Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:40:23 -0500
From: "Martin Kelly" 
Subject: q/queens_of_the_stone_age/better_living_through_chemistry.tab


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Author/Artist: Queens Of The Stone Age
Title: Better Living Through Chemistry
Album: Rated R
Transcribed by: Martin Kelly
Email: eternal_hour@hotmail.com

This is great song. It's really atmospheric, but has
lightning fast guitar parts to it, and a smooth tom-tom
intro or something.
It's a pretty fast guitar piece, but when you get it, it's
nice and satisfying.
My tab is NOT complete, so if you can fill it in, please do so.

Standard Tuning. (EADGBE)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------2-2---2---1-1---1------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------2-2-----2---2---2---1-1---1---0-0---0--
-----3---3-----3--------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1-1---1---1-1---1-----1---1-----1---1-----1-1---1---1---1-----1---1-----1----
Intro and verses.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------2-2---2---1-1---1--------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------2-2-----2---2---2---1-1---1---3-3--
---3-3-----3---3---3----------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1-----1-1---1---1---1-----1---1-----1---1-----1-1---1---1---1-----1---1------
                                         Fill 1.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---3/5------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Bass comes in here. At this point, repeat  with fill 2 instead of fill 1.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---4-4-----4---4---4---2-2---2---1-1---1--------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1-----1-1---1---1---1-----1---1-----1---1------------------------------------
Fill 2.

-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
-3-1-3-3/5-3-1-0-1-|-3-1-3-3/5-3-1-0-1-|-3-1-3-3/5-3-1-0-1-|-3-1-0---0---0-1--
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------3---3------
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
Break.  x2

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0--------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1----------------------
Chorus. ("aahhhhhh....ahhhhhhhhh")    x4?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-----------------------------
----------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1---------1-1-1-1-------------------------------------


--------------------4-6-8-----------------------------------------------------
----------------4-6-----------------------------------------------------------
--------1h3-3/5---------------------------------------------------------------
--3p1h3-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lead (repeat but not sure how many times)

-------------------------------------------6b8-8-8-8-8-8-8r6-4-6-4-------4----
------6b8-8-8-8-8-8-8r6-4-6-4-------4------------------------------6-4-6------
------------------------------5-3-5-------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also add this (repeat but not sure how many times)

--6b8-8-8-8-8-8-8r6-4-----------4---------------------------------------------
----------------------6-4---4-6-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------5---------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Add several  variations on the lead lines (sorry but I can't tab them)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finally finish with a repeat of the verse, and then the break, and end with
an F on fret 3 on the d string ringing out.

Please feel free to mail corrections, suggestions, other alt rock/metal tabs
to me at eternal_hour@hotmail.com.

Cheers. #:?)