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M E S H U G G A H

H U M I L I A T I V E

From their amazing '94 EP "None"

Version 2 - Some changes..

Tabbed by: Jason Mathie

Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca

Most of this tab is derived directly from other people's work, with lots

of corrections and additions from me. Some of this was adapted from a

graphical transcription done by Pablo Alvarez Danker, and a tab written

by Erik Heino was also used.

Comments:

Meshuggah play seven-string guitars tuned down a semitone to Bb. This is

transcribed for a six-string, so tune to Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb, and you'll

never

miss that last string, cause you can't play those solos anyway can you ;)

Generally one dash is a 16th note or a 32nd note in length, so either ----

or -------- is one beat. To help with complex rhythms I've included

markers (|) to show the quarter note beats.

Notation explanation:

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-5:--4:-- Time Signature changes. If you don't understand, listen

-4:--4:-- to the song.

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The important things needed to sound like Meshuggah is to nail the rhythms

accurately, and to palm mute the right notes. Pay attention to those

P.Ms.

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Riff A1 (drums half-time)

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Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Eb|55------44-44---|------44------44|-44---------44--|----44-44-------|
Bb|33------22-22---|------22------22|-22---------22--|----22-22-------|

P.M.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Play Riff A1 3x

Then play:

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Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------4--|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|5:----------------4--|
Eb|55------44-44---|------44------44|-44---------44--|4:----44-44-----442--|
Bb|33------22-22---|------22------22|-22---------22--|------22-22-----22---|

P.M.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Db|---3--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------2--|
Ab|5:-3--------------|----------------|---slides-------|6:-------------2--|
Eb|4:-1--------------|----------------|x\\----\\----\\-|4:---\\----\\--0--|
Bb|------bassline----|----------------|x---\\----\\---\|---\----\\----\---|

Riff B (I changed this cuz I saw Mushuggah in that Popstad video)

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Db|-------3\2-------3\2---|
Ab|5:-3-4-3\2---3-5-3\2---|
Eb|4:-1-2-----0-1-3-----0-|
Bb|-----------------------|

P.M . . . . . .

Play Riff B 3x

Then play:

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Db|-------3\2---3---3\2---|
Ab|5:-3-4-3\2---1---3\2---|
Eb|4:-1-2-----0---0-----0-|
Bb|-----------------------|

P.M . . . . .

Play Riff B 12x

Then play:

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Db|-------3\2-------------|
Ab|5:-3-4-3\2---3-3p2-3---|
Eb|4:-1-2-----0-1-3p2-3---|
Bb|-------------------1---|

P.M . . . . .

Riff C (drums half-time)

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Db|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-
Ab|5:-3p2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|3/4-------2h3-------|-
Eb|4:-3p2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|3/4-------2h3-------|-
Bb|---1p0-------2\1-------|3\2-------2/3-------|1/2-------0h1-------|-

| | | |

Gb|---5\4-------6\5-------|7\6-------6/7-------|5/6-------4/5-------|-
Db|5:-5\4-------6\5-------|7\6-------6/7-------|5/6-------4/5-------|-
Ab|4:-3\2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|3/4-------2/3-------|-
Eb|---3\2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|3/4-------2/3-------|-
Bb|-(legato)-tacit1stTime-|--------------------|--------------------|-

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Db|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------|
Ab|3p2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|3/4-------2h3------|2:-3p2-3---|
Eb|3p2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|3/4-------2h3------|4:-3p2-3---|
Bb|1p0-------2\1-------|3\2-------2/3-------|1/2-------0h1------|-------1---|

| | | | .

Gb|5\4-------6\5-------|7\6-------8/9-------|9/10-----11/12-----|-----------|
Db|5\4-------6\5-------|7\6-------6/7-------|7/8-------9/10-----|2:---------|
Ab|3\2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|7/8-------9/10-----|4:---------|
Eb|3\2-------4\3-------|5\4-------4/5-------|5/6-------7/8------|-----------|
Bb|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------|

Play Riff C 2x

Then play: /== play 7x ========\

Db|-----------||---------------------||----------------|-
Ab|2:-3p2-----||*-4:-3p2-3---3p2----*||------rest------|-
Eb|4:-3p2-----||*-4:-3p2-3---3p2----*||----------------|-
Bb|-----------||---------1-----------||----------------|-

P.M .

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/== play 15x ======\

Db -||------------------||---------------4-------|
Ab -||*-3p2-3-3-3p2-2-2*||5:-3p2-3-3-3p2-2-------|
Eb -||*-3p2-3-3-3p2-2-2*||4:-3p2-3-3-3p2-2-------|
Bb -||------1-1-----0-0-||-------1-1-----0-------|

P.M . . . . . .

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Riff D

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Db|-----------------------|--------------------|
Ab|5:--4-4-44--4-4-4-43-3-|-4-4-44--4-4-3-33-3-|
Eb|4:--4-4-44--4-4-4-43-3-|-4-4-44--4-4-3-33-3-|
Bb|----2-2-22--2-2-2-21-1-|-2-2-22--2-2-1-11-1-|

P.M . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. .

