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First it Giveth

Queens of the Stone Age
Tab
★4.4(20)

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Tab2

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse 1

 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6---------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
 C|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6---------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------||
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||

(At this point, a second guitar that is in Standard Tuning comes in)

Guitar 1. (C Tuning)

 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6---------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------||
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------||

Guitar 2. (E Tuning)

 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6---------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------------------------7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------||

Chorus

 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7-|
Bb|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7-|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-10-10-10-10-10-8-10-10-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-10---------------------------------||
Bb|-10-10-10-10-10-8-10-10-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
 F|-8--8--8--8--8--8-8--8--8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
 C|---------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||

Acoustic Bridge:

 C|-----------------------------------------------1-1-1-1---||
 G|-7-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---8-8-8-8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1---||
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---8-8-8-8---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---2-2-2-2---||
Bb|-7-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---8-8-8-8---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---||
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---||
 C|-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1---||

Interlude

 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-14---12h14p12------------------------14---12h14p12---12-/18--------||
Bb|------------------14---14h15-12---10--------------------------------||
 F|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

Verse 2

(Guitar 1 only [C Tuning])

 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------||
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||

(Now the second guitar comes in again)

Guitar 1. (C Tuning)

 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6---------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------7h8p7--7--------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
 C|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------||
 C|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------||

Guitar 2. (E Tuning)

 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6---------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------------------------7h8p7--7--------|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5h6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
 E|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------||
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||

Bridge

 C|---------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------11-11-11-11--|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11--|
Bb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11--|
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|
 C|---------------------------------------------|
 C|-------------------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
Bb|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
 F|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
 C|-------------------------------------------------|
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||
 F|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||
 C|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||

Outro Riff:

 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||
 F|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||
 C|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||

Acoustic Outro:

 C|-----------------------------||
 G|-7-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---8-8-8-8---||
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---8-8-8-8---||
Bb|-7-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---8-8-8-8---||
 F|-5-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---6-6-6-6---||
 C|-----------------------------||

************************************

| b Bend

| h Hammer-on

| / Slide up

| p Pull-off

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