xMan Of Mystery
by Muse (not currently on an album as of 19/06/07; Cover)
Standard tuning
To my knowledge this was played a few times at various gigs around Europe before being
played partway into the Saturday leg of their Wembley headlining gig. This might not
be exactly how it's played LIVE - it's a recording from a CD in a music magazine.
Enjoy. This is as close as I can work out :) This is how I play it, you can work out
how to play it on other strings if you like.
*I've put the times sectioned as it's not strictly sectioned into verse etc.
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[0:03]
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e|-12~-----------|-----------------------------|
B|-15b17~--------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------------------|
A|---------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------12\-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|-12------------|-----------------------------|
B|-15b17---------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------------------|
A|---------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------19\-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0------|
PM . . . . . . . . . .
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[0:09]
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e|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
G|--------10--9--|-------10p9-10p9-|-------10--9--|-------9p7-9p7-|
D|-7--10---------|-6--9------------|-5--8---------|-4--7----------|
A|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
e|-------------|---------------|
B|-------------|---------------|
G|----2--9--7--|----2--7p5-7p5-|
D|-3-----------|-2-------------|
A|-------------|---------------|
E|-------------|---------------|
Play the above section TWICE, the first timing ending with the last two bars
as:
e|-------------|---------------|
B|-------------|---------------|
G|-5--4--5--4--|-5--4--5p4-5p4-|
D|-------------|---------------|
A|-------------|---------------|
E|-------------|---------------|
And the second time ending with the last two bars as:
w/bar[1/2-step]
e|---------------|-------------|
B|---------------|--1-V-1------|
G|-5-4-3-4-5--4--|--2-V-2------|
D|---------------|--2-V-2------|
A|---------------|-------------|
E|---------------|-------------|
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[0:34]
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e|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
B|--------12--10--|--------12p10-12p10--|-------------------|
G|-7--10----------|-5--10---------------|-------------------|
D|----------------|---------------------|-6--5--4--3---/(9)-|
A|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
e|----------------|-------------1--1-1--|-------------------|
B|----------------|-------------3--2-3--|---------0-1--0-1--|
G|----------------|---------------------|---------2-2--2-2--|
D|----------------|--0--0-0-0-----------|-------------------|
A|--5-4-5-6-5-4-3-|---------------------|--0--0-0-----------|
E|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(heavy)
e|----------------|---------------------|-12----12----12----|
B|----------------|---------------------|-15b17-15b17-15b17-|
G|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------|-0--0-0-5/-----------|-------------------|
A|--2--2-2-2--2---|--------5/-----------|-------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
PM . . . . . . . .
(light)
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[0:46]
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e|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
G|--------10--9--|-------10p9-10p9-|-------10--9--|-------9p7-9p7-|
D|-7--10---------|-6--9------------|-5--8---------|-4--7----------|
A|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
w/bar[1/2-step with vibrato]
e|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-------------|---------------|---------------|--1-V-1--/---|
G|----2--9--7--|----2--7p5-7p5-|-5-4-3-4-5--4--|--2-V-2--/---|
D|-3-----------|-2-------------|---------------|--2-V-2--/---|
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
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[0:58]
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w/bar[vibrato]------
e|-1~------------|-5~-------------|---------------|------------------------|
B|-1~------------|-5~-------------|---------------|-5---5----5---------(5)-|
G|-2~------------|-6~-------------|---------------|-7b9-7b9----7p5---5--7--|
D|-3~------------|-7~-------------|-/6--5--4--3---|----------------7-------|
A|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------------|
E|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------------------|
w/bar[vibrato]------
e|-1~------------|-5~-------------|---------7-----|
B|-1~------------|-5~-------------|-7-7-7-7---7---|
G|-2~------------|-6~-------------|-------------4/|
D|-3~------------|-7~-------------|---------------|
A|---------------|----------------|---------------|
E|---------------|----------------|---------------|
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[1:09]
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e|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|-----------6-7-|--------6-7-|--------6-7-|------------|
E|-0--0-0-0------|-0-0-0------|-0-0-0------|-0-0-0--0---|
PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(light)
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[1:12]
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The solo-bit.
e|----12------12------12------|-12-------------------------------------------------|
B|-15---15b17---15b17---15b17-|----15-13-12-13-12----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------14-12-14-12----------12-14p12h14-|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------------14-12-14----14-------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-12--------12---------------|
B|-15b17--15---x-15p13---13---|
G|---------------------14--14-|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
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[1:18]
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The solo continued... Don't play the higher notes in brackets very loudly if at all,
try and make them noticeable in the first bar though at least.
e|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-(14-14-12-14-12--14-x-|-14-14-12-14-12)-----------(12)---------------------|
G|-x--14-14-12-14-12--14-x-|-14-14-12-14-12-(14-12-14)--12----------12-14-12----|
D|-------------------------|-----------------14-12-14------------------------14-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------------14-12-14-------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-12---12------\----|
B|------15b17---\----|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
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[1:24]
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The riff again, except this time with a couple of changes... very small ones
mind you.
e|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
G|---------10--9-|-------10p9-10p9-|-------10--9--|-------9p7-9p7-|
D|(9)7--10-------|-6--9------------|-5--8---------|-4--7----------|
A|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
w/bar[1/2-step with vibrato]
e|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-------------|---------------|---------------|--1-V-1--/---|
G|----2--9--7--|----2--7p5-7p5-|-5-4-3-4-5--4--|--2-V-2--/---|
D|-3-----------|-2-------------|---------------|--2-V-2--/---|
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
e|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
G|--------10--9--|-------10p9-10p9-|-------10--9--|-------9p7-9p7-|
D|-7--10---------|-6--9------------|----8---------|-4--7----------|
A|---------------|-----------------|-7------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
e|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------16b18-|
B|-------------|---------------|---------------|--1-/---------|
G|----2--9--7--|----2--7p5-7p5-|-5-4-3-4-5--4--|--2-/---------|
D|-3-----------|-2-------------|---------------|--2-/---------|
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
And that's the end! Slide the last note off the fretboard with some random effects
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Key:
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
b - Bend
r - Return
x - Mute
PM - Palm mute
~ - Let ring/vibrato
h - Hammer-on
p - Pull-off
<> - Harmonic
#n# - Tremelo pick
-\ - Parts played together
-/
V - w/bar