Play Riff D 4x

Riff E1

/== play 3x ==========\

Db||-----------------8---||----------------|
Ab||*-4:--5-5-5-5-5-56--*||-5-5-5----------|
Eb||*-4:--5-5-5-5-5-56--*||-5-5-5-55--5555-|
Bb||------3-3-3-3-3-34---||-3-3-3-33--3333-|

P.M . . . . . . . . . .. ....

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Play Riff E1 2x

Riff E2

/== play 3x ==========\

Db||-----------------3---||----------------|
Ab||*-4:--2-2-2-2-2-23--*||-2-2-2----------|
Eb||*-4:--2-2-2-2-2-21--*||-2-2-2-22--2222-|
Bb||------0-0-0-0-0-0----||-0-0-0-00--0000-|

P.M . . . . . . . . . .. ....

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Play Riff E2 2x

Play Riff D 4x under solo

Riff F

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Eb|655--655--655--6|55--655--655----|
Bb|433--433--433--4|33--433--433----|

P.M... ... ... . .. ... ...

Play Riff F 4x

Then play this tricky section:

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Eb|222--222--222--2|22--222--222--22|2--222--222--222|--222--222--222-|-
Bb|000--000--000--0|00--000--000--00|0--000--000--000|--000--000--000-|-

P.M... ... ... . .. ... ... .. . ... ... ... ... ... ...

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Eb -|-222--222--222--|222--222--222--2|22--222--222--22|2--222--222--222|
Bb -|-000--000--000--|000--000--000--0|00--000--000--00|0--000--000--000|

P.M ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... .. . ... ... ...

Riff G

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Ab|--2----5----2---|--4----2----5---|--2----5----2---|--4----2----4---|
Eb|4-2--2-5----2---|2-4----2--2-5---|4-2--2-5----2---|2-4----2--2-4---|
Bb|2-0--0-3----0---|0-2----0--0-3---|2-0--0-3----0---|0-2----0--0-2---|

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Gb|6-4--4-7----4---|4------4--4-7---|6-4--4-7----4---|4-6----4--4-6---|
Db|6-4--4-7----4---|4-6----4--4-7---|6-4--4-7----4---|4-6----4--4-6---|
Ab|4-2--2-5----2---|2-4----2--2-5---|4-2--2-5----2---|2-4----2--2-4---|
Eb|4-2--2-5----2---|2-4----2--2-5---|4-2--2-5----2---|2-4----2--2-4---|
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Play Riff G 2x

Then play:

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Gb|CleanGtr--------|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|-
Db|----4-----4-----|4-----4-----4---|----4-----4-----|4-----4-----4---|-
Ab|--4-----4-----4-|----4-----4-----|--4-----4-----4-|----4-----4-----|-
Eb|2-----0---------|----------------|2-----0---------|----------------|-
Bb|------------3---|--2-----1-------|------------3---|--2-----1-------|-

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Db|4-----2-----7---|--6-----5-------|4-----2-----7---|--6-----5-------|-
Ab|4-----2-----5---|--4-----3-------|4-----2-----5---|--4-----3-------|-
Eb|2-----0-----5---|--4-----3-------|2-----0-----5---|--4-----3-------|-
Bb|------------3---|--2-----1-------|------------3---|--2-----1-------|-

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Gb -|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|
Db -|----4-----4-----|4-----4-----4---|----4-----4-----|4-----4-----2---|
Ab -|--4-----4-----4-|----4-----4-----|--4-----4-----4-|----4-----3-----|
Eb -|2-----0---------|----------------|2-----0---------|----------------|
Bb -|------------3---|--2-----1-------|------------3---|--2-----1-------|

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Gb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db -|4-----2-----7---|--------5-------|4-----2-----7---|--6-----2-------|
Ab -|4-----2-----5---|--4/5\4-3-------|4-----2-----5---|--4-----3-------|
Eb -|2-----0-----5---|--4/5\4-3-------|2-----0-----5---|--4-----3-------|
Bb -|------------3---|--2/3\2-1-------|------------3---|--2-----1-------|

Riff A2

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Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Eb|55-4-4--44-44--3|-3-3--44-3-3--44|-44--3-3-3--44-3|-3--44-44--3-3--|
Bb|33------22-22---|------22------22|-22---------22--|----22-22-------|

P.M.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Play Riff A2 2x

Riff A3

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Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Eb|55-7-7--44-44--6|-6-6--44-6-6--44|-44--6-6-6--44-6|-6--44-44--6-6--|
Bb|33------22-22---|------22------22|-22---------22--|----22-22-------|

P.M.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Now one guitar plays Riff A3 while the other continues with A2 2x

Riff A4

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Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|---6-6---------5|-5-5-----5-5----|-----5-5-5-----5|-5---------5-5--|
Eb|55-4-4--44-44--3|-3-3--44-3-3--44|-44--3-3-3--44-3|-3--44-44--3-3--|
Bb|33------22-22---|------22------22|-22---------22--|----22-22-------|

P.M.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Both Gtrs play Riff A4 2x

End with:

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Db|----------------||
Ab|----------------||
Eb|55------44-44---||
Bb|33------22-22---||

P.M.. .. ..

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May 17, 1999

E-mail me with any comments, criticism...

Mathie@unixg.ubc.ca

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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