The Mars Volta – Desperate Graves (Guitar)

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As recorded by Mars Volta (From the 2009 Album OCTAHEDRON) [Intro] F G Dm Am Cm Dm F Cm E [Verse 1]
    Am                          F
The swarms that I speak are the wrists I have cut

   Dm                          Em
By flooding the tubs where the warmth held her up

    Am                       Dm
The lockets believe that the secret of love

    F                          Em
Has caught its own tail and it just won't give up
[Pre-Chorus]
Am                  F
When I breathe, the heavens can't hold me

    Dm                 Em Bm
And I can't believe anymore

    Am               Dm
The light brings the highest execution

F                        Em
Show me the wings I must cut
[Chorus]
        Am  F    D#              Em        B
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F               D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

                    Em
This pendulum won't wait

        Am  F                    G# Bm
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F      D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

              Em       Am
This pendulum won't wait
[Interlude] Am Dm G F Em C Dm F C D# E [Verse 2]
     Am               F
If I slay your spirit with twin current volts

Dm                         Em            Bm
That weak in your knees in the pit of my palms

Am                      Dm
Dressed in the slurs of bovine engines

F                            Am      E
To feast upon the carcass of your mother
[Pre-Chorus]
Am                  F
When I breathe, the heavens can't hold me

    Dm                 Em Bm
And I can't believe anymore

    Am               Dm
The light brings the highest execution

F                        Em
Show me the wings I must cut
[Chorus]
        Am  F    D#              Em        B
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F               D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

                    Em
This pendulum won't wait

        Am  F                    G# Bm
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F      D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

              Em       Am
This pendulum won't wait
[Bridge]
Am                                 C
When I turn the dial and leave the gas on

        Dm                     F       Em
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose

Am                           C
These are the splinters made from a single blade

        Dm                     F      Em
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose

Am                   C
I light the key that locks you in

        Dm                     F      Em
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose

Am                            C
And you'll wear the burden of all my burns

        Dm                     F      Em
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
[Chorus]
        Am  F    D#              Em        B
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F               D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

                    Em
This pendulum won't wait

        Am  F                    G# Bm
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F      D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

              Em       Am
This pendulum won't wait

        Am  F    D#              Em        B
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F               D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

                    Em
This pendulum won't wait

        Am  F                    G# Bm
In your landfill days, these are desperate graves

Am          F      D#
Give me the altar, red will shine

              Em       
This pendulum won't wait
[Outro] Am Dm Am Dm F C Cm E7