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Cassandra Gemini Tab

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Part 1
|-4-5p4-(x5)-6-4-5p4-(x3)-6-4-5p4-(x5)-6-4-5p4-(x4)-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

1st Ending
|-15---------------------------------------------10----12----|
|-----10h11p10-----------------------------12-10----12----11-|
|--------------12--11h12p11h12p11-11--9-12-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Ending
|-10h12h14-10h12h14-10h12h14-10h12h14-10h12-12p10------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------12---12-15-12-12-12-15----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------17h19--------|
|-15-15-17-15---------18--19-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

3rd Ending
|-17--15-------------------------------------------------------------17-------17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------15-15-------17----17-16----|
|--------17-17-16-17-16-17----------------------------------17-17----------------|
|--------------------------17--17-17-19p17-17----16------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------16---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

0:41-1:26
|-7--10--7------------------------------------|
|-8---9--8----10-8----------10-8--------------|
|-9---8--9-----8-----9--11-------11-11-9-8-x4-|
|-------------10------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

Verse
|-------7-----7---|-------10-----9---|-------7-----7---|-------10-----9---|
|---8-----8-----0-|---9------9-----0-|---8-----8-----0-|---9------9-----0-|
|-9---9-----9-----|-8---8------8-----|-9---9-----9-----|-8---8------8-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|

|-------5-----3---|---0---2----0---|-------2-----0---|----------------|
|---4-----4-----0-|-0---0----0-----|---1-----1-----1-|-10-8-----------|
|-5---5-----5-----|--------------0-|-2---2-----2-----|------11-11-9-8-|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

Chorus (No there's no light....)#1
|-12--12--------------------------------------12--------14------15---------|
|-x---x--(x7)--12-------13--12-10-10-10-10----x--(x10)--x--(x5)-x--(x4)----|
|-9---9--------x--(x6)--x---x--x--x--x--x-----9---------11------12------x2-|
|--------------9--------10--9--7--7--7--7----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2:34-2:47
|------8-------8--------------10-10-8---------------------7---------------------------|
|-8h10----8h10---10-----7--0----------10-10-8----------8----10-10-8----10-8-----------|
|-------------------7h9-----------------------9-9-7-9---------------9-------11-11-9-8-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (No there's no light....)#2
|-12--12--------------------------------------12--------14------15---------|
|-x---x--(x7)--12-------13--12-10-10-10-10----x--(x10)--x--(x5)-x--(x4)----|
|-9---9--------x--(x6)--x---x--x--x--x--x-----9---------11------12------x2-|
|--------------9--------10--9--7--7--7--7----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 repeats above riff but guitar 2 plays....

|-------------------------------------|
|-12b--10-----------------------------|
|---------12-11-12-11-------9-11-9-x2-|
|-----------------------12------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

4:10-4:45 (Shock lest Shackles...)
|----------------------------------|
|---------------5p3----------------|
|-----5-----2-----------5-----4----|
|-2---5--5--2-------2---5--5--4-x4-|
|-2---3--5--0-------2---3--5--2----|
|-0------3----------0------3-------|

Part 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8h10p8-------7------------------------------------------|
|-9b---------7-7-7---9-7-9-9-7-9-9-7-9-9-7--------------------|
|------------------------------------------9--7--9-9-7-9------|
|--------------------------------------------------------10-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------0-|

|-0-------------------15-15-12-(x10)-19b-19b-19b-|
|---10-12-10-12-10-0-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

This next part has two guitars.

Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------7-7----------------8--------------7-7--------|
|-9-9-7-(x4)-----7-(x2)-----7h9-----9-9-7-(x4)-----7-(x2)-|
|-----------------------7h9-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-------------------------12b-12b-12b-12b-----10-10----10-10---------------------|
|------------------------------------------12-------12-------12-10----10----10---|
|-9b-9b-9b-9b-8b-8b-8b-8b------------------------------------------12----12----9-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------5--------5--------5----------5------|
|-7--5-7---7--5-7---7--5-7---------5h7---(x4)-|
|----------------------------5h6h7------------|


Guitar 1
|-17b-17b---15b-15b---14b-14b---12b-12b-12b---|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

