0-------------------|
|---------2-2-----2---------|-----2------2--2----------2---|
|-0-0-4-1--4-4-----4-1-4----|-4-1--4------4--4-1-0-1-4---4-|

                                                        x2
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------<2>-------<2>-|---------1-0-----------3-|
|---------2--2------2---------|-----2-------2--2------3-|
|-0-0-4-1--4--4------4-1-4----|-4-1---4------4--4-1-0-1-|


|------------------------------|-----|
|------------------------------|-----|
|------------------------------|-----|
|-------4-3--------------------|-5-4-|
|-2-3-2-2-1-2-2-6-4-2-33-2-5-4-|-3-2-|
|-0-1-0-----0-0-4-3-0-11-0-3-2-|-----|


|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2-3-2----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-2-3-2----------2---------2-----------3-2-3-0-----|
|-0-1-0---------------4-1-4-1-4--0-1-0-1---4-1-0-1-4---------1-4-|


|----------------------------|
|-----------------5-4-0------|
|----------------------4-----|
|---------------4------------|
|-2-------3-----2--------444-|
|--4-1-4--1--0-----------222-|

                                  x8
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------4-4-4-|----------4-4-4-|
|-2/5\2/5\2-2-2-2-|4/7\4/7\4-2-2-2-|


|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------7--44444444-|
|-----------6--33333333-|
|---------2-5--22222222-|
|-5-2-1-4---------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-----1---1---1/4\1--1/4\1--1/4\1---1/4\1---1---1---1/4\1-------|
|---6---6---6\3---3---3-------3-----3-------3-------3---3---3-------3-2-1-|

                                    x2
  -----------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------|
  -------------1---0-----------------|
  -3-2---------3---2--1---1--1/4\1---|
  -----4-1-2-1----------3---3------3-|


|-------------------------------|   reapeat above part with this
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-2-5-4-------------------------|
|-------4-1-4-3-1-0-----3-2-0---|
|-------------------3-2-------1-|


|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-2------2-2-2-----5---7-8-9-12--|
|-0------0-0-0-----3---5-6-7-10--|

   gtr I
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-2---2/7--2-2-2---2---5---|
|-0--------0-3-0-----3---4-|
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----2/5------------------|
|-2--------2-2-2---2---5---|
|-0--------0-3-0-----3---4-|


|-----------------------------------|  ------   ------|
|-----------------------------------|  ------   ------|
|-------------0-2-4-0---------------|  ------   ------|
|---------0-2---------2-------------|  ---------------|   -<9>\
|-------2---------------2-----4-----|  --<5>\   ------|
|-0-3-5-------------------3-----3-2-|  ------   ------|


|------------------------------------------0--|
|------------------------------------------0--|
|-------------0-2-4-0----------------------9--|
|---------0-2---------2-----------7--8-----9--|
|-------2---------------2---5-----5--6-----7--|
|-0-3-5-------------------3---3-4-------------|


|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|------|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|------|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----\-|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|------|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|------|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|------|

-
|-10/12----------15---12--14-12---------------|
|-10/12-------------------------15------------|
|-----------------------------------14/16-----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


|--14b-r-b-r------|
|------------15---|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|


|-----------------------|
|--15-----15------------|
|-----14------14-14/16--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|


|--------------------------------|
|---12---13---10---7---5b-r-b-r--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


|-----------------------|
|-5/7----7b-r-b-r-------|
|-----------------------|
|------------------7/9--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|


|----------------10-14-|
|-------------10-------|
|-11b----7-11----------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


|--------14h15--------14h15---------------------------------------14b-r-----|
|-13-----------12------------10-------------12-----13----15-------------12--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7b-r-b-r-----------------------------------8---10---8--10--12b-r--|
|------------------7-------------7-----7--9----9----9---------------|
|-------------------------7/9-------9-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  gtr I
|-----0------0-------0-------0----|----0-------0-----0-------|
|-------0------0--------0------0--|-------0------0------0----|
|--9-------7------4-------5-------|-9-------7-------4-----5--|
|--9------ 7------4-------5-------|-9-------7-------4-----5--|
|--7-------5------2-------3-------|-7-------5-------2-----3--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|

  gtr II
|-18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18|-22/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------\-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

               Let ring.......................................
|-0-----0------0-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-----0------0-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-----4------2-----------------------------------------------|
|-9-----5------3-----------------------------------------------|
|-9-----5------3-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-----3------1-----------------------------------------------|


play intro section again


|------------------|----2-----3-----2---------------|
|------------------|----2-----3-----2---------------|
|-2-3-2-0----------|----3-----4-----3---------------|
|---------4-0------|-4-----5-----4-----5--555-7h9-7-|
|-------------1----|-4-----5-----4-----5--555-------|
|---------------3--|-2-----3-----2-----3--333-------|


|------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------7-11---10-8---|----------7-11-10-8---8/10-8--|
|------7-9-------------7-|------7-9-----------7---------|
|-0----------------------|-0----------------------------|
|----9-------------------|----9-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|


|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------7-11--10-8----|------------------| play 4 times with the above
|-----7-9------------7--|--2-3-2-0---------| rythm guitar
|-0---------------------|----------4-0-----|
|----9------------------|--------------1---|
|-----------------------|----------------3-|

  i couldnt find tabs for this song so made one myself, theres probably a few mistakes 
i learned it by ear.definitly one of the best btbam songs yet
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