Roulette Dares Tab (first studio version)
The Mars Volta
by Andres ([email protected])
Hope this is better than the last one
pretty accurate I think, suggestions welcomed on the msg board

intro
slow phaser
E-------------------------------------
B-------------------12-12-12---------- this are played on the fourth time
G-------------------12-12-12----------
D----------10-10-10----------12-14----
A-12-12-12----------------------------
E-------------------------------------
four times, b notes (B 12) only played fourth time

next four times delay is added and with less picking
it gets quite blurry

main riff - no phaser no delay just distortion
keyboards "strum" Am on the beggining of each bar
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-------------------12-12-12-------------
D----------10-10-10----------12-14-12----
A-12-12-12-------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------
B-------------------12-------------------
G-------------------12-------------------
D----------10-10-10----------12-14-------
A-12-12-12-------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-------------------12-12-12-------------
D----------10-10-10----------12-14-12----
A-10-10-10-------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------
B-------------------12-------------------
G-------------------12-------------------
D----------10-10-10----------14-12-------
A-12-12-12-------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
3 times, on the second cedric starts singing
it ends with a strum on Am and letting it ring with the delay

another clean guitar shows up
E-------10----10----10-------------12------
B-13-------13----12----12-------12---12----
G----------------------------10----------13
D-------------------------12-------------12
A----------------------------------------11
E----------------------------------------12
the final chord strummed 3 times with distortion

"verse"
keyboard and bass play this simple line
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A--------------5-5-3-2-------------------
E----5-5-5-7-8---------------------------

clean guitar with just a bit of gain plays this twice.
E-------12--------12----------------10-------10--------------------
B----10----10--------10----12-13-13----13-13----13/-----10------10/
G-13----------13--------13---------------------------13----13-13---
                             ->            add delay             <-

E-----10----10----10------------------------12---------------------
B-13-----13----12-----12-13-12-10--------12----12------10-------10/
G-------------------------------------10----------10-13---13-13----
D----------------------------------12------------------------------
                                                    -> add delay <-

silence...
chorus. dominated by organ improvisations
chords are Dm - Am - Am - B - C - (Dm - C sometimes as a variation)
4 times

freakout part comes next, bassed on a bassline playing steadily A

main riff returns first time played slow
the guitar strikes and accents the ending note of each bar of the riff, the 
g (G 12),
adding a b (B 12), like he does on the second and four bars of the riff 
after the intro
somethin like
E----------------------------------------
B-------------------12-12-12-------------
G-------------------12-12-12-------------
D----------10-10-10----------12-14-12----
A-12-12-12-------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

then comes the usual "fast" riff with cedric singing played two times

the organ plays somethin like this at the end of each of the first
two riffs.

B-10-13-17-15-13-12

at the end of the third it plays

E----------17-
B-10-13-17----

another chorus played four times

outtro

clean guitar plays Dm and Am with variations
first time
     Dm         Am
E-7-5-7-5-----0---------------------------
B-6-6-6-6-----x-1-3-0---------------------------
G-7-7-7-7-----2-2-2-2----------------------------
D-0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2----------------------------
A-------------0-0-0-0------------------------
E----------------------------------------

then this, until the end
E-8-5-8-5-----0---------------------------
B-6-6-6-6-----x-1-3-0---------------------------
G-7-7-7-7-----2-2-2-2----------------------------
D-0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2----------------------------
A-------------0-0-0-0------------------------
E----------------------------------------

after 2 repetitions an organ appears

organ
G-2/14--12-10-7-9-|-2/14--12-10-9-7-9-

this 2 times then
E-----------------------12-17------------
B--------------------13------------------
G-2/14-12-10-7-9--14---------------------

after that a guitar riffs starts with distortion and a very angry phaser
plays this one octave higher, ie add 12 to the numbers
E---------------------------3-----------
B-3-1---1---------1-3-1---1---3-5-------
G-----2---2-2~-2~-------2---------------


E-5------3------5------3----------------
B---5-8----3-5----5-3----3-1------------
G---------------------------------------
this last four phrases, he just exchanges them the way he likes,
hard to tell with all the effects. Most likely he usually plays
the last two. another variation he uses
E-5--------5-8-
B---5-8--8-----
G--------------

The song ends in Am