0:45-0:59 (This part is VERY hard to understand, so sorry if it sounds wrong)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-12-----------------------15b--------------------------------------------14h16-16-|
|-------14-(x8)--------------------12-12-12-(x2)-14-12-12-(x4)------------------------|
|---------------14---------------------------------------------14-12-12-(x2)----------|
|------------------14-12-(x8)---------------------------------------------------------|

|----12b-12b-12b-12b-|
|-15-----------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|

Guitar 2
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------7-7----------------8--------------------8-|
|-9-9-7-(x4)-----7-(x4)-----7h9---9-9-7-(x6)-----7h9---|
|-----------------------7h9------------------7h9-------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5------|
|-7--5-7-5-7--5-7-5-7--5-7-5-------5h7---(x8)-|
|----------------------------5h6h7------------|

|----------------3---------------3----------------2--2--2-|
|-----------------------------------0---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2------------------2------------|
|-0----3-4-5-0------3-4-5---0----------3-4-5---0----------|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------------------7--------------|
|-7b---9-7-9h10p9-----10-9-7---9---|
|--------------------------------7-|

1:59-2:31 
|-----12-15-12-15-12-17-12-12-15-12-15-17-12-12-15-12-15-12-15-12-15-12-15-12-|
|-12--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15-12-12-17b-
|--------------
|--------------
|--------------
|--------------
|--------------

2:44-3:14 (play this whole thing twice)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5------5------5------5------5------5------5-----|
|-7-------------5-7---7------7------7------7------7------7------7-7-|
|---------5-6-7-----------------------------------------------------|

This next part has two guitars playing on seperate octaves.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------8-----10--8------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-8-9----9---------9--------7------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------7-8-9---9-8-7----7----7----------9-8-7----7------|
|---------------------------------------10---10---10-7-----------10---10-7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Here's the second octave
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0------2--0------------------------------------------------------|
|---0-1-2----2---------2--------0------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------0-1-2---2-1-0----0----0----------2-1-0----0------|
|---------------------------------------3----3----3--0-----------3----3--0-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12--11--11-11-11-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------12b---10---------------12p10-----------12-12-10-10-|
|-9-9--9-9-12--12-12-12-12-------------12--9-12-9-12-------12-9-12-9-------------|
|-x-x--x-x-x---x--x--x--x--x8----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7--7-7-10--10-10-10-10-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------12-10-12-10---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------12-10-12-10-----12b-|
|-11-9--9-11-11-12-11-9-11-11-12-11--------------------------12------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-16-16-16-10-10-10-10-12-15-12-12-15-12-12-15-12-12-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17-12-12-15-12-12--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------12-12--12-12-13-12-12-12-10-10-12-10-10-10-10-10-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------10-9-9-9----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------10-10-10-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-10-10-9-|
|---------|
|---------|

Now the pieces will float....(lots of wierd noises and effects here)
|-----------------------------17----------------------------------|
|------------------10----13---------12-------------------------13-|
|-----------9----------------------------10p9h10p9---8p7h8p7------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---10----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

5:14-5:56
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-10-10-|
|---------------------------------------------------------12---------------------------|
|------------------------------------14--14-14-14-12-(x2)----14-12-(x6)----------------|
|-----------------12-12-12-12----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12--12-12-------------12--12---------------------------------------------------|

|----------------14-------14-------15--------------------------------15-12-12-14-12-12-|
|-13-12-12-12-12----12-12----12-12----12-12-13-12-12-13-12-12-13-12--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15-12-12-14-12-12-14-12-12-15-12-12-17-12-12-15-12-12-15-14-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------12-13-12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12--12-12--12-12-12-12-13-12--12-------------------------------------------12b-12-|
|-------------------------------------14-----------14-12---------14-12-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------12-14-12-------14-(x4)-------14-(x5)---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15-17-16-17-16-17-16-17-16-17-16-17-22----0h1s12-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

25 Wives...(Some of the effects make the notes hard to understand)
|-12-13b---14--10-11---------------------24-----------------19--20-22----19----|
|----------------------12-13--15-13---18------------------------------------16-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------17-19----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------19-----------------------------12---14-|
|---------------------17--------17-18-17-------------15-----------|
|-16-17--16-17---16----------------------15-14--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Part 3
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---0---------------0------2---0-----------------2---0---------------------0-|
|-------2-0---------2---(x2)-------2-0-------------------2-0-----------0-2-3---|
|-----------3--2--3--------------------3--2--2-3-2-----------3--2--2-3---------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2-0-------------0-2---2-0-------------------0-|
|---------2---------2-----------2-----------0-2-3---|
|-----------3--2--3---------------3--2--2-3---------|

