The Whip Hand Guitar Tabs by The Mars Volta

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                            THE WHIP HAND - The Mars Volta
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Tabbed by: Attafaz
Email: m.f.claessen@gmail.com

Tuning: EADGBe

intro
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--3-----------------2-----------------|
A|--2------2------2------2------2------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
                                                                                
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--5-----------------3-----------------|
E|--5------5------5------5------5------|--------------------------------------|

end with this
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|--4-------|
E|----------|


verse
        Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------|--7----------------(7)----------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--7----------------(7)----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--7----------------(7)----------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--9----------------(9)----------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--7\2----2------2------2------2------|--------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|--5----------------(5)----------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--5----------------(5)----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--5----------------(5)----------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--7----------------(7)----------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--7\5----5------5------5------5------|--------------------------------------|

        Guitar 2 (or synth) You could play this several ways, but the G and B 
strings give the best sound.
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--6---6---6---6---5---5---5---5-------|
G|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1-------|
G|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


pre-chorus
e|--2----------------(2)---------------|--3----------------(3)----------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

e|--0----------------(0)---------------|--2----------------(2)----------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


chorus (this is the synth part Omar doubles when playing live)
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--7------7------7--------------------|--7-------8-------6---------------3h5-|
E|-----------------------8------8------|--------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--7------7------7--------------------|--5h6---3h5---5h6---3h5------3h5------|
E|-----------------------8------8------|--------------------------------------|

the last round ends with a slight variation
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--5h6---3h5---5h6---5h6------3h5-----|
E|-------------------------------------|


interlude
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--7\2----2------2------2------2------|--7-7\2----2------2------2------2-----|


Song Structure:
Intro
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge (indefinable delay-sounds)
Chorus


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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