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Citizen Erased Tab

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Okay im only doing the song, you will have to figure strumming, order
& timing: for yourself, its a hard song but very cool to play 
once you have mastered it. Apologies for the different sizes
some bits are longer than others :) I was having trouble figuring
out the length limits :) If you need any explanations Pm me

Note: Pick harmonics to feedback, then control
with a whammy pedal.
Good Luck


Tuning:Standard.

Intro: Part one (All fretted notes are harmonics in this section)
To get these harmonics restring to a heavier guage...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|  x1
A|-----2-0-2-0-0-2-0--2-0-2-----2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2----------------|
E|-0-0-------------------------0-0-------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| x2
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3-0-3-3-0-3-3-0-3------3-0-3-3-0-3-3-0-3------------------|
E|-0-0----------------------0-0----------------------------------|

End on

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3-0-3-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|

Intro Part Two!

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-12-0-12--12---12-12-0-12----------------------------------|
E|-0-0-12-0-12--12-0-12-12-0-12----------------------------------|

Play the same amount as the above, but instead of the twelve
use these, play the ame amount for each one, replacing the 
last with the next eachtime, an queries about this just post.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-----8------7-----------------------------------------------|
E|-10-----8------7-----------------------------------------------|

Verse Part One (use distortion, delay and volume swells)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-0-12-12-0-12-0-12-12---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Now do the same as for intro part two replace the twelves with

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-14--------15-------17------15---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Then

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12-14-14-12-14-14-12-14-12-12-14-14-12-14-12-14-12----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-12-0-12-0-12/10----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
End with

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-11-0-11-11-0-11-0-11-11-0-11-0-11-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Part Two: Play this whole section twice
Figure the strumming for yourself

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------|
D|------x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------|
A|------0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
E|-0-0----------------------------0-0-----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------|
D|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------|
A|-----3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
E|-0-0---------------------------0-0------------------------------------|

Remember to play twice ^

Verse Part Three!
Once again work out the strumming 
On the second section the 8's and 10's are one chord

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7---------------|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0---------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0---------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
D|--9--9---9--9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-8--8--8--8--8---8---8---8----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|
E|-10-10-10-10-8--8--8--8--8---8---8---8----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|

Verse finishes with this (there should be 16 my eyes are fuzzy)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|

Chorus! Now if your still awake, this is quite hard to play!
Erm your best chance is to use alternate picking!

e|----------1----------------0---1------------0-------------0--------0---|
B|-----1--------1-------1-----0---0------0-------0------1----1---1---1---|
G|---2---2---2---2---0---0------------1---1---1---1-2---------0----------|
D|-3----------------2----------------2-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play that three times then end part one of the
chorus with

e|------------1----------------0--------|------------------------------|
B|------1---------1-------1--------1----|------------------------------|
G|---2----2----2---2---0---0---0----0---|------------------------------|
D|-3------------------2-----------------|---9>-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|---7>-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|---7>-------------------------|

Chorus Part Two!

e|------5-----8-----7-----6-----5-----5----4-----3----------3------------|
B|--------5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3----3-----3------3----3---------|
G|-2/5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----5-----5-4------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

e|-------5------6------7------8------7---------7------8------9-----------|
B|----5----5------5------5------5------0----8---8------8------8----------|
G|-5---------5------5------5------5-------7--------7------7------7-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre - Solo Part One (Play Twice)

e|---------8--------9---------10---------11---------12------------12-----|
B|-----10---10-------10---------10---------10---------10------9----------|
G|-10-----------10-------10---------10---------10-----------9------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------9----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------|
G|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------|
A|-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre- Solo Part Two (Same rule as intro)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-----2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2------------------------|
E|---0-0----------------------0-0---------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3-0-3-3-0-3-3-0-3--------3-0----------------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------12-12------5/195/155-------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-----2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2------------------------|
E|---0-0----------------------0-0---------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------12-------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3-0-3-3-0-3-3-0-3------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-----------------------0-0-----0-----------------------------------|

Solo: A Crazy amount of effects are used, so tabbing this will
be very hard, use whammy and lots of feedback.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12b13----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------9b10--11b12-13b14-13~-13-13-14-14-14-14-14-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16b17-19-19-19-19b21-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-17-16-17-16-14-14-21b23-23b24-20-17-20-20-20b22-12b14-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo ending 

e|------------------------------------------0~*---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
G|------2--2b4---4~----0-4b6r4-2-1----------------------------------------|
D|-9------------0-------------------------------2b3-----------------------|
A|-7----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-7----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play that twice then end on 

e|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------4/5------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---1/2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro (Play Twice, then piano till end)

e|-0--------0---------0-------0-------0--------0--------0----------------|
B|---5---5----5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3----3----3-----------|
G|-----5---------5--------5-------5--------5-------4---------4-----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-------0---------0-------0--------0----------------------------------|
B|---3---3---3----3---1---1---1---0--------------------------------------|
G|-----4--------4--------2-------1---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

There we go, enjoy and please rate...any questions pm me :)

| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Release
| ~* Whammy Bar!