Then it changes to this around 0:44 (Repeat until 2:24)
|-12-------12-------11-------11-------10-------10-------9-------9-------|
|----12-12----12-12----12-12----12-12----12-12----12-12---12-12---12-12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

This comes in around 1:55 (above riff continues to play)
|-10-12-12-(x8)-17-15-17-17-(x30)-17-17-17-17-17-17-17b-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|



Part 4
|--12----0---------------------------10-|-12----0--------10--8-------------|
|-----12------0----------10-------------|----12------0---------12-10-------|
|----------12---9-11-12-----12-11-------|---------12---9-------------12-11-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--12----0---------------------------10-|-12----0--------------------------|
|-----12------0----------10-------------|----12------0---10----------------|
|----------12---9-11-12-----12-11-------|---------12---9----12-11-12-11-12-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--12----0---------------------------10-|-12---0--------------------------|
|-----12------0----------10-------------|----12------0---10---------------|
|----------12---9-11-12-----12-11-------|---------12---9----12-12-9-11-12-|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|--12----0---------------------------10-|-12----0--------10--8-------------|
|-----12------0----------10-------------|----12------0---------12-10-------|
|----------12---9-11-12-----12-11-------|---------12---9-------------12-11-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--12----0--------10--8-----------|-12----0------------------------10-|
|-----12------0---------12-10-----|----12------0----------10----------|
|----------12---9-------------12b-|---------12---9-11-12-----12-11----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|--12----0--------------------------|-12----0--------------------------|
|-----12------0---12-10-------------|----12------0---------10-12-10----|
|----------12---9-------12-11-12-11-|---------12---9-11-12----------12-|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--12----0---------------------------10-|-12----0-----------------10-------|
|-----12------0----------10-------------|----12------0---------10----13-12-|
|----------12---9-11-12-----12-11-------|---------12---9-11-12-------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--12----0-----------------------10------|
|-----12------0---------10-12-13---------|
|----------12---9-11-12-------------(X8)-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|--12----0--------------------------|-12----0-----------------------10------|
|-----12------0---------10-12-10----|----12------0---------10---------------|
|----------12---9-11-12----------12-|---------12---9-11-12----12-11----(X9)-|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|--12----0-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----12------------------------------12-10-----------10---------------|
|----------14-12----------------------------10-9---------12-11-12-11-9-|
|----------------12-14----12-14----12------------9-12------------------|
|----------------------14-------14-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

This part gets confusing...
|-20-19-17----------------------------------------------------------14-15-14-------|
|----------20-19-17----------------------------------------------15----------------|
|-------------------19-17-16----16-------------------------14-16-------------17-16-|
|----------------------------19----17-16-14----------16-17-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------17-14-15-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------
|----15----------------------
|-17----17-16-14-16-------14-
|-------------------16-17----
|----------------------------
|----------------------------

1:57-2:17 Main Riff
|---------15-14-------------|
|---------------17----------|
|-16-16------------16-17-16-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

         1st Ending               2nd and 3rd Ending             4th Ending
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-16-16------14-14----------|-16-16---16-17-17-16----14-|-16-16------14-14----14----|
|---------17----------14-17-|---------------------17----|---------17-------17----17-|
|------------------17-------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

        5th Ending
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-16-16------14-14----14b-|
|---------17-------17-----|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

2:17-2:30 (Play 1:57-2:17 Main Riff lightly)

2:30-3:09
|---------------------------------------------------------15-14---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------17------------------|
|-14-16-16-14-16----------------------16p14-14---------------------16-17p16---------|
|-----------------17-17-14h16--------------------17h19------------------------17h19-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17h19---17h19----17-17h19-----17h19--17h19--19-19-19-19-19p17--19b--19b-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

3:09-3:38 (A bunch of muted picking)

