Lvia Lviaquez - The Mars Volta

Tuning: , E A D G B E

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So the other tab is OK but doesn't quite sound right.  I'm pretty confident in 
this one so here it goes.

h: hammer on
p: pull off
s: slide
^: bend whole step
pm: palm mute

INTRO:
|-------------
|-------------
|-----3h5p3---
|-3-5-------5-
|-------------
|-------------

--------|-----
--------|-----
3h5p3---|-3h5p
------5-|-----
--------|-----
--------|-----

----|   |-----
----|   |-----
3---|   |-5---
--5-|x6 |-----
----|   |-----
----|   |-----

--------------
------6-------
5-------5p3-5p
--------------
--------------
--------------

--------------
----------6---
3---3-5s7---7s
--5-----------
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--------------

-----|
-----|
5p3--|
---5-|
-----|
-----|

VERSE (listen 
|-6-|-8-|-6-|-
|-8-|-7-|-6-|-
|-7-|-7-|-7-|-
|-5-|---|---|-
|---|---|---|-
|---|---|---|-

for the strumi
------5------5
----4---4----4
--5-------5--5
0------------0
--------------
--------------

ng pattern):
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|

PRE CHORUS:   
|-3-----3-5---
|---3-------4-
|-----3-------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

              
|-3-----3-----
|---3-----3---
|-----3-----3-
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

       Gm  Am 
------|-3--5--
--3---|-3--5--
5---5-|-3--5--
------|-5--7--
------|-5--7--
------|-3--5--

Bb C  D       
6--8--10-| r v
6--8--10-| e e
7--9--11-| p r
8--10-12-| e s
8--10-12-| a e
6--8--10-| t  

After 2nd vers
 |------------
 |------------
 |------------
 |------------
 |------------
 |-pm-10-8-6-5

e
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|

CHORUS (The stumming pattern changes so play around with these cords):

Gm: 3553333 Bb X1333X D X5777X A7dim 54X5XX

Back to it:
|-------------
|-17^---------
|-17^---------
|-------15h17-
|-------------
|-------------

--------------
--------------
15--------15--
----15h17----1
--------------
--------------

--------------
--------------
-----15-------
5h17----15h17-
--------------
--------------

--------------
--------------
17-------15-17
---15h17------
--------------
--------------

--|-----------
--|-----15h18p
^-|-17^-------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

----|
15--|
----| x7
----|
----|
----|

|-------------
|-------------
|-17^-17^-17^-
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

--------------
--------------
17s15---------
------17--15-1
--------------
--------------

--------------
--------------
--------------
7-------------
-----15-15----
--15-------15-

--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
---15-15------
15-------15-15

--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
-15-13-15^15-1
--------------

----|
----|
----|
----|
3---|
--15|

VERSE

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

BRIDGE SOLO

|-15----------
|----12-------
|-------13----
|----------12-
|-------------
|-------------

------------13
--------------
---15-12-11---
13------------
--------------
--------------

----12-------1
-11----11-10--
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

0-------------
--11-10h11-10h
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

--------------
11-10h11-13-9-
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--------------
--------------
--------------

----|
----|
9-8-|
----|
----|
----|

|-10-17----14-
|-------15----
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

15-------19---
------17------
---15-------19
--------------
--------------
--------------

-------------1
-19-20----17--
-------15-----
--------------
--------------
--------------

9----17-21----
--18----------
-----------19-
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FINAL VERSE

Strum the chords from the earlier verses then same build up and break down

For the lead in the outro it's really just a jam you can play around with the G natural 
occasionally throwing a F# in.  You can play this over the earlier choruses too.

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