Tabs (Ver. 2)
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
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Gtr.1 w/distortion and vibrato
e|------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------||
G+G|------------------------------||
D MajorD|------------------------------|| x4
A augmentedA|------------------------------||
E MajorE|-0----2---3------5--5----7----||
Gtr.2 Acoustic
e|-------------------------------||
BB|-----------------222--222-444--||
G+G|-----------------222--222-444--||
D MajorD|-2----444-555----222--222-444--||
A augmentedA|-2----444-555----000--000-222--||
E MajorE|-0----222-333------------------||
Overdub on 3rd and 4th Intro. The rhythm isn´t bang on but you get the idea.
e|---------------------------|------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------|------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------|------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7---5-7-9---7-9-10---9-10-|-12---12-10--9-7-9-7-6--|
E MajorE|---------------------------|------------------------|
All Tremolo Picked
e|------------------|
BB|------------------|
G+G|------------------|
D MajorD|------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|
E MajorE|-19/////////////0-|
Slide and Tremolo Pick down the neck.
e|-0----|
BB|-0----|
G+G|-0----|
D MajorD|-2----|
A augmentedA|-2----|
E MajorE|-0----|
---
Using your whammy bar, pick notes and vibrate them gently, but very quickly. You've
be light on the whammy bar otherwise it'll just sound out of tune.
e|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5---4--2--0-----2--4--5----4--2--0----|-1----2--4--2---5--7--8----7--8--9----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
G+G|-8---5--0--7----|-8---7--5--3----|-7---5--3--5----|-3--1--3----4----5----|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
---
All Tremolo Picked
e|-11---10--8--6---|-8--10--11---10--8--6----|-7---8--10--8--|-11--13--14---13--14--15----|
BB|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
G+G|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
e|-19--16-----18---|-19--18-16-14---|--18--16-14-16--|-14-12-14---15---16----|
BB|---------16------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G+G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
For those of you who are interested in it, here is the trumpet part from the above two,
obviously it's hard to recreate the sound of a trumpet's valves on guitar, so it doesn't sound
exactly right. I'm pretty sure there's a harmony in there somewhere, but these are the
notes played.
e|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------7-|-----------8---------|
G+G|-------8-7-5----|-------8-7-5----|-------8-7-5-7----|-5h7h8-------|-8-------8---8-------|
D MajorD|---5-8----------|---5-8----------|---5-8------------|-------------|---8-5-8-------8-5---|
A augmentedA|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6----------------|-------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------|
e|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
BB|-9----4h6h8-----|-9--7-5-4h5h7---|-8--9-11-9h11h12--|12---14-16-14-12-|-11---11-12-14-12-9----|
G+G|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
---
Guitar transition to verse. (w/Delay and Reverb)
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|-4--4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-3--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
---
Verse
Gtr. Play each chord for a bar, strumming lightly and using your whammy bar to add
to the chords.
e|--4--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|
BB|--4--|--4--|--9--|--4--|--8--|--9--|--3--|--4--|
G+G|--4--|--4--|--9--|--4--|--8--|--9--|--4--|--4--|
D MajorD|--6--|--4--|--9--|--4--|--8--|--9--|--5--|--4--|
A augmentedA|--6--|--2--|--7--|--2--|--6--|--7--|--5--|--2--|
E MajorE|--4--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|
"How can we win?"
e|-7--------|-7--------|-----8----|--7--|--7--|--8--|--7--|--7--|--7--|
BB|---8------|---7------|---8------|--8--|--7--|--8--|--8--|--7--|--8--|
G+G|-----9----|-----8----|-9--------|--7--|--8--|--9--|--7--|--8--|--9--|
D MajorD|----------|----------|----------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A augmentedA|----------|----------|----------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E MajorE|----------|----------|----------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
---
Re-Intro
Gtr.1 w/distortion and vibrato
e|------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------||
G+G|------------------------------||
D MajorD|------------------------------|| x4
A augmentedA|------------------------------||
E MajorE|-0----2---3------5--5----7----||
Gtr.2 Acoustic
e|-------------------------------||
BB|-----------------222--222-444--||
G+G|-----------------222--222-444--||
D MajorD|-2----444-555----222--222-444--||
A augmentedA|-2----444-555----000--000-222--||
E MajorE|-0----222-333------------------||
Overdub on 3rd and 4th Intro. The rhythm isn´t bang on but you get the idea.
