Song: Cicatriz ESP
Artist: The Mars Volta
Album: Deloused in the Comatorium
Tuning: Standard
Tabbed By: Nathan Zwiener
Credit To: David Elliott (duv_elliott@hotmail.com) and daddycool12@arcor.de for
a few parts of this song.
Song starts with some random guitar noises, and the baseline goes as follows.
Play each half twice. Do this twice. In other words, play the first half twice, second
twice, first half twice, second half twice.
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|--7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--|
A|--7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
0:29 - Bridge, "Still scalping..."
e|---------------------------------0--0--0--0---|
B|---------------------------------4--5--7--8\--|
G|----------------------------------------------| Repeat
D|----------------------------------------------| x1
A|--------7-10----------10-8-7------------------|
E|--0-5-8------------10--------7-8--------------|
Do not play the last 4 notes when repeating.
0:46 - Verse, "Sutured contusions..."
|--------10------------|-------7--5--3---------|
|--12--------10--12----|--5-------------5------|
|----------------------|-----------------------| Repeat
|----------------------|-----------------------| x1
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------3b--|
Playing the second time, play a 19 on the E string between these two bars.
1:13 - Precourus, "Sterling clear blackened ice..."
e|---------------------------------0--0--0--0---|
B|---------------------------------4--5--7--8\--|
G|----------------------------------------------| Repeat
D|----------------------------------------------| x1
A|--------7-10----------10-8-7------------------|
E|--0-5-8------------10--------7-8--------------|
Do not play the last 4 notes when repeating.
1:42 - Chorus, "I've defected"
|-0-0--0-------|
|-4-4--5-0-0-0-|
|--------5-4-2-| Repeat
|--------------| x14
|--------------|
|--------------|
Random low noises
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|--3b--|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/mars-volta/53089.html ]
Now play Verse, Prechorus, then Chorus. This time, play with this modified verse that's
after the normal verse instead of playing the verse twice.
|--12----10-----------19~--|-------7--5--3-----|
|------------10-12---------|--5-------------5--|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
3:22 - Outro to the quiet part.
|----------3--5--/7----10--12--14----14-14--10--10h12--|
|--/5---5----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
3:34
|--15h17h19p17p15-(x6)-14-14h15-14----12--14--14p12-------|
|--------------------------------------------------15p12--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
3:45
|-----------/10---12p10-------|
|--5--7p5--------------12p10--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
This tab is still being worked on, but this is the whole written part of the song. I'm
the improv'd part of the song, but it's long and confusing so I'll get it in as soon as I can.
For now, here's the last verse/chorus. It's slightly changed. Make it jazzy, and put
character into it.
Verse
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| Repeat
|-------------------------------------------5-| x1
|--7-7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--5h77---|
|-7-----------------------------------7-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5-| Repeat
|--7-7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--5-77---| x1
|-7-----------------------------------7-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Chorus (repeat) Right before end:
|-0-0-5--------|---0-----0---0---0----|
|-4-4-5--0-0-0-|---5p4--/5---7---8\---|
|--------5-4-2-|----------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|
Effects (use long delay)
|--12(12)(12)(12)(12)--|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
