Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound Tab by The Mars Volta

Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound tab by The Mars Volta

Guitar Tab

Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound
By The Mars Volta
Tabbed by: Kilikus (TinAguitar)
First Chord Version Tabbed by: Coca30stmMCRFan (Thanks for the starting point)


Tuning: Standard

This is not perfect but pretty close to both chord and melody. The guitar slowly adds
melody during the 3 repeats of the verse, there are also variations that I don’t have
notated yet.
Enjoy :)

Chords
e|-5-3-1-2--3-|
B|-5-3-1-3--4-|
G|-5-4-2-4--5-|
D|-7-5-3-4--5-|
A|-7-5-3-2--3-|
E|-5-3-1-x--x-|
  Am G F Bm Cm

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[Verse]
If I trust in the wind she will
     pave me a different road
Am                                                G
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---5---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|

I will try and start over but I think
   I must choose someone else
Am                                                G
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|


I am pulled from the pages where the
    letters lack the pigment of trust
Am                                                G
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|


[Pre-Chorus]
Must be on  my  way,
      I’ve got to get  home
          F                                 G
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||---------------------------------|
B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------------3-----------3----|
G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||-------4---------4----------4----|
D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5---5-5-5--5----5-5--5----5----|
A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------5--5------5--5---------|
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------3--3------3--3---------|

Won’t be back someday,
     so let it unfold
          F                                 G
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------|
B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------|
G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||----------|
D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------|
A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------|
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------|



[Verse 2]
I’ve abandoned the outcome in search of the rest I deserve
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|

You can do what you will with my body but I won’t ring the bell
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|

I’ve omitted the chapters that bow and admit defeat
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Must be on  my  way,
      I’ve got to get  home
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||---------------------------------|
B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------------3-----------3----|
G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||-------4---------4----------4----|
D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5---5-5-5--5----5-5--5----5----|
A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------5--5------5--5---------|
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------3--3------3--3---------|

Won’t be back someday,
     so let it unfold
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------|
B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------|
G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||----------|
D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------|
A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------|
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------|







[Chorus]
  I   am     a    mountain   Of cavernous people
                        Bm                        Am    G
E---------------|-2-----------------|-----3----------------------|
B---------------|-3-----------------|-----3----------------------|
G---------------|-4-----------------|-2---0----------------------|
D---------------|-4-----------------|-2---0----------------------|
A---------------|-2-----------------|-0---2----------------------|
E-2-3-5~~5-3-2~~|-------------------|-----3-------2-3-5~~5-3-2~~-|



Searching for a lighthouse  in the fog
  Bm                                 Am    G
E-2------------------------|------------------------------|
B-3------------------------|-------3----------------------|
G-4------------------------|-2-----4----------------------|
D-4------------------------|-2-----0----------------------|
A-2------------------------|-0-----2----------------------|
E--------------------------|-------3-------2-3-5~~5-3-2~~-|



[Verse 3]
Of the flowers that grew from the
cracks in the ground you paved
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|

Didn’t you think he would warn me
through the thorns of my waking dreams
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|

When the riddles connected the dots
of this constellation
E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------|
G-----0-2-0-4---5-----------2---4---||------0-2-0-4---5-------2---4---4---|
D----2------------------------------||------------------------------------|
A--0----------0---0---0---0---0-----||----2-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----|


[Pre-Chorus 3]
Must be on  my  way,
      I’ve got to get  home
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||---------------------------------|
B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------------3-----------3----|
G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||-------4---------4----------4----|
D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5---5-5-5--5----5-5--5----5----|
A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------5--5------5--5---------|
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------3--3------3--3---------|

Won’t be back someday,
     so let it unfold
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------|
B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------|
G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||----------|
D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------|
A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------|
E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------|



[Chorus 2]
  I   am     a    mountain   Of cavernous people

E---------------|-2-----------------|-----3----------------------|
B---------------|-3-----------------|-----3----------------------|
G---------------|-4-----------------|-2---0----------------------|
D---------------|-4-----------------|-2---0----------------------|
A---------------|-2-----------------|-0---2----------------------|
E-2-3-5~~5-3-2~~|-------------------|-----3-------2-3-5~~5-3-2~~-|



Searching for a lighthouse  in the fog

E-2------------------------|------------------------------|
B-3------------------------|-------3----------------------|
G-4------------------------|-2-----4----------------------|
D-4------------------------|-2-----0----------------------|
A-2------------------------|-0-----2----------------------|
E--------------------------|-------3-------2-3-5~~5-3-2~~-|


[Solo]
E---------------------------------------|-----------------|
B-7--------------------------------7b---|-----------7b-5--|
G-------------------------------------9-|-5---------------|
D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------|
A---------------------------------------|-3---------------|
E-7-------------------------------------|-3---------------|


E---------------------------------------|-7---------------|
B-7--------------------------------7b---|-----------7b-5--|
G-------------------------------------9-|-----------------|
D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------|
A---------------------------------------|-3---------------|
E-7-------------------------------------|-3---------------|


[Bridge]

I found a reason to leave you with this load

E---------------------------------------|-----------------|
B-7--------------------------------7b---|-8---------7b----|
G-------------------------------------9-|--------------9--|
D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------|
A---------------------------------------|-----------------|
E-7-------------------------------------|-8---------------|

     All I can do is forgive your broken heart

E---------------------------------------|-7---------------|
B-7--------------------------------7b---|-----------7b-5--|
G-------------------------------------9-|-----------------|
D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------|
A---------------------------------------|-----------------|
E-7-------------------------------------|-3---------------|

Trapped in this tower made of amber for too long

E---------------------------------------|-----------------|
B-7--------------------------------7b---|-9---------7b----|
G-------------------------------------9-|--------------9--|
D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------|
A---------------------------------------|-8---------------|
E-7-------------------------------------|-8---------------|

     All I can do is forgive your broken heart

E---------------------------------------|-7---------------|
B-7--------------------------------7b---|-----------7b-5--|
G-------------------------------------9-|-----------------|
D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------|
A---------------------------------------|-----------------|
E-7-------------------------------------|-3---------------|



[Chorus 3]

  I   am     a    mountain   Of cavernous people

E---------------|-2-----------------|-----3----------------------|
B---------------|-3-----------------|-----3----------------------|
G---------------|-4-----------------|-2---0----------------------|
D---------------|-4-----------------|-2---0----------------------|
A---------------|-2-----------------|-0---2----------------------|
E-2-3-5~~5-3-2~~|-------------------|-----3-------2-3-5~~5-3-2~~-|



Searching for a lighthouse  in the fog

E-2------------------------|------------------------------|
B-3------------------------|-------3----------------------|
G-4------------------------|-2-----4----------------------|
D-4------------------------|-2-----0----------------------|
A-2------------------------|-0-----2----------------------|

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