Song: The Widow
Artist: The Mars Volta
Album: Frances the Mute
Tabbed by Zach Kraemer

Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

This is from a GW transcription by Jeff Perrion. The trumpet is by me.

Intro 
Gtr.1 (Acous.)
|----------4x|----------4x|
|-1----------|------------|
|------2-----|-1----------|  [2x]
|----------2-|(2)---2-----|
|-0--0---0---|(2)-------2-|
|------------|(0)-0---0---|
							
|----------4x|----------3x|-.--.--.----|
|-1----------|-2----------|-2--3--5----|
|------2-----|-----0------|-0----------|
|----------2-|---------2--|----3--5----|
|-0--0---0---|-0-0---0----|-0--2--4----|
|------------|------------|------------|
             |Gtr.4 (dist.)
             |------------|------------|
             |-17brbrbrbr-|-17brbrbrbr-|
             |------------|------------|
             |------------|------------|
             |------------|------------|
             |------------|------------|

 Gtr.2 (clean, w/echo & slide)
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-10---10//1312-10---8//10-|----------------13/15-|-12------10-------|-5------3///////----|
|---------------------------|-9--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|Gtr.3 (same as Gtr.2)
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-10~~~~~~~~~~--------------|-1312—128--8----5--|-5-----------------|------------8-------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------5/7-|-5------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

|-20----19----17----1512-|-1210-------12--------|
|-------------------------|-------10/12-----------|
|-------------------------|------------------12---|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-10/12—12/13-13/15-15/17-|-17----------17---10---|
|-------------------------|-------14--------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|

Chorus
Gtr.1 & 4                 Gtr.1 only
|-1---------3--5---------|------------|----------4x|----------4x|
|-3---------------1------|-1---1------|------------|-1----------|
|-2---------------2------|---2----2---|-1---1---1--|------2-----|
|-0---------------2------|---------2--|-2----------|----------2-|
|-----------------0------|-----0-0----|-2----------|-0--0---0---|
|------------------------|------------|-0-0---0----|------------|

Play Intro again w/these leads:
 Gtr.2
|-17---15---12---/15|-12-------------12\10-----|---------------107--|----------------------|
|--------------------|----12/13/15------------12-|-13---10---8---128--|-13\6---5---3-—5/----|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|-----7---5---4--------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|Gtr.3
|-17---15---12-------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----12/13/1514-10---------|------8/10-8---1210-|------------------8/--|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|-9---7---5\4--------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

Gtr.2 & 3
|-----------------------|----------------3///-|
|/10---12---13---15/17--|-17\10///17---3----|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|

Play Chorus, w/fill at end:
Gtr.4
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-3b---------|

Guitar Solo
Gtr.4
|-0-----------------------|---------------0---|
|-1---------------------0-|-------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-1-----------------| 
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------|  
|-0-----------------------|-2-----------------|   
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------|   |
|Trumpet                                          | Fig.1
|-12----10-------------15-|-13------12---13---|   |
|----------13-12----------|-------------------|   /
|------------------14-----|-------------------|  /
|-------------------------|-------------------| /
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|

Gtr.4 & Trumpet w/Fig.1, 2½x
Gtr.5 (dist.)
|-8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5---8-8b--------------8b--------10b--8-10-8-8-10p8--|
|----8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5---8p5-----0h5--5-8-5-0----0-00-0---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------0----------0---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8~~~-8~-8~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7br-5h7p5p0-4b~--4-5-5-4-5-7-5-0-5-0------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------2--3-2-5-5-3-2------------5-7br--5-7br---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-2-0-3/7-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------0--15-13-12------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------12-13-15---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------14-14br-12-14-16-14-12----12-12-12-14-16-14-12-12-14br--|
|----------------------------------------------------------14-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--14-14—16p14--------12br---|
|--------------14-14~--------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

  Scales that   do     sli  - ther   de  -  liv  - er   me     from
|------17-----17-----17-----17-----17---------------15--15--15-15---15-15-15-17/1917---------|
|----17-----17-----17-----17-----1717---1717-19br-17--17--17-----17---------------------------|
|-19b----19b----19b----19b----19b----19b------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Gtr.4
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------------2-----------------2-------3--------5-------------|
|-x------------------------------------------x-----------------x-------x--------x-------------|
|-2------------------------------------------2-----------------2-------3--------5-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Play Chorus 2x

Outro
|-0------0--------------0------0------------|
|-0------0------------1---1----1------------|
|-1------1----------2-------2--2------------| 
|-2------2--------2------------2------------|
|-2------2------0--------------0------------|
|-0------0----------------------------------|