Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound

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                             EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE LOUDEST SOUND - Mars Volta

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Tuning: Standard

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I chose to use barre chords instead of regular chords because it gave off a fuller sound:

e|-5-3-1-2--2--3-|

B|-5-3-1-2--3--4-|

G|-5-4-2-3--4--5-|

D|-7-5-3-4--4--5-|

A|-7-5-3-4--2--3-|

E|-5-3-1-2--x--x-|

  Am G F F# Bm Cm



Intro:

Am G



(I play this as the verses just to keep it interesting)

e|-----------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------|

G|----------5-----------5-------------4b4----------4b4-|

D|----------7-----------7-------------5------------5---|

A|-----7---(7)-----7---(7)-------5---(5)------5---(5)--|

E|-5-5---5-(5)-5-5---5-(5)-5/3-3---3-(3)--3-3---3-(3)--|



       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



         F                          G

must be on my way, I’ve got to get home

          F                         G

won’t be back someday, so let it unfold



(Am G)

        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



         F                          G

must be on my way, I’ve got to get home

          F                         G

won’t be back someday, so let it unfold



Am/G/F#  F

I Am A mountain

               G        Am/G/F#   

of cavernous people 

F                                  G

searching for a lighthouse in the fog

(Repeat twice)



(Am G)

          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



         F                          G

must be on my way, I’ve got to get home

          F                         G

won’t be back someday, so let it unfold



Am/G/F#  F

I Am A mountain

               G       Am/G/F#

of cavernous people 

F                                  G

searching for a lighthouse in the fog

(Repeat twice)



Bm                                      Cm

I found a reason to leave you with this load

Bm                                   Cm

all I can do is forgive your broken heart

Bm                                           Cm

trapped in this tower made of amber for too long

Bm                                   Cm

all I can do is forgive your broken heart



Am/G/F#  F

I Am A mountain

               G       Am/G/F#

of cavernous people 

F                                  G

searching for a lighthouse in the fog

(Repeat twice)