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Cut That City

Mars Volta

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Song: Cut That City
Artist: The Mars Volta
Album: Tremulant
Tuning: Standard
Tabbed By: Nathan Zwiener
Thanks To: americanpig11

* = Short, aka staccato.

I think I've got the timing right at this part. It's tough though.
Chorus - 1:57, 2:52, 3:30, 5:23

       *  *     *  *                   *  *     *  *         *
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-13--13-1313--13-13-1313131313-|-13--13-1313--13-13-1313131313-|
|-12--12-1212--12-12-1212121212-|-12--12-1212--12-12-1212121212-| Pause after
|-10--10-1010--10-10-1010101010-|-10--10-1010--10-10-1010101010-| each repeat.
|-10--10-1010--10-10-1010101010-|-10--10-1010--10-10-1010101010-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Chorus - Keyboard, pick an octave.
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---1-----4-4-1---1-|----11---16-16-11----11-|
|-3-------------3---|-15---------------15----|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
      Octave 1              Octave 2

Verse - 2:24, 3:01
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-5----4-5-7-8----10-|
|-x----x-x-x-x----x--|
|-3----2-3-5-6----8--|

Breakdown - 3:56, 5:14            4:03           4:46
|----------------------|-----------------0-0-|---------|
|----------------------|-----------------4-4-|---2-4---|
|----------------------|-10----------8---6-7-|-4-----5-|
|-10--9--10-12--13--15-|-----9-----9---------|---------|
|-x---x--x--x---x---x--|--------9------------|---------|
|-8---7--8--10--11--13-|---------------------|---------|

At 4:03, another guitar VERY SLOWLY slides down the E string near the bridge. This is 
the echo-ey scraping noise is made. Just very slowly scratch from one little notch in the 
to the next with your pick.

Pretty cool song! Enjoy playing, and I'd like some feedback.

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Cut That City

Mars Volta