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THE HEAVIEST MATTER OF THE UNIVERSE
As recorded by Gojira
(From the 2006 Album FROM MARS TO SIRIUS)
Transcribed by satyrasis(myspace.com/satyrasis)
Words and Music by Gojira
Arranged by Gojira
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Joe Duplantier'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Christian Andreu'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtrs I, II
------------------------------TP
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||----------------4-|-4---------4-4-3--||
||------------------|------------------||
||o---------------2-|-2---------2-2-1-o||
||--0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0--------||
2/4
PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|---------|
|-----------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------4-4-|---------|
|-----------------------------|---4-4-3-|
|-------------------------2-2-|---2-2-1-|
|-0-3-3-2-2-1-1-0-[6]b8-0-----|-0-2-2-1-|
Q=100
4/4 1/4
PM----------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S
||------------------|------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------|
||----------------4-|-4---------4-4-3--||-------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------|
||o-0-3-2-0-2-3-0-2-|-2-0-3-2-0-2-2-1-o||-------------|
||--0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0--------||-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
4/4
PM----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------------o||
||----------------4-|-4---------4-4-3-----||
||------------------|---------------------||
||o-0-3-2-0-2-3-0-2-|-2-0-3-2-0-2-2-1----o||
||--0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0-----------||
PM--------------------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-4-4-------------|
|-------------------------|-------/7-7-7-5--|
|-3-3-3-3-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-0-|-2-2-------------|
|-3-3-3-3-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-0-|-----0-/5-5-5-3--|
Interlude
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------|-2----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|
| Gtr II
|----------------------------------TP
| W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|-3--------|-3--------|-3----|
Pre-Verse
Q=105
Gtrs I, II
-------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|
-------------------------------------------------TP
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|
Verse
----------------------------------------------------------------------TP
E E E E E E E E 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-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3--o||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3---||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3---||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3-----||
Chorus
4/4
E +Q E +E E +Q
||----------------------------|
||o-3b4r(3)--2b3r(2)----------|
||--3b4r(3)--2b3r(2)----------|
||--3b4r(3)--2b3r(2)----------|
||o---------------------------|
||-------------------3b4r(3)--|
PM--------------------------------------TP
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------------o||-----0---------3-|
|---------------------------------||-----0---------3-|
|---------------------------------||-----0---------3-|
|--------4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-o||-----------------|
|-2----1-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1--||-3-2---3-2-4-3---|
Bridge
----------------------------------TP
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-o||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3--||
||------0---------3-|-----0---------3--||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||--3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3----||
PM--------------------------------------------|
T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Verse II
Q E E E E S E. E E E E E S S S E.
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||o-----!------------|-!------------------|
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||--4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|
||o-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|
||--2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|
Q E E E E S E. E E E E E S S S E.
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-----!------------|-!-------------------o||
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3---o||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3----||
Bridge
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. Q Q. Q. E +H Q. Q Q. Q. E +H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-8----7--8----|-5----7-(7)----|-8----7--8----|-5----4-(4)----|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-6----5--6----|-3----5-(5)----|-6----5--6----|-3----2-(2)----|
Verse II
Q E E E E S E. E E E E E S S S E.
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||o-----!------------|-!------------------|
||------!------------|-!------------------|
||--4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|
||o-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|
||--2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|
Q E E E E S E. E E E E E S S S E.
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-----!------------|-!-------------------o||
|-----!------------|-!--------------------||
|-4\--!-x--4-4-4-4-5--|-!-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3---o||
|-2\--!-x--2-2-2-2-3--|-!-x--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3----||
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/g/gojira/114013.html ]
Guitar Break
T T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------TP
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0---------3--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0---------3--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0---------3--|
|-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-|-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-7p0-|------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-2---3-2-4-3----|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-|-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-15p0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-|-7p0-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-7p0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------TP
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-11p0-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-|-7p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-8p0-7p0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-|-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-14p0-|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S E S E S E S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-15p0-|-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-17p0-15p0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------TP
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|-----0---------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|-3-2---3-2-4-3---|
Outro
----------------------------------------------------------------TP
E E E E E E E E 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-|-4---------4-4-3-|---------------4-|-4---------4-4-3\-*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-1\-*|
|---------------2-|-2---------2-2-1-|---------------2-|-2---------2-2-1\-*|
|-0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0-------|-0-3-2-0-2-3-0---|---0-3-2-0--------*|
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
