Widow Solo

The Mars Volta

Tom: A

guitarist:Omar Rodriguez-Lopez(the best neo shreder!)
music by:Omar rodriguez &Cedric Bixler
tabbed by cody wilson
this song is played in 12/8 timing,slowly at about 135 I'd say.

key:bf=bend full step,b=bend 1/4 step,bbf=bend 1 1/2 step
    r=release,bb=bend 1/2 step,~~~~=vibrato

Pre Solo

  let ring-------------------------------|
|-0-----------------|------------------0--|
|-1--------------0--|---------------------|
|-2-----------------|-1-------------------|
|-2-----------------|-2-------------------|
|-0-----------------|-2-------------------|
|-0-----------------|-0-------------------|

 
Guitar Solo:this solo is played in the key of A.
 w/overdrive dist.

  play 7x                             let ring
|-8p5-----||-8bfr---------------8bf-------------10bb-----8--10--8--8--10p8-
|-----8p5-||------0h5---5h8p5p0-----0-0-0-0--------------------------------
|---------||------------------------0-----------------0--------------------
|---------||---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------||---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------||---------------------------------------------------------------


  ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~                                ~~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-8-----8---8----rest for a--------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------little bit------7bfrp5h7p5p0-4bb----|-4554575p05p0---------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------2-325532-|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|


|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-0--151312--------|
|-----------------------------|-rest a whole bunch here-|-----------121315-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|------------5-7bbr-5-7bbfr---|-------------------------|------------------|
|-3p2p0-3/7-------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|

                                                                       ~~~~ 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14br-12-14-16p14p12----121212-14h16p14p12-14bbfr-14-14-16p14----------|
|------------------------14---------------------------------------14-12h14-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


             play 4 x
|---------||--------17-||---------17----------------------------------------|
|---------||-----17----||------17-17----17-17-------17-20-17-20-17-20-20-17-|
|-12bfr---||-19bf------||-19bf-------19-------19bfr-------------------------|
|---------||-----------||---------------------------------------------------|
|---------||-----------||---------------------------------------------------|
|---------||-----------||---------------------------------------------------|



|----------17/19\17-|   Tell me how it is! please! This is a great song with
|-20-20-20----------|   a killer guitar solo,i'm surprised no one has tried
|-------------------|   to tab * volta * 'n roll!!
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