Song: Goliath Artist: The Mars Volta Album: The Bedlam in Goliath Tuning: Standard Intro Solo |-9b-7---------------------------------------------------------| |------9-7-9------7-9----------------------------9-9-9b~---9b~-| |-------------6-9----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------6-9-6-----------------| |---------------------7~-(effects)---7-9-----------------------| |----------------------------------9-----------9~--------------| The Notorious Verse Riff (w/ wah pedal) |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |----------------------2-------| |-2-4--4---2-4-----2-4---------| |--------------------------2-3-| For the second half, solo in C# major __________________________ 2nd Chorus (wah off) x3 |2. |-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------| |-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------| |---9/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--9/11-11-11-14---|-2h4p2--------------------| |---7/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--12---|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-| 1st Solo |---------------------------------------------------------------7---------------7-9b~-| |-9b----9b--------------------------------------------------------9-7-------7-9-------| |------------7h9p7------6-------6-6b------7-9b11r9-7------------------9-6-9-----------| |------------------9-9------7h9-------7h9------------9--9p7---------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------9b------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 2nd Verse (w/ wah pedal) |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |----------------------2-------| |-2-4--4---2-4-----2-4---------| |--------------------------2-3-| For the second half, solo in C# major __________________________ 2nd Chorus (wah off) x3 |2. |-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------| |-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------| |---9/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--9/11-11-11-14---|-2h4p2--------------------| |---7/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--12---|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-| 2nd Solo |-21b--------------21b----21b--------------------14b15r14-----------| |---------17-19-17------17----19-17-17--14-17-14-----------14-14-14-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| slowly release / |----------14b-~~r~~----------14b-~~r~~-------------------------------------| |-14-17-14-----------14-17-14-----------14-12-9-9-9-12-9-9-14-14-9-9-14-9-9-| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------14/16--14-\\-----------14/16-14-12-12-12\9-9-| |-12b14-~~r~~-\\--12-14-12-----------------12h14p12-----------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--9h12p9-12/14-12-9-9\7-7-7-------------7b------------7b----| |----------------------------9-9---7-9-7-----9---7-9-7----9--| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------7b-------------------------------------------------------------| |-9---7-9-7-----9--7-7---7-7-7b--------7-7b---------7-7b---------7-7b-7b-7b-| |----------------------9--------9--7h9------9---7h9------9---7h9------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------7b-7b-7-9-7-9-12-7-9-7-9-12-----7-7b-----7-9b-| |-7---7---7-7b-----7h8h9----7h8h9-----------------------------7-9------7-9------| |---9---9------9-9--------9-----------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------7-7--------7b-7--------7----------------9-9--------9b-9--------7-----14b-16b--\-| |-7-9-7------7-9-7-------7-9-7---7--9b-7--7-9-7------7-9-7-------7-9-7---7--------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| __________________________ 2nd Chorus (wah off) x3 |2. |-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------| |-*-------------------------------------------*-|--------------------------| |---9/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--9/11-11-11-14---|-2h4p2--------------------| |---7/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--12---|-------4-3~--4~----5~--6~-| Verse B Main Riff Harmony x2 x2 |----------------|---9----7h9-----7--9---|---9----6h9-----6--9---| |----------------|------9------9---------|------9------9---------| |----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |------------4---|-----------------------|-----------------------| |---4--7-4-7-----|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-7--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| I tabbed the main riff this way so you don't have to cross strings on the 8th (faster) notes. You can play it another way if you can't stretch. That's pretty much everything worth tabbing. The rest of the solos are way too fast. On the last chorus just gradually go from closed to open wah with the main riff. Thanks for playing! Give me feedback.