Artist - Muse
Song - Ruled By Secrecy
Tabbed By - Liam Newmarch (mxusername: DeadPhoenix)
Right, NB! this is obviously a piano song and as such, some of the chords are difficult to finger quickly.
Because it's not possible to play both hands at once, i've chosen to tab the left, to give the most solid
sound for a solo acoustic player. Beginner guitarists should be familiar with C-shape barred chords for
this song. To get the best piano-like tone, i suggest rolling back the treble to halfway and using a light delay
Tuning-wise, for this song i don't use the low E string. So if you want, you can leave your guitar in drop
D / A / E-8ve or whatever tunings you personally use! The other strings however are standard - ADGBe
tuning.
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Intro
e |---8------------8----------------|
B |o----9p8----8h9----9p8----8h9---o|
G |---------10------------10--------| I usually don't bother with this bit and prefer to launch
D |---------------------------------| straight into the verse... but if you want to be true to
A |o-------------------------------o| the song, go for it and use two guitars.
- |---------------------------------|
Fm
e |----------------------------------------------------|
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------| This is the picking pattern that is used
G |------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----| for the song (expt. the interlude).
D |----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---|
A |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------|
- |----------------------------------------------------|
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Verse
Fm
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |o-------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------
G |------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----
D |----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---
A |o-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
C
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------
G |------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-----
D |----2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---
A |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Cm
e |---------------------------------------------------- e
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1------- B 4
G |------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----- If you find this too difficult to finger G 5
D |----1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1--- you could try the shape to the right, D 5
A |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------- but it doesn't sound as good! A 3
- |----------------------------------------------------
C
e |----------------------------------------------------|
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1------o|
G |------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-----|
D |----2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---|
A |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------o|
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Chorus
Db
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-------
G |------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----
D |----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---
A |--4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Bb/D
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------
G |------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-----
D |----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---
A |--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Eb Eb7
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------
G |------3---3-------3---3-------6---6-------6---6----- <- Watch out for the change to 7th!
D |----5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5--- Also, when moving from D#7 to the next
A |--6-----------6-----------6-----------6------------- chord, C7, try to avoid sliding it!
- |----------------------------------------------------
C7
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------
G |------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-----
D |----2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---
A |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Fm
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------
G |------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----
D |----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---
A |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Edim7 Eb7
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------5-----------5-----------4-----------4-------
G |------3---3-------3---3-------6---6-------6---6----- This can be a little tricky to do if you're
D |----5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5--- not familiar with the dim7 chord shape.
A |--4-----------4-----------6-----------6-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Ab Abmaj7
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------
G |------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-----
D |----6-------6---6-------6---5-------5---5-------5---
A |--6-----------6-----------6-----------6-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
D
e |----------------------------------------------------|
B |--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------|
G |------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-----|
D |----4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---|
A |--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------------|
- |----------------------------------------------------|
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Interlude/"Loud bit"
e |------4-4-5-6-5-4---------4-4-5-6-5-4---
B |------6-6-6-6-6-6---------6-6-6-6-6-6---
G |------5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-5-5---
D |--3~------------------3~----------------
A |--3~------------------3~----------------
- |----------------------------------------
e |------3-3-3-3-4-3---------3-3-3-3-4-3---
B |------5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-5-5---
G |------5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-5-5---
D |--2~------------------2~---------------- Now, because of the importance of having the notes on
A |--3~------------------3~---------------- the D and A strings ring throughout, i recommend you
- |---------------------------------------- use two guitars, or a guitar and bass. You can play
these notes yourself of course, it's all down to
e |------3-3-4-6-4-3---------3-3-4-6-4-3--- personal preference.
B |------4-4-4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-4-4---
G |------5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-5-5---
D |--1~------------------1~----------------
A |--3~------------------3~----------------
- |----------------------------------------
e |------3-3-3-3-4-3---------3-3-3-3-4-3---|
B |------5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G |------5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D |--2~------------------2~----------------|
A |--3~------------------3~----------------|
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Outro
This part is difficult to hear because it's so quiet, but i believe this works well in combining what would
be a two hand piece. This transposes the decending scale down -8ve, artistic license :p
Fm Caug
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |o-------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------
G |------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----
D |----3-------3---3-------3---2-------2---2-------2---
A |o-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Ab/C ?
e |----------------------------------------------------
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-------
G |------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----
D |----1-------1---1-------1---0-------0---0-------0---
A |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-------------
- |----------------------------------------------------
Fmaug
e |----------------------------------------------------|
B |--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1------o|
G |------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----|
D |----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---|
A |--4-----------4-----------4-----------4------------o|
- |----------------------------------------------------|
Hurrah! And that's ruled by secrecy for guitar, I hope you found this useful. If you want to contact me, you
can do so at: Liam.Bliss(at)Gmail.com.
Thanks! :D
