Muse
Muscle Museum
Tabbed by Richard Wyatt

www.angelfire.com/indie/waterfront

(Standard tuning) 
   
The exact progression for this song goes like this: 
  
Intro 
Verse x 4 
PreChorus 
Chorus 
Riff1 
Verse x 3 
PreChorus 
Chorus 
Bridge/End 
  

Intro:   
G::----------------| 
D::4---4---4---4---| 
A::--4---4---4---4-| 
E::----------------| 
  

Verse: 
G::----------------|----------------|--------------6-|7-4-------------| 
D::4---4---4---4---|----------------|4---4---4---4---|----4-------2-3-| 
A::--4---4---4---4-|4---4---4---4---|--4---4---4-----|------5---5-----| 
E::----------------|--4---4---4---4-|----------------|--------7-------| 
  

PreChorus: 
G::----------------|----------------|  
D::----------------|----------------| Then 1 bar of D and 1 bar 
A::----------------|----------------| an octave higher (16th notes) 
E::2-2-2-----------|4-4-4-----------|  
  
The slide in the background sounds something improvised like this: 
G::---------| 
D::---------| 
A::----0/9| 
E::---------| 
  

Chorus:       
G::------------------|-----------------------| 
D::------4--------4--|-----------------------| 
A::------------------|4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-| 
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|-----------------------| 
  
G::------------------|---------------------------| 
D::------4--------4--|---------------------------| 
A::------------------|2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2--2-------| 
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|---------------------5-4-5-| 
  
G::------------------|-----------------------| 
D::------4--------4--|-----------------------| 
A::------------------|4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-| 
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|-----------------------| 
  
G::------------------|-----------------------| 
D::------4--------4--|-------------------0-2-| 
A::------------------|2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2------| 
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|-----------------------| 
  

Riff1: 
G::----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D::----2-------2---|----3-------3---|4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---| 
A::----------------|----------------|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-| 
E::0-0---0-0-0---0-|1-1---1-1-1---1-|----------------|----------------| 
  

Bridge/End: 
G::----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| 
D::----2-------2---|----3-------3---|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-----------------| 
A::----------------|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5/12-| 
E::0-0---0-0-0---0-|1-1---1-1-1---1-|----------------|-----------------| 
                                                         
G::----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| 
D::----2-------2---|----3-------3---|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-----------------| 
A::----------------|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5------| 
E::0-0---0-0-0---0-|1-1---1-1-1---1-|----------------|------------10-| 
           
G::----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D::----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A::0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|--------2-2-0-4-|--------2-2-0-4-| 
E::----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|2-2-2-2---------|2-2-2-2---------| 
                                                         
G::----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D::----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A::------0-2-2-0---|------0-2-2-0-4-|----------------| 
E::2-2-4---------4-|2-2-4-----------|2---------------| 
                                    
                      
 

She had something to confess to,  
but you don't have the time so,  
look the other way  
You will wait until it's over:  
to reveal what you'd never shown her  
too little much too late  
  
Too long trying to resist it,  
you've just gone and missed it,  
It's escaped your world  
Can you see that I am needing,  
begging for so much more  
than you could ever give  
  
And I don't want you to adore me,  
Don't want you to ignore me  
when it pleases you  
yeah  
And, I'll do it on my own  
  
I have played in every toilet,  
but you still want to spoil it,  
to prove I've made a big mistake  
too long trying to resist it,  
you've just gone and missed it,  
it's escaped your world  
  
Can you see that I am needing,  
begging for so much more  
than you could ever give  
And I don't want you to adore me,  
don't want you to ignore me  
when it pleases you  
yeah...  
  
So I'll do it on my own and  
I'll do it all by myself  
You will never make it