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Average	#1 by KitCat at Oct 15, 1973 at 12:08 PM EST
	Now many of you may call me insane but i think this song has a deeper, darker meaning than what most of you have thus far been able to articulate. To me the song appears to be about the effect of human frailty on a persons view of themselves, at birth we are new to the world, free of any outside influence, from that moment onwards our lives, our personalities are moulded and dictated by the actions of those who surround us, it is from them we learn everything from morals and values through to speech patterns and getures. When Matt sings "break me in, teach us to cheat and to lie, cover up what shouldn't be shared?" he is documenting the unfortunate effects that experience can have on the human soul, the morally clean slate gifted at child birth, is slowly and surely disolved as one becomes consumed by the fatal instincts of modern life, lie, cheat steel, emotionless sex( what shouldnt be shared) The chorus is Matts appeal to the creator, whoever that may be according to his personal beliefs, he is wishing to hold his stage, to be able to manipulate the hands of time, so that his soul is cleansed, cast back to the pure state of infancy. The last verse is an emotional appeal for all the madness in the world to stop, a plea to whomever or whatever is responsible for his decaying moral and physical identity, as matt sings wash me away clean your body of me erase all the memories they will only bring us pain and i've seen, all i'll ever need he is pleading that the faults that he has learned through life in this modern world be stricken away, and that the moral decline our society experiences is having nothing but a negative effect on the mental well being of the planets occupants, that is we the people of earth. In many ways Citizen Erased reminds me of the poetry of the great William Blake, in particular his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience collections, in which Blake studies the effects of the outside world on the minds of London's inhabitants, taking in the optimistic, unlearned view of Innocence felt at childhood, and contrasting it with the stagnant, depressing view of one whom has learned from the experiences of the world. Whether or not Bellamy is a fan of Blake's works i am unaware, but the connection is almost uncanny. The awesome power of the lyrics are only further entrenched into the listeners pysche through the faultless mixture of technical prowess and emotional cleansing that make up the songs structure. The music is nothing short of majestic, the soundscapes so diverse it transcends definition. Citizen Erased is Matt Bellamy's depiction of the effects of the state of inocence and experience on the human soul, much like other visonary artisits before him, particularly William Blake, he has chosen unparralled power in his expression, only Matt's guitar,falsetto vocals and intricate piano, when coupled with the mystical abilities of the rythm section, screams a hell of a lot louder than poetry and etchings ever did. MY REVIEW: LYRICS: 5/5 MUSIC: 5/5 PERFORMANCE:5/5 EMOTIONAL EFFECT: 5/5 TOTAL: 20/20

No Picture Joe Average	#2 by Joe Fitzpatrick at Jan 10, 1980 at 12:48 PM EST
	Matt: It's an expression of what it feels like to be questioned. I spend more time than most people being asked about purpose and it's a strange feeling. I don't really have the answers and I have to respond on the knowledge I have obtained so far, but the problem is that it gets printed and something else has come along thats made you completely disagree with what you said. That's exactly what Matt thinks it is. I think the title is a reference to George Orwell's '1984' in which citizens are erased and lies control society. Then it would fit in with the futuristic theme of Origin Of Symmetry.

No Picture brad Rhythm Player	#3 by brad music at Oct 3, 1984 at 2:31 PM EST
	i dunno, it always meant sumfin more 2 me, like u know, well, i don't but it is really deep and powerful

No Picture Vinnie Rhythm Player	#4 by Vinnie Valium at Mar 9, 1994 at 5:01 AM EST
	I really love this song whatever it is about. It is just great!

No Picture Mike Average	#5 by Mike heidkamp at Jul 12, 2003 at 4:37 PM EST
	this song is SOOO emotional. i love it.when the played it at manchester it was like the best thing i have ever seen. it combined pure emotion with ablast or angst rock. wow would suffice