Tabs
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United States of Eurasia - Muse
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Tabbed by: Jason Wells
Email:[email protected]
There's not much guitar in this song, so also going to tab
some of the violin parts so you can still play the melody
Tuning:Eb
The violin parts come in with Matt's voice
eb|--------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------------|
GbGb|-9-8-7-6-5(hold)-6--| just once
DbDb|--------------------|
AbAb|--------------------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------|
Listen for when the violin come in again
eb|--------------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------------------|
GbGb|-9-8-5-4------------------|
DbDb|----------2--4-2-4-6--6---|
AbAb|--------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------------|
This is where the song explodes into the Queen sound
Guitar one GUitar two
eb|-----------|-----------|
Bb majorBb|--11~-12~--|-----------|
GbGb|-----------|-----------|
DbDb|-----------|---8~-9~---|
AbAb|-----------|-----------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------|-----------|
When Matt sings the second time "Must we do as we're told"
The guitar fades in with vibrato
eb|------|
Bb majorBb|------|
GbGb|--9~--|
DbDb|------|
AbAb|------|
Eb MajorEb|------|
This is the asian sounding melody
eb|---------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------|
GbGb|-4/9--7-9-10--9-10-12-10-9-|
DbDb|---------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|-10-9----9---------------------------------------------|
DbDb|------12---12-10-12-10-9-7--10-9-7-6h7p6---6-----------|
AbAb|-----------------------------------------8---8-7-5-7~--|
Eb MajorEb|-------------------------------------------------------|
eb|------------------7h8-7--|
Bb majorBb|-------------9h10--------|
GbGb|-4/9--7-9-10-------------|
DbDb|-------------------------|
AbAb|-------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-------------------------|
eb|-8p7-8-10/12-10-8-7-8p7----------------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------------------10-9h10p9----9-------------|
GbGb|----------------------------------10---10-9-7-9~---|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------------------------|
"and we know that there's no one we can trust"
eb|----------------------|
Bb majorBb|-9-10-9-7-10-9-11-12--|
GbGb|----------------------|
DbDb|----------------------|
AbAb|----------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------|
"They promise to go on, and on, and on"
Guitar one Guitar two
eb|--------------------------|-----------|
Bb majorBb|-9-10-9-7-10-9---11~-12~--|-----------|
GbGb|--------------------------|-----------|
DbDb|--------------------------|---8~-9~---|
AbAb|--------------------------|-----------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------------|-----------|
The run up and back down over the above guitar parts
(Im sure the run up is wrong, but it was worth a try)
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------17~-16~-14h16p14-12h14p12-10h12p10-9h10p9-7~--|
GbGb|----------15h16h18-----------------------------------------------|
DbDb|-14h16h18--------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
When Matt sings the second time "United States"
The guitar fades in with vibrato
eb|------|
Bb majorBb|------|
GbGb|--9~--|
DbDb|------|
AbAb|------|
Eb MajorEb|------|
Back into this melody
eb|---------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------|
GbGb|-4/9--7-9-10--9-10-12-10-9-|
DbDb|---------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|-10-9----9---------------------------------------------|
DbDb|------12---12-10-12-10-9-7--10-9-7-6h7p6---6-----------|
AbAb|-----------------------------------------8---8-7-5-7~--|
Eb MajorEb|-------------------------------------------------------|
eb|------------------7h8-7--|
Bb majorBb|-------------9h10--------|
GbGb|-4/9--7-9-10-------------|
DbDb|-------------------------|
AbAb|-------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-------------------------|
eb|-8p7-8-10/12-10-8-7-8p7----------------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------------------10-9h10p9----9-------------|
GbGb|----------------------------------10---10-9-7-9~---|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------------------------|
When the "sia" is pronounces on the "Eurasia", you hit these notes
Guitar one Guitar two (17th fret
better)
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------------------------------|--17~--|
GbGb|-12--11--10--8---12--11--10--8---12--11--10--8~-----9~----|-------|
DbDb|----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
AbAb|----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
If any of you guys hear the run up differently let me know!
I can include it in this tab with credit.
Thanks!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note