The Mars Volta - The Widow
Tabbed By: Pattycake
Email: Parttyrick123@aol.com

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

I'm pretty sure this is the basic Jist of the song.
Please E-mail me with any comments,all are apreciated.
Enjoy :-)

                   "He's got Fasting Black Lungs....."
                   1st Verse / Play 2x. (Clean)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7-------------------------------||
A|--7---7----7---7----7---7----7---7------------------------------||
E|-5-----5--7-----7--5-----5--6-----6-----------------------------||

E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------4-4-----4-4--------4-4------5-5--------------------------||
D|------4---4---4---4------4---4----5---5-------------------------||
A|-----2-------------2----2-----2--3-----3------------------------||
E|-0-0--------3-------3--0----------------0-----------------------||

                    "And I hear him every night....."
                    Pre-Chorus / Play 1x. (Clean)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------9--11--12--14-------------------------------------||
D|-7--9--10-12--9--11--12--14-------------------------------------||
A|-7--9--10-12--7--9---10--12-------------------------------------||
E|-5--7--8--10--x--x---x---x--------------------------------------||

                    "Breathe Without an answer....."
                    Chorus / Play 1x. (Distortion)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-7-------7-------2-------7--------------------------------------||
A|-5-------7-------2-------7--------------------------------------||
E|-0-------5-------0-------5--------------------------------------||

                    "Look at how they flock to him....."
                    Verse #2 / 2x. (Clean)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7-------------------------------||
A|--7---7----7---7----7---7----7---7------------------------------||
E|-5-----5--7-----7--6-----6--7-----7-----------------------------||

E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4-------------------------------||
A|--4---4----4---4----4---4----4---4------------------------------||
E|-2-----2--3-----3--2-----2--3-----3-----------------------------||

                    "And I hear him every night....."
                    Pre-Chorus / Play 1x. (Clean)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------9--11--12--14-------------------------------------||
D|-7--9--10-12--9--11--12--14-------------------------------------||
A|-7--9--10-12--7--9---10--12-------------------------------------||
E|-5--7--8--10--x--x---x---x--------------------------------------||

                    "Breathe without an answer....."
                    Chorus / Play 1x. (Distortion)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-7-------7-------2-------7--------------------------------------||
A|-5-------7-------2-------7--------------------------------------||
E|-0-------5-------0-------5--------------------------------------||

                   "Say that...say that i'm blood shot for sure....."
     (Distortion)  Interlude/Solo / Play ALOT, Omar likes to solo.
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-7----------------------------2---------------------------------||
A|-7----------------------------2---------------------------------||
E|-5----------------------------0---------------------------------||

                    "And I hear him every night....."
                    Pre-Chorus / Play 1x. (Clean)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------9--11--12--14-------------------------------------||
D|-7--9--10-12--9--11--12--14-------------------------------------||
A|-7--9--10-12--7--9---10--12-------------------------------------||
E|-5--7--8--10--x--x---x---x--------------------------------------||

                    "Breathe without an answer....."
                    Chorus / Play 1x. (Distortion)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-7-------7-------2-------7--------------------------------------||
A|-5-------7-------2-------7--------------------------------------||
E|-0-------5-------0-------5--------------------------------------||



                    "Cause I'll never...never sleep alone."
                    End on this chord. (Clean)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-7~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------------||
A|-7~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------------||
E|-5~~~~~~~-------------------------------------------------------||

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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 ------------------------------|

                       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
	       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
Dm
Freeze without an answer Free from all the shame
Am
Must I hide
E	       E7	   Am
Cuz I'll never never sleep alone
		 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
	       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...
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
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...
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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