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Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta
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Tabbed by:nibbleschew
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|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|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|E|E|----------------------------------
A|E|E|----------------------------------
E|E|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|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------
B|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------
G|-11--14--12--------------------------------------------------
D|------------12--14-----h16--12-14-16p14h16-16p14p12-16p14p12-
A|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------
E|E|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|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|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-----------------------|