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Interviewer: What is your attraction to pedals and manipulating the sound of a guitar?
Omar Rodriguez: It stems from my lack of sophistication on the instrument. It was a way to hide that. And it 
also comes from my own rejection of the instrument, because I didn't choose the guitar. I wanted to be a piano
 player, but I couldn’t get my ideas out fast enough on a piano. But when I grabbed the guitar, the ideas came
 out, so that was the vehicle. It was the immediate thing that helped me get to the point I was trying to make
 as quickly as possible. So I felt like I got stuck with it, and then it just turned into a thing where I was
 really moved by all the possibilities of the instrument once I stopped thinking about it in traditional 
terms. Not to mention the fact that, I mean, how old is the guitar? And there are only 12 notes you can play 
on it! When you think of it that way, it’s like, in terms of the guitar as a device, what else does technology
 offer? So you go into the gear, the pedals, the plug-ins and anything else that has been invented.
[Verse 1]
Do you recall it's nameEm  
EmAs it suggested beck and call
This face and hAmeel
AmWill drag your halo through the mud
Ash of PoEmmpeii
EmErupting in a statues dust
Shrouded in Amveils
AmBecause these handcuffs hurt to much
[Bridge]
  CStill scalpeing these Dticketless applausEme
And when they Cdrag the lake there is Dnothing left at allEm  
[Verse 2]
   Emsutured contusion
beyond the Amanthills of the dawning of this plague
said I've lost my waEmy
Emeven if this cul de sac would pay
[Bridge]
  Cto reach insiDde a vault    Emwhatever be the cost
  Csterling clear
Dblackend iceEbm  Em  Fm  G  
when they Cdrag the lake there's Dnothing left at all
[Chorus]
CI've Dde--Emfected [x4]
[Verse 2]
   Emsutured contusion
beyond the Amanthills of the dawning of this plague
said I've lost my waEmy
Emeven if this cul de sac would pay
[Bridge]
  Cto reach insiDde a vault    Emwhatever be the cost
  Csterling clear
Dblackend iceEbm  Em  Fm  G  
when they Cdrag the lake there's Dnothing left at allEm  
[Chorus]
CI've Dde--Emfected [x4]
[Verse 2]
beyond the Amanthills of the dawning of this plague
said I've lost my waEmy
   Emeven if this cul de sac did pay
beyond the Amanthills of, beyond the anthills oooof
said I've lost my waEmy  yeeaah
even if you, even if you, even if Amyou
[Bridge]
Amreach inside a vault whatever be the cost
  Csterling clear
Dblackend iceEbm  Em  Fm  G  
when they Cdrag the lake there's Dnothing left at Emall
[Chorus]
CI've Dde--Emfected [x4]

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Cicatriz Esp

by The Mars Volta

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Ebm

Interviewer: What is your attraction to pedals and manipulating the sound of a guitar?

Omar Rodriguez: It stems from my lack of sophistication on the instrument. It was a way to hide that. And it

also comes from my own rejection of the instrument, because I didn't choose the guitar. I wanted to be a piano

player, but I couldn’t get my ideas out fast enough on a piano. But when I grabbed the guitar, the ideas came

out, so that was the vehicle. It was the immediate thing that helped me get to the point I was trying to make

as quickly as possible. So I felt like I got stuck with it, and then it just turned into a thing where I was

really moved by all the possibilities of the instrument once I stopped thinking about it in traditional

terms. Not to mention the fact that, I mean, how old is the guitar? And there are only 12 notes you can play

on it! When you think of it that way, it’s like, in terms of the guitar as a device, what else does technology

offer? So you go into the gear, the pedals, the plug-ins and anything else that has been invented.

[Verse 1]

Do you recall it's name

As it suggested beck and call

This face and heel

Will drag your halo through the mud

Ash of Pompeii

Erupting in a statues dust

Shrouded in veils

Because these handcuffs hurt to much

[Bridge]

C D Em

Still scalpeing these ticketless applause

C D Em

And when they drag the lake there is nothing left at all

[Verse 2]

sutured contusion

beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague

said I've lost my way

even if this cul de sac would pay

[Bridge]

C D Em

to reach inside a vault whatever be the cost

sterling clear

D Ebm Em Fm G

blackend ice

C D

when they drag the lake there's nothing left at all

[Chorus]

C D Em

I've de--fected [x4]

[Verse 2]

sutured contusion

beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague

said I've lost my way

even if this cul de sac would pay

[Bridge]

C D Em

to reach inside a vault whatever be the cost

sterling clear

D Ebm Em Fm G

blackend ice

C D Em

when they drag the lake there's nothing left at all

[Chorus]

C D Em

I've de--fected [x4]

[Verse 2]

beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague

said I've lost my way

even if this cul de sac did pay

beyond the anthills of, beyond the anthills oooof

said I've lost my way yeeaah

even if you, even if you, even if you

[Bridge]

reach inside a vault whatever be the cost

sterling clear

D Ebm Em Fm G

blackend ice

C D Em

when they drag the lake there's nothing left at all

[Chorus]

C D Em

I've de--fected [x4]

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