3:38-5:48
|-----------------------------12--------------------------------------|
|-12-10-----10-12-10-10-----------------------------------------------|
|--------12--------------12-9-----12-9-12----10--0-11h12p11-12b-11--9-|
|-----------------------------------------12--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12-10-12--10h12-12-12-12-12--12--14b-12--14b--12-12---12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------0----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----10----9-----------------------------------------------------15----17----19-------|
|-------------10-------------------------------10----------12-10----12----15----17-15-|
|-12----12-------12-11----11----------------------11-12-11----------------------------|
|----------------------13----13-13-12-11----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------13-12----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17h19-17-15----14-15-14----17-14-14-14-----------------14--------14b----------------|
|-------------17----------17-------------15-17--15-17-15-----17-15-----17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------|-14----------------------------------|
|-17-17-15-17-15-17-17-15-17-17-|----17-15-17-17-15-17-17-15-17-17----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------x9-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|-14-15-14-12-14-15-14-12-14-15--14-15--14-12-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------15--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------(Guitar-returns-at-4:46)-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----15----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-----17-17----------17-18-20--17b--17--20--17b----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------19-17-----------------------------------19-17-19-17-(x4)-|
|--------------------19-----------------------------19------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------14-15--17-|
|-------14-15-----------|
|-16-17-----------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

I peel pack....
|----10-10-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-------13-12-12--10----------------------12-----13--12-10--12------12----------|
|-----------------------12---11--12-11-9---------9-----------------12-----12-11--9-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

5:48-6:06 Bass Solo (There's a bunch of guitar effects going on in the background)

6:11-6:34
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-(this-note-is-played-a-few-times-with-an-odd-effect)-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

6:51-7:28
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------8-7-7----8-7|
|-9---7--9---7--------9-----7-------7-------7--9---7--9-----7-7-7--9-----7-------------|
|---8------8---8-8-8----8h9---8-8h9---8-8h9------8------8h9----------8h9---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------7----------------------------------------------|
|-9------9-----7----9---7--9-----7-7-7---7-7-8--9---7--9---7--9---7-7-9b--9b-7-7-9b-9-|
|---8h9----8h9----8---8------8-8------------------8------8------8---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------4-5-4--------------------------------------------|
|-----5------------------------------7--7-5---2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p2-----------------|
|-5h7---7-7-----------7-5h7-------------------------------------0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3-|
|------------3h5-5-0------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-----------2---|
|-0h3p0h3p0---0-|

Part 5(lots of wierd effects)
|----10-12-------------------------------10-12---15-14---0--12-14--17-15-14--12-|
|-12-------(sliding)------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------9--11--12-11-9-11------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12-10--14b-14------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------9-9h11--12--------9--11-11-11-11b-------------------|
|-------------------------------12-------------------9h10------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------7----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------8-5-7-8-|

|-------10--------------------------10-------------------------------------------|
|-12-------12---------------------------------------12-------12------------------|
|----12-------12-9-9h11-12p11-11-12----11-12-11-11-----12-11----12-11-11h12p11-9-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-10--------------------------------------------------------10----------------------|
|----12-------------12-10----------------------12--------12----12----------------12-|
|-------9-11--11-12-------12-11-9-11-9----9-11----11-12-----------12-9--11-12-11----|
|--------------------------------------12-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------10-----------------------------10-------------10--------------------------|
|-----------12--------------------------------------------13-12--------------10----|
|-12-12--------12--11-11-12-11-9-12--12----12--9-11-12----------11-12--11-12----12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------12------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------12h15p12-12----15------------13p12----|
|-11-12-14p12p11p14p12p11----9---12-9-11-12---------------------------12-------12-|
|-------------------------12------------------------------------14-14-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14p12------12-11-12h14p12-11----11---9-11-12b-11-9-11-12-9-|
|------------14-------------------14----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------13-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------(muted-picking)----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------7p5-----7p5-----7p5-----7-7-8--8--------------------|
|-7h8-5h8p7-(x8)-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----------------------------|

|----------------------16--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-(more-muted-picking)----(yet-again-more-muted-picking)-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------10-----------------------|
|-----------------------10-11-----------------------------------13--12-10------------|
|-9------------9--12-11------------12--11--9--------------------------------12--11-9-|
|-----12-10--------------------12---------------12--9--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------10----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------24b---24b--24---24b------24b--21--19----14---------24b-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10-----9--------------------------------------10--9-------|
|-10--9---12--10-9----------------------12-10-9---------------7-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------17-------------24b------------------21b-21/----------14-(fast)----|
|---------------------------------------------24b--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------24b---------------------------------------|
|----------------------10----------10------9-------------------------------------|
|-12-10-9-----------9------7-------------------------------12-10-9-------------7-|
|----------10--------------------------------------6-----------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-(lightly)---------10-(lightly)---7------------5-----------|
|-7---7----7----------9--7-------7------------7---9--7------9----5h7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


