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Iron Tusk The Right Way To Play It! Bass Tab

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Mastodon - Iron Tusk

wait for the drums to finish and then get right into it
Main Riff x4
  E E E  E  E  E   E E E  E  E  E   E  E  E t E   E  E  Q  S S Q.  
F-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------^---------------------|
A-0-0-0--12-12-12--0-0-0--12-12-10--13-13-10-(10)-10-10-8--108-7--|

Riff 2 x2
F-------------------------------------------------|
C-------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------2p0h2-----------3-3-3-2-2-2-|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-------------|

F---------------------------------------------------|
C---------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------2p0h2-0-0-0-3-3-3/8-8-8-7-8~--|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------|

Riff 3 x1
F-------------------------------------------------------------|
C---------------8-7---------------------------------------8-7-|
G-0-0-0-3-3-3/8-----0-0-0-3-3-3/8-8-8-7-8~--0-0-0-3-3-3/8-----|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|

do everything again

Riff 4 x2
F-----------------------------------------------|
C-----------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------|
A-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-6~---0-2-0-6~---|

F-----------------------------------------------|
C-----------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------|
A-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-8~---0-2-0-8~---|
                    ______________ ____________________________
Riff 5 x2           |1.          ||2.                         |
F-------------------|------------||--------------------------||
C-------------------|-----------o||--------------------------||
G-0~~~~-8~~~~~~~~~~-|8--5--5653-o||--8--5--5653--5--2--2321--||
A-------------------|------------||--------------------------||

Riff 4 x2

Riff 6 x4
F-------------------------------------------------------|
C-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------8-8-8-------8-8-8-|
A-12-12-12-0-0-0-12-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|

F-------------------------------------------------------------|
C-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------10-10-10-------10-10-10-|
A-12-12-12-0-0-0-12-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0----------0-0-0----------|

Main Riff x4

Ending
F---------------------------|
C---------------------------|
G---------------------2p0h2-|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

Iron Tusk The Right Way To Play It! Bass Tab

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Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/mastodon/141569.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Jordan Lead Player	#1 by Jordan Gadsby at Dec 28, 2005 at 4:38 AM EST
	i think its just a mini-story about just them killing whales and describing it

No Picture colin Average	#2 by colin gardiner at May 1, 2006 at 11:38 PM EST
	Stooooooooooooooooooooooned

No Picture chais Wanna Be	#3 by chais at Nov 28, 2006 at 1:22 AM EST
	This song is about the killing of a whale. I think it is the Pequod's first kill, too: Stubb, one of the ship's mates, yells "long and strong!" during the engagement with the first whale they kill. Reaching the elephant graveyard is a way of saying reaching the end of the line in life, so it's basically a metaphor signaling that the whale is going to die (which it does; their first hunt is successful). After they kill the whale, they take its oil and sail on.

No Picture Andrew Average	#4 by Andrew Metcalfe at Jan 9, 2007 at 10:46 PM EST
	yeah I thought it was about whaling too...until troy sanders comes out with some random stuff about an "elephant graveyard"....I imagine the critter he's hunting would look summat like this: http://rhinohidestudios.com/images/island%20leviathan.jpg

No Picture FuckFace Wanna Be	#5 by FuckFace at Jun 6, 2007 at 5:51 PM EST
	i also thought it was bout a elephant at first but it made sense when that sperm whale part was explained. maybe hes just referring to 2 very big animals ? like the elephant of the sea or something?

No Picture billy Professional	#6 by billy purkiss at Oct 16, 2007 at 7:01 AM EST
	Drums are good all through the album, but best on this and Hearts Alive. The song is about whaling, more specifically the messy killing bit.