The Mars Volta
Roulette Dares (the haunt)
tabbed by Dan Van Heuklom

I find this song easiest to count in 6/4.  I've tried here to show the timing, because its so important to this song.  I'm not 100% sure on all these fingerings, but the way i show it here sounds closest to the recording.



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Intro
3x
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---0---2/--|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    


|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|------------5-----0-2-0-|------------5---2---0---|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    


The last bar of the 3rd time through is played like this

|------------------------|
|------------0-----------|
|------------0-----------|
|------------5---0---2/--|
|0-000-3-0-0-------------|
|------------------------|
 1   2   3   4   5   6

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Preverse

E|----12--12--10------10--|----10--10--------------|--------7---7-----------|
B|13----13--------13------|12----12----13--12--10--|----6-------5-----------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|7-----------7-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6

e|5-5---5---5---5-5-------|
B|9-9---9---9---9-9-------|
G|5-5---5---5---5-5-------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6   

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Verse(some of the numbers here are crunched together,
but its the only way i could get the timing correct)
 
  1. Open wrists talk back again...
   2. made its way through the tracks of a...
e|------12------12--------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|--9-10--10------109-1213|13--13--------------1313|--9---9-1012------------|
G|------------------------|------9-----------9-----|9---9-------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6


e|----12--12--10------10--|----10--10--------------|--------7---7-----------|
B|13----13--------13------|12----12----13--12--10--|----6-------5-----------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|7-----------7-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6


e|------5---5-------5---5-|
B|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
G|5---5-5---5-4---4-4---4-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6     

the second time through, he doesnt play this last bar,
he just stays on the A on the 2nd string (i think)
e|------|
B|--10--|
G|------|

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Chorus (3x times through)
2nd time lyrics:
  Exoskeletal,            junction at the railroad delayed
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|7-----------------5-7-5-|5---------------5---7---|9-----------9-----------|
D|------------------------|----------------7---9---|10----------10----------|
A|5-----------------3-5-3-|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|5---------------5---7---|8-----------12----------|
   1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6



e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|9-----------9-----------|
D|10----------9--9-10-9---|
A|------------------------|
E|10----------8-----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    






  Its             because           this is
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|9-----------9-----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|10----------10----------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|8-----------12----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6    1   2   3   4   5   6

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|9-----------9-----------|
D|10----------9--9-10-9---|
A|------------------------|
E|10----------8-----------|
  1   2   3   4   5   6


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Heres that funny little riff before they go into the next solo section
                         
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|----------9-----11------|
|----7---8-----10--12----|
|--6---7-----9-----------|
|5-----------------------|
 1   2   3   4   5   6


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and those are most of the parts. i'm not going to bother with solos or anything
cause it just gets too confusing to notate
(dannyjvh@hotmail.com)