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Buddha for Mary

Thirty Seconds to Mars
Tab
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Song

Artist: 30 Seconds to Mars

Song: Buddha for Mary

Album: 30 Seconds to Mars

Tabbed by: StarChild

website: www.30secondstomarsmex.tk

Tuning (from low to high) CGCFAD

Intro - guitars 1 and 2

|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------9--10--12-------------------------------|
|-0-8-5-10-8-7---|-0-8-5-x--x---x--------------------------------|
|-0-8-5-10-8-7---|-0-8-5-7--8---10-------------------------------|
|-0-8-5-10-8-7---|-0-8-5-----------------------------------------|

Play three times Fourth time

Verse - guitar 2 (w/chorus) first play palm muted. Then without

palm mutes.

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-8-8-8-7-7-7-------|
|-8-8-8---------------------------8-8-8-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------5-5-5-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-8-8-8---------------------------8-8-8-5-5-5-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-7-7-7----------|-------5-5-5----------------------------|
|-------------0-0-0-0--|-8-8-8-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|

Intro - guitar 1 w/ Intro - guitar 2 in the background

This is intro - guitar 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-17-15-18-15-15-17-15-15-17-15-18-15---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Play three times

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-18-18-18-18-15-15-15-15---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Fourth time

Chorus - guitar 1

Listen to album for strumming pattern

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--10--5--3--0--3--10--5--------------------------------------|
|-8--10--5--3--0--3--10--5--------------------------------------|
|-8--10--5--3--0--3--10--5--------------------------------------|

Chorus - guitar 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-18--------
|-10h12-9----10h12--9h10--7/15--14-----------------------14-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------

Continued

----------------------------------------------------------------|
-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|

Play verse - guitar 2 (w/chorus) using all palm mutes

Breakdown - guitar 1

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8--7--5--------------------------------------------|
|------------8--7--5--------------------------------------------|
|------------8--7--5--------------------------------------------|

Breakdown - guitar 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8--7--5--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Breakdown - guitar 3

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------7--5--3--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Breakdown 2 - guitars 1 and 2

*this part was probably recorded using floating bridges and

whammy bars instead of slides.

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------12\------------------------------------------------------|
|------12\------------------------------------------------------|
|------12\------------------------------------------------------|

Intro w/ variations - guitars 1 and 2

*Listen to album for strumming pattern

|------------|-----------|---------------|----------------|-----|
|------------|-----------|---------------|----------------|-----|
|------------|--------8--|--------10--9--|----------------|-----|
|--0-8-5-10--|--0-8-5-x--|--0-8-5-x---x--|--0-8-5-3-10-7--|-----|
|--0-8-5-10--|--0-8-5-6--|--0-8-5-8---7--|--0-8-5-3-10-7--|-----|
|--0-8-5-10--|--0-8-5----|--0-8-5--------|--0-8-5-3-10-7--|-----|

Play three fourth Play three times Play last

times time

Chorus w/ variations - guitar 1

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------8----------------------------------------|
|-8-10-5-3-8--10h12--5-8--8-10-0-3--10-5-0-3--10-1--------------|
|-8-10-5-3-8--10h12--5-6--8-10-0-3--10-5-0-3--10-1--------------|
|-8-10-5-3-8--10h12--5----8-10-0-3--10-5-0-3--10-1--------------|

Chorus w/ variations - guitar 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-17-15-15-17-15-18-15-15-17-15-15-18---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Play three times

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15---------------
|-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-18-18-18-18---------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------

Continued

----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------15-16--------------------------|
-10h12--9--10h12--9h10--7/15--14-------14-----------------------|
-------------------------------------------10--1----------------|
-------------------------------------------10--1----------------|
-------------------------------------------10--1----------------|

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