Here's my best effort at tabbing this great surf tune. I learned about "Fathom This!" from the Surf Videos forum here on SG101. The tab is based largely on this rendition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F1-6_WNT7o&feature=channel with some hints take from the studio version that you may find (and purchase) here: http://www.myspace.com/thefathoms.

Please let me know if you find any errors or omissions.

(Revision 2)

Fathom This!  
by The Fathoms  
[url]http://www.myspace.com/thefathoms[/url]

Tabbed by Mark Pemburn (mark@pemburn.com)  
(based on studio and live versions)

Lead-in (palm mute)  
|--------3--3---------0--0---------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--|  
|--0--0--------3--3----------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Melody                                      Em                                                            Em  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0-------|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0-------|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|-------0--4--2--0-----2-2-2-2-2--0--2--4--2--0-----0-----v0-------|  
|-----0--4--2--0----2-2-2-2--0--2--4-----0--v2--|--1/2--------------2----------------------------2-----2--v2-------|  
|--2--------------2-------------------2-----v2--|---------------------------------------------------------v2-------|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0-------|

                                                                                                                Em  
|-------------------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------0--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------0--|  
|-----0--4--2--0-----2--2--2--0--2--4--2--0-----0-------v0--|--0-0-0-0--2--0-----------------0------------------0--|  
|--2--------------2--------------------------2-----2----v2--|-----------------4--2--4-4-4-4-----4--2--0--2/5\2--2--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------2---|---------------------------------------------------2--|  
|-----------------------------------------------------0-----|---------------------------------------------------0--|

Lead-in (2nd variant)  
|----------------15--15-----------12--12----------15--15----------12--12--------3--3---------0--0---------3--3--------0--0--|  
|--------12--12-----------15--15----------12--12----------15--15----------0--0--------3--3----------0--0--------3--3--------|  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|--14\7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Melody (2nd variant)                               Em                                                        Em  
|--------2-----------------------2-----------------v0--|--------7------------------------7------------------v0---------|  
|-----3-----5--3-----5--5--3--5-----5--3-----3-----v0--|-----8-----10--8-----v10--8--10-----10--8-----8-----v0---------|  
|--4--------------4-----------------------4-----4--v0--|--9---------------9------------------------9-----9--v0---------|  
|--------------------------------------------------v2--|----------------------------------------------------v2---------|  
|--------------------------------------------------v2--|----------------------------------------------------v2---------|  
|--------------------------------------------------v0--|----------------------------------------------------v0---------|

                                                            Em  
|--------7-------------------------------7------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------0--|  
|-----8-----10--8-----10--10--10--8--10-----10--8-----8-----v0--|---------------------------------------------------0--|  
|--9---------------9-------------------------------9-----9--v0--|--0-0-0-0--2--0-----------------0------------------0--|  
|-----------------------------------------------------------v2--|-----------------4--2--4-4-4-4-----4--2--0--2/5\2--2--|  
|-----------------------------------------------------------v2--|---------------------------------------------------2--|  
|-----------------------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------0--|

1st Lead break  
|-----------------------------------------5--------------------|--------------5--------------------|  
|-----------------------------8--5--7--8-----8--7--8--7--8--5--|--8--5--7--8-----8--7--8--7--8-----|  
|--------------------4--4--5-----------------------------------|--------------------------------5--|  
|--------5--5--7--7--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  
|--12\5--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|--------------5-----------5--6--6/7--8--7--10--7--|  
|--8--5--7--8-----8--7--8--------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|

Lead-in (1st variant repeated)  
|--------3--3---------0--0---------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--|  
|--0--0--------3--3----------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Melody (1st variant repeated)               Em                                                            Em  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0-------|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0-------|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|-------0--4--2--0-----2-2-2-2-2--0--2--4--2--0-----0-----v0-------|  
|-----0--4--2--0----2-2-2-2--0--2--4-----0--v2--|--1/2--------------2----------------------------2-----2--v2-------|  
|--2--------------2-------------------2-----v2--|---------------------------------------------------------v2-------|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0-------|

