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Survival Tab by Muse

Survival tab by Muse

Guitar Tab

Tuning: 7 string guitar (G#EADGBE)

0:00-1:33 no guitar

1:34
 e|---------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------|
 E|----6----5b6r5-6-----------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------|

 e|-------------------------------------|
 B|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 D|------3-4--3-1-3---3-----------------|
 A|--1-5----------------5-1-------5-----|
 E|-------------------------2-1-2-------|
G#|-------------------------------------| x2

 e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------6-7-6-4-6--6-------------------6-7-6h7h8-7h8h9-8h9h10-9h10h11~--------------|
 G|----7--------------7---------7-----7----------------------------------------------|
 D|--8------------------8-----------8------------------------------------------------|
 A|-----------------------9-8-9------------------------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------0/12\0-7~---|

 e|------6-7--6-4-6--6-------------------6-7-6h7h8-7h8h9-6h7h8-7h8h9-8h9h10-9h10h11-11-12-13-14~~--|
 B|----8---------------8---------8-----8-----------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--8-------------------8-----------8-------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------9-8-9-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2:21
 e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------6---------------9---------------------------|
 D|--6--------------6--------------6---------------9----------x2--7------------|
 A|--6---------x2---7----------x2--4----------x2---7--------------7------------|
 E|--4--------------4--------------4-----------------0-0-0--0-----5-5-5-5--5---|
G#|---0-0-0--0--------0-0-0--0-------0-0-0--0----------------------------------|
        PM               PM             PM             PM             PM

 e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|--------------------------14-----------14---------------------------|
 A|--------------------------14-----------14---------------------------|
 E|--9-9-9-10-10-10-11-11-11-12-0-0-0--0--12---------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------9-9-9-10-10-10-11-11-11--|
   [           PM           ]     PM         [         PM            ]

Play this whole part (from 2:21) twice then:

 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--12\0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0----9-9-9-10-10-10-11-11-11--|

 e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--8--8-8--8-8--8-8-6-8-9--9-9-8-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-13\-------------|
 D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------|


 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--12\0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0----9-9-9-10-10-10-11-11-11--|


 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------13-14-16-16b17r16-14-16\------------|
 G|--13--13-13--13-13--13-13-11-13-14--14-14-13-14-------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--12\0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0----9-9-9-10-10-10-11-11-11--|


(Trem pick all notes. Listen to song for timing)
 e|-------------------------------------|
 B|--16--17--18--19--20--21\------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 D|--13--14--15--16--17--18\------------|
 A|-------------------------------------|
 E|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|


 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--12\0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0----9-9-9-10-10-10-11-11-11--|


*repeat as many times as necessary (listen to song for timing)
 e|--16---16-14h16p14h17*--16\----------|
 B|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------------|
 A|-------------------------------------|
 E|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|


 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--12\0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0--12\-0-0-0--0----9-9-9-10-10-10-11-11-11--|


 e|-------------------|
 B|-------------------|
 G|-------------------|
 D|-------------------| x8
 A|-------------------|
 E|-------------------|
G#|--12\-0-0-0--0-----|

Finish on:

 e|-------------------------------------|
 B|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 D|--6~---------------------------------|
 A|--6~---------------------------------|
 E|--4~---------------------------------|
G#|--0~---------------------------------|

************************************

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   sustain
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| PM  Palm mute

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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