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Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Song for the Dead Guitar Tab

tabbed by Andrew Jeffrey (ajj@netlimit.com)

Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C

<5> = natural harmonic
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
v = vibrato
b = bend
r = release bend
\ = slide down
/ = slide up

intro

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

intro riff

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-0-<5>-0-0-<5>-0-0-0-<5>-0-0-<5>-0-|

transition

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|
|-2---2---2---2---|
|-0---0---0---0---|

main riff

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----9--------10-------9------------|
|-----9--------9--------9-----(fill)-|
|-----7--------7--------7------------|
|-0-0------0-0------0-0--------------|

verse one fills (in order)

|---------|----------|---------------|------------|
|-/12-----|-br12-----|---------------|------------|
|-----12v-|------12v-|-----7--9p7----|------------|
|---------|----------|-7h9--------7--|------------|
|---------|----------|---------------|------------|
|---------|----------|---------------|-5-/7-/10b\-|

|---------|---------------|------15-|-13p10-----------------|
|-/12-----|---------------|-12------|-------11--------------|
|-----12v-|-----7--9p7----|-14b-----|----------13-----------|
|---------|-7h9--------7--|---------|---------------12------|
|---------|---------------|---------|------------------14---|
|---------|---------------|---------|-----------------------|

|---------------|---------------------|-------------|---------|
|---9h11-9-11b--|-15-12-11-12-11------|-------------|---------|
|-7-------------|----------------12v--|-------------|---------|
|---------------|---------------------|-------------|---------|
|---------------|---------------------|-------------|(w/slide)|
|---------------|---------------------|-3-/5-/7-/12-|-12///---|

verse two fills (in order)

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-(weird------|
|-distortion)-|
|-------------|
|-12/13-12/13-|

|---------|-12\7-p0-9b--|-15p12----14------|------------------------|
|-/12-----|-------------|-------13---------|-12v--11h12-11----------|
|-----12v-|-------------|-------------14b--|---------------12-------|
|---------|-------------|------------------|------------------14-12-|
|---------|-------------|------------------|------------------------|
|---------|-------------|------------------|------------------------|

verse three fills (in order)

|-------|-------15----------|------|-------------------|
|-------|----------14----15-|------|-------------------|
|-------|-------------16----|------|-------------------|
|-------|-12-14-------------|------|-------------------|
|(slide)|-------------------|------|-(pause for drums)-|
|-10\\--|-------------------|-10b--|-------------------|

|---------|------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-14b16b--|------------------|-12h15p12h14p12h14-------|--------------------|
|---------|------------------|-------------------12----|--------------------|
|---------|------------------|----------------------14-|--------------------|
|---------|-(pause for bass)-|-------------------------|--------------------|
|---------|------------------|-------------------------|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-|

chorus riff

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----9--------10\------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----9--------9\---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----7--------7\---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0------0-0------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|

solo

|-12--------12---12-12-12--12----
|-15b-------15b--------15b-15b-------
|------------------------------ tabbing solos is boring, I'm sorry
|---------------------------------
|------------------------------ someone else can finish this solo
|-----------------------------------

outro riff

|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-0-<5>-0-<5>--0-0-<5>-0-<5>---0-0-<5>-0-<5>--0-0-<5>-0-<5>--

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-|
-0-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-<5>-0-0-|

order:

intro
intro riff
transition x 1
main riff x 12
chorus riff x 4
main riff x 5
chorus riff x 4
solo
main riff x 8
chorus riff x 4
(slowly slide down the neck then back up)
intro riff
outro riff