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From: Burning.Inside@f929.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Burning Inside)

Date: 06 Dec 95 17:24:37 -0500

Subject: TAB: "Queen" by the Melvins

From: burning.inside@f929.n273.z1.fidonet.org

Queen by the Melvins

from the album "Stoner Witch"

words and music by Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover

tabbed by Tom Mallon

This is as much of the song as I could figure out.There are a few gaps

here and there.

Standard Tuning

Riff 1/Intro

. . . . ~~~

E |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |.-------------------------------.|
D |.-2-----------------------------.|
A |--2--------4-4-2-4----2-----2-4--|
E |--0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-3-----3-3--|

For verse, just hit a palm-muted E then play Riff 1.

Riff 2/Chorus

E ----------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------|
G -------------------------------------9^9^9^9^9^9^r--|
D -5-5--2-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-/-8-8-8-7--9^9^9^9^9^9^r--|
A -5-5--2-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-/-8-8-8-7--7--------------|
E -3-3--0-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-3-3-/-6-6-6-5-----------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E -----------------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------10-9--------------------|
G -----------------------------10-9--------------------|
D -2--2-2-4-4---5-5---7-7-7-7--10-9----2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-|
A -2--2-2-4-4---5-5---7-7-7-7--8--7----2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-|
E -0--0-0-2-2-0-3-3-0-5-5-5-5----------0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-|

. . . . . . . .

E --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------------------------------------|
D -7-7----------2--2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-7--8--3---------------------2------|
A -7-7----------2--2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-7--8--3---------------------2------|
E -5-5--0-1-0-1-0--0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-5--6--1-0-1-0-1-4---0-1-0-1-0------|

For that bridge, I mess around in E and usually bend the shit out of an

E5 at the seventh fret. That's all I can tell you for that one.

. palm mute

^ bend

/ slide

~ vibrato

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