Tetragrammaton

The Mars Volta

Composição de: The Mars Volta / Omar Rodriguez-Lopez / Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Tom:
Afinação:
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                             Tetragrammaton - The Mars Volta
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Tabbed by: nibbleschew

Tuning: Standard

This  16:43 long song on this tab has been divided into 4 Parts To make
 it easier for
to find where you are. I added names of things I thought of when I 
listened and played
the section of the song.  Within this song is some of the best, and 
craziest stuff.
tab took me a long time to do, so make the best of it! OH and the 
accuracy of when the
occur, because I must've got the leaked version. Good Luck and Enjoy.

*** Not Everything is Perfect, there are mistakes in here, however 
these are just
to give you a good idea of how the song goes.***

PART 1- Getting to Know You- 0:00-5:58-----------------|
PART 2- The Calm Before the Storm(Cooldown)- 5:58-7:54-|
PART 3- Cooldown Erupts- 7:54-11:52--------------------|
PART 4- Point of No Return- 11:52-16:43----------------|

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PART 1- Getting to Know You- 0:00-5:58
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Intro: @ 0:00 Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-6-4---6-7-6------------------3-4-3---4-5-4--1-2-1---6-7-6---|
D|--------------------8-9-8---7-8-7----------------------------------|
A|---2-------4------------------------------2--------------4---------|
E|-------------------6------5-------4---------------1----------------|
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Then Guitar 2 Comes in @ 00:17
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------8----8-------------8-9-11-12-11-9-8-9-11-12---| 
A|-------7-9-10---10---10-9-7-9-10----------------------------| 
E|7-9-10------------------------------------------------------| 

E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
D|11-9-8----8-------------------8-9-11-9-8----8-9-11-12-11-9-| 
A|-------10---10-9-7----7-9-10--------------10---------------| 
E|-------------------10--------------------------------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------14--12-
B|--14-15-17-15-14-15-14-12-11-----14-15-17-15-14-15-14-15--14--------
G|----------------------------12-11-----------------------------------
D|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
e|-------12---|       
B|-15--14---11|       
G|------------|       
D|---------------||-| 
A|---------------||-| 
E|---------------||-| 

 Verse  @ 1:12 (1st time w/ vibrato)
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------7-8-7------10-8-7-----7-8-7-----10-8-7-----------| 
G|----7------7---7--------7--7------7--7-------7---------| 
D|---9---------9------------9---------9----------9-------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 

E|-----------|---------------|---------------|------------|-----------
B|------5--7|-------0--5-3-0-|--------------|-------------|-----------
G|---4-------|----3----------|--------6-4-0-|------6-4-0--|-----6-4-0-
D|-5--5------|--4------------|----5---------|---4---------|--4--------
A|-----------|---------------|---7--7-------|--5--5-------|-4--4------
E|-----------|---------------|--------------|-------------|-----------

   x4 x4 x2 x2-x2
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E|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|--------------4-------------| 
D|-----4------5---4-----------| 
A|---4---4--7-------4---------| 
E|---------------------5-6----| 

Chorus 1 @ 2:20                               1st Ending         2nd Ending
E|-----------------------------|---------------|----------------------
B|-----------------------------|---------------|----------------------
G|-----------------------------|---------------|----------------------
D|-----------------------------|-0--2--4--2--0-|--0-2-4-0-2-4-0-------
A|--5p4p2p0-2-2---5p4p2p0-2-2|---------------|------------------------
E|-----------------------------|---------------|----------------------

Verse @ 2:57 Again with Guitar Solo:
e|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|--12--------12h14---17----------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------12--------14---11---------12--------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------14--------
A|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
e|---------------||| 
B|-----------|       
G|-----------|       
D|12---11----|       
A|---------------||| 
E|---------------||| 

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

Chorus 1@ 4:08: Then... @ 4:41 Played Backwards with...
E|----------------------------------------------------|    
B|----------------------------------------------------|    
G|----------------------------------------------------|    
D|----------------------------------------------------|    
A|-----------7-7-8--8---------------------------------|    
E|--7--7-7-7-----------9--9------10-10-10--5-5-5/-----| x2 
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Weird Effects @ 4:54
E|-----------------------|------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------|------------------------------| 
G|--9-----7-9-10-9-7----|--9-7-11---7-9-10--------------| 
D|---------------------9-|------------------11----------| 
A|-----------------------|------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------|------------------------------| 

 @5:04...
E|-----------------------12-------------------------------------------
B|-15-14-12-11-12-14-15----11-12-14-----------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

