Artist: Mars Volta
Song: Aberinkula
Album: Bedlam in Goliath
Intro/Chorus:
E||-------------------------------------||(x4)
B||-------------------------------------||
G||*-----------------------------------*||
D||*-----------------------------------*||
A||--5-5-5-4-4-4------------------------||
E||--------------6-6-6-5-5-5-4---3------||
Verse 1+2:
E||--------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------8-|
G||*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10------|
D||*-------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------||(x3)
B|------8------8------8------8----------||
G|---10-----10-----10-----10-----------*||
D|-------------------------------------*||
A|--------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------||
Omar plays this part slightly differently on the first two verses.
|1st Verse| trill, slide up, bend up, slide down.
E|----------------/15tr-15b17-17-17-17\--|
B|--7tr-7-7-7-7-7/-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
|2nd Verse|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------8-|
G|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------10-10-10-10-10-10--|
B|----8------8------8--------------------|
G|-10-----10-----10----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
09 is 9th fret, I've done it so both bars below are in sync.
Left Speaker:
E||----------------------------------10-10-11-13--||(x3)
B||-------------------11-------13-----------------||
G||*---09-10-12-09-10----10-12----12-------------*||
D||*12-------------------------------------------*||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------||
Right Speaker:
E||-15-13-13-15-13-13-15-13-13-15-13-13-15-13-15--||(x3)
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||*---------------------------------------------*||
D||*---------------------------------------------*||
A||-----------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|--12----11--------------------------|
A|--------------13----12----11--10----|
E|------------------------------------|
Play Chorus as above.
Verse 2 as above.
Chorus as above again.
Then there is a key change (A or +2 frets)
Solo:
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-14bu----14-12-14b15b14-12----------|
D|---------------------------14-12~---|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------17b19---|
B|--------------------------------15b16b15----------|
G|-------12-14-14b15b14-12----16--------------------|
D|-12-14-------------------14-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
If you don't have a pitch-shifter, just go mad on this string.
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10-12-12---12-12-12-12-/13\12/14\13/15\14/17\15/19-|
A|-10-13---------10----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-/14b15~~-/12b13~~-----------------|
D|-------------------/13b14~~\12~~---|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Breakdown:
E||-------------------------||(x4)
B||-------------------------||
G||*-----------------------*||
D||*-----------------5/7---*||
A||--5--/7--/8--\7----------||
E||-------------------------||
Left Speaker: Echo/Delay Effect.
E||-------------------------------------||(x4)
B||-------------------------------------||
G||*-----------------------------------*||
D||*-----------------------------------*||
A||--5\0-(5)\(0)-(5)\(0)-(5)\(0)-(5)\(0)||
E||-------------------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mars_volta/aberinkula_tab_ver_2.html ]
Right Speaker:Palm-Muted
E||-------------------------------------||(x4)
B||-------------------------------------||
G||*-----------------------------------*||
D||*-----------------------------------*||
A||--5-5-5-4-4-4------------------------||
E||--------------6-6-6-5-5-5-4---3------||
Then the Chorus.
Same except on last repeat, don't hit G.
End Section:
Left Speaker
E|-12---------11------------------------|
B|---------10----12---------------------|
G|------13-------------12----13---------|
D|------------------------------12-13---|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-6h7p6--------------------6h7p6------------------|
D|------h7---8p7-5-7p5-----------h7---8p7p5--------|
A|---------------------7-7------------------7-7-7--|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
B|------10---8------------------------|
G|-9h10----------7---/9---10-9-7~-----|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|------8--10-8--------------------------|
G|-9h10----------10-9--7-6-7-6-9--6------|
D|-----------------------------------7~--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8--10-8------------------------------------------|
G|-9h10----------10-9--7-9-6h7p6-------------------------|
D|------------------------------h7--7h8p7p5h7--5h7p5-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------h7-7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|------8--10-8--------------------------|
G|-9h10----------10-9--7-6-7-9-10-9-7-6~-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8--10-8--------------------------------------------|
G|-9h10----------10-9--7-9-7-6h7p6-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------h7--7h8p7p5h7--5h7p5-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------h7-7-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
End Section:
Right Speaker (One Octave Down)
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-9-------8-----------------------|
D|-----6-7---9---------------------|
A|----------------10----11---------|
E|-------------------------10-11---|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-4h5p4p0------------------4h5p4p0---------------|
E|----------6p5--3-5p3-0-0-----------6p5p3-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-----7--5----------------------|
A|-7h8-------5---/7---8-7-5~-----|
E|-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------5--7-5------------------------|
A|-7h8---------8-7--5-4-5-4-7--4--0~--|
E|------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--7-5-----------------------------------------|
A|-7h8----------8-7--5-7-4h5p4p0-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------5h6p5p3h5--3h5p3p0-0-|
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----5--7-5------------------------|
A|-7h8---------8-7--5-4-5-7-8-7-5-4~-|
E|-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--7-5------------------------------------------|
A|-7h8---------8-7--5-7-5-4h5p4p0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------5h6p5p3h5--3h5p3p0-0-|
Sax Solo:
E||--------------------------------------------||(x2)
B||--------------------------------------------||
G||*-9----10----7----6----9----10-------------*||
D||*---------------------------------8----7---*||
A||--------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------||
Then Repeat the end section two more times and thats it!
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