The Mars Volta: The Widow Guitar Tab

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h: hammer on
p: pull off
s: slide (up or down)
b: half bend
fb: full bend
br: bend release

Verse 1:

|Gtr 2 (electric with clean tone and echo effect):
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-s10------12h13p12-s10-----8h10-------------------13s15----------------
|---------------------------------s9------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 3 (electric with clean tone and echo effect):
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-s10---------------s10-----------13s12-12s8-8vv-8s5--------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 1 (acoustic):
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-1----------1---------1---------1--------------------------------------0
|------2---------2---------2-------2-----2--1---------1---------1-----0-
|----------2---------2---------2-------0----2---2---------2---------0---
|-0-0----0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0---2------2-------2---------2---2-----
 -------------------------------------------0-0---0-----0---0-----------
 
|Gtr 2:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-s12---------12-------12s10------------------s5--------s3vv--3---------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------   
|
|Gtr 3:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-s5------------------------------5s7---------s5-----------------8h-----
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|Gtr 1:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||1---------1---------1---------1----0---------------------------------0
|-2---2---------2---------2--------2-------1---------1---------1-----0--
|-2-------2---------2---------2--------0---2---2---------2---------0----
|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0------0-0-2-------2---------2---2------
|------------------------------------------0-0---0-----0---0------------   

|Gtr 4 (electric with distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br--
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br---
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|Gtr 2:
|--20-20s19—19s17—17s15—15s12—12s10--------12---12----------------------
|------------------------------------10s12---------s10------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|Gtr 3:
|--------------------------------------------------s3-------------------
||s10----12s13-13-15----15-17-17-----------17---17----------------------
|-----------------------------------s14---------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|Gtr 1:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-1---------1---------1----------1----------2---------2---------2-------
|-2---2---------2----------2----------2---------0---------0-----0-------
|-2-------2---------2----------2----------2---------2---------2---------
|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0--0---0---0--0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0-------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------2--3--5-------------------------------------------------------
|---0-----0-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------2----3--5-------------------------------------------------------
|-0---0---0--2--4-------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Chorus:  
 
|Gtrs 1, 5 (electric with distortion) and 6 (electric with distortion):
|-1----------1---s3--5-5------0-----------------------------------------
|-3----------3------------0---1-----------------------------------------
|-2----------2------------0---2-----------------------------------------
|-0----------0------------0---2-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------0-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 1 only:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-s1--1----1------------------------------------------------------------
|-------2-------2-------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------2-----------------------------------------------------
|-s0-------0--0---------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 2
|---------------------------------------------------------------s5------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|Gtr 3
|---------------------------------------------19-19-12s20-------12s20---
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------  
|
|Gtr 1:
|---------------------------------s0-------------0----------------------
|-----------------------------------s1-1-----1-------------1-----1--1---
|-1----1---1----1-----1---1-----1---s2---2---2---------------2---2--2---
|-2----2------------2-2---------2---s2-----2-2-2-----2---------2-2--2---
|-2----2-2------------2-2-----2-2---s0-------0-----0---0-0-------0--0---
|-0----0-----0----0---0-----0---0---------------------------------------


Verse 2:

|Gtr 2:
|--s17--15-15s12—12s15s12---------------12s10----------------------10-7
|-------------------------12s13s15---15--------12-12--13-10-10s8-8-12-8-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 3:
|--s17--15-15s12-12-----------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------12s13s15s14s15-10--------------8s10-s8---12s10
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||Gtr 1 (acoustic):
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-1----------1---------1---------1--------------------------------------0
|------2---------2---------2-------2-----2--1---------1---------1-----0-
|----------2---------2---------2-------0----2---2---------2---------0---
|-0-0----0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0---2------2-------2---------2---2-----
|-------------------------------------------0-0---0-----0---0-----------

|Gtr 4 (electric with distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br--
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br---
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 2:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------3---
|--13-13s6--6--5---5s3---5-5s10--12--13-13s15-15s17-17-17s10-10s17--3---
|--------7--7--5---5s4--------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 3:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------3---
|--------------------------8s10--12--13-13s15-15s17-17-17s10-10s17--3---
|--s9----7-----5---5s4--------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 1:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||1---------1---------1---------1----0---------------------------------0
|-2---2---------2---------2--------2-------1---------1---------1-----0--
|-2-------2---------2---------2--------0---2---2---------2---------0----
|-0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0------0-0-2-------2---------2---2------
|------------------------------------------0-0---0-----0---0------------

