Song: Goliath
Artist: The Mars Volta
Album: The Bedlam in Goliath
Tuning: Standard
Tabbed by Nathan Zwiener
Intro Solo
|-9b-7---------------------------------------------------------|
|------9-7-9------7-9----------------------------9-9-9b~---9b~-|
|-------------6-9----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------6-9-6-----------------|
|---------------------7~-(effects)---7-9-----------------------|
|----------------------------------9-----------9~--------------|
The Notorious Verse Riff (w/ wah pedal)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------------2-------|
|-2-4--4---2-4-----2-4---------|
|--------------------------2-3-|
For the second half, solo in C# major
__________________________
2nd Chorus (wah off) x3 |2.
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------|
|-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------|
|---9/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--9/11-11-11-14---|-2h4p2--------------------|
|---7/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--12---|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-|
1st Solo
|---------------------------------------------------------------7---------------7-9b~-|
|-9b----9b--------------------------------------------------------9-7-------7-9-------|
|------------7h9p7------6-------6-6b------7-9b11r9-7------------------9-6-9-----------|
|------------------9-9------7h9-------7h9------------9--9p7---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------9b------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2nd Verse (w/ wah pedal)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------------2-------|
|-2-4--4---2-4-----2-4---------|
|--------------------------2-3-|
For the second half, solo in C# major
__________________________
2nd Chorus (wah off) x3 |2.
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------|
|-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------|
|---9/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--9/11-11-11-14---|-2h4p2--------------------|
|---7/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--12---|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-|
2nd Solo
|-21b--------------21b----21b--------------------14b15r14-----------|
|---------17-19-17------17----19-17-17--14-17-14-----------14-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
slowly release
/
|----------14b-~~r~~----------14b-~~r~~-------------------------------------|
|-14-17-14-----------14-17-14-----------14-12-9-9-9-12-9-9-14-14-9-9-14-9-9-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mars_volta/goliath_tab.html ]
|----------------------------14/16--14-\\-----------14/16-14-12-12-12\9-9-|
|-12b14-~~r~~-\\--12-14-12-----------------12h14p12-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9h12p9-12/14-12-9-9\7-7-7-------------7b------------7b----|
|----------------------------9-9---7-9-7-----9---7-9-7----9--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------7b-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---7-9-7-----9--7-7---7-7-7b--------7-7b---------7-7b---------7-7b-7b-7b-|
|----------------------9--------9--7h9------9---7h9------9---7h9------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7b-7b-7-9-7-9-12-7-9-7-9-12-----7-7b-----7-9b-|
|-7---7---7-7b-----7h8h9----7h8h9-----------------------------7-9------7-9------|
|---9---9------9-9--------9-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-7--------7b-7--------7----------------9-9--------9b-9--------7-----14b-16b--\-|
|-7-9-7------7-9-7-------7-9-7---7--9b-7--7-9-7------7-9-7-------7-9-7---7--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
__________________________
2nd Chorus (wah off) x3 |2.
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------|
|-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------|
|---9/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--9/11-11-11-14---|-2h4p2--------------------|
|---7/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--12---|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-|
Verse B
Main Riff Harmony x2 x2
|----------------|---9----7h9-----7--9---|---9----6h9-----6--9---|
|----------------|------9------9---------|------9------9---------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------4---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---4--7-4-7-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
I tabbed the main riff this way so you don't have to cross strings on the
8th (faster) notes. You can play it another way if you can't stretch.
That's pretty much everything worth tabbing.
The rest of the solos are way too fast.
On the last chorus just gradually go from closed to open wah with the main riff.
Thanks for playing! Give me feedback.
