Inertiatic Esp by Mars Volta

the mars volta
de-loused in the comatorium
Inertiatic esp
tabbed by: Ahren Lanfor

normal tuning
I listened to the demo version to hear the chorus parts.
effects he uses for this song I think are
ring modulator and delay.

intro:
in the intro I think the keyboards play
the high notes.pull off on the b string to
ring out the open note.
clean, delay
e|-14--------14--------repeat-|
b|----0-15-0----0-15-0--------|
g|----------------------------|
d|----------------------------|
a|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

second intro part with drum:
really fast picking
distorted
e|----|
b|----|
g|-11-|
d|-9--|
a|-x--|
E|-7--|

opening chorus riff:
2 guitars could play for this one, I am
going to tab out the keyboard part for guitar as well
as the guitar. you could play the keyboard part and 
the guitar part at the same time.
guitar:
e|--------------|
b|--------------|
g|-11-7-9--11-7-|
d|-9--9-11-9--9-|
a|-7--5-9--x--x-|
E|---------7--7-|

keyboard:
I would use a whammy pedal with the 5up,6up setting
e|-------------------------|
b|-------------7---7-10-12-|
g|-------9-7-9---9---------|
d|-9-7-9-------------------|
a|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

combined:
e|------------------------------|
b|-------------7---7-10-12------|
g|-------9-7-9---9---------11-7-|
d|-9-7-9-------------------9--9-|
a|-------------------------x--x-|
E|-------------------------7--7-|

verse:
guitar:
really fast picking
I think he uses the ring modulator here
e|------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------11-7-|
d|-------------------------------------9--9-|
a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-x--x-|
E|-------------------------------------7--7-|

keyboard:
e|------------------------------|
b|---12-------------------------|
g|-9----11-12-11---9-7-11-12-11-|
d|------------------------------|
a|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

solo bridge:
not complete
has delay though!
e|-
b|-
g|-
d|-
a|-
E|-

other part really fast picking
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------|
a|-0h2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------|
b|---------10-10------|
g|-7-7-3-3-11-11-11-7-|
d|-x-x-x-x-x--x--9--9-|
a|-7-7-4-4-9--9--x--x-|
E|---------------7--7-|

and just repeat chorus and the end has the same notes as the chorus.
the end

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