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The lost art of keeping a secret - Queens of the stone age
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Tabbed by: kraka
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Tuning: C,F,Bb,Eb,G,c
notes: It's a standard tuning 2 whole tones down in C. the palm muting in the verses is
just
something you'll have to listen for to get the staccato right.
Verse
nb. play riff every second time
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
c |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------------------------------|
Bb|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7^8-7p5--------|
F |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7---------7------|
C |------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5----------------|
Chorus Fig 1.
c |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7----------|
F |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7----------|
C |------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5----------|
Chorus Fig2.
c |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3------------|
F |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3------------|
C |------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1------------|
1st Chorus = Fig 1. x 2
2nd Chorus = Fig 1. x 2, Fig 2. X 1, Fig 1. x 1.
3rd Chorus = Fig 1. x 2, Fig 2. x 2.
Bridge play twice.
"I think the art is gone........
c |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---------------|
F |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---------------|
C |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8---8---8---8---8---8---8----------------|
#single beat rest
c |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------|
Bb|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-------------------------------------------|
F |--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
C |--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--------------------------------------------|
solo
n.b. This is from my head so it's most proabably inaccurate
c |--12-----15-----12------------12-----15-----12-----------------------------|
G |--15^17--17^19--15^17--12-----15^17--17^19--15^17--12----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------14^16-----------------------14^16-------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
c |--12-----15-----17-----17--------------------------------------------------|
G |--15^17--17^19--20^22--20^22-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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