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The Mars Volta
tabbed by: MEGAN B!
Intro Verse x2
G| ---|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------
D| ---|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------
A| -7=|--------------77|--------------7=|--------------77|----------
E|..---|0-x0-x0-x0------|0-x0-x0-x0------|0-x0-x0-x0------|0-x0-x0-x0
Pre-Chorus x4
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|---7=-7=---7=-7=--7-|
E|000--0--000--0--00--|
Chorus x4
G|------------------------------|----------------|
D|------------------------------|----------------|
A|------------------------------|----------------|
E|6==6---6=6----00000003=3333333|-3333333b3333333|
G|------------------|----------------|--
D|------------------|----------------|--
A|------------------|----------------|2=...
E|-00000003=33333333|-3333333b3333333|--
Now repeat verse twice, Pre-Chorus, & after
the Chorus leave off final B & add on...
G|----------------- |
D|----------------- |
A|----------------- |
E|00000000=0000000-...|
Now the bridge I'm skeptical about, I think he's going...
x8
G|--------|--------|
D|-------4|-------4|<-He may be hitting F on that note
A|------1-|------1-|
E|1====1--|0====0--|
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Matt Average |
#1 by Matt Vautour at Jan 16, 2006 at 11:27 AM EST |
| Its about cows.... at the end its all mellow and stuff... like cows frolicking... and plus the cattle prodding team, and like how Cedric and Omar think beef is mutated muscle leads to "the missing chromosome" | |
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John Wanna Be |
#2 by John McCarthy at Mar 1, 2006 at 11:54 AM EST |
| oooh; now where would one find this song? | |
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bob Rhythm Player |
#3 by bob at Mar 5, 2006 at 7:12 AM EST |
| :O They refurbished the verses of this and put them in Day Of The Baphomets... which is better :) | |
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sebastian Professional |
#4 by sebastian at Apr 7, 2006 at 2:08 PM EST |
| its on "a missing chromosome". a cd with a bunch of b sides only released to radio stations. and guess who got one? | |
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Bryan Average |
#5 by Bryan at Apr 22, 2006 at 8:17 PM EST |
| no one will understand the mars volta until your on an acid trip to really REALLY defind what they are talking about in each song. haha..jk | |
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Kris Wanna Be |
#6 by Kris Mackie at Apr 26, 2006 at 4:59 PM EST |
| this song is not about abortion. it is a retaliation song to sparta's "Hiss the Villian" | |
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Robert Average |
#7 by Robert Sutton at Jun 4, 2006 at 10:20 PM EST |
| crimp, you were closer but still a little off on the lyrics. whoever posted this first was WAY off. fifi: generally, people don't write songs about abortion. what was the last song you heard about, say, gay marriage? I didn't think so. think about this song in the context of De-Loused, of which it was originally a part but cut from the released version. abortion is a theme Omar and Cedric try to parallel in their lyrics about Cerpin Taxt's world. "fetal camps" likely refers to Cerpin's "real world," which was viewed by the Metacarpi as a breeding ground, a sort of stasis for the unneeded souls. "No one's getting out of the fetal camps alive" foreshadows Cerpin's suicide. Your main passage supporting abortion clearly refers to the phixia army fighting clavietika. the storybook devotes nearly a page to the functions of the phixia army, and they functioned very much as a team. they ultimately destroyed clavietika via some sort of chemical grenage [i believe] turning her back into Cerpin Taxt, who was smaller than clavietika, thus the phixias emaciated their queen. CORRECT lyrics to this song can be found at TMV's quasi-official fan site, as well as lyrics for all TMV songs. Also you should read the stunning 23-page storybook relating the story of Cerpin Taxt, the story behind the album. The Comatorium: http://www.thecomatorium.com/?page=lyrics/plague | |
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Badass |
#8 by Nirvana at Jun 25, 2006 at 9:13 AM EST |
| This song is definitly about abortion. Just read the lyrics. 'Fondling with pitchforks In a cattle prodding team signaling the sedatives to emmaciate their queen' The cattle proding team are doctors with their 'pitchfork' or sergical tools. Emmaciate means to make thin so having an abortion will make you thinner. 'No one's getting out Of the fetal camps alive' fetal camp = womb No-one = fetus' | |
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jon Wanna Be |
#9 by jon a at Jul 9, 2006 at 11:30 PM EST |
| Doesn't the guitar at the end sound just so amazing? It's literally the most happiest tune they've ever come up with I think. What could it's significance mean, at the end of this relatively harsh sounding song? | |
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TC Wanna Be |
#10 by TC Clark at Aug 16, 2006 at 9:22 PM EST |
| ps no, its not on scab dates | |
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Dude I Swear I Musical Thunder |
#11 by Dude I Swear I Dint Know She Was Your Sister at Aug 23, 2006 at 3:25 AM EST |
| yeah, seigabata, no... A Missing Chromosome Walks.... this is my favorite line in the song... I would say it denotes a sense of loss and isolation, as in not being as evolved/complete as everyone else.... Needless to say, Cerpin would feel this way. See I always thought this was released on a seperate compilation cd, never thought of it as being part of DitC in any way, but that adds a very interesting dynamic to it... | |
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Jonathan Rhythm Player |
#12 by Jonathan Matuszyk at Nov 30, 2006 at 11:25 AM EST |
| no one will understand the mars volta until your on an acid trip to really REALLY defind what they are talking about in each song. haha..jk | |
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Hoffel Average |
#13 by Hoffel at Dec 20, 2006 at 7:05 PM EST |
| Inutaisho... you are an idiot. its called a 'metaphor' if you didn't go thru 3rd grade english. This is a great song, and i do think it should have been left on De-Loused. Since i don't illegally download music, it was a major bitch to get my hands on A Missing Chromosome, but i got it. And return2ouroots is partially right. If you do or have done acid, mushrooms, or any chemically altering drug, it gives you a different perspective on life (or it did for me) and made understanding every mars volta song like a 2nd language. | |
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xour distancex Average |
#14 by xour distancex at Apr 25, 2007 at 6:39 PM EST |
| Me! | |
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Joseph Wanna Be |
#15 by Joseph Downs at May 9, 2007 at 9:27 AM EST |
| you've gotta be kidding me, i thought that this song was suppose to be apart of Frances the Mute since most of that CD is about birth and fetus-related things....plus, i think its on Scabdates... | |
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Squirrels Lead Player |
#16 by Squirrels Dyrant at Jun 14, 2007 at 7:39 AM EST |
| I know what they mean, cows are so pumped with growth steroids they... could explode, or mutate :P | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#17 by Mike Foster at Jun 16, 2007 at 3:07 PM EST |
| I am the missing chromosome!!!!!! My favorite mars volta song! | |
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chris Average |
#18 by chris - at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:45 AM EST |
| Am I the only one that thinks this shouldn't have been left off of De-Loused? | |
