Crystal Skull bass tab by Mastodon

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Mastodon
Crystal Skull
Blood Mountain

this is my first tab, so it may not be that great, go gentle on me lol
its locked in pretty tight with the guitars, and it sounds alright when i play it, any
would be great.

enjoy!

The tuning is F
              C
              G
              D

The same as colony and a few of the other blood mountain songs


h - hammer on
p - pull off
. palm mute
/ - slide

note: the times might be a little off

Drum intro

intro riff
00.12  x1
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|-00-----------77------888---------------|

main riff
00.18 x6
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|-------------777-6----------------------|
|-000-777-888-------8-7------------------|

verse "into the black hole"
00.30
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|-888-777-555-------888-777-555----------|

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|-777-666-333-------777-666-333----------|

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|-888-777-555-------888-777-555----------|

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|-777-666-333--7--9--6-------------------|


main riff "the source of conciousness"
00.42 x4
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|-------------777-6----------------------|
|-000-777-888-------8-7------------------|

verse "into the black hole"
00.55
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|-888-777-555-------888-777-555----------|

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|-777-666-333-------777-666-333----------|

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|-888-777-555-------888-777-555----------|

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|-777-666-333--7--9--6-------------------|

Interlude (guitar only)
01.06

01.13 x2
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|-12-10-8-7-8-5---8-7-4---7-5h7p5-4------|

01.19
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|-77777777-77777777-77777777-77777777----|
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01.26 x2
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|---------------7-------7----------------|
|-12-10-8-7-8-5---8-7-4---7-5h7p5-4------|

Bridge part 1 "one million voice"
01.33
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|-7-9-10-6--6h7p6-----7-9-10-6--6h7p6----|
|----------------8-7-----------------8-7-|

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|-7-9-10-6--6h7p6-----7-9-10-6--6h7p6----|
|----------------8-7-----------------8-7-|

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|-7h8p7----------------------------------|
|-------9-8--2h3p2p0---------------------|
|--------------------2-------------------|


Bridge part 2 "Running through the darkness"
01.47
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|-------6--6h7p6------------6-6h7p6------|
|-0-2-3----------8-7--0-2-3---------8-7--|

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|-------6--6h7p6------------6-6h7p6------|
|-0-2-3----------8-7--0-2-3---------8-7--|

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|-7h8p7----------------------------------|
|-------9-8--2h3p2p0---------------------|
|--------------------2-------------------|


Bridge part 3 "The touch is cold"
02.00 x4
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|-7-7--------------7-7-------------------|
|-----3-2-0-3-2-0------3-2-0-3-2-0-------|
      . . . . . .      . . . . . .

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|-10-10--------------10-10---------------|
|-------3-2-0-3-2-0--------3-2-0-3-2-0---|
        . . . . . .        . . . . . .

Bridge part 4
02.25 x4
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|-5h7-7-5h7p5-7-----5-7---5--------------|
|---------------7-7-----7----------------|

Solo riff
02.37 x8
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|-5h7-7-5h7p5-7-----5-7---5--------------|
|---------------7-7-----7----------------|

post-solo riff
03.02 x1
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|-00-----------77------888---------------|

main riff
03.09 x2
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|-------------777-6----------------------|
|-000-777-888-------8-7------------------|

outro riff part 1
03.15 x1
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|-5h7-7-5h7p5-7-----5-7---5--------------|
|---------------7-7-----7----------------|

outro riff part 2
03.20 x 1
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|-7//////2-------------------------------|