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The Mars Volta

Tuning: Standard Chords e|-5-3-1-2--2--3-| B|-5-3-1-2--3--4-| G|-5-4-2-3--4--5-| D|-7-5-3-4--4--5-| A|-7-5-3-4--2--3-| E|-5-3-1-2--x--x-| Verse If I trust in the wind she will pave me a different road E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| G--------2-0-2~~~~-------2-0-2~~~4--||--------------4~~~------------4--5--| D----0-5-------------0-5------------||----------5---------------5---------| A--0---------------0----------------||------2---------------2-------------| E-----------------------------------||-3----------------3-----------------| I will try and start over but I think I must choose someone else E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| G--------2-0-2~~~~-------2-0-2~~~4--||--------------4~~~------------4--5--| D----0-5-------------0-5------------||----------5---------------5---------| A--0---------------0----------------||------2---------------2-------------| E-----------------------------------||-3----------------3-----------------| I am pulled from the pages where the letters lack the pigment of trust E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| G--------2-0-2~~~~-------2-0-2~~~4--||--------------4~~~------------4--5--| D----0-5-------------0-5------------||----------5---------------5---------| A--0---------------0----------------||------2---------------2-------------| E-----------------------------------||-3----------------3-----------------| Pre-Chorus Must be on my way, I?ve got to get home E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||---------------------------------| B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------------3-----------3----| G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||-------4---------4----------4----| D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5---5-5-5--5----5-5--5----5----| A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------5--5------5--5---------| E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------3--3------3--3---------| Won?t be back someday, so let it unfold E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------| B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------| G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||----------| D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------| A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------| E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------| Pre-Verse 2 E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------||--------------------3---5-----------| G--------2-0-2~~~~-------2-0-2~~~4--||------------4---5-----------4-------| D----0-5-------------0-5------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0---------------0----------------||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---------| Verse 2 I?ve abandoned the outcome in search of the rest I deserve E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------||--------------------3---------------| G--------2-0-2~~~~-------2-0-2~~~4--||------------4---5-------2---4-------| D----0-5-------------0-5------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0---------------0----------------||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---------| You can do what you will with my body but I won?t ring the bell E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------||--------------------3---5-----------| G--------2-0-2~~~~-------2-0-2~~~4--||------------4---5-----------4-------| D----0-5-------------0-5------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0---------------0----------------||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---------| I?ve omitted the chapters that bow and admit defeat E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------||--------------------3---5-----------| G--------2-0-2~~~~-------2-0-2~~~4--||------------4---5-----------4---5---| D----0-5-------------0-5------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0---------------0----------------||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----| Pre-Chorus 2 Must be on my way, I?ve got to get home E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||---------------------------------| B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------------3----------3-----| G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||-------4---------4----------4----| D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5---5-5-5--5----5-5--5-----5---| A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------5--5------5--5---------| E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------3--3------3--3---------| Won?t be back someday, so let it unfold E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------| B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------| G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||----------| D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------| A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------| E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------| Chorus I am a mountain Of cavernous people E---------------|-2----------------------|-3----------------------| B---------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------| G---------------|-4-------------------2--|-0----------------------| D---------------|-4-------------------2--|-0----------------------| A---------------|-2-------------------0--|-2----------------------| E-0-3-5~~5-0-3~~|------------------------|-3-------0-3-5~~5-3-0---| Searching for a lighthouse in the fog E-x------------------------------|-------------------------| B-0------------------------------|--3----------------------| G-4--------------------------2---|--4----------------------| D-4--------------------------2---|--0----------------------| A-2--------------------------0---|--2----------------------| E--------------------------------|--3-----------5~~~~~-3---| Pre-Verse 3 E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------| G--------2-0-2---5-----------2---4--||------------4---5-------2---4---5---| D----0-5----------------------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0----------0----0---0---0---0----||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----| Verse 3 Of the flowers that grew from the cracks in the ground you paved E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------| G--------2-0-2---5-----------2---4--||------------4---5-------2---4---5---| D----0-5----------------------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0----------0----0---0---0---0----||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----| Didn?t