• Song:

    Roulette Dares

  • Artist:

    Mars Volta

The Mars Volta
Roulette Dares (the haunt)
tabbed by Dan Van Heuklom




I'm pretty sure this is how most of the song is played
although I'm not entirely sure i have all the neck positions correct
and all that jazz.  I find this the easiest way to play it.


by the way
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|@                              @|
||        these are             ||
||           repeat             ||
|@               signs          @|
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Intro
2nd time lyrics:
Transient jet lag....
||------------------------|------------------------|
|@------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
||------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
||------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---0---2/--|
|@0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    

                         ___________________________________________________
                          1st and 2nd time         | 3rd time               |
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------@|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------||------------0-----------|
|------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---2---0---||------------5---0---2/--|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------@|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
 1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6     1   2   3   4   5   6


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Preverse

E|----12--12--10------10--|----10--10--------------|--------7---7-----------|
B|13----13--------13------|12----12----13--12--10--|----6-------5-----------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|7-----------7-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6

e|5-5---5---5---5-5-------|
B|9-9---9---9---9-9-------|
G|5-5---5---5---5-5-------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6   



Verse
   1. Open wrists talk back again...
   2. made its way through the tracks of a...
e||------12------12--------|------------------------|------------------------|
B||@-9-10--10------109-1213|13--13--------------1313|--9---9-1012------------|
G||------------------------|------9-----------9-----|9---9-------------------|
D||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A||@-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
   1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6


E|----12--12--10------10--|----10--10--------------|--------7---7-----------|
B|13----13--------13------|12----12----13--12--10--|----6-------5-----------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|7-----------7-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6


___________________________ ________________________
   1st time               |  2nd time               |
e|------5---5-------5---5-||5-----------------------|
B|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0@||------------------------|
G|5---5-5---5-4---4-4---4-||------------------------|
D|------------------------||------------------------|
A|-----------------------@||------------------------|
E|------------------------||------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6     1   2   3   4   5   6



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Chorus (3x times through)
2nd time lyrics:
    Exoskeletal,            junction at the railroad delayed
e||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|@------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G||7-----------------5-7-5-|5---------------5---7---|9-----------9-----------|
D||------------------------|----------------7---9---|10----------10----------|
A|@5-----------------3-5-3-|------------------------|------------------------|
E||------------------------|5---------------5---7---|8-----------12----------|
   1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6



e|------------------------||
B|-----------------------@||
G|9-----------9-----------||
D|10----------9--9-10-9---||
A|-----------------------@||
E|10----------8-----------||
  1   2   3   4   5   6    


  Its             because           this is
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|9-----------9-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|10----------10----------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|8-----------12----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|9-----------9-----------|
D|10----------9--9-10-9---|
A|------------------------|
E|10----------8-----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6


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                           __________________________________________________
                            1,2,3 times              |  4th time              |
e||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
B|@------------0-----------|------------------------@|------------------------|
G||------------0-----------|------------------------||----------9-----11------|
D||------------5-----0-2-0-|------------------------||----7---8-----10--12----|
A|@0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-0-0-00-0--3---5---2---@|--6---7-----9-----------|
E||------------------------|------------------------||5-----------------------|
   1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6     1   2   3   4   5   6


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I dont really feel like tabbing out this crazy part.
theres a guitar solo, drum solo type thing, and lots of crazy noises



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coming out of the free form solo section play this

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------8-----------|------------8-----------|------------8-----------|
G|------------------7-9-7-|----------------7---9---|------------------7-9-7-|
D|7----10-7-7-------------|7----10-7-7-------------|7----10-7-7-------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6   


e|------------------------|
B|------------8-----------|
G|----------------7---9---|
D|7----10-7-7-------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6



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Cranial bleeding
||------------------------|------------------------|
|@------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
||------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
||------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---0---2/--|
|@0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    

                         ___________________________________________________
                          1st time                 | 2nd time               |
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------@|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------||------------0-----------|
|------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---2---0---||------------5---0---2/--|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------@|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
 1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6     1   2   3   4   5   6




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Chorus 3 times through
   Exoskeletal              Junction at the rail road delayed
e||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|@------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G||7-----------------5-7-5-|5---------------5---7---|9-----------9-----------|
D||------------------------|----------------7---9---|10----------10----------|
A|@5-----------------3-5-3-|------------------------|------------------------|
E||------------------------|5---------------5---7---|8-----------12----------|
   1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6



e|------------------------||
B|-----------------------@||
G|9-----------9-----------||
D|10----------9--9-10-9---||
A|-----------------------@||
E|10----------8-----------||
  1   2   3   4   5   6    


  tacet
   Its             because      this     is
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|9-----------9-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|10----------10----------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|8-----------12----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|9-----------9-----------|
D|10----------9-----------|
A|------------------------|
E|10----------8-----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6



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I didnt tab out this part right here, because its another  guitar solo.
At the end of this part he says "inside" twice
and then you go into the chorus again




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Chorus 3 times through

2nd time: Exoskeletal          Junction at the rail road delayed
e||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|@------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G||7-----------------5-7-5-|5---------------5---7---|9-----------9-----------|
D||------------------------|----------------7---9---|10----------10----------|
A|@5-----------------3-5-3-|------------------------|------------------------|
E||------------------------|5---------------5---7---|8-----------12----------|
   1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6

e|------------------------||
B|-----------------------@||
G|9-----------9-----------||
D|10----------9--9-10-9---||
A|-----------------------@||
E|10----------8-----------||
  1   2   3   4   5   6    




  Guitar tacet
   Its             because      this     is
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|9-----------9-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|10----------10----------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|8-----------12----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|9-----------9-----------|
D|10----------9-----------|
A|------------------------|
E|10----------8-----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6



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then it goes to the last guitar solo plus some 'vocal ah's'



and then it ends
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and thats it


I'm working on the solos right now,  
they arent that hard to play but I just dont have time to write them all out

of course, let me know if i have something wrong.(dannyjvh@hotmail.com)
i tried to lay out the form of the song as simply as possible
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