Drunkship Of Lanterns Bass Tab

De-Loused In The Comatorium Tabs:

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The mars volta
drunkship of lanterns
tabbed by rob saunders

intro riff:  x4
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-----3-----3-----3-5-5-5-|
e|-5-5---5-5---5-5---------|

verse riff:x7
g|---------------------------|
d|---------------------------|
a|-----7-----7-----7---------|
e|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-3-3-3-|

g|-------------------|
d|-------------------|
a|-----8-------------|
e|-5-5--------0-0-8--|

g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-|  x2
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
  
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------| x2
a|-----3-----3-----3-5-5-5-|
e|-5-5---5-5---5-5---------|

 
g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-|  x2
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|

verse riff:x7
then 
g|---------------|
d|---------------|
a|-----8---------|
e|-5-5----0-0-8--|

g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-|  x2
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
  
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-----3-----3-----3-5-5-5-| x2
e|-5-5---5-5---5-5---------|

g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-| x2
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|

g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-----3-----3-----3-5-5-5-| x2
e|-5-5---5-5---5-5---------|

g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-| x2
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|

fast breakdown part:
g|-----------------|
d|-----------------|
a|-----------------|
e|-3h5-3h5-5-5-5-5-|  x4

g|--------|
d|--------|
a|--------|
e|--5-5-5-|

bridge part:
g|-------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------| x3 
e|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

g|----------------2--------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|  
e|-2--2-2--2-2--2----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

g|----------11----------------11---------------------------|
d|-----9h11----11--------9h11----11------------------------|
a|-9-9------------9--9-9------------9----------------------| x2
e|------------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-13-|

intro riff:x4
verse riff: x7

g|---------------|
d|---------------|
a|-----8---------|
e|-5-5----0-0-8--|

g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-|
a|-------------------------------------| x2
e|-------------------------------------|

g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-----3-----3-----3-5-5-5-| x2
e|-5-5---5-5---5-5---------|


g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-| x2
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|

g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-----3-----3-----3-5-5-5-| x2
e|-5-5---5-5---5-5---------|


g|-------------------------------------|
d|-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-13-13-13-| x2
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|

weird breakdown:
g|--------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|---------5b-6b-9b---------5b---9b---11b-----|
e|-0-----------------0------------------------|
(this isn’t the exact way but its just bending notes on the A-string)

fast breakdown part:
g|-----------------|
d|-----------------|
a|-----------------| x4
e|-3h5-3h5-5-5-5-5-|

g|--------|
d|--------|
a|--------| x4
e|--5-5-5-|

g|--------------------|
d|--------------------|
a|--------------------|
e|-3h5-3h5-5-5-5-5/12-|
( the slide to the 12 is necessary as it is the guitar,I just like playing it)

play the breakdown parts for the rest of the song, except at end play
E-00-------00-0-0-0-00------00-----00-----00-0-0-0------00----00---00-0-0--


i'm pretty sure on most of this, the wierd breakdown thing isn't to complicated, 
all you need to do is slide and bend strings around that 5. 
The ending parts(not the techno parts) are all just the fast breakdown parts so 
i didn't bother putting them in

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture He Wanna Be	#1 by He Wo at Oct 9, 1972 at 2:40 AM EST
	I've only recently gotten into the Mars Volta but I'm really digging this one. I don't really get what they're doing with the "pig" and "sheep" parts (farm animal motif?), cuz there's kind of a story behind the De-Loused album, right? but anyway, Cedric's delivery really fits the desparation and drunken confused-ness in this one.

No Picture Wes Wanna Be	#2 by Wes russell at Apr 11, 1993 at 6:01 PM EST
	can someone who read the book give their take on this song, I still haven't gotten it yet. alot of the references seem blurred to me.

No Picture Slayer Average	#3 by Slayer Slayer Slayer at Feb 9, 1995 at 8:19 PM EST
	this is an amazing song but everything about the mars volta is so complicated and heavily built upon. so much so that the music hardly has a pattern and the lyrics are close to meaningless. that is no criticism though, it's the best thing about tmv. this song is breathtaking and it is a perfect example of how music has evolved to blur the boundaries of genre.

No Picture Fred Duke Wanna Be	#4 by Fred Duke at Jun 8, 1995 at 9:41 PM EST
	I like your idea. It makes sense seeing as each song is like a chapter Son Et Lumiere/Inertiatic ESP - Cerpin attempting suicide The Haunt Of Roulette Dares - In The Ambulance Tira Me A Las Arenas/Drunkship - In The Hospital

No Picture mathis Wanna Be	#5 by mathis jacobs at Apr 21, 1996 at 1:36 PM EST
	my fav song on the cd i like the change to more of a salsa feel

No Picture vintage Average	#6 by vintage rocker at Apr 24, 1999 at 4:21 AM EST
	their dissonance in most of their songs actually bothers me a little... i mean they're good, but you have to feel like listening to them. while televators is my favorite song on the album, drunkship was a close second.

No Picture Nick Wanna Be	#7 by Nick Lugo at Jun 7, 2000 at 7:09 PM EST
	listen to the part at 3:53...sirens...a ship with lanterns? an ambulance.

No Picture ₣oozie Wanna Be	#8 by ₣oozie at Aug 24, 2001 at 10:46 PM EST
	this song is about the man's dreamworld and all the un-realistic and ridiculous events he comes across. it is right before he gets out of his coma, he starts to realize where he is and becomes deranged.

No Picture Brandon Average	#9 by Brandon Young at Sep 26, 2001 at 5:01 AM EST
	In the book, at this point, Cerpin is in an abandoned sub floating around in the middle of nowhere. Theres other abandoned subs and military planes and shit crashing all around and serious storms happening outside. He stays in the sub for shelter while he is searching for someone else and/or an exit to this place. He can hear muted voises systematically like every couple of minutes, but they dont seem to be coming from anywhere. I have the most trouble connecting the book to this song. If it wasnt for the book, I would have almost no interpretaions of this song. So confusing....

No Picture Nathan Average	#10 by Nathan Connor at Jan 21, 2003 at 5:47 AM EST
	I like what i.am.harriet said about, "this song is breathtaking and it is a perfect example of how music has evolved to blur the boundaries of genre". Whenever someone asks me what kind of music the mars volta play, I'm always like, "Uh... well... I don't really know." But that's what makes them so awesome. These guys just give 'er and make the craziest, creepiest music I've ever heard. The first time I listened to this album I got such chills....There's so many times in a lot of the songs where I'll just shiver because the music is so fantastic... It's so good it makes me ill....

No Picture Justin Average	#11 by Justin Dosser at Feb 16, 2005 at 5:16 PM EST
	THE NEW VOLTA ALBUM IS "ABSOLUTELY AMAZIN!" WOW!