Part 6 (still lots of wierd effects at the beginning)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------8-9-----------9b----------------------------|
|----------------------------9--11-------11---12--13--12--13--12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7-9-7-----------------------------------------------|
|-5-3-0-5-7--8------------------------------------------------------|

|-12-(you-can-faintly-hear-this-repeating-for-about-30-seconds)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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Comes in at about 1:33 or 1:34
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|-7--5-7---7--5-7---7--5-7---------5h7---(x25)-|
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|-9-9-7-(x4)-----7-(x4)-----7h9------|
|-----------------------7h9-------x4-|
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|-15-12-12-15-12-12-17-15-12-15-12-12-17-15-12-15-12-12-17-15-12-15-12-12-
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Part 7
|-12--12--------------------------------------12--------14------15---------|
|-x---x--(x7)--12-------13--12-10-10-10-10----x--(x10)--x--(x5)-x--(x4)----|
|-9---9--------x--(x6)--x---x--x--x--x--x-----9---------11------12------x2-|
|--------------9--------10--9--7--7--7--7----------------------------------|
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Guitar 1 repeats above riff but guitar 2 plays....
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|-12b--10-----------------------------|
|---------12-11-12-11-------9-11-9-x4-|
|-----------------------12------------|
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Part 8
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|--------|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|-0------0---|---0-----0---|
|------7-|-9--12----12----|-----------------|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|
|------9-|-9--------------|-----------------|------------|-----------9-|
|--------|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|--------|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|

|-0-----10----12-|--0-----12--0-10-|-0----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|-0------0---|---0-----0---|
|-9--12----12----|-----------------|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|
|-9--------------|-----------------|------------|-----------9-|
|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|

|--------------|--------------|-0--0-0-----|------------|
|-10--10-8--10-|-12--12-10--8-|-7--5-7-5---|-8----8-----|
|--9---9-9---9-|-11--11-11--9-|-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7---7---|
|--7-----------|--9-----------|-0--0-0-0-0-|-5--5-----5-|
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|-12--12-10-----|-10--10-8-----|-7----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-11-----11--11-|--9-----9---9-|-0--0---0---|-0-0---0-0---|
|--9----------9-|-10--------10-|-7--------7-|-7---7-7---7-|
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  Gtr I
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|-7s8---8-----|-7--7-7-5---|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|
|-0-------0---|-0--0-0-0-7-|-9--12----12----|-----------------|
|-7s8-8-----8-|-7--7-7-7-7-|-9--------------|-----------------|
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|-0----7-----|-7-----7-----|-0-----10----12-|--0-----12----10-|
|-0------0---|---0-----0---|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|
|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|-9--12----12----|-----------------|
|------------|-----------9-|-9--------------|-----------------|
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|-0----7-----|-7-----7-----|--------------|--------------|
|-0------0---|---0-----0---|-10--10-8--10-|-12--12-10--8-|
|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|--9---9-9---9-|-11--11-11--9-|
|------------|-----------9-|--7-----------|--9-----------|
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|-0--0-0-----|------------|---------------|--------------|
|-7--5-7-5---|-8----8-----|-12--12-10-----|-10--10-8-----|
|-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7---7---|-11-----11--11-|--9-----9---9-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-|-5--5-----5-|--9----------9-|-10--------10-|
|------------|-7--------7-|---------------|--------------|
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|-7----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7s8---8-----|-7-|
|-0--0---0---|-0-0---0-0---|-0-------0---|-0-|
|-7--------7-|-7---7-7---7-|-7s8-8-----8-|-7-|
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Cassandra Gemini Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Kieran Average	#1 by Kieran Molloy at Sep 3, 2005 at 8:03 PM EST
	I love how this song, being 30 minutes, can just captivate your attention. I listen to it over and over, never get bored of it.

No Picture sephiroth Average	#2 by sephiroth at Sep 7, 2005 at 2:20 PM EST
	I fuckin love how this song actually keeps me on the edge of my seat, expecting a crazy riff and jam to pop out. Awesome, awesome song.

