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MAP OF THE PROBLEMATIQUE - MUSE
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Tabbed by: Toenang
Email: toenang@gmail.com
Ok, before rejecting my tab (again), note that only version 6 is the correct one.
My tab is like ver 6, but with added lyrics and information on how to make the effect.
So this makes this a unique and correct tab for this awesome song.
This is how I play the song, and to me it sounds correct. Check my cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kipXHcupT4M
Tuning: Drop C (tune lower E-string down to C)
Required equipment (apart from guitar and amp):
- Pitch-shifting pedal controllable via MIDI (I use a Digitech Whammy IV)
- MIDI-USB cable
- Audio-processing program on PC (I use Cubase 5)
- Lots and lots of distortion
- A Cubase file that controls the Pitch shifting pedal (send me a mail if you need it)
Edit: added lyrics
1) Intro:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|---5----|
A|---3----|
C|--------| Play 4 times, let it ring
2) Riff:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|---0-------------|---3-------------|---8-------------|---5-------------|| x 4
3) Now comes the harder part, I suggest you downstrum this the whole time
synchronous to the rythm (so strum more than once, unlike the way I tabbed it):
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---||
G|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5---------5---||
D|---x-------------|---x-------------|---6-------------|---3---------3---||
A|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|---4-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------|---6-------------||
G|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------||
D|---x-------------|---x-------------|---6-------------|---3-------------||
A|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
This riff is played 3 consecutive times, Matt starts singing when you play the
riff for the second time.
There is a slight difference each time you play the riff, the first time you play
the above, then you play:
Second play:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---||
G|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5---------5---||
D|---x-------------|---x-------------|---6-------------|---3---------3---||
A|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
"Fear... ...and panic in the air, I want to be
Life... ...will flash before our eyes, so scattered and
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/muse/266554.html ]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|---4-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------|---6---------4---||
G|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5---------5---||
D|---x-------------|---x-------------|---6-------------|---3---------3---||
A|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
free... ...from desolation and despair. And I
lost... ...I want to touch the other side. And no
The third and final time you play:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---||
G|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5---------5---||
D|---x-------------|---x-------------|---6-------------|---3---------3---||
A|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
fear... ...like everything I sow... ...is being swept
one... ...thinks they are to blame, why can't we
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|---4-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------||
G|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------||
D|---x-------------|---x-------------|---6-------------|---3-------------||
A|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
away. Well I refuse to let you go. I can't get it
see... When we bleed we bleed the same. I can't get it
After this go straight into (hardest part of the song):
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|---4--------3----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G|---x--------x--5-|---7--------5----|-----------------|-----------------||
D|---x--------x--x-|---x--------x--8-|---10-------8--6-|---6--------5--5-||
A|---3--------3--3-|---6--------6--6-|---6--------6--3-|---3--------3--3-||
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| x2
right... Get it
right... ...since I met you.
4) Now you can rest a bit playing this:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|---0-------------|---3-------------|---8-------------|---5-------------|| x 4
Loneliness... ...be over. When will this
loneliness... ...be over?
5) Interlude:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
C|---0----| x 4
6) And then repeat part 3 all over again, then instead of playing part 4, play:
e|---3-------------|---3-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------||
B|---4-------------|---4-------------|---4-------------|---6-------------||
G|---5-------------|---3-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------||
D|---5-------------|---5-------------|---6-------------|---3-------------||
A|---3-------------|---6-------------|---6-------------|---x-------------||
C|---x-------------|---x-------------|---x-------------|---x-------------|| x4
Loneliness... ...be over. When will this
loneliness... ...be over?
When Matt repeats his line, change the pattern back to:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C|---0-------------|---3-------------|---8-------------|---5-------------|| x 4
Loneliness... ...be over. When will this
loneliness... ...be over?"
7) Finale:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
C|---0----| x 4
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