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Knights of Cydonia Live on Abbey Road- Muse
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Tabbed by: Kevin
Email: [email protected]
I love this song and this is my favorite live version of the song. This is from when
played on the show Live on Abbey Road. It has some differences from the other tabs so I
to make my own.
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Use distortion with some delay to get the sound for this song
Move the whammy bar back and forth
e|---0~--0~---0~----0~-----------|
B|---0~--0~---0~----1~-----------|
G|---0~--1~---0~----0~-----------|
D|---2~--2~---2~----2~-----------|
A|---2~--2~---2~----2~-----------|
E|---0~--0~---0~----0~------19/--|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------| X2
A|------------------------|
E|--0--2-3---5--5-7-------|
Tremolo Strum all of this
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------| X2
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---6--7--9---7--9--10---9--10--12--10--9--10--9--7--6-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Tremolo
e|-------------------0-------|
B|-------------------0-------|
G|-------------------0-------|
D|-------------------2----0\-|
A|-------------------2-------|
E|--19/----------0---0-------|
Move the whammy up or down really fast but just a little bit.
It won't sound right if you move to high or low.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---4--2--0----2--4--5----4--2--0\----1---2--4--2---5--7--8---7--8--9/--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keep using the whammy bar and slowly move the whammy bar on the last note
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8---5--0--7/---8---7--5--3/---7---5--3--5---3--1--3---4---5----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tremolo
e|--11--10--8--6--8--10---11--10--8--6--7--8--10--8--11--13--14--15b--|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
More Tremolo
e|--19--16-----18--19--18--16--14--18--16-14-16--12-14-12--15--16b--|
B|----------16------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--9---11--11--11--9--9--9--8h9p8h9p8\----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Strum slowly and move the whammy bar lightly
for the last part move the whammy bar down
e|--7--------7--------8--------7--------7--8--7--7--|--7~--7~---7~--|
B|-----8--------7--------8--------8-----7--8--8--7--|--8~--8~---8~--|
G|--------9--------8--------9--------7--8--9--7--8--|--9~--9~---9~--|
D|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------| X2
A|------------------------|
E|--0--2-3---5--5-7-------|
Tremolo Strum all of this
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------| X2
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---6--7--9---7--9--10---9--10--12--10--9--10--9--7--6-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Tremolo then strum the E hard
Move the whammy bar up on the last notes
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2~-2~--|
A|-------------------2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2~-2~--|
E|--19/----------0---0------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-------11-------14-------12-------16--------18-------21-------|
D|--x--x14---x--x14---x--x15---x--x15---x--x14----x--x14----x-x14--|
A|--7--------9-------12-------10-------14--------16-------19-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------5------|
A|-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5-7-5---5-7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-5----------5----------5----------5-----5h7-7--|
E|---7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7--------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0--------|
E|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
Move the whammy bar up fast on the last note
e|---------3----------3---------3b-----------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-3p0-0-0----3p0-0-0---3p0-0-0-----13/------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------5------|
A|-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5-7-5---5-7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-5----------5----------5----------5-----5h7-7--|
E|---7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7--------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0--------|
E|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
e|---------3---------3-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-3p0-0-0---3p0-0-0---3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-5h7----|
___________________________________________________________
Play this 2X
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------5------|
A|-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5-7-5---5-7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-5----------5----------5----------5-----5h7-7--|
E|---7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7--------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0-0-0--7p0-0--------|
E|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
Don't play this
on the second time
e|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0-|-3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-5h7--|
Play this instead on the second time
Move the whammy bar up a little fast
e|--3b~/-------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
______________________________________________________________
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------5------|
A|-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--5-7-5---5-7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--7h9-9-9-9--7h9-9-9-9--7h9-9-9-9--7h9-9-9-9-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--11p9-9-9-9--11p9-9-9-9-11p9-9-9-9--11p9-9-9-9-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|--10h12-12-12-12--10h12-12-12-12--10/-----|
E|------------------------------------------|
Play the first section 2x then the second section 2x
then play the first section again once.
e|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--------12h14p12h14b--12------|--------12h14p12h14--12--11--|
D|--12h14-------------------14--|--12h14----------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Tremolo on the last note.
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--------12h14p12h14b--12------------------|
A|--12h14-------------------14b--/----------|
E|------------------------------------------|
_____________________________________________________
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-3-5-7--|
Play X2
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------5h7-7-5h7-7--|
E|-3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0--------------|
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These are all harmonics.
Use the whammy bar on the last 2 notes.
Start by moving it kinda fast then slow down.
e|----|-------------------12~~~~---------|
B|----|--12-------7---12-----------------|
G|----|-----12--5---7--------------------|
D|-2--|--------------------------12~~~~~-|
A|-2--|----------------------------------|
E|-0--|----------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b bend
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