you think he would warn me through the thorns of my waking dreams E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------| G--------2-0-2---5-----------2---4--||------------4---5-------2---4---5---| D----0-5----------------------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0----------0----0---0---0---0----||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----| When the riddles connected the dots of this constellation E-----------------------------------||------------------------------------| B-------------------3---5-----------||--------------------3---------------| G--------2-0-2---5-----------2---4--||------------4---5-------2---4---5---| D----0-5----------------------------||---------5--------------------------| A--0----------0----0---0---0---0----||------2-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------||-3------------3---3---3---3---3-----| Pre-Chorus 3 Must be on my way, I?ve got to get home E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||---------------------------------| B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------------3-----------3----| G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||-------4---------4----------4----| D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5---5-5-5--5----5-5--5----5----| A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------5--5------5--5---------| E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------3--3------3--3---------| Won?t be back someday, so let it unfold E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------| B-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||----------| G-2---2---2---2-2--2-2--||----------| D-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------| A-3---3---3---3-3--3-3--||--5-------| E-1---1---1---1-1--1-1--||--3-------| Chorus 2 I am a mountain Of cavernous people E---------------|-2----------------------|-3----------------------| B---------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------| G---------------|-4-------------------2--|-0----------------------| D---------------|-4-------------------2--|-0----------------------| A---------------|-2-------------------0--|-2----------------------| E-0-3-5~~5-0-3~~|------------------------|-3-------0-3-5~~5-3-0---| Searching for a lighthouse in the fog E-x------------------------------|-------------------------| B-0------------------------------|--3----------------------| G-4--------------------------2---|--4----------------------| D-4--------------------------2---|--0----------------------| A-2--------------------------0---|--2----------------------| E--------------------------------|--3-----------5~~~~~-3---| Solo 1 E---------------------------------------|-----------------| B-7--------------------------------7b---|-----------7b-5--| G-------------------------------------9-|-5---------------| D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------| A---------------------------------------|-3---------------| E-7-------------------------------------|-3---------------| E-7--------------------------------5----|-----------------| B-7--------------------------------5----|-----------------| G---------------------------------------|-5---------------| D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------| A---------------------------------------|-3---------------| E-7-------------------------------------|-3---------------| Bridge I found a reason to leave you with this load E-7-------------------------------------|-8---------------| B-7--------------------------------7b-9-|-----------7b----| G---------------------------------------|--------------9--| D-9-------------------------------------|-10--------------| A---------------------------------------|-8---------------| E-7-------------------------------------|-8---------------| All I can do is forgive your broken heart E-7--------------------------------5----|-----------------| B-7--------------------------------5----|-5---------------| G---------------------------------------|-5---------------| D-9--------------------------------7----|-----------------| A-7--------------------------------5----|-3---------------| E-7--------------------------------5----|-3---------------| Trapped in this tower made of amber for too long E-7-------------------------------------|-7---------------| B-7--------------------------------7b---|-----------7b----| G-------------------------------------9-|--------------9--| D-9-------------------------------------|-----------------| A---------------------------------------|-8---------------| E-7-------------------------------------|-8---------------| All I can do is forgive your broken heart E-7--------------------------------5----|-----------------| B-7--------------------------------5----|-5---------------| G---------------------------------------|-5---------------| D-9--------------------------------7----|-----------------| A-7--------------------------------5----|-3---------------| E-7--------------------------------5----|-3---------------| Solo 2 E---------------------------------------|-8---------------| B-7-----------------------------------7-|-----------7b----| G----------------------------------9----|--------------9--| D-9-------------------------------------|-10--------------| A-7-------------------------------------|-8---------------| E-7-------------------------------------|-8---------------| E-7--------------------------------5----|-----------------| B-7--------------------------------5----|-----------------| G---------------------------------------|-5---------------| D-9--------------------------------7----|-----------------| A-7--------------------------------5----|-3---------------| E-7--------------------------------5----|-3---------------| Chorus 3 I am a mountain Of cavernous people E---------------|-2----------------------|-3----------------------| B---------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------| G---------------|-4-------------------2--|-0----------------------| D---------------|-4-------------------2--|-0----------------------| A---------------|-2-------------------0--|-2----------------------| E-0-3-5~~5-0-3~~|------------------------|-3-------0-3-5~~5-3-0---| Searching for a lighthouse in the fog E-x------------------------------|-------------------------| B-0------------------------------|--3----------------------| G-4--------------------------2---|--4----------------------| D-4--------------------------2---|--0----------------------| A-2--------------------------0---|--2----------------------| E--------------------------------|--3-----------5~~~~~-3---|

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