MUSE - "muscle museum" Tablature

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Date: Sat 22 July 00
From: Lillian Chen <<mailto:lc488@nyu.edu>lc488@nyu.edu>
'Muscle Museum' by Muse
Bass Tablature

Album: Showbiz 1999
Words by Matthew Bellamy
Transcribed By Lillian Chen
All Original Work
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(Standard tuning)

The exact progression for this song goes like this:

Intro
Verse x 4
PreChorus
Chorus
Riff1
Verse x 3
PreChorus
Chorus
Bridge/End


Intro:
G::----------------|
D::4---4---4---4---|
A::--4---4---4---4-|
E::----------------|


Verse:
G::----------------|----------------|--------------6-|7-4-------------|
D::4---4---4---4---|----------------|4---4---4---4---|----4-------2-3-|
A::--4---4---4---4-|4---4---4---4---|--4---4---4-----|------5---5-----|
E::----------------|--4---4---4---4-|----------------|--------7-------|


PreChorus:
G::----------------|----------------|
D::----------------|----------------| Then 1 bar of D and 1 bar
A::----------------|----------------| an octave higher (16th notes)
E::2-2-2-----------|4-4-4-----------|

The slide in the background sounds something improvised like this:
G::---------|
D::---------|
A::----0/9\0|
E::---------|


Chorus:
G::------------------|-----------------------|
D::------4--------4--|-----------------------|
A::------------------|4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-|
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|-----------------------|

G::------------------|---------------------------|
D::------4--------4--|---------------------------|
A::------------------|2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2--2-------|
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|---------------------5-4-5-|

G::------------------|-----------------------|
D::------4--------4--|-----------------------|
A::------------------|4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-|
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|-----------------------|

G::------------------|-----------------------|
D::------4--------4--|-------------------0-2-|
A::------------------|2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2------|
E::2-2-2----2-2-2----|-----------------------|


Riff1:
G::----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D::----2-------2---|----3-------3---|4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---|
A::----------------|----------------|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|
E::0-0---0-0-0---0-|1-1---1-1-1---1-|----------------|----------------|


Bridge/End:
G::----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D::----2-------2---|----3-------3---|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
A::----------------|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5/12-|
E::0-0---0-0-0---0-|1-1---1-1-1---1-|----------------|-----------------|

G::----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D::----2-------2---|----3-------3---|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
A::----------------|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5------|
E::0-0---0-0-0---0-|1-1---1-1-1---1-|----------------|------------10\0-|

G::----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D::----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A::0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|--------2-2-0-4-|--------2-2-0-4-|
E::----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|2-2-2-2---------|2-2-2-2---------|

G::----------------|----------------|----------------|
D::----------------|----------------|----------------|
A::------0-2-2-0---|------0-2-2-0-4-|----------------|
E::2-2-4---------4-|2-2-4-----------|2---------------|


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Date: Sat 22 July 00
From: Lillian Chen <<mailto:lc488@nyu.edu>lc488@nyu.edu>
'Muscle Museum' by Muse
Bass Tablature
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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