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Mulambo

Soulfly
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Song

"Mulumbo" by Soulfly

>From the album "Primitive"

By David Stephens Universe777bk@hotmail.com

Tune down to B (B E A D F# B)

LEGEND:

/ or - slide up or down

p - pull off

h - hammer on

b - bend

A - artifical harmonics

r - ring out

_INTRO/POST VERSE/PRE VERSE_

|-b-|-------------------------------| x4
|-F#|-------------------------------|
|-D-|-------------------------------|
|-A-|-------------------------------|
|-E-|-------------------------------|
|-B-|-1--1--2-1--2-1-1-1-1--2-1--2--|
|-b-|-------------------------------| x4
|-F#|-------------------------------|
|-D-|-------------------------------|
|-A-|-------------------------------|
|-E-|-3--3--4-3--4-3-3-3-3--4-3--4--|
|-B-|-1--1--2-1--2-1-1-1-1--2-1--2--|

_VERSE_

With some sort of wicked effect

|-b-|-------------------------------| x8

|-F#|-------------------------------| * Don't play the first fret on

|-D-|-------------------------------|    the 4th and 8th go.
|-A-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-1----|
|-E-|-------------------------------|
|-B-|-------------------------------|

*

_INTRO/POST VERSE/PRE VERSE__

_VERSE_

_POST VERSE 2_

|-b-|--------------| x4 |-b-|--------------| x4
|-F#|--------------|    |-F#|--------------|
|-D-|--------3b----|    |-D-|--------3b----|
|-A-|--------------|    |-A-|--------------|
|-E-|--------------|    |-E-|--2-2---------|
|-B-|--0-0---------|    |-B-|--0-0---------|

_MULUMBO BIT_

Just bend the last note while it rings out.

_INTRO/POST VERSE_

_VERSE_

_POST VERSE 2_

_MULUMBO BIT_

Just bend the last note while it rings out.

_OUTRO_

|-b-|---------------------------------| x2

|-F#|---------------------------------| *Don't play these 2 notes on 2nd

|-D-|---------------------------------|  go.
|-A-|---------------------------------|
|-E-|---------------------------------|
|-B-|-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-6-0-|

* *

|-b-|---------------------------------| x12
|-F#|---------------------------------|
|-D-|----------------------------3----|
|-A-|---------------------------------|
|-E-|---------------------------------|
|-B-|-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-------|
|-b-|-----------------------------------------------| x2
|-F#|-----------------------------------------------|
|-D-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-18-18-18-18-15--|
|-A-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-E-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-B-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-b-|-----------------------------------------------| x2

|-F#|-----------------------------------------------| * Bend on second go.

|-D-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-19-19-19-19-16--| # Don't play on second go.

|-A-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-E-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-B-|-----------------------------------------------|

* #

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"Mulumbo" by Soulfly

>From the album "Primitive"

By David Stephens Universe777bk@hotmail.com

Tune down to droped D typed tuning (A E A D F# B)

LEGEND:

/ or - slide up or down

p - pull off

h - hammer on

b - bend

A - artifical harmonics

r - ring out

_INTRO_

|-b-|----------------------------------| x4
|-F#|----------------------------------|
|-D-|----------------------------------|
|-A-|----------------------------------|
|-E-|----------------------------------|
|-A-|--0-0-0-1-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-4-|

_PRE/POST VERSE_

|-b-|-----------------------------------| x4
|-F#|-----------------------------------|
|-D-|-----------------------------------|
|-A-|-----------------------------------|
|-E-|--4-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-6-0-0-0--|
|-A-|--4-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-6-0-0-0--|

_VERSE_

|-b-|--8h10-10-10-8h10-10-10-8h10-11--11--13--| x8
|-F#|-----------------------------------------|
|-D-|-----------------------------------------|
|-A-|-----------------------------------------|
|-E-|-----------------------------------------|

|-A-|-----------------------------------------| _PRE/POST VERSE_

_VERSE_

Only x4.

_PRE CHOROUS_

|-b-|----------------------------| x4
|-F#|----------------------------|
|-D-|--7-------7-----------------|
|-A-|----------------------------|
|-E-|--5-------5-----------1--2--|
|-A-|----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-1--2--|

_CHOROUS_

|-b-|-----------------------| x4
|-F#|-----------------------|
|-D-|-----------------------|
|-A-|--6---7--6-------------|
|-E-|--4---5--4-----4---3---|
|-A-|------------0--4---3---|

_POST VERSE_

_VERSE_

Only x4.

_PRE CHOROUS_

_CHOROUS_

_OUTRO_

|-b-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|x1|--------------| x8
|-F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  |--------------|
|-D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  |--------------|
|-A-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-1010101010101010-|  |-13-13-13-13--|
|-E-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|  |-11-11-11-11--|
|-A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  |--------------||-b-|-----------------------|
|-F#|-----------------------|
|-D-|-----------------------|
|-A-|-----------------------|
|-E-|-0---0--1---0---0--6---|
|-A-|-0---0--1---0---0--6---|

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