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Incessant Mase

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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:46:14 -0500

From: ponies2@computek.net (Keith Barron)

Subject: s/soundgarden/incessant_mace.tab

Song: Incessant Mace

Band: Soundgarden

Album: Ultramega OK

Music: Thayil

Words: Cornell

I've been wanting to post this song for a while as it is my all time

favorite Soundgarden song, but I've kept on making corrections to this file.

But here's what I've ended up with:

Riff 1:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------4h5tr~~~~-|
|-0------12------10------7------5------4------3-----------------|

Trill the last notes.

Riff 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------11--------9-------6------4--------------------------|
|-0------12----12--10---10--7---7--5---5--4------3------2br-----|

Riff 3

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------11-11-11-11-11-11---9--9--9--9--9--9--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0------12-12-12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-|

Riff 4 Fill 1

|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| |----------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-| |-/9--(9)\-|
|--------------------------4-----4-----4-----4-----| |----------|
|--------------------------------------------------| |----------|
|--------------------------------------------------| |----------|
|--------------------------------------------------| |----------|

Solos:

The solos are improvised and relatively easy considering most SG solos. It

takes place mostly on the 12 frets and 9 frets around the E minor pentatonic

scale with maybe a G# or something added here or there.

I don't know most of it but here's a part at the end of one solo:

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

|-7/9-9-9\7/9-9-9\7-etc...-|

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

Riff 1 is the intro and verse part and is played at the begining of the

first two verses.

Riff 2 is played during the verses after Riff 1 is played and sometimes

after Riff 3 is played.

Riff 3 is played at the beginning of the third verse.

Riff 4 is played after every solo and played 2 times after the second solo.

Fill 1 is played after Riff 4 the first two times.

The solos are played after each verse for 8 bars each and Chris sings over

the last one.

The bass plays Riff 1 for the verses and 'solos' during the solos.

End on this:

|--------------||
|--------------||
|--------------||
|--------------||
|--------------||
|-0------------||

Then quickly pick up a harmonica and play a bar or two and the song is over. :)

Lyrics:

So he's afraid he'll suffer his father's fate

Two sets of silverware, cups and plates

Two burning hands and bleeding hearts

Don't feel it's not too late to start

Only the photographs on your wall

Are chained and down your hall

Reminding you of all the days

When you collected hell to pay

Well hell to pay

I said it's not too late

Not it's not too late

Incessant mace

Oh God I can see it, you know it's incessant mace

Magazine stacks and broken backs

Are what you get for piling stacks

Beneath your treasure chest

You wonder why you're under stress

No it's not too late

Incessant mace

Oh God I can see it, you know it's incessant mace

Mace!!!

Mace!!!

Mace!!!

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