The Mars Volta — Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound
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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-|
AGFFBCm
Intro:
AG
(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)--|
AmG
If I trust in the wind she will pave me a different road
AmG
I will try and start over but I think I must choose someone else
AmG
I am pulled from the pages where the letters lack the pigment of trust
FG
must be on my way, I?ve got to get home
FG
won?t be back someday, so let it unfold
(G)
AmG
I?ve abandoned the outcome in search of the rest I deserve
AmG
you can do what you will with my body but I won?t ring the bell
AmG
I?ve omitted the chapters that bow and admit defeat
FG
must be on my way, I?ve got to get home
FG
won?t be back someday, so let it unfold
Am/G/F#F
I Am a mountain
GAm/G/F#
of cavernous people
FG
searching for a lighthouse in the fog
(Repeat twice)
(G)
AmG
of the flowers that grew from the cracks in the ground you paved
AmG
didn?t you think he would warn me through the thorns of my waking dreams
AmG
when the riddles connected the dots of this constellation
FG
must be on my way, I?ve got to get home
FG
won?t be back someday, so let it unfold
Am/G/F#F
I Am a mountain
GAm/G/F#
of cavernous people
FG
searching for a lighthouse in the fog
(Repeat twice)
BmCm
I found a reason to leave you with this load
BmCm
all I can do is forgive your broken heart
BmCm
trapped in this tower made of amber for too long
BmCm
all I can do is forgive your broken heart
Am/G/F#F
I Am a mountain
GAm/G/F#
of cavernous people
FG
searching for a lighthouse in the fog
(Repeat twice)