Knights of Cydonia (tablature)

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Knights of Cydonia Chords & Tabs

Chords


INTRO:

Aaah, aaah, aaah...

Em F#m G A A B (repeat)

Em

Em Bm C G
B C Eb G
Cm G Ab Eb
G Ab Eb G
Cm

Cm  Eb G# Eb 
G G# B Eb
G# Eb E B
Eb E B Eb
G#m

VERSE:

G#m            B
Come ride with me through the 
E             B
Veins of history
Eb                 E 
I'll show you how God
G                   B
Falls asleep on the job And
Em         B
How can we win when
C            G
Fools can be kings?
B                C
Don't waste your time or time
G    B
Will waste 
Em
you

Aaah, aaah, aaah...

Em F#m G A A B (repeat)

Em

CHORUS:

Em                        Bm
No one's going to take me alive The

A                            Em
Time has come to make things right

Em                           Bm
You and I must fight for our rights

A                          Em
You and I must fight to survive
(repeat)

OUTRO:
[note: these chords go well with the E Dorian scale if you want to improv your own solo]

Em, Bm, A, Em (repeat)


Em

Tabs

Intro:
                            tremelo picking
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------X2-|----------------------------------------------------------X2-----
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------|--7---5--7--9---7--9--10-----9-10-12--10--9--10--9--7-6----------
|--0--2--3~~---5--5--7~~---|-----------------------------------------------------------------

|-------------0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------2~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------2~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--7/19\0~~---0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo (whammy bar throughout):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--10---9--7--5---7--9--10---9--7--5----6---7--9--7---10--12--13---12--13--14----------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--13---10------12---13--12--10--8----12---10--8--10---8--6--8---9---10----------------------
|-----------10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|--11---10--8--6---8--10--11---10--8--6----7---8--10--8---11--13--14---13--14--15------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


|--19---16------18---19--18--16--14----18---16--14--16---14--12--14----15----16~~------------
|-----------16-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--3-----------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Matt does not do the bend in live performances)

Verse (How can we win....):
|----------------------8---7~---7---8---7---7---7~-------------------------------------------
|--8-------7---------8-----8~---7---8---8---7---8~-------------------------------------------
|----9-------8-----9-------7~---8---9---7---8---9~-------------------------------------------
|------9-------9----------------9---10--9---9---9~-------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In live performances, just pick the last three notes of each chord)

[Repeat intro]

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------10--8---12--12--14--17-----------------------------------------------------------
|--9---11------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------7---5---9---9---11--14-----------------------------------------------------------
|--7---9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Last Chorus [x4]:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-5h7--7--7---0h5h7--7--7---0h5h7--7--7---0h5h7--0-10p7-----------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------10-10p7--7--7---7-10p7--7--7-----------


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------7--7--7p0--0--0---0-7p0--0--0---0-7p0--0--0--
|--7-10p7--7--7---7-10p7--7--7---7-10p7--7--7--10-----------------------------------------------


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--0-7p0--0--0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------7p5\3---3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0h5h7-----------------


Outro [x2]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0--5h6h7-----------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--0~-----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--0~-----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--0~-----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--2~-----------------
|-----------------------------------------------------5h7-7--5h7-7--------|--2~-----------------
|--3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0-----------------------|--0~-----------------


Outro (Trumpet rearr. for Guitar):
|-12--7-----10-----9--7----------------
|--------8---------------10--8---------
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
Tabbed by aJ`

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Abbey Road outro jam
on the last part of the song you can do this.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7---5h7-7-7---5h7-7-7---5h7-7-7---7h9-9-9---7h9-9-9---7h9-9-9---7h9-9-9---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--10h12-12-12---10h12-12-12---10h12-12-12---10h12-12-12---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--12h14-14-14---12h14-14-14---12h14-14-14---14b-14b--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

This part is done fast
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------12-14b-14-12----|-------------12-14b-14-12----|
|-------12-14--------------14-|-------12-14--------------14-|
|-12-14-----------------------|-12-14-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------12-14b-14-12----|-------------12-14b-14-12----|
|-------12-14--------------16-|-------12-14--------------16-|
|-12-14-----------------------|-12-14-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------12-14b-14-12----|-------------12-14b-14-12----|
|-------12-14--------------14-|-------12-14--------------14-|
|-12-14-----------------------|-12-14-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

Not sure of this part, but it sounds quite good
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-7-------9-------11--------12--------|
|-7-(x6)--9-(x6)--11--(x6)--12--(x3)--|
|-7-------9-------11--------12--------|
|-------------------------------------|
 
after this the common outro.
Outro [x2]
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0--5h6h7-------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--0~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--0~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--0~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--2~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------5h6h7--5h6h7--|--2~--|
|--3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0--0---0h3p0--0-----------------|--0~--|

Tabbed by Pabl0ne


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