This is the guitar tab for Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta
Please e-mail me for comments at ggaltney@yahoo.com
Okay, well i finally got the time to update my tab, and between the time i tabbed this
now, i was looking at other tabs for this song and found my intro to be incorrect, so i
props to whoever tabbed it correctly.
Enjoy!
Intro/Chorus x2e|--15-------15-------12-------12------|--12-------10-------12-------10-|b|-----12-------12-------12-------12---|-----10-------10-------10-------|g|--------15-------15-------15-------15|--------12-------12-------12----|d|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|a|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x2e|------12-------10-------11-------11------|-7-----7-----5-----5--------|b|10-------10-------10-------12-------12---|---5-----5-----5-----5------|g|---12-------12-------12-------12-------12|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|d|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|a|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Main riffe|-------------------------------------------|-1515--15--15-1515--15--15|b|-12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|-1717--17--17-1717--17--17|g|----15----15----15----15----15----15-------|-1616--16--16-1616--16--16|d|----------------------------------------14~|--------------------------|a|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
x8 and then add... /w main riff x4e|-1515--15--15-151515151515|-19~------22-19~--------19~---17-15-14(\)--|b|-1717--17--17-171717171717|-------20----------------------------------|g|-1616--16--16-161616161616|-------------------------------------------|d|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|a|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
Intro/Chorus x2 Soloe|--10h12^(1)-----------------------------------------------------------|b|------------------12--------------------------------------------------|g|---------------15----15-12-11--14p12p11\9h11p9-11h12p11p9-11h12p11p9--|d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|g|-11h12p11p9-11h12p11p9-11h12/14-12--11-9-12-11-7h9/11p9-----7h9h12p9p7|d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
sqeal * * * *e|------------------------------------------------14-15-17-15-14\12/14--|b|-----------------------------------15^(1)-15-12-----------------------|g|h9h12p9p7h9h12p9p7h9h12p9p7h9p7---------------------------------------|d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Do this part when you end on the 14th fret in the measure abovee|-14p12-13p11-12p10(do this 'til you get to about the 5th fret then...)|b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|g|----------------------------------------------------------------------|d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-/7-6-2-5p3h5---------------------------------------------------------|b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|g|----------------------------------------------------------------------|d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(continued) * * *e|-----14-15-14/17-15-14-10-12-(12)/14h15h17p15p14h15h17p15p14h15h17p15-|b|-/12------------------------------------------------------------------|g|----------------------------------------------------------------------|d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|p14h15h17p15p14h15h17p15p14h15h17p15p14h15h17p15p14-12~---------------|b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|g|----------------------------------------------------------------------|d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro-you can either play it the way it is tabbed here, or you can tune your guitar to
D, and play power chords(bar the chords)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|g|------------------------------------------------11-12-11-12-7-9-------|d|--------------------------------------12--10-10--x--x--x--x-x-x-------|a|--------------------------------------12--10-10--9-10--9-10-5-7-------|E|-0--0-2-3-5-3-2-3--2-2--0-2-3-2-0-2-3-10--8--8-------------------7-5-7|
ende|--------------------------------------|---|b|---------------------12-10-7--7-8-7---|---|g|------------------------------------7-|---|d|----------12-12-14-14-9--7-4--4-5-4---|-2-|a|----------12-12-14-14---------------5-|-2-|E|-14-15-14-10-10-12-12-----------------|-0-|
the song fades out with sarcophagi, which ive recently tabbed.
/-slide up
\-slide down
h-hammer-on
p-pull-off
^(# of steps)-bend
*-artificial harmonic
