Drunkship Of Lanterns Tab

Band: The Mars Volta
Album: De-loused in the Comatorium
Song: Drunkship of Lanterns
 
Tuning: EADGBE
 
Note: This is not my tab. This is just what i think is best version, and
is lacking in good Mars Volta tabulature,
 
 
Intro/Pre-verse
e|-0-------------1----xxxxxxxx-0-------------1----xxxxxxxx-|
B|-0-------------0----xxxxxxxx-0-------------0----xxxxxxxx-|
G|-0-------------2----xxxxxxxx-0-------------2----xxxxxxxx-|
D|-0-------------3----xxxxxxxx-0-------------3----xxxxxxxx-|
A|------3h5-0-0--0----xxxxxxxx------3h5-0-0--0----xxxxxxxx-|
E|--------------------xxxxxxxx--------------------xxxxxxxx-|
 
Verse
e|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|----55-----|---------109--10109912----|-------------------------------55------|
A|-557--7-x4-|-10101010---10---------x2-|-(Do that 3 times and then)-557--7--x4-|
E|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
 
Pre-chorus
e|-0-0-1---------|
B|-1-1-0---------|
G|-2-2-2---------|
D|-2-2-3---2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0---2-2---|
E|---------0-0---|
 
Chorus
e|-----8-----7-----5---------------7-------5------------------------1-------8-----7-----5---------------7-----
B|-6-----6-5---5-6-----5-6---5---5---6---5---5-6--------------------0---6-----6-5---5-6-----5-6---5---5---6---
G|---7---------------7-----7---7-------7---------5-7-0-4b-----------2-----7---------------7-----7---7-------7-
D|------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------3h5-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--5---------|
5---5-6-----|
--------5-7-|
------------|
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------------|
 
Riff
e|---------------------|-----|
B|---------------------|-----|
G|---------------------|-----|
D|---------------------|-----|
A|---------------------|-----|
E|-5-3-555--5-3-555-x8-|-5-3-|
 
Wierd Riff #1               1st ending         2nd ending          3rd ending
e|-5--5--5--5--9--7-|------------------|-------------5-3-|------------777---7h9--|-------------------15----17-
B|--7--7--7--7--10--|-55----5----5---5-|---------7-5-----|--------5------777---8-|-12-14----------14----14----
G|---6--6--6--6-----|---5577--5h7-5h7--|----557----------|---5-4----5------------|-------13----15-------------
D|------------------|------------------|-557-------------|-----------------------|----------12----------------
A|------------------|------------------|-------7---------|-7---------------------|----------------------------
E|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------------
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15-|
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Lashes of....
e|-5-----3----------3----|
B|-x-x21-x-x3-4-----x-x3-|
G|-2-----0----x-x21-0----|
D|------------1----------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
Weird Riff #2 (Odd effect, listen closely for timing)
e|-19---------17-------------------------20---12----15----17--18-------15----19---21-|
B|--------17-----17---17b---15-----12------------------14----------16----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Carpel jets......
e|-------------0----|
B|-------------0----|
G|-------------0----|
D|-------------0-x20|
A|-------------0----|
E|-5-3-55555b--0----|
 
Solo
e|--------------------------------12-----------12121312---------12-13-12--------------------------------------
B|-12--13-12--13-12--13-12--10---------12121312--------1213--15----------13--12---------------------------15h1
G|-----------------------------12----------------------------------------------------------------------16-----
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-15-17-15-14---14-15--------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----|
6h17-|
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Solo Continued
e|----20201717--20201717-----------20-20-22-20-1717---------15--18-17-15----------------------|
B|-20---------20--------20-17--15---------------------15-17--------------15-17-18-17-15-------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-14-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
End Riff
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|-5-3-555-x5-|
 
Order
Intro
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Riff
Weird Riff #1
Lashes of...x2
Pre-verse
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Weird Riff #2
Riff
Carpel Jets...
Solo
Lashes of...x4
End Riff
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