Here's my tab of 'The Widow' by the Mars Volta. It's not perfect, but it serves its
purpose. I'm not sure how common my phrasing of notes is, so I'll provide a little
key for a few chords...
Am/B Am/C Am/D E+
e ----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
B ----1-----1-----1-----1-------|
G ----2-----2-----2-----1-------|
D ----2-----2-----0-----2-------|
A ----2-----3-----------3-------|
E ------------------------------|
[Verse]
Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
He's got fasting black lungs
E E+ E
Made of clove splintered shardes
Am Am/C Am/B
They're the kind that will talk
E E+ E
Through a weezing of coughs
[Bridge]
Am Am/B Am/C Am/D
And I hear him every night in every pore
A7
And every time he just makes me warm
[Hook]
Dm
Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame
Am
Must I hide
E E7 Am
Cuz I'll never never sleep alone
[Verse]
Am Am/B Am/C Am/D Am/C
Look at how they flock to him
E E+ E
From an isle of open sores
Am Am/B Am/C
He knows that the taste is such
E E+ E
Such to die for
[Bridge]
Am Am/B Am/C Am/D
And I hear him every night on every street
A7
The scales that do slither deliver me from...
[Hook]
Dm
Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame
Am E E7 Am
Then I'll hide cuz i'll never never sleep alone
[Bridge]
Am
Oh lord
E Am
Said I'm bloodshot for sure
E Am
Pale runs the ghost
E Am
Swollen on the shore
Am Am/B Am/C Am/D
everynight in every pore
A7
The scales that do slither Deliver me from...
[Hook]
Dm
Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame
Am E E7 Am
Then I'll hide Cuz I'll never never sleep alone
Dm
Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame
Am E E7 Am
Let me die Cuz I'll never never sleep alone
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