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March Of The Fire Ants Tabs

(ver. 2)
Mastodon
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                             MARCH OF THE FIRE ANTS
                             As recorded by Mastodon
                         (From the 2002 Album REMISSION)

Words and Music by Mastodon

Gtr I (A G C F A D) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (A G C F A D) - 'Guitar II'
Gtr III (A G C F A D) - 'Extra Guitar'

   Intro
    Q=135
   3/4                                             4/4
    Gtr I
               |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--|
||--0--3--1--|-0-----------------|-0--------------|-0---------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   Q  Q  Q    Q   H
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||--------5--|-4-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||--0--3-----|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|


                                                   4/4
             |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|        |-3-| |-3-|        |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E    Q   E E E E E E    Q   E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|------2h3p2-2h3p2-|------2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--o||
|-0--3--1--|-0-----------------|--0---------------|--0-----------------------||
|
| Q  Q  Q    H.                  +H.                +W
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------||
|-------5--|-4-----------------|-(4)--------------|-(4)----------------------||
|-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|-(2)--------------|-(2)---------------------o||
|-0--3-----|-0-----------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)----------------------||


               |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|
||--0--3--1--|-------------------|
|
|              |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
|   Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-8h9p8-8h9p8-8h9p8-|
||--------5--|-------------------|
||o-2--5--3--|-------------------|
||--0--3-----|-------------------|


                    4/4
     |-3--| |-3--|       |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  Q  E  E E E  E E   Q   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|----2h=3p2-2h=3p2-|-----2h=3p=2--2h=3p=2--2h=3p=2-o||
|-0----------------|-0------------------------------||
|
|    |-3--| |-3--|       |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
| Q  E  E E E  E E   Q   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------|----12h13p12-12h13p12-12h13p12-o||
|------------------|--------------------------------||
|----9h10p9-9h10p9-|--------------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-0----------------|-0------------------------------||


 Verse
 3/4          4/4
  Gtrs I, II
  Q  Q  Q      E E E E E E E E   +E  Q.   Q  Q   4x
|----------||------------------|-----------------||
|----------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|----------||------------------|-----------------||
|----------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-(4)-------------||
|-2--5--3--||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|-(2)-5----5--3--o||
|-0--3--1--||------------------|-----3----3--1---||


                      1.,2.,3.
    Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E   +E  Q.   Q  Q   4x
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-(4)-------------||
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|-(2)-5----5--3--o||
||------------------|-----3----3--1---||
|
|   Gtr II
|   E E E E E E E E   +E  Q.   Q  Q   4x
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-|-(7)-------------||
||o-----------------|----------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-(4)-------------||
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----5----5--3--o||
||------------------|-----3----3--1---||


 Chorus
  4.
  Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     E Q.   E  Q.
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|---------3----|---------4----|---------9----|---8------10----|
|-2--2--2-1----|-2--2--2-2----|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8----|
|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------|
|
| Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     E Q.   E  Q.
|-7-------6----|---------7----|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-4-------3----|---------4----|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------9----|---8------10----|
|----2--2------|-2--2--2------|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8----|
|----0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------|


    Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     E Q.   E  Q.   3x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||----------3----|---------4----|---------9----|---8------10----||
||o-2--2--2-1----|-2--2--2-2----|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8---o||
||--0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------||
|
|   Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     E Q.   E  Q.   3x
||----------6----|---------7----|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||----------3----|---------4----|--------------|----------------||
||---------------|--------------|---------9----|---8------10----||
||o-2--2--2------|-2--2--2------|-2--2--2-7----|-2-6----2--8---o||
||--0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0------|-0------0-------||


   Interlude
    Q=140
    Gtrs I, II
     E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|    H           +E   Q     E    H           +E   Q     E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|


   E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  H           +E   Q     E    H          +E   Q     E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||


    Gtr I
     E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||------8--7------8---7-----8-|----10--7-----10---7----10-|
||o-10-------10---------10----|--8--------8----------8----|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|    H           +E   Q     E    H           +E   Q     E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|


   E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----7--5------7---5-----7-|-----8--5-----8---5-----8---||
|--8--------8----------8----|--6--------6---------6-----o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  H           +E   Q     E    H          +E   Q     E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||


     E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----4--3------4---3-----4-|-----6--3------6---3-----6-|
||---5--------5----------5----|--3--------3----------3----|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|    H           +E   Q     E    H           +E   Q     E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|


   E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----3--1------3---1-----3-|-----4--1-----4---1-----4--o||
|--3--------3----------3----|--1--------1---------1------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  H           +E   Q     E    H          +E   Q     E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||


     E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----15-14-----15--14----15-|----17-14-----17--14----17-|
||--17-------17---------17----|-15-------15---------15----|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||------8--7------8---7-----8-|----10--7-----10---7----10-|
||o-10-------10---------10----|--8--------8----------8----|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|    H           +E   Q     E    H           +E   Q     E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--12----------(12)-12----12-|-10----------(10)-10----10-|
||o-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|


   E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----14-12-----14--12----14-|----15-12----15--12----15---||
|-15-------15---------15----|-13-------13--------13------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----7--5------7---5-----7-|-----8--5-----8---5-----8---||
|--8--------8----------8----|--6--------6---------6-----o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  H           +E   Q     E    H          +E   Q     E
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10----------(10)-10----10-|--8----------(8)--8-----8---||
|--8-----------(8)--8-----8-|--6----------(6)--6-----6--o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||


   Bridge
   3/4
    Gtrs I, II
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q
||-------------|------------|---------0--|---------0---|
||o---------0--|---------0--|---------5--|---------5---|
||----------4--|---------4--|------------|-------------|
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|-------------|
||--0-3-0-3----|-0-3-0-3----|-3-5-6-3----|-3-5-6-3-----|


  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E   E E E E Q    Q  E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|---------0--|------------|---------0--|-------------|
|-7-7-----5--|------------|-7-7-----5--|-------------|
|-5-5--------|-5----------|-5-5--------|-5-----------|
|-----6-4----|----6-4-6-4-|-----6-4----|----6-4-6-4--|


  Gtr I
  E E E E Q       E E E E Q       E E E E Q      E E E E Q       4x
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|---------6-----|---------6-----|---------4----|---------4------o||
|---------8b10r-|---------8b10r-|---------6b8r-|---------6b8r----||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-6-8-4-6-------|-6-8-4-6-------|-4-6-2-4------|-4-6-2-4--------o||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E Q       E E E E Q       E E E E Q      E E E E Q       4x
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|---------6-----|---------6-----|---------4----|---------4------o||
|---------8b10r-|---------8b10r-|---------6b8r=|---------6b8r----||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------o||
|-4-6-2-4-------|-4-6-2-4-------|-2-4-0-2------|-2-4-0-2---------||


 Outro
                                                 4/4
             |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--|
|-0--3--1--|-0-----------------|-0--------------|-0---------------------|
|
| Q  Q  Q    Q     H
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-------5--|-4-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-0--3-----|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|


                                                   4/4
             |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|        |-3-| |-3-|      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E    Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2-|------2h3p2-2h3p2-|----2h3p2-2h3p2-2h3p2--|
|-0--3--1--|-0-----------------|--0---------------|-0---------------------|
|
| Q  Q  Q    H.                  +H.
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-------5--|-4-----------------|-(4)--------------|-----------------------|
|-2--5--3--|-2-----------------|-(2)--------------|-----------------------|
|-0--3-----|-0-----------------|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|


  Gtrs I, II
  Q  Q  Q  Q    W
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-------------|----------*|---|
|-2--5--3--2--|----------*|---|
|-0--3--1--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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