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The Mars Volta
Roulette Dares (the haunt)
tabbed by Dan Van Heuklom
I find this song easiest to count in 6/4. I've tried here to show the timing, because its
so important to this song. I'm not 100% sure on all these fingerings, but the way i show
it here sounds closest to the recording.
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Intro
3x
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---0---2/--|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---2---0---|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
The last bar of the 3rd time through is played like this
|------------------------|
|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|
|------------5---0---2/--|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preverse
E|----12--12--10------10--|----10--10--------------|--------7---7-----------|
B|13----13--------13------|12----12----13--12--10--|----6-------5-----------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|7-----------7-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
e|5-5---5---5---5-5-------|
B|9-9---9---9---9-9-------|
G|5-5---5---5---5-5-------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
______________________________________________________________________________
Verse(some of the numbers here are crunched together,
but its the only way i could get the timing correct)
1. Open wrists talk back again...
2. made its way through the tracks of a...
e|------12------12--------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|--9-10--10------109-1213|13--13--------------1313|--9---9-1012------------|
G|------------------------|------9-----------9-----|9---9-------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
e|----12--12--10------10--|----10--10--------------|--------7---7-----------|
B|13----13--------13------|12----12----13--12--10--|----6-------5-----------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|7-----------7-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
e|------5---5-------5---5-|
B|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
G|5---5-5---5-4---4-4---4-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
the second time through, he doesnt play this last bar,
he just stays on the A on the 2nd string (i think)
e|------|
B|--10--|
G|------|
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Chorus (3x times through)
2nd time lyrics:
Exoskeletal, junction at the railroad delayed
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|7-----------------5-7-5-|5---------------5---7---|9-----------9-----------|
D|------------------------|----------------7---9---|10----------10----------|
A|5-----------------3-5-3-|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|5---------------5---7---|8-----------12----------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|9-----------9-----------|
D|10----------9--9-10-9---|
A|------------------------|
E|10----------8-----------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
Its because this is
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|9-----------9-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|10----------10----------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|8-----------12----------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|9-----------9-----------|
D|10----------9--9-10-9---|
A|------------------------|
E|10----------8-----------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Heres that funny little riff before they go into the next solo section
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|----------9-----11------|
|----7---8-----10--12----|
|--6---7-----9-----------|
|5-----------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
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and those are most of the parts. i'm not going to bother with solos or anything
cause it just gets too confusing to notate
(dannyjvh@hotmail.com)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Håvard Average |
#1 by Håvard Banne at Aug 27, 1984 at 1:04 AM EST |
| I thought it was Open wrist talks back again Been rendered of it's skin | |
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PunkJunky Wanna Be |
#2 by PunkJunky at May 8, 1987 at 5:51 PM EST |
| ahh...i am in love with the mars volta. | |
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Aaron Average |
#3 by Aaron Doyle at Apr 25, 1990 at 4:51 AM EST |
| the fuckin BEST song on de-loused....the whole rail-road and tracks thing seems to be the part of the story where he shoots up morphine | |
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Rhythm Player |
#4 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at May 5, 1991 at 3:01 PM EST |
| I think BlackTippedWings has got it. "Midnight neuces from boxcar cadavears" I think "neuces" might be "nooses". And that might be talking about a stethescope on a doctor, and the boxcar could be the ambulance. I could be way off, but that's just my interpretation. "Made its way through the tracks Of a snail slouching whisper A half mass comute through umbilical blisters " It it is in fact talking about his ride in the ambulance, "Tracks" could be roads, "snail" could be the pace that he percieves, because morphine slows things down, and "commute" could be the ride to the hospital. | |
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yomomma!! Wanna Be |
#5 by yomomma!! at Jul 19, 1992 at 9:02 PM EST |
| this song is sooooo much better since they re-did it, the first one was good, and this one is better, didnt think they could top it | |
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Jordan Wanna Be |
#6 by Jordan Ivory-Marcotte at Aug 28, 1996 at 8:20 PM EST |
| metacarpals are the the bones in the palm of your hand. Carpals are the wrist. Phylanges are the fingers. | |
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eric was here Professional Badass |
#7 by eric was here at Dec 20, 1996 at 2:00 AM EST |
| did i mention that this was the best song on de-loused????? | |
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SLUT Badass |
#8 by SLUT at Jan 22, 2002 at 2:38 PM EST |
| I think the exoskeletal junction at the railroad delayed could possibly mean a way of committing suicide using a train to run over you...?....that's the only thing I cna think of...LOL...EXCELLENT song, by the way! | |
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Ŧøn¥ Average |
#9 by Ŧøn¥ PiNeDa at Jun 1, 2006 at 7:25 PM EST |
| I noticed the end of this song and the beginning of the next sound like distorted sirens, possibly like one could hear in such a state as Julio. The spector lurking could be the persons inside the ambulance maybe. So, all this may be the way to the hospital after the attempted suicide. | |
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