No Picture pat Wanna Be	#3 by pat smear at Oct 12, 2005 at 11:24 AM EST
	this is probably they're best song yet, it keeps you guessing the whole way through

No Picture Dusty Wanna Be	#4 by Dusty Delonge at Dec 3, 2005 at 6:11 AM EST
	a half an hour epic

No Picture Bye! Average	#5 by Bye! at Dec 7, 2005 at 8:14 PM EST
	It keeps you guessing untill youve listened to it so much you memorize every note, every pitch, and then it only gets better and better.

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#6 by Andrew Clayton at Dec 13, 2005 at 10:53 AM EST
	...I dunno....this song completely fuckin rocks though...which is why I feel the need to post. I haven't heard anything this good or intense or insane in awhile. As corny and as trite as it sounds, this song truly takes you on a rollercoaster ride. As far as interpretation?? This one's a toughie ...as is most of Omar and Cedic's stuff. I know as much as most of you: The album is based on a diary that band member Jeremy (who died in May 2003) found while working as a repo man. The diary talked of a man, who was adopted as a child, searching for his biological parents. The song titles apparently represent characters that he encounters on his journey. The diary was not finished when Jeremy found it so he and Cedric took it upon themselves to complete it......Cassandra Gemini could possibly be mostly their addition and completion of this story.....but I don't know what I'm babblin' about....and I sure as hell can't figure it out yet.....

No Picture Jordan Average	#7 by Jordan S. at Jan 2, 2006 at 4:21 AM EST
	goddamn, they know how to end an album well. i think they should make a cartoon music video for this song

No Picture josh Average	#8 by josh stagel at Jan 3, 2006 at 11:33 PM EST
	I never really ever heard anything like this before. the entire album is speechless.every song is just awesome. then outta nowwhere this song comes and kicks ur ass. i love the last 2 mins of this song. breathless once done with the album.

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#9 by Shreder Dude at Jan 22, 2006 at 12:48 PM EST
	this song is just the best i've ever heard i almost had an heart attack in the last minute FUCKING INSANE!!!

No Picture The Masta The Muther F*ing Masta!	#10 by The Masta at Feb 1, 2006 at 3:29 PM EST
	Damn..where do I begin? First I have to premise this by saying I can be a real \"music snob\", not meaning I only listen to elite \"musicians\" but I am critical of EVERYTHING and if it\'s not my style, I usually reject it. I grew up being a big Deftones fan so that might show where I\'m coming from. Quite simply, the Mars Volta has blown me away, especially with \"Cassandra Gemini\". This is by far the greatest musical track I have ever heard (just in my opinion). The meaning? I think that\'s tough with Mars to begin with. I think to understand where the tracks are coming from, you have to put them all together because the \"book\" of Frances the Mute is more like a novel, not a collection of poems. In my opinion,this track is separate from some of the others except for the fact that you can see the track\'s \"effect\" on the characters introduced earlier. I know in an interview that Mars said the album incorporated this journal, but also other elements like our country\'s leadership. I think the song is taking a more \"fantastic\" look at the state of our world and our government. One part of the track could refer to the religious Bush family: \"And his multiple sons with their mandible tongues set crucified fires to petrified homes let it burn\" Also, maybe referring to the country\'s sudden rush of concern over terrorism: \"Panic in the shakes of the wounded Panic in the worms Onto the floor And out of your mouth Out of your eyelids\" I don\'t necessarily agree with the opinions behind it if I\'m right, but I definitely see correlations. It seems the track is emphasizing this one horrid character who in some ways is the cause of the peculiarities in the rest of the characters of the album. This shows me the focus is on a character of huge importance in the world set forth in the album. I think they are definitely talking about our leaders. Oh yeah, just to finish my point I like how the track opens \"I think I’ve become like one of the others\". This could be stating he feels like he\'s conforming and becoming \"one of them\" which could be the elites or the victims. OK, one last point that does not have to do with the lyrics. I guess the Mars Volta is something created by an Italian surrealist artist. Since surrealism is based on fantastic and dream-like images it\'s easy to see why the Mars Volta characters and the world are so abnormal. But sticking with the \"dream-like\" thing...ever notice how the song is ripping on through and then hits that first \"frantic piano\" part? Doesn\'t it feel like the song is falling asleep? Then Omar starts fighting out of it furiously, like fighting off sleep, right before the piano cuts in again and makes the track \"fall asleep\". Then it feels like some portal to another world when he repeatedly says that \"25 wives in the lake tonight\" before the new world is entered...right when the fuzz effect guitar kicks in. The the track goes on and on until that frantic saxophone playing starts, which to me feels like the track is \"awakening\" and then cuts right back in where the song had fallen asleep earlier. I mean, not to sound corny, but the entire song is like one huge journey from awake to dream to awake again. Like I said, best song I\'ve ever heard.

