Tetragrammaton - The Mars Volta
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TETRAGRAMMATON – Mars Volta
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Tabbed by: keno444
Email: quiksilver444@mail.com
Ok. This is my first tab, so bear with me. I started to tab out the song because I was
of searching for a better tab. I know I don’t have all the parts, and I know I’m not 100%
but I do have most of them written down on here at least. I’ll give credit where credit
due. I thank nibbleschew and the others who wrote this tab before me.
Here’s the best I could come up with, but you’ll have to find out the timing by
I’m open to all suggestions to make this tab better. In fact, I encourage it.
Tuning: Standard Tuning
[Intro]
Guitar 1 x4
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Guitar 2 start
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ar 1 x3
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[Chorus]
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A|-5-5p2p0h2-2
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X4 except on l
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ast time, don’
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t play this /
Play Verse x3
Verse Lead x3
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Chorus x4 except on last time, don’t play 0h2h4p2p0h2h4p2p0
4:35
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ects
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5:00 Prelude
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[7:47 Solo]
(OK I had trou
tell what he’s
e|-10-9-7-----
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ble with this
playing. I us
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because there’s so much effects on it, so its hard
ually just improv with this scale…)
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B|---0--------
G|--3---------
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B|-------5-7-6
G|-6-4-6------
D|------------
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(Repeat above
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-----------6-7---------5-7-6-----------------------------------|
4-7-6-4-6-4------6-4-6------4-7-6-4-6-4-6-7-6------------------|
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two bars x4)
9:05
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B|-5-6-7--7-6-
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9:13 Make it 8 frets higher sound with a pitch modifier for second chorus
9:38
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9:42
e|------6-----
B|-------5-7-6
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9:54 8 frets h
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B|------------
G|-11-7-9----7
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igher again bu
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t sax does thi
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Repeat 9:38 and 9:42
10:41 x8
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x7
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x5 (I have no idea what he does on 11:19)
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Then repeat from here
11:45 Saxophon
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B|-12---------
G|---11-14-11-
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e part (repeat
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until solo is
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11:51 Solo
e|-9h10p9----9
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t know because
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of effects, b
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ut sounds like
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14:37
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B|-------5-7-6
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14:55 Guitar 1
e|------------
B|------------
G|---4-6-4---6
D|------------
A|-2-------4--
E|------------
x4
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-7-6---3-4-3--
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-2-3-2---3-4-3
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2-1---5-6-5---
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15:15 Guitar x
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|--------7-9-
E|-7-9-10-----
3
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--8--8--------
10-10-10-9-7-9
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---8-9-11-11-9
-10-----------
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-8-9-11-11-9-8
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10-10-9-7--7-9
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B|------------
G|------------
D|-8-9-11-9-8-
A|-----------1
E|------------
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-------7------
-8-9-11-11-9--
0-------------
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14-15-18-15-14
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--14--------14
16--16-15-16--
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16-15-----15-1
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B|-----------1
G|------15-16-
D|-16-17------
A|------------
E|------------
Except on last
-----14-12----
5-14------15-1
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/
time end on /
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4---/11---------------------------------------------|
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12
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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