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Mosquito Song

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

Intro & Verse

Am C E

c |------0------------------------0--------0----|
G |------1----0h1-----------------1--------0----|
Eb|------2--------0h2-------------0--------1----|
Bb|----2--------------0h2p0-----2---2----2------|
F |--0------0-----------------3-----------------|
C |-----------------------------------0------0--|

Am C E Am C E

I know I know the sun is hot, mosquitoes come and suck your blood

Am C E Am C E

Leave you there all alone, just skin and bone

Am C E Am C E

When you walk among the trees, listening to the leaves

Am C E Am C E

The further I go the less I know, the less I know

[Chorus] (strum these chords):

D Am E Am

c |--2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
G |--3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1--0h1------------0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1--|
Eb|--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2------0h2--------1-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-2--|
Bb|--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2----------0h2p0--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
F |-------------0-0-0-----------------2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--|
C |-----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-------------|

Where will you run? Where will you hide?

D Am E

c |--2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--0------------|
G |--3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1--0------------|
Eb|--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--1--let ring--|
Bb|--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--2------------|
F |-------------0-0-0-0-0--2------------|
C |------------------------0------------|

Lullabies to paralyze...

Verse 2

Fat and soft, pink and weak, foot and thigh, tongue in cheek

You know I'm told they'll swallow you whole, skin and bone

Cutting boards, hanging hooks, bloody knives, cooking books

Promising you won't feel a thing at all

Chorus

Swallow and chew, eat you alive

All of us food, that hasn't died

And the night says

Interlude

First part -

Second part - just play the verse bit

Third part (all credits to Markus Varner!)

c |---------7---8---10---8/12-|-13--12-10-------------|
G |----10---------------------|-12-------13-12-10-9---|
Eb|--9----9---9---9----9------|---------------------9-|
Bb|---------------------------|-----------------------|
F |---------------------------|-----------------------|
C |---------------------------|-----------------------|
c |-------------------|-------------------------|
G |-10-8-10-----------|-13-12-10-10-13-12-10-10-|
Eb|---------7-9-------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
Bb|--------------10-9-|-------------------------|
F |-------------------|-------------------------|
C |-------------------|-------------------------|
c |-13-12-10-10-13-12-10-10-|-------------------------|
G |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-13-12-10-10-13-12-10-10-|
Eb|-------------------------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F |-------------------------|-------------------------|
C |-------------------------|-------------------------|
c |-13-12-10-12-13-19-|-------8--10--12--13--12--10--8-8p7------|
G |-10-10-10-10-10----|-13\10--12--13--15--13--12---10----h10-9-|
Eb|----------------16-|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
F |-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
C |-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
c |---8--10--12--13--12--10--8-8p7------5-|------------------|
G |-10-12--13--15--13--12---10----h10-9-5-|------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------5-|------------------|
Bb|-10-12--14--15--14--12---10------------|--------0-1-2-----|
F |---------------------------------------|-0-2-3----------0-|
C |---------------------------------------|--------------0---|
c |-----------------|-5-----------------------------|
G |-------------1-0-|-5-(let ring as other ---------|
Eb|----0-----1------|-5-----guitar continues riff)--|
Bb|-2-3---2-3-------|-7-----------------------------|
F |-----------------|-x-----------------------------|
C |-----------------|-x-----------------------------|

Verse 3

Simmering, pick and pluck, tenderize, bone to dust

The sweetest grease, the finest meat you'll never taste

So you scream, whine and yell, the supple sounds of dinner bell

We all will feed the worms and trees so don't be shy

Chorus

Swallow and chew, eat you alive

All of us food, that hasn't died

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

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