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THE HEAVIEST MATTER OF THE UNIVERSE
As recorded by Gojira
(From the 2006 Album FROM MARS TO SIRIUS)

Transcribed by satyrasis(myspace.com/satyrasis)
        

Words and Music by Gojira
Arranged by Gojira

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Joe Duplantier'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Christian Andreu'

   Intro
    Q=105
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
------------------------------TP
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||----------------4-|-4---------4-4-3--||
||------------------|------------------||
||o---------------2-|-2---------2-2-1-o||
||--0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0--------||


                               2/4
    PM--------|
    |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S E  E    E E E   E E E E
|-----------------------------|---------|
|-----------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------4-4-|---------|
|-----------------------------|---4-4-3-|
|-------------------------2-2-|---2-2-1-|
|-0-3-3-2-2-1-1-0-[6]b8-0-----|-0-2-2-1-|


    Q=100
   4/4                                   1/4
    PM----------|
                                          |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     S S S S S S
||------------------|------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------|
||----------------4-|-4---------4-4-3--||-------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------|
||o-0-3-2-0-2-3-0-2-|-2-0-3-2-0-2-2-1-o||-------------|
||--0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0--------||-3-3-3-2-2-2-|


   4/4
    PM----------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------------o||
||----------------4-|-4---------4-4-3-----||
||------------------|---------------------||
||o-0-3-2-0-2-3-0-2-|-2-0-3-2-0-2-2-1----o||
||--0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0-----------||


  PM--------------------|
  S S S S E E S S S S E E   E E E  E E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-4-4-------------|
|-------------------------|-------/7-7-7-5--|
|-3-3-3-3-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-0-|-2-2-------------|
|-3-3-3-3-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-0-|-----0-/5-5-5-3--|


 Interlude
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------|-2----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|
| Gtr II
|----------------------------------TP
| W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|-3--------|-3--------|-3----|


 Pre-Verse
  Q=105
  Gtrs I, II
-------------------------------------
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|


 -------------------------------------------------TP
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|


   Verse
----------------------------------------------------------------------TP
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3--o||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3---||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3---||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3-----||


   Chorus
   4/4
    E   +Q   E   +E  E   +Q
||----------------------------|
||o-3b4r(3)--2b3r(2)----------|
||--3b4r(3)--2b3r(2)----------|
||--3b4r(3)--2b3r(2)----------|
||o---------------------------|
||-------------------3b4r(3)--|


         PM--------------------------------------TP
         |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q.   E S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------------o||-----0---------3-|
|---------------------------------||-----0---------3-|
|---------------------------------||-----0---------3-|
|--------4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-o||-----------------|
|-2----1-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1--||-3-2---3-2-4-3---|


   Bridge
----------------------------------TP
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-o||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3--||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3--||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3----||


  PM--------------------------------------------|
  T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2--|


   Verse II
    Q     E  E E E S E.     E  E E E E S S S E.
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||o-----!------------|-!------------------|
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||--4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|
||o-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|
||--2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|


  Q     E  E E E S E.     E  E E E E S S S E.
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-----!------------|-!-------------------o||
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3---o||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3----||


 Bridge
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q.   Q  Q.     Q.   E +H       Q.   Q  Q.     Q.   E +H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-8----7--8----|-5----7-(7)----|-8----7--8----|-5----4-(4)----|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-6----5--6----|-3----5-(5)----|-6----5--6----|-3----2-(2)----|


   Verse II
    Q     E  E E E S E.     E  E E E E S S S E.
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||o-----!------------|-!------------------|
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||--4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|
||o-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|
||--2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|


  Q     E  E E E S E.     E  E E E E S S S E.
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-----!------------|-!-------------------o||
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3---o||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3----||


 Guitar Break
   T    T    T    T    T    T      T    T    T    T    T    T    T
   E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S    E S  E S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------TP
  E S E S E S E S S S S S   E S E S E S E S S S S S   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0---------3--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0---------3--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0---------3--|
|-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-|-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-7p0-|------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-2---3-2-4-3----|


   T    T    T    T    T    T      T    T    T    T    T    T
   E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S    E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


   T    T    T    T    T    T      T    T    T    T    T    T
   E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S    E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-|-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-15p0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


     T    T    T    T    T    T      T    T    T    T    T    T
  S  S S  S S  S S  E S  E S  E S    E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  T   T   T   T   T   T     T   T   T   T   T   T
  E S E S E S E S S S S S   E S E S E S E S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-|-7p0-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-7p0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


--------------------------------------------------------------------TP
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|


   T    T    T    T    T    T      T    T    T    T    T    T    T
   E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S    E S  E S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|


  T   T   T   T   T   T     T   T   T   T   T   T
  E S E S E S E S S S S S   E S E S E S E S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-|-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-7p0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   T    T    T    T    T    T    T      T    T    T    T    T    T
   E S  E S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S    E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


   T    T    T    T    T    T      T    T    T    T    T    T
   E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S    E S  E S  E S  E S  S S  S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-|-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-15p0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


--------------------------------------------------------------------TP
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|


 Outro
----------------------------------------------------------------TP
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|---------------4-|-4---------4-4-3-|---------------4-|-4---------4-4-3\-*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-1\-*|
|---------------2-|-2---------2-2-1-|---------------2-|-2---------2-2-1\-*|
|-0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0-------|-0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0--------*|



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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