• Song:

    Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound

  • Artist:

    Mars Volta

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                             EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE LOUDEST SOUND - Mars Volta
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Tabbed by:Coca30stmMCRFan

Tuning: Standard
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I chose to use barre chords instead of regular chords because it gave off a fuller sound:
e|-5-3-1-2--2--3-|
B|-5-3-1-2--3--4-|
G|-5-4-2-3--4--5-|
D|-7-5-3-4--4--5-|
A|-7-5-3-4--2--3-|
E|-5-3-1-2--x--x-|
  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)name="chord_244322@1">F# Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x3101x@1">Cm

Intro:
Am G

(I play this as the verses just to keep it interesting)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5-----------5-------------4b4----------4b4-|
D|----------7-----------7-------------5------------5---|
A|-----7---(7)-----7---(7)-------5---(5)------5---(5)--|
E|-5-5---5-(5)-5-5---5-(5)-5/3-3---3-(3)--3-3---3-(3)--|

Am (x02210@1)                                          GIf (320003@1)I trust in the wind she will pave me a different road
        Am (x02210@1)                                                 GI (320003@1)will try and start over but I think I must choose someone else
       Am (x02210@1)                                                        GI (320003@1)am pulled from the pages where the letters lack the pigment of trust

F (133211@1)                        Gmust (320003@1)be on my way, I've got to get home
          F (133211@1)                       Gwon't (320003@1)be back someday, so let it unfold

(Am G)
        Am (x02210@1)                                         GI've (320003@1)abandoned the outcome in search of the rest I deserve
        Am (x02210@1)                                                Gyou (320003@1)can do what you will with my body but I won't ring the bell
        Am (x02210@1)                                   GI've (320003@1)omitted the chapters that bow and admit defeat

F (133211@1)                        Gmust (320003@1)be on my way, I've got to get home
          F (133211@1)                       Gwon't (320003@1)be back someday, so let it unfold

Am/G/F#  F
I Am A mountain
               G (320003@1)      Am/G/F#   
of cavernous people 
F (133211@1)                                Gsearching (320003@1)for a lighthouse in the fog
(Repeat twice)

(Am G)
          Am (x02210@1)                                               Gof (320003@1)the flowers that grew from the cracks in the ground you paved
        Am (x02210@1)                                                        Gdidn't (320003@1)you think he would warn me through the thorns of my waking dreams
           Am (x02210@1)                                  Gwhen (320003@1)the riddles connected the dots of this constellation

F (133211@1)                        Gmust (320003@1)be on my way, I've got to get home
          F (133211@1)                       Gwon't (320003@1)be back someday, so let it unfold

Am/G/F#  F
I Am A mountain
               G (320003@1)     Am/G/F#
of cavernous people 
F (133211@1)                                Gsearching (320003@1)for a lighthouse in the fog
(Repeat twice)

Bm (x24432@1)                                    CmI (x3101x@1)found a reason to leave you with this load
Bm (x24432@1)                                 Cmall (x3101x@1)I can do is forgive your broken heart
Bm (x24432@1)                                         Cmtrapped (x3101x@1)in this tower made of amber for too long
Bm (x24432@1)                                 Cmall (x3101x@1)I can do is forgive your broken heart

Am/G/F#  F
I Am A mountain
               G (320003@1)     Am/G/F#
of cavernous people 
F (133211@1)                                Gsearching (320003@1)for a lighthouse in the fog
(Repeat twice)


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