Kerosene (you can download a copy of the song at the bands official site: Skeletonkey.org)
By Skeleton Key
Tabbed by Luke (vaportraill@excite.com)
Skeleton Key is a band who most recently released an album on Mike Patton's
Ipecac Records. They were also nominated for a grammy for their first LP, Fantastic
Spikes Through Balloon
Song played with Leslie simulator at high speed with slight distortion
Standard Tuning
Main riff
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
---|---------2------------------------------------------------------|
-4-|-------------3-------4-------3---1------------------------------|
-/-|-----3-------------------4-------------------------------2---3--|
-4-|-1---------------------------------------------------0----------|
---|-----------------3----------------------------------------------|
---|-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2--------------|x2
~~~~~~~~~~~
verse 1 let ring
last time
Rest 8 measures
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5---------------11--|
-------------------------------------------------1-/-10----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|x3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5-------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus 1
Main Riff x2
Verse 2
Rest 2 measures
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5---------------11--|
-------------------------------------------------1-/-10----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|x2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-------4-------3---1-------------------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------3-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2---------------|
Chorus 2
Main Riff x4
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/skeleton_key/kerosene_tab.html ]
Bridge
Guitar rests 7 measures
Bassline
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|x2
1 e + e 2 e + e 3 e + e 4 e + e
-14/-16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16---|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
-12/-14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14---|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
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------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
---------2-----------------------------------------4/5-----5/6--|
-------------3-----------4--------------------------------------|
-----------------------------4-----------5----------------------|
-1---1---------------------------------------6------------------|
-----------------3---3------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------4---4-----------2-------2------|x2
verse 3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
6/------7/----8-|
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let ring 1 measure
rest 2 measures
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5---------------11--|
-------------------------------------------------1-/-10----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-------4-------3---1-------------------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------3-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2---------------|
Chorus 3
Main riff x3
then...
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
---------2-----------------------------------------4/5-----5/6--|
-------------3-------4-------3---1------------------------------|
-----3-------------------4--------------------------------------|
-1--------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------3----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2-------2------|
let ring
Thats all of it. It a pretty easy, really cool song. Enjoy