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Song
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REGULAR JOHN
As recorded by Queens Of The Stone Age
(From the 1998 Album QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE)
Words and Music by Josh Homme
E5 G5 D5 E5(type 2)
0 7 9 x x x x 10 12 x x x 10 12 x x x x x 7 9 x x x
Gtr I (C F A# D# G C) - 'rhythm'
Gtr II (C F A# D# G C) - 'lead'
Intro
Q=75
E5 E5
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
< < < <
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
W E E E E E E E E 3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------14--------|| |---------------------------------||o-15----------------14----------------o|| |---------------------------------||-----------12--------------------------|| |---------------------------------||---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o-------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------||---------------------------------------||
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
< < < <
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------14-------| |-15----------------14----------------| |----------12-------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|
E5 E5
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
$
E5
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-19-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||-------------------------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------------------------o|| ||-------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------|| ||o-19-19-19-22-22-22---19-19-19-19-21-21-21---19-o|| ||---0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-19-19-19-22-22-22---19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21---| |--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------------|| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Verse 1, 2
E5 E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus 1
To Coda
A5B5C5 D5 G5 D5 E5(type 2)
S E E E E E E S E 4x S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
|--------------------------||----------------------------------------| |-------------------------o||----------------------------------------| |--------------------------||----------------------------------------| |---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12--||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------9-9-9-| |---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12-o||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12---7-7-7-| |-0-5-7--8--8-10-10-10-10--||-----------------------------10-0-------|
G5 D5 E5(type 2)
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II
~~~
S S S S S S S S T T S S E. S S
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |----------------12-14-12-14p12----12-14----12-14-| |-------10-12-14----------------14----------------| |-10-12-------------------------------------------|
G5 D5 E5(typG52E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / / /
E E E E E S E. S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==12-------12s9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------14----10s7--| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2
D.S. al Coda &
E5 G5 D5 E5(type 2)
Gtr I
W +W S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
|----------|------------||----------------------------------------| |----------|------------||----------------------------------------| |----------|------------||----------------------------------------| |-9--------|-(9)--------||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------9-9-9--| |-7--------|-(7)--------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12---7-7-7--| |-0--------|-(0)--------||----------------------------10-0--------|
G5 D5 E5(type 2)
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II
~~~
E E E E E S E. +E
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12----------------------|
|-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r=================|
|----------------------------------------------12-------------| |-------------------------------------------------14----(14)\-| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 D5 E5(typG52E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / / /
~~~
E E E E E S E. S S
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12---------------------|
|-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r================|
|----------------------------------------------12------------| |-------------------------------------------------14----12s9-| |-------------------------------------------------------10s7-| |------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
W +W +W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
<
W +H H +W +W
|----------|--------------|-------------|---------| |----------|--------12----|-(12)--------|-(12)----| |----------|--------------|-------------|---------| |-9--------|-(9)----------|-------------|---------| |-7--------|-(7)----------|-------------|---------| |-0--------|-(0)----------|-------------|---------|
Bridge
Gtr I
PM----------| PM---------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||o--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7-| ||------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| e e e e e e e e
||------------------------------------------| ||o-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---| ||------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|| |--9-9----9--9-9----9--9-9----9--9-9--9-10-o|| |-------------------------------------------||
|
| e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------------------------||
|-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12----o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
PM----------| PM---------------------S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||o--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7-| ||------------------------------------------|
|
| e e e e e e e e
||------------------------------------------| ||o-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---| ||------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| -------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|| |--9--9---9--9--9---9--9--9---9--9--9-9-10-o|| |-------------------------------------------||
|
| < < < <
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E. S E. S E. S E. S 4x
|-------------------------------14----------|| |-15------------------14-------------------o|| |-----------12------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------||
Verse 3
E5 E5
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||-||------------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------o||-||o----------------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------------||-||------------------------------------|| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||-||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Chorus 3
A5B5C5 D5 G5 D5 E5(type 2)
S E E E E E E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
|-------------------------||---------------------------------------| |-------------------------||---------------------------------------| |-------------------------||---------------------------------------| |---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------9-9-9-| |---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12---7-7-7-| |-0-5-7--8--8-10-10-10-10-||----------------------------10-0-------|
G5 D5 E5(type 2)
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------12----12-14-| |----------------12-14-12-14p12----12-14----14-------| |-------10-12-14----------------14-------------------| |-10-12----------------------------------------------|
G5 D5 E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
~~
+S S S S S S S S S S S Q +S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------15----------15----------15----------15----------15------------------|
|-(14)b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14-12-----(12)\-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 D5 E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
~~~
E E E E E S E. +E
||--12-------12-------12-------12-------12-----------------------||
||o-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==12-------------o||
||---------------------------------------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------------------------14----(14)\--|| ||o-------------------------------------------------------------o|| ||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G5 D5 E5(typG52E5(tE5e 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / / / /
~~~
E E E E E S E. S S W
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12---------------------|------*|
|-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==12------------|------*|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------*| |-------------------------------------------------14----12s9-|-9----*| |-------------------------------------------------------10s7-|-7----*| |------------------------------------------------------------|-0----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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