Muse - Knights Of Cydonia Chords & Tabs

Knights of Cydonia - by Muse
Joshua. s

Standard Tuning

Intro:
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Horses, Laser Guns, Explosions etc.

Then big keyboard synth note:

e--------|
B-3/17---|

Then chords [x4]:

e----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D-222-444-555----777-777-999-|
A-222-444-555----777-777-999-|
E-000-222-333----555-555-777-|

After two times chords, this guitar part also enters [x2]:

(rapid picking/ tremelo effects)

e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D-2--0-2-4--4-2-4-5--4-5-7-5-4-4br-2-1-|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|

Then:

(rapid picking for whole slide)

A-------|
E-19\0--| (then slight detune and release with whammy bar)

Then:

tremelo effects throughout

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-5-4-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0--1-2-4-2-5-7-8-7-8-9-|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G-8-5-0-7--8-7-5-3--7-5-3-5-3-1-3--4--5-| (slight detune and release with whammy bar)
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|

Then:

rapid picking throughout

e-11-10-8-6-8-10-11-10-8-6--7-8-10-8-11-13-14-13-14-15-|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|

e-19-16-11-18--19-18-16-14--18-16-14-16-14-12-14--15--16------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------4-6-4-3-4--| (with loads of 
and echo and effects over the top. Probably not even what is played)
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
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(Chords are mostly about a bar long)

e-7---7---7---7---6---7---10---7-|
B-9---7---9---7---8---9----8---7-|
G-9---8---9---8---9---9----7---8-|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|

e-7---7-------8---7--(7)--8---7---7---7-|
B--8---7-----8----8--(8)--8---8---7---8-|
G---9---8---9-----7--(7)--9---7---8---9-|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|

Bridge Section:
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Chords [x4]:

e----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D-222-444-555----777-777-999-|
A-222-444-555----777-777-999-|
E-000-222-333----555-555-777-|

After two times chords, this guitar part also enters [x2]:

(rapid picking/ tremelo effects)

e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D-2--0-2-4--4-2-4-5--4-5-7-5-4-4br-2-1-|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|

Then:

(rapid picking for whole slide)

e-20\7
B-----

Then:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/muse/knights_of_cydonia_tab_ver_4.html ]
Keyboard arr. for guitar + wipe palm of hand over pickups for scraping sound

e-----------------|
B----------5------|
G----0--4---------|  [x4]
D-222-22-22-------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

[low keyboard section - "No-ones gonna take me alive..."]

Then:

keyboard arr. for guitar, grouped in triplets:

e---------------------------------|
B-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
G--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
D---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

e---------------------------------|
B-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
D---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

e---------------------------------|
B-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
G--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
D---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

e---------------------------------|
B-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
G--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
D---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

e---------------------------------|
B-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
G--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
D---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

e---------------------------------|
B-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
D---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

e---------------------------------|
B-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
G--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
D---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

e----------------------------------|
B-5---5---5---5---5---5------------|
G--4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
D---2---2---2---2---2---2----------|
A-------------------------777---7\-|
E----------------------------------|

Solo: [x6]
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e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------5-----|
A-5h77-7-7-5h77-7-7-5h77-7-7-5h77---7-5-|
E---------------------------------------|


e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|
A-5-------5-------5-------5---5-77-|
E--77-7-7--77-7-7--77-7-7--77------|


e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-7-------7-------7-------7---------|
E--55-5-5--55-5-5--55-5-5--55-7-5-3-|


e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
e-300-0-0-300-0-0-300-0-0-300-5h6-0-|

Outro:
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e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
e-300-0-0-300-0-0-300-0-0-300-5h6h7-|

e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-------------------------5h77-5h77-| [x2]
E-300-0-0-300-0-0-300-0-0-----------|

then:

A---
e-0-

Harmonic 12 on e string and some sort of slowing down effect to finish off.