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Band: muse
Song: hysteria
Album: absolution, track #8
Tuning: standard:EADGBe
Tabbed by: Bryant
Tablature Explanation
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/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend up
r = release back
h = hammer on
p = pull off
~ = let ring
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great song, easy to play if you know how.
I saw this live twice so im pretty certain it's accurate.
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INTRO
Bass riff arranged for guitar

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-10-0-10-12-0-10-0-7-0-8-8-7-5-7-|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-0-0-10-0-10-12-0-15-0-12-0-15-15-12-15-17-|

|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0-0-10-0-10-12-0-10-0-10-9-0-9-8-0-8-7-|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-0-10-0-10-12-0-10-0-7-0-8-8-7-5-7-|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

that continues (on bass) while matts distorted guitar comes in with..

|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|-6~---------|-7~--------|-8~--------|-10~-------/22-|

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BRIDGE

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------12b-10-|--------------------12b-10-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14---------|-13-13-13-13-13-13---------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12---------|-11-11-11-11-11-11---------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------12b-10-|--------------12b-12b-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10---------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|

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VERSE
same as the bass riff in the intro

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CHORUS
just powerchords

|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5------------|-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7\6-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7\6-7-|
|------------3-3-3-3-3-|------------5-5-5-5\4-5-|

at the end of the chorus he plays this 

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-10-0-10-12-0-15-0-12-0-15-15-12-15-17-|

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BRIDGE
same as before

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VERSE
same as before - just the intro bass riff

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CHORUS
same as before

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2nd BRIDGE

this is the bit before the solo part - its just a variation on the intro

|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------x3----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-10-0-10-12-0-10-0-10-9-0-9-8-0-8-7-|-0-10-0-10-12-0-15-0-12-0-15-15-12-15-17-|

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SOLO PART 1 - instead of playing each note twice as i have transcribed here, it is
easier to just play each note once and use a delay pedal to get the other note. i
think thats what matt does for convenience.

|-------12-12-------13-13-------13-13-12-12----12-|-------12-12-------13-13-------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------
|-14-14-------14-14-------14-14-------------14----|-13-13-------13-13-------13-13-
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------

-13-13-12-12----12-|-------13-13-------17-17-------13-13-------12-12-|-------12-12-
-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------
-------------13----|-14-14-------14-14-------14-14-------14-14-------|-14-14-------
-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------
-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------
-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------

-------13-13-------13-13-12-12----12-|-------12-12-------13-13-------13-13-12-12-
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------
-14-14-------14-14-------------14----|-14-14-------14-14-------14-14-------------
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------

----12-|-------12-12-------13-13-------13-13-12-12----12-|-------13-13-------17-17-
-------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
-14----|-13-13-------13-13-------13-13-------------13----|-14-14-------14-14-------
-------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
-------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
-------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------

-------13-13-------12-0-|-12----------------------------------------------|
------------------------|-------------15----------13----------12----------|
-14-14-------14-14------|----14-14-14-------------------------------------|
------------------------|----------------15-15-15----14-14-14----12-12-12-|
------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

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SOLO PART 2

|------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-13--------13-12-----12-------|-12-12-13---15--------15-13-12h13-|-13--------15-13-12h13-|
|----12-----------14-----12----|---------------14-----------------|----14-----------------|
|-------14------------------12-|------------------15--------------|-------14--------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-13--------12b13r12-10h12-12-------|-12-13b14-----15-13-12h13-13-------|
|----12-----------------------12----|-----------------------------14----|
|-------14-----------------------12-|----------14--------------------14-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

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CHORUS
same as before
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