Algorithm (tablature)

Guitar tab

Tabbed by GiveMeThePiss

Tuning : Drop D

It's a very experimental one for Muse now. I think
this song quite made the unanimity, I love it. The
atmosphere is breathtaking !

Let's start with the notes we can hear on the first
chorus. I advice you to use a Whammy pedal for the
piece of the song, I'll tell you where to use it.
You must use the -1 octave effect :

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------7~-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------->-6~------------------>-12~-------5~------|
D|-5---5~---1-----------7---7~---7~------------0-----------|
 (-1)                 (-1)
Note : Tho, I'm not sure of the Drop D tuning. It
       May actually be standard tuning, but you play
       -1 octave on the third note starting from
       the end, I don't know.

Pre-2nd verse :
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-|

For the second chorus, it's nearly the same as the
first. You actually only change the last note on the
first time you play it. On the second time, you just
don't play this last note :

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------| x2
A|--------------->-6~------------------>-12~-------5~---5~-|
D|-5---5~---1-----------7---7~---7~------------0-----------|

Then, you finish on this note :
e|-------|
b|-------|
g|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
D|-5~->--|

And you got it ! I'm not quite sure if there are
actually other guitars playing during the song,
because if that's the case, we can't hear them, or
barely only. If there are, I will try to tab
what I suppose would be played.

Song structure :
Intro (No guitar)
Verse 1 (No guitar)
Chorus
Pre-verse 2 (8 groups of 3 notes)
Verse 2 (No guitar)
Chorus x2
Post-chorus 2 (1 note)
Outro

Signs :
~ : vibrato
b : bend
r : release bend
h : hammer
p : pulling
-> : slide
\ : slide w/ full fingers on the neck
* : harmonic
x : dead/muted note

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