Artsit — Monster Magnet
Song — Theme from Masterburner
Album — Dopes to Infinity
Bassist — Joe Calandra
Tabbed by — LedZeplica
The tuning for this song is (from low to high): D flat A flat D flat G
flat…
Drop all strings one half step, then drop the E string an additional step
(one and a half steps total).
The bass comes in with this riff about a minute into the song…
*Riff 1*
Gb|—————————————————————————
———————
Db|—————————————————————————
———————
Ab|—2—2-2-0——-2—2-2-0———2—2-2-0——-2—2-2-0——————-
———
Db|————5——————5——————5—————-5—-2—
—5-2-5-2—
When it slows down again, play this…
Gb|———|———-|———————|————|——————|
Db|———|———-|———————|————|——————|
Ab|—7——|—5-7—-|———————|—5-7—-|——————|
Db|———|———-|—7^9—7—5—2—|————|—7—5—0-2—|
Gb|———7-9——|—————-|—7-9————-|
Db|—7^9————|—————-|——————-|
Ab|——————-|—————-|——————-|
Db|——————-|—-5—0-2—-|——————-|
Then play Riff 1 again…
Then play this…
*Riff 2*
Gb|—————————-|
Db|—————————-|
Ab|—2—2-2-2—————|
Db|—————-2—2—2—|
Repeat Riff 2 eight times, then play this…
Gb|—————————|
Db|—————————|
Ab|—7—7—7-7-7———|
Db|——————7-7—|
Then play Riff 2 three more times, followed by the last measure of Riff 1.
Then play this…
Gb|—————————————————————————
—————|
Db|—————————————————————————
—————|
Ab|—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10—7—7—7-7—5—5—7—7—7-7—5-5
—|
Db|—————————————————————————
—————|
Repeat that three time4s and play this…
Gb|————————————————————————|
Db|————————————————————————|
Ab|—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—|
Db|————————————————————————|
Then repeat Riff 1, and then Riff 2 and the song fades out.
During the fade out, add some slides in there.
That’s it.
