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Bi-polar Bear

Stone Temple Pilots
TabTuningDrop D
★4.6(7)

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

Acoustic Verse

Acoustic 2 starts on bar 4 (after rests):

D|----------------|-----------|--------------|--10-----|
B|----------------|-----------|--------------|--10-----|
G|---rest---------|---rest----|---rest-------|--7------|
D|----------------|-----------|--------------|--0------|
A|----------------|-----------|--6 beats-----|---------|
D|----------------|-----------|--------------|---------|

"So I'm letting it go again I'm halfway full on"

D|--9---9-9-9-9--|--9-----9-9-9--|--8------------------|--12------|
B|--8---8-8-8-8--|--8-----8-8-8--|---------------------|--10------|
G|--7---7-7-7-7--|--7-----7-7-7--|--6------------------|--11------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------------|----------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------------|----------|
D|---------------|---------------|-----(6 beats)-------|----------|

"Left my meds on the sink today My head will be racing by lunchtime"

On last bar, Acoustic 1 plays Prechorus:

D|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|--7---7---7-7/9---9-9/11--|--11-11/13---13-13---13---13-13-----|
D|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--5---5---5-5/7---7-7/9---|--9---9/11---11-11---11---11-11-----|
D|--0---0---0-0-----0-0-----|--0---0------0--0----0----0--0------|

Chorus

(w/ distortion, let notes ring) - Guitar 1

D|-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0------0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0------0-0-0-|
B|-5---5-5-5/7---7-7-7\3----3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5/7---7-7-7\3----3-3-3-|
G|-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0------0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0------0-0-0-|
D|-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0------0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0------0-0-0-|
A|-7---7-7-7/9---9-9-9\5----5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7/9---9-9-9\5----5-5-5-|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

1) "Don't sleep behind the wheel at the stoplight

Can't sleep behind the wheel as you're drivin' home"

2) "You keep comin' down the hill as you're fallin'

You keep fallin' from the hill as you're comin' down"

3rd and 4th bars, Guitar 2 plays (w/ distortion)

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------| play 2x
A|-------------5-0-0-4---0-0---|
D|-0-----------5-0-0-4---0-0---|

|

|

E|-----------------------------|
B|---7---5---------------------|
G|-----5---5-------------------| play 2x
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
D|-0---------------------------|

Third Chorus line

D|-0---0-0-0-----0-0--------0--|-----0----0----0-----------|
B|-5---5-5-5/7---7-7\3------10-|-----5----5/7--5\3---------|
G|-0---0-0-0-----0-0--------0--|-----0----0----0-----------|
D|-0---0-0-0-----0-0--------0--|-----0----0----0-----------|
A|-7---7-7-7/9---9-9\5------12-|-----7----7/9--7\5---------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

End of Chorus-

Electric 1 Electric 2

D|-----------------|            D|---------------------|
B|--5---5--5-5--5--|            B|---------------------|
G|--5---5--5-5--5--|            G|---------------------|
D|--0---0--0-0--0--|            D|---------------------|
A|-----------------|            A|-----------0-3h5-3~--|
D|-----------------|            D|-0---4---5-----------|

Verse 2 is similar

Lyrics:

"So I'm holding her hand again

My palm sweats, Hold on

Think I've had too much coffee

I'm manic as hell but I'm goin' strong

Left my meds on the sink again

My head will be racing by lunchtime"

Repeat Chorus

Electric Solo

w/ wah filter (Acoustic 1 plays Verse)

E|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
B|--10b12~--10-8-7-8b10--|--------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--7-9-9b11-9---7-9--|--9b10r9-7-9-5--7-5------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------7----|
A|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|----------10~----10---10--10/12\10---|
G|---------------------------|-------7-------7----7------7/-9\7----|
D|------------4-5-7-4-5-7/9--|---7-9-------------------------------|
A|--7/9~--5-7----------------|-10----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------15-17--|--17b18r17-15-17--13-|-15-13----13b15~---15-13--|
G|-----------/14--------|---------------------|-------14-----------------|
D|--7-5-4~--------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------------------10-13b15r13-10--------|
B|--------------------------|-10b13r10---10b13r10-10b13r10---10-13----------------13b15--|
G|--14-13---14-12-10-12-----|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------15-------------12--|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Chorus for 3rd time

Ending

Acoustic 2 (Acoustic)

D|--0-----0-----0---|--------|
B|----2-----2-----2-|-------o|
G|------2-----2-----|-0------|  repeats several times
D|------------------|--------|
A|------------------|-------o|
D|------------------|--------|

Acoustic 1 - repeated strum rhythm along with Acoustic 2

D|--0---0-0--0-0--0----|--0---0--0--0-0-0--|
B|--3---3-3--3-3--3----|--3---3--3--3-3-3--|
G|--2---2-2--2-2--2----|--2---2--2--2-2-2--|
D|--0---0-0--0-0--0----|--0---0--0--0-0-0--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------|

Electric 1, w/ slide (starts 4:13, repeated with slight ad lib)

D|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|------------|
B|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|------------|
G|-14\11-------------|---------------------------|--------------------|------------|repeat
D|----------14/16\14-|-(14)----12/14-12----------|--12----12-14-14/16-|(16)\14-----|
A|-------------------|------------------14-14\12-|-----12-------------|------------|
D|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|------------|

The very end is a few simple notes, not too hard to copy

Key:

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| x Mute note

| b bend note

| r release bend

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