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Song

Song: Coma

Album: Shangri La Di Da

Artist: Stone Temple Pilots

Tabbed by: Zook (burritoboy123@aol.com)

Notes: This is a great song by an incomparable band. It is

in dropped D tuning and should be played fingerstyle.

Notes in () are grace notes.

(guitar and drums intro)

Verse/Prechorus (played until chorus, with "heavier"

rhythym in the prechorus)

G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A----5-3-5-8-7--------------------| last note (D) played staccato
D-0------------0--0-3-0-3--5--0---| during verse

Chorus

G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|

D-/8-888-8888-8888-5-3-5/8-888-8888-8888-5-3-5/7-777-7777-7777-5-3-5-|

G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A------3-5-3-0-3/8(888)----------|
D-0--0-----------------5-3-5/----|

Bridge (suggestion: let notes ring throughout, otherwise it might be

easier to play it in first position)

G---------------------            G-------------------------------|
D--7p5h7-----7p5h7----    play 4x        D--7p5h7-8-----7p5h7-8---|
A--------5---------5--            A-------------------------------|
D---------------------            D-------------------------------|

repeat first part 2x, then

repeat the second, then

repeat first part 2x,

repeat the second, then play this:

G------------------------------|
D------------------------------|
A------------------------------|
D-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--5-3-5/---| to chorus

All the parts are here, all you have to do is listen to the song for

the exact order of everything. Enjoy!

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