No Picture Sally Average	#11 by Sally Gray at May 22, 2006 at 10:14 PM EST
	This song is great, just like most of the others on the new album. The build-up to this part especially: 25 wives in the lake tonight raw bark in the water of the marble shrine 25 snakes pour out your eyes yeah the icepicks cumming on the marble shrine 25 snakes are drowning I like how the album loops backs to the beginning perfectly.

No Picture eddy Lead Player	#12 by eddy blade at Jun 18, 2006 at 4:27 PM EST
	this song is mind blowing, like you've all said. It also holds the key to the existence of cygmund. the lyrics at the end "no theres no time no theres no light you aint got nothing your life was just a lie" which makes you think he was the creation of hallucination but then "no theres no time no theres no light you aint got nothing your life was just a..." then sarcophagai very blue oyster cult as in "and the joke is on.... thats my interpretation anyway if cygmund was fake and his journals were just fictional this album could be one of the best hoaxes but i think its all true

No Picture Jesse Professional	#13 by Jesse Garcia at Jul 27, 2006 at 11:04 PM EST
	hmmm...i don't know how to feel about this track. At times it is truly extravagnt and work of an utter genius, yet at others is non-existant... if only they had cut the bullshit with 5/6 minute periods of tedious noise, and replaced it with something more musically...worthy, shall we say? or even cut it back a little bit. It is truly a masterpiece of an album, but i certainly agree with whoever it was that said on Deloused they limited themselves to shorter time periods and managed to make concise, earth-shattering, unique music...Frances The Mute could easily be filtered for alot of nonsense, and be covered in red pen....

No Picture John Wanna Be	#14 by John Merritt at Aug 3, 2006 at 3:14 PM EST
	GOOD GOD!!! wow this song is EPIC!! the way he sings is just spine tingling.........(shivers)

No Picture Mike Wanna Be	#15 by Mike Jeffries at Sep 9, 2006 at 12:11 PM EST
	I dunno, this stuffs good. But I feel like theyre too jam bandish now, making long songs just for the sake of it. Deloused in the Comatorium was a lot better, because they limited themselves per song while still maintaining an overall constant theme for the album.

No Picture Daron Average	#16 by Daron Malakian at Oct 19, 2006 at 3:36 PM EST
	Damn..where do I begin? First I have to premise this by saying I can be a real \"music snob\", not meaning I only listen to elite \"musicians\" but I am critical of EVERYTHING and if it\'s not my style, I usually reject it. I grew up being a big Deftones fan so that might show where I\'m coming from. Quite simply, the Mars Volta has blown me away, especially with \"Cassandra Gemini\". This is by far the greatest musical track I have ever heard (just in my opinion). The meaning? I think that\'s tough with Mars to begin with. I think to understand where the tracks are coming from, you have to put them all together because the \"book\" of Frances the Mute is more like a novel, not a collection of poems. In my opinion,this track is separate from some of the others except for the fact that you can see the track\'s \"effect\" on the characters introduced earlier. I know in an interview that Mars said the album incorporated this journal, but also other elements like our country\'s leadership. I think the song is taking a more \"fantastic\" look at the state of our world and our government. One part of the track could refer to the religious Bush family: \"And his multiple sons with their mandible tongues set crucified fires to petrified homes let it burn\" Also, maybe referring to the country\'s sudden rush of concern over terrorism: \"Panic in the shakes of the wounded Panic in the worms Onto the floor And out of your mouth Out of your eyelids\" I don\'t necessarily agree with the opinions behind it if I\'m right, but I definitely see correlations. It seems the track is emphasizing this one horrid character who in some ways is the cause of the peculiarities in the rest of the characters of the album. This shows me the focus is on a character of huge importance in the world set forth in the album. I think they are definitely talking about our leaders. Oh yeah, just to finish my point I like how the track opens \"I think I’ve become like one of the others\". This could be stating he feels like he\'s conforming and becoming \"one of them\" which could be the elites or the victims. OK, one last point that does not have to do with the lyrics. I guess the Mars Volta is something created by an Italian surrealist artist. Since surrealism is based on fantastic and dream-like images it\'s easy to see why the Mars Volta characters and the world are so abnormal. But sticking with the \"dream-like\" thing...ever notice how the song is ripping on through and then hits that first \"frantic piano\" part? Doesn\'t it feel like the song is falling asleep? Then Omar starts fighting out of it furiously, like fighting off sleep, right before the piano cuts in again and makes the track \"fall asleep\". Then it feels like some portal to another world when he repeatedly says that \"25 wives in the lake tonight\" before the new world is entered...right when the fuzz effect guitar kicks in. The the track goes on and on until that frantic saxophone playing starts, which to me feels like the track is \"awakening\" and then cuts right back in where the song had fallen asleep earlier. I mean, not to sound corny, but the entire song is like one huge journey from awake to dream to awake again. Like I said, best song I\'ve ever heard.