                                                        Em                                                      Em  
|-------------------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------0--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------0--|  
|-----0--4--2--0-----2--2--2--0--2--4--2--0-----0-------v0--|--0-0-0-0--2--0-----------------0------------------0--|  
|--2--------------2--------------------------2-----2----v2--|-----------------4--2--4-4-4-4-----4--2--0--2/5\2--2--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------2---|---------------------------------------------------2--|  
|-----------------------------------------------------0-----|---------------------------------------------------0--|

2nd Lead break  
|-----------------------------------------5--------------------|--------------5--------------------|  
|-----------------------------8--5--7--8-----8--7--8--7--8--5--|--8--5--7--8-----8--7--8--7--8-----|  
|--------------------4--4--5-----------------------------------|--------------------------------5--|  
|--------5--5--7--7--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  
|--12\5--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|--------------5-----------5--6--6/7--8--7--10--7--|  
|--8--5--7--8-----8--7--8--------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------|

                                                     F#Maj  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|-------------1/3--3--3--3--4--3-----------3----------2--2--1--2--h3p2h3p2--1--2--1/7--8--7--9--v7---|  
|--5--6--7------------------------5--3--5-----5----5--3----------------------------------------------|  
|--5--6--7---------------------------------------5----4----------------------------------------------|  
|--3--4--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Lead-in (repeat of 1st)  
|--------3--3---------0--0---------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--|  
|--0--0--------3--3----------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Melody                                     Em                                                            Em  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0--|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0--|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|-------0--4--2--0-----2-2-2-2-2--0--2--4--2--0-----0-----v0--|  
|-----0--4--2--0----2-2-2-2--0--2--4-----0--v2--|--1/2--------------2----------------------------2-----2--v2--|  
|--2--------------2-------------------2-----v2--|---------------------------------------------------------v2--|  
|-------------------------------------------v0--|---------------------------------------------------------v0--|

|-------------------------------------------------------v0--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------v0--|  
|-----0--4--2--0-----2--2--2--0--2--4--2--0-----0-------v0--|  
|--2--------------2--------------------------2-----2----v2--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------v2--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------v0--|

Outro  
|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|  
|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|  
|--0-0-0-0--2--0-----------------0--------------------------|--0-0-0-0--2--0-----------------0-------------------------|  
|-----------------4--2--4-4-4-4-----4--2--0--2--2/5\2--2/4--|-----------------4--2--4-4-4-4-----4--2--0--2--2/52--2/4--|  
|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|  
|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                 Em arpeggio  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------0v--|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------0---v--|  
|--0-0-0-0--2--0-----------------0----------------------------------------0------v--|  
|-----------------4--2--4-4-4-4-----4--2--0--2--2/5\2--2/5\2--0--------2---------v--|  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------2------------v--|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------0---------------v--|

                                                                             Em  
|--------3--3---------0--0---------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--0--|  
|--0--0--------3--3----------0--0--------3--3--------0--0--------3--3--------0--|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------2--|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------2--|  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--|

NOTES:  
/ = slide up  
\ = slide down  
v = tremolo bar dip  
~ = finger vibrato  
h = hammer on  
p = pull off

-- Woody

It takes a lot of mussel memory to avoid clams.

Last edited: Mar 17, 2009 10:06:18

Thank you! I appreciate all the work you did for this. Looks like it'll be fun. You wouldn't happen to have the tabs for Black Sand Beach too!

TommyD sez:

You wouldn't happen to have the tabs for Black Sand Beach too!

I'm on it -- just heard the song for the first time this AM (Yuzo Kayama 1966 Live version) and I'm psyched to learn it. Have a tab for you in a week or so (please be patient -- I have a day job!)

-- Woody

It takes a lot of mussel memory to avoid clams.

Woodsurfer
TommyD sez:

You wouldn't happen to have the tabs for Black Sand Beach too!

I'm on it -- just heard the song for the first time this AM (Yuzo Kayama 1966 Live version) and I'm psyched to learn it. Have a tab for you in a week or so (please be patient -- I have a day job!)

-- Woody

Thank you, Woody!