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TELEVATORS - The Mars Volta
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Tabbed by: Alex Radovanovich
Tuning: Standard
If you listen closely, the entire song maintains the same fingerpicking pattern
on the acoustic, except for the end of the chorus.
Intro/Verse
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-----|
A|-9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------0-|
E|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------0-|
E|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mars_volta/televators_tab_ver_5.html ]
Chorus
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-----------0-----------3-----------3-----------|
D|-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|\
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---3---| \
\
Lead guitar - 2 guitars x3
e|-15----------------------17----------18----------| /
B|-------------------------------------------------| /
G|-9-----------------------7-----------6-----------|/
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------7-----------------------|
B|-0-----------0-----------7-----------8-----------|
G|-0-----------0-----------7-----------7-----------|
D|-2-----------2-----------9-----------7-----------|
A|-2-----------2-----------9-----------0-----------|
E|-0-----------0-----------7-----------------------|
Bridge
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-----------7-----11----6-----------6-----------|
D|-------0---0-----------0-------0---0-------0---0-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7---7---7---7---10--10--5---5---5---5---5---5---|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-----------8-----12----------------------------|
G|-------------------------11----------9-----------|
D|-------0---0-----------0-------0---0-------0---0-|
A|-7---7---7---7---10--10--------------------------|
E|-------------------------10--10--10--9---9---9---|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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