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 probable presence of palm muted
in the intro. I say "probable" because we acutally
can hear those palm muted notes before the second
verse, and I guess that they carry on through the
second verse, but also through the intro and the
first verse, even if we can't hear them, or barely.
Let's say it starts at 0:17 :
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| x4
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-|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Now, I give you the synth part. You start to play it
at the third time you play the palm muted notes that
are on the 5th fret of the 6th string. I advice you
to use a Whammy pedal with the -1 and +1 octave Harmony
effect. Not Whammy effects, the Harmony effects !
Use +1 octave on the first group of notes, and -1
octave on the second group of notes. It goes like
this, until the piano :
e|---------------------------------------3----6--10-8------------------|
b|----------------------------------3-------------------11-10-11-10----|
g|-----------------------------3------------------------------------10-|
D|-----------------------5--------5----5----5--------------------------|
A|-----------------5---------5-----------------------------------------|
D|-5-----0-8-----5-----8-----------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------6----11-----15--18-17---15-14-15-14----|
b|-----------------------------------8----------------------------------------15-|
g|----------------------------8---------8----8-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------10----------10---------------13----------------------------|
A|-6--------10-------------10----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------10--------13------------------------------------------------------------|

Piano part :
e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
g|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
D|-5~---1~---7~---7~---0---0-|
Note : you can make those notes palm muted too if you
       want.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| x3
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-|

Verse 1 :
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| x2
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-|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Now, the notes we can hear on the first chorus. I
advice you to use the Whammy pedal for the piece of
the song, I'll tell you where to use it. You must
use the -1 octave effect, the Whammy effect this time :
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------7~-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------->-6~------------------>-12~-------5~------|
D|-5---5~---1-----------7---7~---7~------------0-----------|
 (-1)                 (-1)

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-|

The second is just like the first one. But if you don't
want to play the palm muted notes, you can still play
the synth part !

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~->--|

Then, you can finish on this note. At least, this is
what I'd do. But you can still play the palm muted on
the 5th fret on the 6th string, if you want to play
until the last second of the song.

And you got it ! Remember this tab is actually based
on suppositions. It may be in Standard tuning, and
there may be 

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

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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