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A Commotion by Mastodon
A Commotion
Tuning: A E A D F# B
Tuning: D Tuning with low D dropped to A (AGCFAD)
INTRO (NOTE: Alternate Picking & Palm Muted)
Very simple but awesome sounding chug going on here - listen to track for timings
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--0-0-0-0--(for ages)--5-5-5-5--(for a few bars)--0-0-0-0---------------||
VERSE {0:50 - 1:18}
(Guitar 1)
Now theres a few ways you can do this but Im going to lay out this method as I have a
gut feeling its the right way (at least if played live). You can seperate this guitar part
into two guitars if you wish and again, listen for timings.
D|---------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------||
F|---------------------------------------------||
C|--4-4-4-4--2-2-2--9-9-9-9---7-7-7------------||
G|--2-2-2-2--0-0-0--7-7-7-7---5-5-5------------||
A|--0-0-0-0---------5-5-5-5---3-3-3------------||
PM ....... ....... .....
(Guitar 2)
Im pretty sure theres a second guitar here doing something I just cant pick it out
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
PRE-CHORUS {1:19 - 1:34}
(Guitar 1)
Im pretty sure I have this guitar down right or at least close...
D|-------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------<7>---------------<5>-------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------||
C|--2--2--4------------2--2--4---------------------||
G|--0--0--2------------0--0--2---------------------||
A|-----------0-------------------0-----------------||
(Guitar 2)
... this Im not so sure of...
D|-----------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------||
F|-----------------------------------------------------||
C|-----------------------------------------------------||
G|--5--5--7--2--222222222-----5--5--7--2--22222222-----||
A|--3--3--5--0--000000000-----3--3--5--0--00000000-----||
PM ......... ........
CHORUS {1:35 - 1:50}
(Guitar 1)
D|-------------------------------- -------------------||
A|-------------------------------- -------------------||
F|-------------------------------- -------------------||
C|--7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-- --2-2-2-2-2-2--4---||
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-- x3 Then --0-0-0-0-0-0--2---||
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-- ---------------0---||
(Guitar 2)
I know this isnt right but hopefully someone can build on this
D|-----------------------------------------||
A|----------0------------------------------||
F|--------------------------6-7------------||
C|------5-----5--------5-------------------||
G|----5---5-----5----5---5-----------------||
A|--3--------------0-----------------------||
VERSE 2 {1:51 - 2:47}
(Guitar 1)
The first part of this is the same as the first verse, however it changes a little when
the line "it held me down tight" comes in (around 2:20). There are some open notes
thrown in to make it sound a bit groovier - something like this:
D|---------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------||
F|---------------------------------||
C|--4-4---4-4---4----2-2-2---------||
G|--2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0--0-0-0--etc----||
A|---------------------------------||
(Guitar 2)
Has 4 little leads that come in during the gaps in singing - again not 100%on these.
Listen for timings:
D|--7-5---5----------------------||
A|------7---7-5-3-5-3---3--------||
F|---------------------4---4-----||
C|-------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------||
D|--10-7-5-7-5----------7-10-9---||
A|--------------7-5-3------------||
F|---------------------4---------||
C|-------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------||
D|--------5-7---7/9 bend---------||
A|--5-3-------7------------------||
F|------6------------------------||
C|-------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------||
D|--------5-7-9-9 bend and trem--||
A|--3-5--------------------------||
F|------6------------------------||
C|-------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------||
PRE-CHORUS {2:48 - 3:03} Same as Before:
(Guitar 1)
D|-----------------------------------------------||
A|---------------<7>---------------------<5>-----||
F|-----------------------------------------------||
C|--2--2--4--------------------2--2--4-----------||
G|--0--0--2--------------------0--0--2-----------||
A|-----------0--------------------------0--------||
(Guitar 2)
D|--------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
F|--------------------------------------------------||
C|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--5--5--7--2--222222222-----5--5--7--2--22222222--||
A|--3--3--5--0--000000000-----3--3--5--0--00000000--||
PM ......... ........
OUTRO {3:18 - 4:00}
(Guitar 1 & 2) - same as Chorus but with varying effects etc - just listen to figure it out
(Guitar 3 - around 3:33) - Classic Mastodon 'noodling', play around with something like this:
D|---------------------------------------------------||
A|--17-15----15-17/19-19--------17-15----15\12-------||
F|---------16---------------------------16-----------||
C|---------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------19----------15-----------------||
A|--17-15-----15-17--------17-19----19---------------||
F|---------16----------------------------------------||
C|---------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------12 bend---------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------10-12-12 let ring--||
F|------------9-11 let ring-----------------------------------------------||
C|-----9-12-9------------------9-12-9-12-9 let ring-----------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-15\--------------------------------------------------------------------||
LYRICS
It flickered to light
It turned broke what was right
It got the roots by the hair
What was was no longer there
It blocked out the sun
It climbed up the stairs
And then it slipped through the cracks
I wasn't watching my back
A commotion
If it rips you all apart
The grudge has still got your heart
It stalked through the rooms
And then it tore the sheets off the bed
It ripped the books off the shelf
It turned heaven to hell
It held me down tight
It took all my fight
It broke all the windows
It came flame from the kindle
A commotion
If it rips you all apart
The grudge has still got your heart
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