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.
