Song: The Widow
Band: The Mars Volta
Instrument: Bass
Tuning: Standard (GDAE)
Verse 1

G---------------------------|-------------------5--4-
D-7----9~---\7----10-9------|-------5----7-----------
A---------------------------|--7---------------------
E---------------------------|------------------------

G----9~---\\\\7---\\5-4-----|--------0----/5--\4---\0-
D--7------------------------|--2----------------------
A---------------------------|-------------------------
E---------------------------|-------------------------

Pre-chorus 1

G-----------------------------
D-7---/9---10---12---14-------
A-----------------------------
E-----------------------------

Chorus 1

G------------------------|--------------------------
D---------7-----------7--|--------2-----------------
A-5---5------5-5-5-----3-|---0--0----0--0-2---------
E------------------------|--------------------3b.---



                              (         Variation 1      )
G----------------------|-------------------------------
D----------------------|---------------7---------------
A--------7-----------7-|-----7--5--7-----2/5-4/7-------
E--0--0----0--0--0-----|--5----------------------------

Verse 2

G---------------7---9-|----9~------9\\\\7---\5--4----
D--7////9--10---------|--9-------9---9---------------
A---------------------|------------------------------
E---------------------|------------------------------
              (*)
G-------9~--2/5-4-----|------10---9-----
D--7--7---------------|--------------9--
A---------------------|--6/7------------
E---------------------|-----------------

(*) hold this note for a long time.

Pre-chorus  x 1
Pre-chorus fill( A--3-2)
Chorus 2 with variation 2:

Variation 2

G---------------------------------------
D-----------/7--/7--5------7--5---------
A---/7--/7-------------7----------7-----
E-5----------------------------------8--

Bridge/ Guitar solo
G----------------------------|------------------------
D----------------------------|------------------------
A---------7------------7-----|-------2----------------
E---5-----------5---------7\-|--0--------0---7\3------

G----------------------------|--------------------------
D---------------7------------|--------------------------
A---------7------------7-----|--------2-----------------
E---5---------------------7\-|--0---------0---7\3-------

G--------------------|--------------2-------
D-----------7--7-----|----------2------5/7--
A-------7------------|------2---------------
E---5-------------7\-|--0-------------------

Pre-chorus 3 x 1( exactly the same, except with high a
                               At the end)
Chorus 3 with variation 3 x1

Variation 3

G--------------------------------------
D--------5--/7--5--/7--5--7----5-------
A-----/7-----------------------------7-
E--5-----------------------------------

This probably won't sound very good to play on it's own, especially the first time, but listen to the song and you're more likely to understand it. I
think that a stand-up or at least a fretless is being used, making it hard to decipher what's being played.

please rate.