Chorus:

|Gtrs 1, 5 and 6 
|-1----------1---s3--5-5------0-------0------0--------------------------
|-3----------3------------0---1-------1------1--0-0---------------------
|-2----------2------------0---2-------2------2--------------------------
|-0----------0------------0---2-------2------2--------------------------
|-----------------------------0-------0------0--------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------


|Gtr 1:
|---------------------------------s0-------------0----------------------
|-----------------------------------s1-1-----1-------------1-----1--1---
|-1----1---1----1-----1---1-----1---s2---2---2---------------2---2--2---
|-2----2------------2-2---------2---s2-----2-2-2-----2---------2-2--2---
|-2----2-2------------2-2-----2-2---s0-------0-----0---0-0-------0--0---
|-0----0-----0----0---0-----0---0---------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 4 (electric with distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br--
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br17br---
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtrs 5 and 6:
|------------0-0--------------------------------------------------------
|----------0------1----1------------------------------------------------
|-1----1----------2----2------------------------------------------------
|-2----2----------2----2------------------------------------------------
|-2----2----------0----0------------------------------------------------
|-0----0-----------------------3fb--------------------------------------


 Solo:

Gtrs 1, 5 and 6:
|-0-----0------0-------------------------------------0-0----------------
|-1-----1------1----0--0------------------------------------------------
|-2-----2------2-----------1-----------1-------1------------------------
|-2-----2------2-----------2-----------2-------2------------------------
|-0-----0------0-----------2-----------2-------2------------------------
|-0-----0------0-----------0-----------0-------0------------------------
|
|Gtr 4:
|-8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8-8fb-8br-8---
|-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5---------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr 4:
|-------------8fb-----------10b-----------------------------------------
|-0h5-5h8p5p0-----0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------
|-----------------0-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr 4:
|-10---8-10-8-8-10p8----------------------------------------------------
|--------------------8vv--8-8-8----------7fb-5-7-5-0-4b-----------------
|----0------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr 4:
|------------------------------------------------------------------0-0--
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-4-5-5-4-5-7-5p0-5p0---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------2v-2-3-2-5-5-3-2-----------5-7br-5-7b-------------
|--------------------------------------3p2p0-3s7------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr 4:
|15-13-12---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------12-13-15------------------------------------------------------
|------------------14-14fb-14-12-14-16p14p12----12-12-12-14h16p14p12-12-
|--------------------------------------------14-------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtr 4:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|14b-14-14-16p14----------12fb--12--------------------------------------
|----------------14-12h14-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtrs 1, 5 and 6:
|-0-----------------------------------0-------------0-------------------
|-1-----------------------------------1-------------1-------------------
|-2-----------------------------------2-------------2-------------------
|-2-----------------------------------2-------------2-------------------
|-0-----------------------------------0-------------0-------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr 4:
|---------17--------17--------17--------17--------17--------------------
|------17--------17--------17--------17--------17-17------17-17---------
|-19fb------19fb------19fb------19fb------19fb-------19fb-------19fb----
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr 4:
|----------------------------------17h19p17-----------------------------
|-17-20-17-20-17-20-20-17-20-20-20--------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Gtrs 1, 5, and 6:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-2----------------------------------3--5-------------------------------
|-x----------------------------------x--x-------------------------------
|-2----------------------------------3--5-------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|

Chorus:

 Gtrs 1, 5 and 6:
|-1-----------------1-----3—5vv-5-----0-------0--0----------------------
|-3-----------------3-------------0---1-------1--1-----0-0--------------
|-2-----------------2-------------0---2-------2--2----------------------
|-0-----------------0-------------0---2-------2--2----------------------
|-------------------------------------0-------0--0----------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------


 Gtr 1:
|----------------------------------0--------------0---------------------
|------------------1-------------0----1-1-----1------------1-----1------
|-1--1---1---1-----2----1------1-1----2---2---2--------------2---2------
|-2--2-----------2-2-----------2-2----2-----2-2-2-----2--------2-2------
|-2--2-2-----------0--2-----2--2------0-------0-----0---0-0------0------
|-0--0-----0---0----------0----0----------------------------------------
|
|
|Gtrs 1, 5, and 6:
|-1----------------1---3---5-5----0-----------0----0--------------------
|-3----------------3-----------0--1-----------1----1----0--0------------
|-2----------------2-----------0--2-----------2----2--------------------
|-0----------------0-----------0--2-----------2----2--------------------
|---------------------------------0-----------0----0--------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------


 Gtr 1:
|-0-------------------------------------0-----------0-------------------
|-0-----------------------------------1---1---------1-------------------
|-1---------------------------------2-------2-------2-------------------
|-2-------------------------------2-----------2-----2-------------------
|-2-----------------------------0-------------------0-------------------
|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------


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