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MOTHER PUNCHER
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'
Intro
Q=105
3/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|
||--15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E S
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|-----------------o||
|-15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1--||
2.
Gtrs I, II
S E E S S E E S
|-----------------||----|
|-----------------||----|
|-----------------||----|
|-----------------||----|
|-----------------||----|
|-6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1-||----|
Main Riff
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Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|--------------12h14-14-14-14-14--|
||--15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-15p0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
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| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------12h14-14-14-14-14--|
||o--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|---------------------------------|
||--15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-15p0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E S
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|-----------------o||
|-15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1--||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E S
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||
|--------------14h16-16-16-16-16-|------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||
|-15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------12h14-14-14-14-14--|
||o--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|---------------------------------|
||--15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-15p0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------14h16-16-16-16-16--|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|---------------------------------|
||--15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-15p0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
D.S.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S 3x
|--------------------------------|------------------||-||--------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||-||o------------------o||
|--------------14h16-16-16-16-16-|------------------||-||--------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------||-||--------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||-||o------------------o||
|-15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1--||-||--6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1---||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S 3x
|--------------12h14-14-14-14-14-|------------------||-||--------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||-||o------------------o||
|--------------------------------|------------------||-||--------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------||-||--------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------o||-||o------------------o||
|-15p0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1--||-||--6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1---||
Riff 2
5/4 4/4
PM| PM| ~~
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------2-----3-------------|-------7-----7-----7-9-----|
|-------5-3-5-3---3-5---5-2-3-0-0-2-|---------9-9---9-9-----10--|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0---------------------|
|
| PM| PM| ~~
| E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------5-----6-------------|---------------------------|
|-------7-5-7-5---5-7---7-4-5-----4-|-------7-----7-----7-9-----|
|-----------------------------7-7---|---------9-9---9-9-----10--|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0---------------------|
5/4 6/4
PM| PM| ~~ ~~~ ~~~
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S E. S E. S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------14-15--|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------8-9--13-14---------|
|---------------2-----3-------------|-------7-----7------------------------|
|-------5-3-5-3---3-5---5-2-3-0-0-2-|---------9-9---9-9--------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0--------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| ~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S E. S E. S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------5-----6-------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------7-5-7-5---5-7---7-4-5-----4-|-------------------------------13-14--|
|-----------------------------7-7---|-------7-----7-----6-7--11-12---------|
|-----------------------------------|---------9-9---9-9--------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0--------------------------------|
5/4 4/4
PM| PM| ~~
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------2-----3-------------|-------7-----7-----7-9-------|
|-------5-3-5-3---3-5---5-2-3-0-0-2-|---------9-9---9-9-----10----|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0-----------------------|
|
| PM| PM| ~~
| E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------5-----6-------------|-----------------------------|
|-------7-5-7-5---5-7---7-4-5-----4-|-------7-----7-----7-9-------|
|-----------------------------7-7---|---------9-9---9-9-----10----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0-----------------------|
5/4
PM| PM| ~~ ~~~
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S E. S E.
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------2-----3-------------|-------7-----7-----6-7--11-12-----|
|-------5-3-5-3---3-5---5-2-3-0-0-2-|---------9-9---9-9----------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0----------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| ~~ ~~~
| E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S E. S E.
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------5-----6-------------|----------------------------------|
|-------7-5-7-5---5-7---7-4-5-----4-|-------7-----7-----6-7--11-12-----|
|-----------------------------7-7---|---------9-9---9-9----------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0----------------------------|
4/4
PM| PM| ~~
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------2-----3-------------|-------7-----7-----7-9------|
|-------5-3-5-3---3-5---5-2-3-0-0-2-|---------9-9---9-9-----10---|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0----------------------|
|
| PM| PM| ~~
| E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------5-----6-------------|----------------------------|
|-------7-5-7-5---5-7---7-4-5-----4-|-------7-----7-----7-9------|
|-----------------------------7-7---|---------9-9---9-9-----10---|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0----------------------|
5/4 6/4
PM| PM| ~~ ~~~ ~~~
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S E. S E. S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------14-15--|
|-----------------------------------|-------7-----7-----8-9--13-14---------|
|---------------2-----3-------------|---------9-9---9-9--------------------|
|-------5-3-5-3---3-5---5-2-3-0-0-2-|--------------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0--------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| ~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S E. S E. S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------5-----6-------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------7-5-7-5---5-7---7-4-5-----4-|-------------------------------13-14--|
|-----------------------------7-7---|-------7-----7-----6-7--11-12---------|
|-----------------------------------|---------9-9---9-9--------------------|
|-0-1-0-----------------------------|-0-3-0--------------------------------|
Verse
9/8
Gtrs I, II
~~~PM-| PM-| PM-| PM-|
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E.
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||o--------------------|-------------------|
||--[7]----------------|-------------------|
||------------3--------|-4--------3--------|
||o-----------1--------|-2--------1--------|
||------0--3-----0--3--|----0--3-----0--3--|
PM-| PM-| PM-| PM-|
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. 4x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-4--------3--------|-4--------3---------||
|-2--------1--------|-2--------1--------o||
|----0--3-----0--3--|----0--3-----0--3---||
3/4 9/8
~~~PM-| PM-|
S E E S S E E S E. E. E. E. E. E.
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-[7]----------------|
|-----------------|-----------3--------|
|-----------------|-----------1--------|
|-6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1-|-----0--3-----0--3--|
PM-| PM-|
E. E. E. E. E. E. S E E S S E E S
|-------------------||-------------------||
|-------------------||o-----------------o||
|-------------------||-------------------||
|-4--------3--------||-------------------||
|-2--------1--------||o-----------------o||
|----0--3-----0--3--||--6-3-3-3-5-1-1-1--||
Bridge
6/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM------------| PM PM| PM|
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--------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--4-----9-10-9-------------|---7---7-----5-----4-5-4--||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-2-----7--8-7-------------|---5---5-----3-----2-3-2-o||
||----0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0---0-0--------||
Gtr I
PM| PM-----------------| PM PM| PM|
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----------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--4------9-10--9-------------------|-----7-----7--------5-----4-5-4---||
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-2------7--8--7-------------------|-----5-----5--------3-----2-3-2--o||
||----0-0-----------0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0-----0-----0--0----0-0---------||
|
| Gtr II
| 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-------12-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-7-8-7--o||
||--4--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||---------9-10--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--7--7--7-5-5-4-5-4---||
||o-2--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----0-0----------------------------|----------------------------------||
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM------------| PM PM| PM|
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--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--4-----9-10-9-------------|---7---7-----5-----4-5-4---||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-2-----7--8-7-------------|---5---5-----3-----2-3-2--o||
||----0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0---0-0---------||
Gtr I
PM| PM-----------------| PM PM| PM|
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----------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--4------9-10--9-------------------|-----7-----7--------5-----4-5-4---||
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-2------7--8--7-------------------|-----5-----5--------3-----2-3-2--o||
||----0-0-----------0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0-----0-----0--0----0-0---------||
|
| Gtr II
| 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-------12-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-7-8-7--o||
||--4--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||---------9-10--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--7--7--7-5-5-4-5-4---||
||o-2--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----0-0----------------------------|----------------------------------||
Outro
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM------------| PM PM| PM|
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-----9-10-9-------------|---7---7-----5-----4-5-4-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----7--8-7-------------|---5---5-----3-----2-3-2-|
|---0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0---0-0-------|
PM| PM------------| PM PM| PM|
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-----9-10-9-------------|---7---7-----5-----4-5-4-*|
|--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-2-----7--8-7-------------|---5---5-----3-----2-3-2-*|
|---0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0---0-0-------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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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