E|----------12---12-13-12----------|----------------------------------
B|-12-14-15---15----------15-14-12|--11-12-14-15-14-12------11--------
G|---------------------------------|---------------------12----11-----
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------

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

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PART 2-The Calm before the Storm(Cooldown)  5:58-7:54
=========================================================

Altered Verse@5:58
(This part I tried to figure out as best I could but it doesnt sound 
100% correct)

E|---------------------------------|-----------7---10--| 
B|-----7-10---8-7--------8--------|-----7-8-7----------| 
G|----7-------------7--9---6-7----|----7---------------| 
D|---9--------------------------8-|---9----------------| 
A|--------------------------------|--------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|-------------------| 
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         1st ending
E|-------------------------| 
B|--------7-------------3--| 
G|-----4----4---------3----| 
D|---5-------------4-------| 
A|-------------------------| 
E|-------------------------| 

         2nd ending     & 3rd ending
E|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|------6--------4-------4---------| 
D|----5---5----4---4---4---4-------| 
A|--7--------5--------4------4-----| 
E|---------------------------------| 

E|-------------------------------------------|------------------------
B|----7-------5------4----------------------|-------------------------
G|---7------4-------3-------4---------------|-------------------------
D|--9------5-------4-------5----------------|-------------------------
A|------------------------7-----------------|-------------------------
E|---------------------------------2------3-|------5------1------3----

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PART 3- Cooldown Erupts 7:54-11:52   (From here on out it gets 
complicated, fast and hard)
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Guitar Solo @ 7:55 ------------------------------------------|This solo
 is NOT correct,
just use the scale involved and to try imatate Omar, but I tried to tab
 it as best I
but my patience is limited to how accurate this is.
HINT: Tremolo Pick!!!!! (it should sound close)

E|-7--10p9p7-10p9p7-10p9p7-10p9p7-10---10b-------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------10--7h8p7------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------7----| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------9--| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
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e|--------------------------------10b-----10p9p7-10p9p7-10p9p7-10p9p7-
B|--7h10p8p7-10p8p7-10p8p710b-----------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------9-----------------------------
D|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|----------------------------------------------------------------
e|10---10b------|       
B|--------------|       
G|--------------|       
D|---------------||---| 
A|---------------||---| 
E|---------------||---| 

Play around with stuff like that for a while until you get the feel for
 the solo. Its long
and complicated.
Leadoff @ 8:20

E|----------------------------| 
B|------0---------------------| 
G|----3-----------------------| 
D|--4-------------------------| 
A|---------4------------------| 
E|------------5--6------------| 

Verse 2/Chorus 2 @ 8:22
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
B|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
G|--------11-----------------------11-10-|-------11-------------------
D|--9---9----9-12-11-9-11-11-9-11-9------|-9---9----9-12-11-9-11-11-9-
A|----9----------------------------------|---9------------------------
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
E|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|--------------| 
D|11-9-11-12-11-| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 

E|------------------------|-------------------------------------------
B|------------------------|-------------------------------------------
G|--9-------11-9----------|------------9------------------------------
D|----11-12------12-11-9--|----12-9-11---12-11-9-8---7--7-------------
A|------------------------|--------------------------7--7-------------
E|------------------------|--------------------------5--5-------------

Then go back to play verse 2 with an octave effect.
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When Verse 2 is being played, the saxophone does this.
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------| 
G|--11-----7-----9------------7--------------------| 
D|---------------------11-----------9------11------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 

@ 11;10 Just mess around with the verse 1 from PART 1.
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PART 4: Point of No Return 11:52-16:43
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E|-------------------------12---------------------------------------| 
B|--12---14h15p14---14-15-----15-14-12----11h12p11-14---------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------| 

E|----------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------| 
G|----11-12-------------------------------------------| 
D|-14--------14-----11-12-14-12-11-12-11h12p11--------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------| 

It Just basically repeats things like that above for a couple minutes.

E|--12--14------12--------------------------------------------| 
B|----------12------------14h15p14--12------------------------| 
G|-------------------14---------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 
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Verse 2/Chorus 2 @ 14:24
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
B|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
G|--------11-----------------------11-10-|-------11-------------------
D|--9---9----9-12-11-9-11-11-9-11-9------|-9---9----9-12-11-9-11-11-9-
A|----9----------------------------------|---9------------------------
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
E|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|--------------| 
D|11-9-11-12-11-| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 

Then @ 14:47
E|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|--9-------11-9----------|------------9-----------------------------|
D|----11-12------12-11-9--|----12-9-11---12-11-9-8---7--7------------|
A|------------------------|--------------------------7--7------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------------5--5------------|
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