e|---------------------------|------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------|------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------|------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7---5-7-9---7-9-10---9-10-|-12---12-10--9-7-9-7-6--|
E MajorE|---------------------------|------------------------|
All Tremolo Picked
e|-19\\\\\\\\-|-------------|
BB|------------|-------------|
G+G|------------|-------------|
D MajorD|------------|-------------|
A augmentedA|------------|-------------|
E MajorE|------------|-0-----------|
Slide and tremolo pick, then hit the open E MajorE as hard as possible.
---
Synth Transition
e|------------------------||
BB|-------------------5----||
G+G|-------------4---4------||
D MajorD|-------5---5---5--------|| x4
A augmentedA|-7---7---7--------------||
E MajorE|---7--------------------||
---
Synth arr. for Guitar
"No one´s going to take me alive"
e|------------------------||
BB|-------------------5----||
G+G|-------------4---4------||
D MajorD|-------5---5---5--------|| x2
A augmentedA|-7---7---7--------------||
E MajorE|---7--------------------||
e|------------------------||
BB|-------------------3----||
G+G|-------------4---4------||
D MajorD|-------4---4---4--------|| x2
A augmentedA|-5---5---5--------------||
E MajorE|---7--------------------||
"The time has come to make things right"
e|------------------------||
BB|------------------------||
G+G|-------------------6----||
D MajorD|-------------7---7------|| x2
A augmentedA|-4---4-7-4-7---7--------||
E MajorE|---5--------------------||
e|------------------------||
BB|-------------------5----||
G+G|-------------4---4------||
D MajorD|-------5---5---5--------|| x2
A augmentedA|-7---7---7--------------||
E MajorE|---7--------------------||
"You and I must fight for our right"
e|------------------------||
BB|-------------------5----||
G+G|-------------4---4------||
D MajorD|-------5---5---5--------|| x2
A augmentedA|-7---7---7--------------||
E MajorE|---7--------------------||
e|------------------------||
BB|-------------------3----||
G+G|-------------4---4------||
D MajorD|-------4---4---4--------|| x2
A augmentedA|-5---5---5--------------||
E MajorE|---7--------------------||
"You and I must fight to survive"
e|------------------------||
BB|------------------------||
G+G|-------------------6----||
D MajorD|-------------7---7------|| x2
A augmentedA|-4---4-7-4-7---7--------||
E MajorE|---5--------------------||
e|------------------------||
BB|-------------------5----||
G+G|-------------4---4------||
D MajorD|-------5---5---5--------|| x2
A augmentedA|-7---7---7--------------||
E MajorE|---7--------------------||
---
Guitar on repeat
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|--9------9------9------9-9-9-|
D MajorD|----9------9------9----------| x4
A augmentedA|------10-----10-----10-------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
All P.M
e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|--7------7------7-----7-7-7-|
D MajorD|----9------9------9---------| x4
A augmentedA|------9------9------9-------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|
All P.M
e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|--6------6------6-----6-6-6-|
D MajorD|----7------7------7---------| x4
A augmentedA|------7------7------7-------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|
All P.M
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|--9------9------9------9-9-9-|
D MajorD|----9------9------9----------| x4
A augmentedA|------10-----10-----10-------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
All P.M
---
Riff
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------5------|
A augmentedA|-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5-7-5---5-7--|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-5----------5----------5----------5-----5h7-7--|
E MajorE|---7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7--------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0--------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-5h7--|
---
End Solo w/ heavy Reverb
e|-12----------------10--------9----7--5h7p5----3--------|
BB|-------12----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------12----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------| x 2
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------|
Tremolo Pick All Notes
---
End Riff
e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-3-5-7--|
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------5h7-7-5h7-7--|
E MajorE|-3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--------------|
e|-------------|
BB|-------------|
G+G|-------------|
D MajorD|-------------|
A augmentedA|-2-----------|
E MajorE|-0-----------|
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