Frances The Mute

The Mars Volta

Tom:
Afinação:
Tabbed by:nibbleschew
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Good Luck!

Tuning:Standard
Legend
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Up until 4:32 the song is just effects and noises.

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Verse @ 4:32-4:46
 -Play Through once then go directly into the chord formations 
e|-15-----15-----12-----12-----15-----15-----12----12----|     
B|---12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12----12--|     
G|-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15----15|     
D|-------------------------------------------------------|     
A|-------------------------------------------------------|     
E|-------------------------------------------------------|     

e|-12----12----10----10----12----12----11----11----| 
B|---10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10--| 
G|-----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
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e|7----7----5----5----7----7----5----5----|6----6----6----6----6----6-
B|--5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5--|--5----5----5----5----5----
G|----7----7----7----7----7----7----7----7|---------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
e|---6-----0---0| 
B|7----7-----4--| 
G|--------------| 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 

 -Figure out the Rythym with the song, I'm pretty sure these are the 
chord formations.

Verse Chord Formations @ 4:47-6:15
e|-15-|-12-|-15-|-12-| 
B|-12-|-10-|-12-|-11-| 
G|-15-|-12-|-15-|-12-| 
D|----|----|----|----| 
A|----|----|----|----| 
E|----|----|----|----| 

Play 2x Before Harmony comes in Then Play 6x more with Harmony

Harmony- with some delay effect 5:16-6:15
e|--19-----15-22-19-17-----|--19-----17-15-14~~~~~| 
B|-------------------------|----------------------| 
G|-------------------------|----------------------| 
D|-------------------------|----------------------| 
A|-------------------------|----------------------| 
E|-------------------------|----------------------| 
Play 6x                                             

-Then go back to the Verse with Individual picking 6:16-6:45 
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Guitar solo  6:46-7:15
e|-------14-----------------------------
B|-12/17--------------11--12--11--------
G|------------------------------12--11--
D|--------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------
e|------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------| 
G|14p12p1111h14p11h12p11h14p11h12p11h12p11-14--12-| 
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 

     **if it appears as though a note is "1111"
       it means 11,11 only really fast

e|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-11--14--12--------------------------------------------------
D|------------12--14-----h16--12-14-16p14h16-16p14p12-16p14p12-
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------| 
B|------------------| 
G|------------------| 
D|16p14p12-16p14p12-| 
A|------------------| 
E|------------------| 

e|---12--10----14--15--17--15--14--12-h14-------------------------
B|----------12---------------------------12h13--------------------
G|--------------------------------------------14-12-11-11--12--14-
D|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------
e|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|12/16-14-16| 
D|-----------| 
A|-----------| 
E|-----------| 
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e|--------12------17--15-14--10--10h12--/--14p12-14h15-14h17-14h15-
B|12--17------17---------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
e|14h17-14h15-14h17-14h15\12| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|--------------------------| 
D|--------------------------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

During the Break the Acoustic just plays around with the g major chord 
and 0-3-5- on
e.

The Bridge is annoyyyying to tab, but most of the stuff is inside this 
scale
*Omar loves the harmonic seventh scale(lowering the 7th note 1/2 step) 
and adding random
that doesnt belong in the scale but owell it kicks ass.
This scale is a little like the Harmonic seventh only more complicated.
  @ 10:32-10:56

e|-------------------------------12-14-15-----------------------------
B|-------------------11-12-14-15--------------------------------------
G|----------11-12-14--------------------------------------------------
D|-11-12-14-----------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

E|-----------------|----------------------| 
B|-15-13-12--------|--12-0-0-12-0-0-13----| 
G|----------14-12--|-------------------14-| 
D|-----------------|----------------------| 
A|-----------------|----------------------| 
E|-----------------|----------------------| 

 Chorus @ 11:12-12:05
E ------------------------------------------------------------| 
B ------------------------------------------------------------| 
G ------------------------------------------------------------| 
D ------------------------------------------------------------| 
A -------------------------------------------5--3-3-----------| 
E -0---0-2-3-2-0-3-5-3-2-2----0-2-3-2-0-----------------------| 
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E-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G-----------------------------------------------4-2----2-0----| 
D----0-2-4-2-4-0-2---------4-5-4-0-0-2-2------4------4-----2-0| 
A-------------------2-0-2-------------------------------------| 
E-------------------------------------------------------------| 

The Outro is the same as the Beginning of Cygnus.

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