The Mars Volta – Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound (Guitar Acoustic)

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Artist: The Mars Volta Title: Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound Album: Noctourniquet Tabbed by: chatlo77 I've sort of reharmonized the chorus to make it more acoustic friendly and I think it's fairly accurate. I think it sounds more interesting to use sus2 voicings and just play hammer-ons throughout to make it sound a bit better on acoustic. Here are some of the chords and voicings I use: Am: x02210 Asus2: x02200 A7sus4: x02033 B5: x244xx Bm: x2443x or x24030 C: x35550 or 81010988 C5: x355xx E5: 022xxx F: 133211 or x8756x G: 320030 G6add2: 300430 G6sus2: 300030 Gsus2: 300230 or 300033 [Intro] Am G x2
     Am                                              G
If I trust in the wind, she will pave me a different road

       Am                                                   G
I will try and start over, but I think I must choose someone else

     Am                                                          G
I am pulled from the pages where the letters lack the pigment of trust
[Pre-Chorus]
        F                         G
Must be on my way, I've gotta get home

         F                         G
Won't be back someday, so let it unfold
Am G x2 [Verse 2]
      Am                                             G
I've abandoned the outcome in search of the rest I deserve

        Am                                                  G
You can do what you will with my body, but I won't ring the bell

      Am                                       G
I've omitted the chapters that bow and admit defeat
[Pre-Chorus]
        F                         G
Must be on my way, I've gotta get home

         F                         G
Won't be back someday, so let it unfold
[Chorus]
 E5  Gsus2  Asus2    C5   Bm
Hi - gher   than      mountains

E5   Gsus2 Asus2 Bm  C5 Bm       Bm Asus2
Of   ca  - ver- nous people
G Gsus2 Asus2* Gsus2 * - You can play Am or A7sus4 here to mix it up Searching for a lighthouse in the fog
 E5  Gsus2  Asus2    C5   Bm
Hi - gher   than      mountains

E5   Gsus2 Asus2 Bm  C5 Bm       Bm Asus2
Of   ca  - ver- nous people

G            Gsus2     Asus2     G
Searching for a lighthouse in the fog
Am G x2 [Verse 3]
       Am                                                  G
Of the flowers that grew from the cracks in the ground you paved

           Am                                                     G
Didn't you think he would warn me through the thorns of my waking dreams?

         Am                                          G
When the riddles connected the dots of this constellation
[Pre-Chorus]
        F                          G
Must be on my way, I've got to get home

         F                         G
Won't be back someday, so let it unfold
[Chorus]
 E5  Gsus2  Asus2    C5   Bm
Hi - gher   than      mountains

E5   Gsus2 Asus2 Bm  C5 Bm       Bm Asus2
Of   ca  - ver- nous people

G            Gsus2    Asus2*    Gsus2                
Searching for a lighthouse in the fog

 E5  Gsus2  Asus2    C5   Bm
Hi - gher   than      mountains

E5   Gsus2 Asus2 Bm  C5 Bm       Bm Asus2
Of   ca  - ver- nous people

G            Gsus2     Asus2     G
Searching for a lighthouse in the fog
Bm C x2 [Bridge]
Bm                                      C
I found a reason to leave you with this love

Bm                                  G
All I can do is forgive your broken heart

Bm                                         C
Trapped in this town made of amber for too long

Bm                                  G
All I can do is forgive your broken heart
Bm C x2 [Chorus]
 E5  Gsus2  Asus2    C5   Bm
Hi - gher   than      mountains

E5   Gsus2 Asus2 Bm  C5 Bm       Bm Asus2
Of   ca  - ver- nous people

G            Gsus2    Asus2*    Gsus2                
Searching for a lighthouse in the fog

 E5  Gsus2  Asus2    C5   Bm
Hi - gher   than      mountains

E5   Gsus2 Asus2 Bm  C5 Bm       Bm Asus2
Of   ca  - ver- nous people

G            Gsus2     Asus2     G
Searching for a lighthouse in the fog
Hope this is is useful to some people. It's really a beautiful song and a hidden gem on a less-favoured Volta album. Please add corrections if necessary and love eachother. chatlo77