No Picture ben Lead Player	#17 by ben Tee at Oct 27, 2006 at 10:48 PM EST
	this song is so great. It seems like its only 5 miutes long so I have to play it over and over.

No Picture austin Lead Player	#18 by austin at Nov 24, 2006 at 5:36 PM EST
	i have not leaked this album since i like to hear it first time once i've bought it on it's due date, however i want to ask people : is a 30 minute song tedious? I've never known a band to pull it off well, and large instrumental sections of 'D.I.T.C.' only seemed to work since it was telling a story...

No Picture bethan Average	#19 by bethan jones at Jan 22, 2007 at 2:21 PM EST
	so is this one

No Picture kyle Professional	#20 by kyle mcdonough at Feb 10, 2007 at 8:05 PM EST
	i honestly think they've gotten better at keeping in interesting in it's large, epic scale.

No Picture PunkJunky Wanna Be	#21 by PunkJunky at Mar 12, 2007 at 12:08 PM EST
	if they were trying to please you, they would the parts you call "non-existant" scream just as loudly as the rest of this "masterpiece" please keep words like "tedious" and "nonsense" out of the conversation, they have no place here

No Picture lewi Wanna Be	#22 by lewi broadway at Apr 14, 2007 at 3:37 PM EST
	this song is so long, and usually a song that's more than 4 minutes long annoys me, but I like it. the first song I heard from the Mars Volta.

No Picture Kornowski - Wanna Be	#23 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at May 2, 2007 at 10:55 AM EST
	Wow those first 20 mins. rock! Then that lovely 10 mins of music. Again wow! But what is going on here? I hear every character mentioned, the number 25 numerous times. Who are the sons, who is he sworn to kill? And what's with the crackling "Tom Waits" voice at the beginning? I'm still not sure if I really dig that part, but around min 5 or 6 this song is in full force and ready to tear up anything held next to it. Anyway I got ideas for all of this but there's just too much to discuss. If anybody can find a way to sum it all up it would be greatly appreciated. Hope you enjoy the album like I do and don't forget to buy it on March 1st!!!!!!

No Picture Dunnie Average	#24 by Dunnie at Aug 1, 2007 at 9:34 AM EST
	this song basically sums up the story of the album and helps you understand all the other songs...it wasn't until i heard this song all the way through that the rest of hte album strated making sense. anyway, for those who don't know: L'via killed frances (vismund's mother)...how is that possible? well, visumund survived the abortion...and L'via fled..the CD then, is Vismund trying to find his biological roots...just wanting to know where he came from...but L'via has left him with no history...i guess that's why he ain't got nothing.. does it make sense that Frances is referred to as being mute because she's dead? this is one thing i'm rolling with, and i guess she's mute because this whole time vismund is trying to figure out his bloodline and since his mom is dead, she can't answer any of his questions...

No Picture The Penguins Tr Professional Badass	#25 by The Penguins Tried To Kill Me The Other Day at Aug 27, 2007 at 3:32 PM EST
	this song just captures you by your teeth and really gets into your head, it amazing the way it has beenw riten and the pure energy. i also like that in the end it goes back to the opening of cygnus..vismund cygnus, and when coupled with the song frances the mute it makes this song even better.