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                             Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta
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Tabbed by:nibbleschew
Good Luck!

Tuning:Standard
Legend
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Up until 4:32 the song is just effects and noises.
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Verse @ 4:32-4:46
 -Play Through once then go directly into the chord formations
E|-15-----15-----12-----12-----15-----15-----12----12----|
B|---12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12----12--|
G|-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15----15|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

E|-12----12----10----10----12----12----11----11----|
B|---10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10--|
G|-----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|7----7----5----5----7----7----5----5----|6----6----6----6----6----6----6-----0---0|
B|--5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5--|--5----5----5----5----5----7----7-----4--|
G|----7----7----7----7----7----7----7----7|-----------------------------------------|
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 -Figure out the Rythym with the song, I'm pretty sure these are the chord formations.

Verse Chord Formations @ 4:47-6:15
e|-15-|-12-|-15-|-12-|
B|-12-|-10-|-12-|-11-|
G|-15-|-12-|-15-|-12-|
D|----|----|----|----|
A|----|----|----|----|
E|----|----|----|----|
Play 2x Before Harmony comes in Then Play 6x more with Harmony

Harmony- with some delay effect 5:16-6:15
E|--19-----15-22-19-17-----|--19-----17-15-14~~~~~|
B|-------------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------|
Play 6x
-Then go back to the Verse with Individual picking 6:16-6:45

Guitar solo  6:46-7:15
e|-------14-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12/17--------------11--12--11--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------12--11--14p12p1111h14p11h12p11h14p11h12p11h12p11-14--12-|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------|
     **if it appears as though a note is "1111"
       it means 11,11 only really fast
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B|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|||
G|-11--14--12--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------12--14-----h16--12-14-16p14h16-16p14p12-16p14p12-16p14p12-16p14p12-|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|||
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|||

E|---12--10----14--15--17--15--14--12-h14------------------------------------|
B|----------12---------------------------12h13-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------14-12-11-11--12--14-12/16-14-16|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------12------17--15-14--10--10h12--/--14p12-14h15-14h17-14h15-14h17-14h15-14h17-14h15\12|
B|12--17------17-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------|

During the Break the Acoustic just plays around with the g major chord and 0-3-5- on 
e.

The Bridge is annoyyyying to tab, but most of the stuff is inside this scale
*Omar loves the harmonic seventh scale(lowering the 7th note 1/2 step) and adding random 
that doesnt belong in the scale but owell it kicks ass.
This scale is a little like the Harmonic seventh only more complicated.
  @ 10:32-10:56
E|-------------------------------12-14-15------------------------------------|
B|-------------------11-12-14-15---------------------------------------------|
G|----------11-12-14---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-11-12-14------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  @ 10:54           @10:56-11:11
E|-----------------|----------------------|
B|-15-13-12--------|--12-0-0-12-0-0-13----|
G|----------14-12--|-------------------14-|
D|-----------------|----------------------|
A|-----------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|

 Chorus @ 11:12-12:05
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------5--3-3-----------|
E|-0---0-2-3-2-0-3-5-3-2-2----0-2-3-2-0-----------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------4-2----2-0----|
D|----0-2-4-2-4-0-2---------4-5-4-0-0-2-2------4------4-----2-0|
A|-------------------2-0-2-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
   @ 12:06
D|-2--|
A|-2--|
E|-0--|