Here's my version of the tab for Knights Of Cydonia by Muse. It's basically my interpretation of Mr. Bellamy's live performance of this song, and its got all the extra little things that he does that are not on the album version. Have fun playing this, as it sounds great! [Intro] ------ Begin with this. (Clean or distorted, your choice). e|-0----0----0--------------| B|-0----1----1--------------| G|-0----0----0--------------| D|-2----2----2--------------| A|-2----2----2--------------| E|-0----0----0--------------| Then into the proper intro. (Clean-ish). e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-2----4--5----7--7--9----| x2 A|-2----4--5----7--7--9----| E|-0----2--3----5--5--7----| Tremolo picking. (Distortion). e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|-7--9--10----12--10--9--7--6----| E|--------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|-7---6-7-9---7-9-10---9-10-12--10--9--7--6----| E|----------------------------------------------| e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-----------------2-| A|-----------------2-| E|-19/-------------0-| For this next part, play the note once and bend back and forth quickly with the vibrato bar. e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-5----4--2--0----2--4--5----4--2--0-| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-1----2--4--2----5--7--8----7--8--9-| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-8----5--0--7----8----7--5--3----7----5--3--5----3--1--3----4----5-| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Now it's just straightforward tremolo picking for the next part. e|-11----10--8--6----8--10--11----10--8--6----7----8--10--8----11--13--14----13--14--15-| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-19----16------18----19--18--16--14----18----16--14--16----14--12--14----15----16-| B|-----------16---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|--9--11-11-11--9-9-9--8h9p8h9p8h9p8h9p8/-------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| [Verse] ------ e-7---7-------8---7----7----8----7----7----7-| Play the last chord a few B--8---7-----8----8----7----8----8----7----8-| times distorted then slide down G---9---8---9-----7----8----9----7----8----9-| for intro section again. D--------------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------| (Clean-ish). e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-2----4--5----7--7--9----| x2 A|-2----4--5----7--7--9----| E|-0----2--3----5--5--7----| Tremolo picking. (Distortion). e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|-7--9--10----12--10--9--7--6----| E|--------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|-7---6-7-9---7-9-10---9-10-12--10--9--7--6----| E|----------------------------------------------| e|-20/---------------0---| When Matt plays live he does the B|-------------------0---| slide down on the low e, not the G|-------------------0---| high e, but i prefer using the high e. D|-----------------2-2---| Also, Play the last chord a few A|-----------------2-2---| times then palm mute a few times E|-----------------0-0---| and then stop all noise (for now). Start this after "...must fight to survive." e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------| G|--9------11------14------12------16------18------21-----| D|----x14-----x14-----x14-----x14-----x28-----x14-----x14-| A|--7------9-------12------10------14------16------19-----| E|--------------------------------------------------------| Either that or... e|------------------------------------------------------| B|--5------7------10------8------12------15------17-----| G|----x14----x14-----x14----x14-----x28-----x14-----x14-| D|--2------4------7-------5------9-------12------14-----| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| [Riff:] ----- e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------5------| A|-5h7-7-7-7p5h7-7-7-7p5h7-7-7-7p5-7-5---5-7--| E|--------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|-5p2-2-2-2--h5p2-2-2-2--h5p2-2-2-2--h5p2-2-2-2--5h7-7-| E|------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|-7p0-0-0-0--h7p0-0-0-0--h7p0-0-0-0--h7p0-0--------| E|--------------------------------------------7-5-3-| e|------------------------------------------------| You can change the 3's to B|------------------------------------------------| harmonics at the third fret G|------------------------------------------------| on the low e string. D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|-3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--| Play the above section 4 times. Synth. background bit. (Tremolo picking, lots of delay and reverb) e|-12----------------10--------9----7----5----3--------| B|-------12--------------------------------------------| G|-------------12--------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| x 2 A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Once the singing has ended, Matt plays this over the high background notes. e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-5h7-7-7-7p5h7-7-7-7p5h7-7-7-7p5h7-7-7-7-| E|-----------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|-10p9-9-9-9--h10p9-9-9-9--h10p9-9-9-9--h10p9-9-9-9-| E|---------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-10h12-12-12-12p10h12-12-12-12p10h12-12-12-12p10h12-12-12-12-| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-12h14-14-14-14p12h14-14-14-14-14b-14b-14b-14b-| E|-----------------------------------------------| This part is my interpretation of the little solo Matt plays live after the part above. e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------12-14-14b15b14--12--------------12-14-14b15b14--12----| D|-12--14--------------------14----12--14--------------------14-| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|--------12--14b15b14--12--11----11--12-14-14b15b14--12--11-| D|-12--14----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-11--12-14-14b15b14--12--14----14--12-14-14b15b14--12--14-| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------17b-17b-17b-17b------| G|--16-16-16-16-16-16-19-19-19-19-19-19-19----------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------15/-| End with... e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|-3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-3-5-7--| e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------5h7-7p5h7-7--| E|-3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|-3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-3-5-7--| e|------------------------------------------------0~-| B|------------------------------------------------0~-| G|------------------------------------------------0~-| D|------------------------------------------------2~-| A|-----------------------------------5h7-7p5h7-7--2~-| E|-3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--h3p0-0-0-0--------------0~-| And the final part of which is played live... e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------0~-| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------0~-| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------0~-| D|-2--5--9--10--7--4--9--9b/--2--5--9s14--16--17--16--14--13--16--16--17--16--14/--2~-| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------2~-| E|-0--3--7--8---5--2--7--7b/--0--3--7s12--14--15--14--12--11--14--14--15--14--12/--0~-| As you let the last chord ring, slowly bend down with the vibrato bar as far as it will go and fade into silence. That's it. Enjoy! ************************************ | / Slide up | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | x Dead note | b Bend | ~ Vibrato ************************************
