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Song: Meccamputechture
Artist: The Mars Volta
Album: Amputechture
Tabbed By: Nathan Zwiener
Tuning: Standard
Note: "RW" = rock wah pedal on the note. When written below the tab,
it means to rock wah on/off throughout the designated area.
Intro - Lots of weird effects.
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|--5/7~-------------------|
Explosion (0:10) - Guitar
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|-12RW-(x8)-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------10--11-10--11-10--11-10--10-11-10------------7~-|
|---------------------------------------------12-9---10-----|
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Saxophone 1 (0:10) - Notes are short, except the last one.
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|-------------9----------------------|
|-------9---9-----11h12--11h12--9----|
|--9-12---------------------------9~-|
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Saxophone 2 (0:10)
|-10-12-14--12--14--12--10--12------------------------------|
|-------------------------------15--14--15--14--12--14--12~-|
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VERSE (0:42) Keyboard, guitar rests. Repeat as needed.
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|--12p11-9------11--12--9-----12p11-9----12--11--9--|
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CALL AND RESPONSE WITH CEDRIC
This is hard to understand, sorry if it sounds wrong.
"Tomorrow we forget" "Now has never left" "You gotta find my body"
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|-7/12-12---11-11--\9-|-10b12--r10-10-10-9-9-9-|-------------------------|
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Probably on a "In the meccacontext"
higher octave has a riochet noise after it (no guitar)
"You give me a corpse..." "Oh oh oh oooh"
|-------------------------|--16b17-16b17-16b17-16p14--|
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|--10~~~b~~~11~~~r~~~10---|---------------------------|
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Do this whole thing twice.
Short Guitar Solo (1:41)
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|--11b12~---10h12-9--9-7--7------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------1414-1212-9-9b10r9-7----7--|
|---------------------------------------------------------9----|
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"Please dismantle"
|------14--12--------------------------------------------14--12---------/16-|
|--12----------15--12--14--12~----------10--14--12---12----------15--12-----|
|--------------------------------9--12--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-Short Drum Break-
CHORUS (2:17) "Everyone stabs" - Repeat x4
|----14-12-------------------14-------------10----|
|-12-------15-14-15-14----12----10-13-12-10----14-|
|----------------------14-------------------------|
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Post-Chorus Solo I
|------------10--9----------------------19-------------------------|
|---10-------------12----------------------18-21-17-------10-------|
|-9----12-11-----------------------------------------9-10----10-9--|
|------------------------12-(x8)-12h14-----------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------10--------------|
|-----------------12~---------------------------------8----12-10--------|
|-11-------------------11--9--------------7-------7-9------------11-9~--|
|-----------------------------12----0-7h9---9p7h9-----------------------|
|-----12--9--7-0--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
This part may not be correct.
|-----------------------14--14-12---------------11--11---------9-----|
|-14-12---------------15--15------15-13-12-10-12--12------9-11---11--|
|--------11-11-12-11-----------------------------------11------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------151515--------141414------------|
|-14-12-------------- This part is --------171717--------151515-12~-|
|--------11-11-12-11- way too confusing ---------------------------------|
|-------------------- to tab. Improv. ---------------------------------|
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"This stir" (3:23) Keyboard.
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|--12p11-9------11--12--9-----12p11-9----12--11--9--|
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"Please dismantle" (3:57)
|------14--12--------------------------------------------14--12---------/16-|
|--12----------15--12--14--12~----------10--14--12---12----------15--12-----|
|--------------------------------9--12--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-Short Drum Break-
CHORUS (4:35) "Everyone stabs" - Repeat x4
|----14-12-------------------14-------------10----|
|-12-------15-14-15-14----12----10-13-12-10----14-|
|----------------------14-------------------------|
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Post-Chorus Solo II
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|-10-10p9--7-----------------7-9-7-----9--7-------------------|
|-------------7--9------7--9--------9--------9--7h9--7--------|
|-------------------7-9---------------------------------9--7--|
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Continue improvising with those effects whilst rocking your
wah pedal on and off, the scale is very simple. No point tabbing.
-Short Drum Break-
"Nova meat" (5:31) Keyboard.
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|--12p11-9------11--12--9-----12p11-9----12--11--9--|
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"Please dismantle" (6:05)
|------14--12--------------------------------------------14--12---------/16-|
|--12----------15--12--14--12~----------10--14--12---12----------15--12-----|
|--------------------------------9--12--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-Short Drum/Vocal Break-
CHORUS (6:32) "Everyone stabs"
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|------7--9--10--9--------------------| Repeat
|-9RW----------------8RW--------------| x4
|--------------------------9-10-11-12-|
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~~~~RW~~~~> ~~~~RW~~~>
7:05 - 8:51 is a saxophone solo.
Keyboard. Play this or noodle if you want.
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|--12p11-9------11--12--9-----12p11-9----12--11--9--|
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Strange effects at 8:51 (something like this)
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|-11-12-13-12-11-10-9-7--------------------|
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~~~~~~~~~Rock Wah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
"It lacks a human pulse" (9:08) Repeat as needed.
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|-12-12-14-15-14-12-12-12-------14-14--12-12-14-15-14-12-12-----15--14-|
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ROCK~~~~~~WAH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
Saxophone 1 - Notes are short, except the last one.
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|-------------9----------------------|
|-------9---9-----11h12--11h12--9----|
|--9-12---------------------------9~-|
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Saxophone 2
|-10-12-14--12--14--12--10--12------------------------------|
|-------------------------------15--14--15--14--12--14--12~-|
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The effects fade off slowly...
...until there's nothing but a saxophone-keyboard trio. (Sax part above)
And that takes you to the end! Cool song, remember to give me feedback!
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