Meccamputechture

The Mars Volta

Tom: A

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

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12RW-(x8)-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------10--11-10--11-10--11-10--10-11-10------------7~-|
|---------------------------------------------12-9---10-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|


Saxophone 1 (0:10) - Notes are short, except the last one.

|------------------------------------|
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|-------------9----------------------|
|-------9---9-----11h12--11h12--9----|
|--9-12---------------------------9~-|
|------------------------------------|


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"
|---------------------|------------------------|-11b12~-(r10-10-8-8-7-7)-|
|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7/12-12---11-11--\9-|-10b12--r10-10-10-9-9-9-|-------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
    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--|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--10~~~b~~~11~~~r~~~10---|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
              Do this whole thing twice.


Short Guitar Solo (1:41)

|----------------------------10/12-----------------------------|
|--11b12~---10h12-9--9-7--7------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------1414-1212-9-9b10r9-7----7--|
|---------------------------------------------------------9----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


"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-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


Post-Chorus Solo I

|------------10--9----------------------19-------------------------|
|---10-------------12----------------------18-21-17-------10-------|
|-9----12-11-----------------------------------------9-10----10-9--|
|------------------------12-(x8)-12h14-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------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.  ---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


"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--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                             -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-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


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--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                          -Short Drum/Vocal Break-

CHORUS (6:32) "Everyone stabs"

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------7--9--10--9--------------------| Repeat
|-9RW----------------8RW--------------|      x4
|--------------------------9-10-11-12-|
|-------------------------------------|
       ~~~~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)

|-----------------------11-13-14-13-11-10~-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-11-12-13-12-11-10-9-7--------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
 ~~~~~~~~~Rock Wah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>


"It lacks a human pulse" (9:08) Repeat as needed.

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|-------------------------14-12-----------------------------12---------|
|-12-12-14-15-14-12-12-12-------14-14--12-12-14-15-14-12-12-----15--14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ROCK~~~~~~WAH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>


Saxophone 1 - Notes are short, except the last one.

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------9----------------------|
|-------9---9-----11h12--11h12--9----|
|--9-12---------------------------9~-|
|------------------------------------|


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!