• Song:

    Goliath

  • Artist:

    Mars Volta

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Song: Goliath
Artist: The Mars Volta
Album: The Bedlam in Goliath
Tuning: Standard

Tabbed by Nathan Zwiener

 Intro Solo
|-9b-7---------------------------------------------------------|
|------9-7-9------7-9----------------------------9-9-9b~---9b~-|
|-------------6-9----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------6-9-6-----------------|
|---------------------7~-(effects)---7-9-----------------------|
|----------------------------------9-----------9~--------------|

 The Notorious Verse Riff (w/ wah pedal)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------------2-------|
|-2-4--4---2-4-----2-4---------|
|--------------------------2-3-|
 For the second half, solo in C# major
                                         __________________________
 Chorus (wah off)                       |2.
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-*--------------------------------4--*-|--------------------------|
|-*--4-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-2--*-|--------------------------|
|----2-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4------|-2h4p2--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-|

 1st Solo
|---------------------------------------------------------------7---------------7-9b~-|
|-9b----9b--------------------------------------------------------9-7-------7-9-------|
|------------7h9p7------6-------6-6b------7-9b11r9-7------------------9-6-9-----------|
|------------------9-9------7h9-------7h9------------9--9p7---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------9b------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 2nd Verse (w/ wah pedal)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------------2-------|
|-2-4--4---2-4-----2-4---------|
|--------------------------2-3-|
 For the second half, solo in C# major
                                         __________________________
 2nd Chorus (wah off)                x3 |2.
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-*--------------------------------4--*-|--------------------------|
|-*--4-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-2--*-|--------------------------|
|----2-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4------|-2h4p2--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-|

 2nd Solo
|-21b--------------21b----21b--------------------14b15r14-----------|
|---------17-19-17------17----19-17-17--14-17-14-----------14-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

                 slowly release
                  /
|----------14b-~~r~~----------14b-~~r~~-------------------------------------|
|-14-17-14-----------14-17-14-----------14-12-9-9-9-12-9-9-14-14-9-9-14-9-9-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------14/16--14-\\-----------14/16-14-12-12-12\9-9-|
|-12b14-~~r~~-\\--12-14-12-----------------12h14p12-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--9h12p9-12/14-12-9-9\7-7-7-------------7b------------7b----|
|----------------------------9-9---7-9-7-----9---7-9-7----9--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------7b-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---7-9-7-----9--7-7---7-7-7b--------7-7b---------7-7b---------7-7b-7b-7b-|
|----------------------9--------9--7h9------9---7h9------9---7h9------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------7b-7b-7-9-7-9-12-7-9-7-9-12-----7-7b-----7-9b-|
|-7---7---7-7b-----7h8h9----7h8h9-----------------------------7-9------7-9------|
|---9---9------9-9--------9-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------7-7--------7b-7--------7----------------9-9--------9b-9--------7-----14b-16b--\-|
|-7-9-7------7-9-7-------7-9-7---7--9b-7--7-9-7------7-9-7-------7-9-7---7--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         __________________________
 2nd Chorus (wah off)                x3 |2.
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-*--------------------------------4--*-|--------------------------|
|-*--4-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-2--*-|--------------------------|
|----2-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4------|-2h4p2--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-|

 Verse B
 Main Riff        Harmony
|----------------|---9----7h9-----7--9---|
|----------------|------9------9---------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|------------4---|-----------------------|
|---4--7-4-7-----|-----------------------|
|-7--------------|-----------------------|

That's pretty much everything worth tabbing. The rest of the solos are way too fast.
On the last chorus just gradually go from closed to open with the main riff.

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