Band: Muse
Song: Citizen erased
Album: Origin of symmetry     by malcolm L

When you play this, play with a lot of distortion, dampen the strings and kinda scrape over the bottom 4 strings without playing the open strings.

Intro:
e.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g.  -x------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d.  -----7----7-7----7----7------7----7-7-----7---7-----2---2-2----2----2------2--
a.  -x------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e.  -5-5----5----5-5---5-----5-5---5----5-5---5----5-5---5-----5-5---5-----5-5----5--

e.  --------------
b.  --------------
g.  -x------------
d.  -2-2-----2----
a.  -x------------
e.  -----5-5---5--

e.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g.  -x------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d.  ------7---7-7----7----7------7---7-7----7-----7------2-----2-2-----2----2-------
a.  -x------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e.  -5-5----5----5-5---5-----5-5---5----5-5---5-----5-5----5------5-5--5-----5-5---

e.  --------------
b.  --------------
g.  --------------
d.  -2---2-hold---
a.  --------------
e.  ---5----------

2nd part of intro and verse1:

as with this part the “dampen and scrape” is kept going.

e.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g.  -x------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d.  -----7---7-7-----7----7------5---5-5------5--------3----3-3-----3---3-----2-----
a.  -x------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e.  -5-5 ---5----5-5----5----5-5---3------3-3---3--1-1---1-----1-1---1---0-0---0----

e.  --------------
b.  --------------
g.  --------------
d.  -2-2-----2----
a.  --------------
e.  -----0-0---0--


Bridge and Chorus:

I’m writing out the whole chords but they can be played as power chords. I play the top 2-3 strings of every chord.

   F                 C               E                 Am         G            F

e. -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-
b. -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-
g. -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-
d. -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-
a. ------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------
e. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              C                E

e.  -1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
b.  -1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------
g.  -2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--------
d.  -3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------
a.  ----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------
e.  ------------------------------------------------------------------            

verse2:

     Am              G               F               E

e.  -0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---
b.  -1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---
g.  -2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---1---1---1---1---
d.  -2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---
a.  -0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2-----------------------------------
e.  -----------------3---3---3---3-----------------------------------             x7

chorus 2:

this is the same chords as the first except it is plucked on the guitar.

e.  --1--1---1------------0--0--0---5----3-----1--1---1-
b.  ---1--1-----1--1--1----0--0------5----3-----1--1----
g.  ----2--2-----0--0-------1--1------5----4-----2--2---
d.  -3------------2--2---2---------7----5-----3---------
a.  -----------3----------------------------------------
e.  ----------------------------------------------------

e.  -------------0--0--0---0--0--0---
b.  --1--1--1-----0--0------0--0-----
g.  ---0--0--------1--1------1--1----
d.  ----2--2----2---------2----------
a.  -3-------------------------------
e.  ---------------------------------              x2

Goes back to play the intro again except don’t hold the last note slide up and down the E string! Then it plays the intro twice and the chorus section 4 times.

Bridge 2:

After the guitar solo there’s the bass line which I wrote down.

e.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d.  -7---7/9----9-10---10-9-7-6---6/7---7/9-----9-10---10-9-7-6---6/7---5---7-------
a.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------7---
e.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g.  -------------------/5---5-------------------------------------------------------
d.  -7--5--------------------7---7-5---5--------------------------------------------
a.  -------3--3--3--3---------------------8---8-7---7-5--5--------------------------
e.  -----------------------------------------------------------8---8-3---3-8---8-10-

e.  -----------------
b.  -----------------
g.  -----------------
d.  -----------------
a.  --------------3--
e.  -3--3-3-5-3-5----

From the slide on the fret 5 on the g-string play twice to finish.