Artist: Muse
Title: Pink Ego Box / Instant Messenger
Written By: Matt Bellamy
Album: B-Side
Transcribed by: Sogekihei
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: E-a-d-g-b-e (Standard)


An amazing song by the greatest band in the world.


Intro (Clean) - Play this part twice:
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-|--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
d-|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
a-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


...followed by this:
e-|----------------------------------------------------|
b-|----------------------------------------------------|
g-|--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-----|
d-|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7---7--|
a-|----------------------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------------------|

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First Verse (Clean with slight palm-mute):

e-|-------------------------|         e-|------------------------| 
b-|-------------------------|         b-|------------------------|
g-|-6-6---------------------| (x5)    g-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---5-5--|
d-|-8-8---8--8--8--(8--8)---|         d-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7--| 
a-|-------------------------|         a-|------------------------| 
E-|-------------------------|         E-|------------------------|

before the chorus add this, gradually fading off the palm mute:

e-|---------------------------| 
b-|---------------------------|
g-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0--|
d-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0--| 
a-|---------------------------| 
E-|---------------------------|

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Chorus (Slight Distortion):

e-|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--------3----3-----------| 
b-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3----------3--3-----------|
g-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-------------3-----------|
d-|----------------------------5------5-----------| 
a-|--------------------------5--------5-----------| 
E-|-----------------------------------3-----------|
         
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Second Verse (Slight Distortion):

Play the same as the first verse, but use this instead...
e-|------------------------|
b-|------------------------|
g-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
d-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
a-|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|
        * *   * *   * *         * = Palm Mute

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Ending:

Bass:
                          
g-|------------------------------------| (x2)    
d-|------------------------------------|                           
a-|------------------------------------|                           
E-|--8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7---|

                       
g-|-----------------------------------| (x5)   
d-|-----------------------------------|                           
a-|-----------------------------------|                           
E-|--8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7-8-7-5-3-5-3-5-7--|



Guitar (Trem Picking):

e-|-------------------------------------------|                           
b-|-------------------------------------------|                           
g-|-------------------------------------------|    
d-|--10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9------|                           
a-|-------------------------------------------|                           
E-|-------------------------------------------|   

e-|--------------|                           
b-|--19-19-19-19-|                           
g-|--------------| (Repeat as Appropriate)   
d-|--------------|                           
a-|--------------|                           
E-|--------------|                           

then end on...
e-|------|                           
b-|--19~-|                           
g-|------| (With Ad Lib Distortion)   
d-|------|                           
a-|------|                           
E-|------|

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