KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA As recorded by Muse (From the 2006 Album BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS) Transcribed by sloppyjoe24 Words by Matthew Bellamy Music by Matthew Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard G/B B 4 fr. E /B 3 fr. Cm G /C D 2 fr. G 4 fr. G m 4 fr. E/A 4 fr. G 7 fr. 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Muse Page 3 of 16 C Intro: Part II (Whammy Bar) Em Em G/B G/B C C G/B G/B 14 g I W V V W V V W V V U T \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ A 5 4 4 5 4 B 7 5 7 7 5 g V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V T V 0 V V 0 V V 0 V V 0 V 1 1 V 0 V V 0 V 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 B B C C E /B E /B G/B G/B 18 ` ` ` ` g eW V U I gW V V W V V V T \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ A 4 5 7 8 7 8 9 B 6 7 7 g V V V V eV V V V I gV V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V eV V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V T V V V V 1 1 eV V V V V 0 V V 0 V 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 A 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 Cm Cm G/B G/B G /C G /C E /B E /B 22 b b ` ` ` ` geW I V V U gW fV V eU T \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ A 13 10 12 13 12 10 8 B 10 g I V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V V VeV V V V V eV V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V V V V eVeV V V V V V V V V T 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 A 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 B 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA - Muse Page 4 of 16 G/B G/B G /C G /C E /B E /B G/B G/B b b ` ` ` ` 26 g I W V eV W eV gV eU U T \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ A 12 10 8 10 8 6 8 9 B g V V V V eV V V V I V V V V V V V V V V gV V VgV V V V V V V V V V V eV V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V T V 0 V V 0 V 1 1 eV V V V V 0 V V 0 V 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm 30 g I U U U U T \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ A 10 (10) (10) (10) B g V V V V V V V V I eV V V V V V V V V V eV V V V V V V V V V eV V V V V V V V V V eV V V V V V V V V V T V 1 V V 1 V V 1 V V 1 V V 1 V V 1 V V 1 V V 1 V 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 B 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA - 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