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Ouroborous - The Mars Volta
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Tabbed by: tmv91
Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-/9-------------------|
D|-/10---/9----\4---/7--|
A|-/12---/10---\5---/8--|
E|-------/12---\7---/10-|
Main riff x10
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Chorus x2
e|-----12/13------15/17------10/12-----7/8-|
B|-/10-------------------/10---------------|
G|------------/16-------------------/7-----|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-8---0-7---5--7b-7-5----------------------------|
E|---------------------5---\3-/5-\1-/3-0--1-1-1-0-|
Harminization of above section
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---0-4---2--4b-4-2------7--0--4-/7-9-------------|
D|---------------------2------------------10-10-10-9-|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Main riff x10 (solo over first two repeats)
on last time (extra guitar)
e|--------------------|
B|-8h10p8-8--8h10p8-8-|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Repeat Chorus
Synthesizer part ("of all the warnings")x4
e|------------------------------|-----|
B|------------------------------|-----|
G|--------9---------------------|-/9--|
D|-----10---------9-----4-----7-|-/10-|
A|-/12---------10-----5------8--|-/12-|
E|----------12------7----/10----|-----|
Repeat Main riff x10 (solo above it)
Repeat Chorus and Synthesizer part
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mars_volta/ouroborous_tab.html ]
Riff 2 x4
e|---10--10--10~-------5---5---5~-|
B|---x---x---x-~-------x---x---x~-|
G|---9---9---9-~----9--4---4---4~-|
D|---10--10--10~----10-5---5---5~-|
A|---0---0---0-~----0--x---x---x~-|
E|-0-------------------0---0---0~-|
"Why" x2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--9--9--9--9--9--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9---4-4-4-4-4-4--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7---|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8---|
E|-------------------12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10101010-10--|
x2
e|----------------0------------0-------------|-----------------0-|
B|----------------12-----------0-----------0-|-----------------x-|
G|-9--9--9--9--9-----4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-10-10-10-10-10----5-5-5-5-5---0-0-0-0-0---|-3-3--3--3-3-3-3---|
A|-12-12-12-12-12----7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-2---|-5-5--5--5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
2nd ending to above section
e|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x-|
G|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------------|
x4
e|-------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-| On last two
B|-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x-| times, let
G|-9--9--9--9--9--9--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2|2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-| notes ring
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2|0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
E|------------------------------------------|------------------|
Last ending for above section
e|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-------------------|
B|-x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-------------------|
G|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-------------------|
D|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--2-2--2--2-2-2-6~-|
A|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--3-3--3--3-3-3-5~-|
E|------------------------------5-5--5--5-5-5-7~-|
Repeat synthesizer part x8
on eigth time, play this
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-------9------------------|
D|----10---------9-4-4-4-7--|
A|-12---------10---5-5-5-8--|
E|---------12------7-7-7-10-|
So, yeh...
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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