Stone Temple Pilots - 'Sin'
From the debut album 'Core'
Standard Bass Tuning
tabbed by jjhand
The acoustic part towards the end has to be the hardest part of the song.
Robert really has some nice bass runs in this song, so your picking fingers
may get a workout. Please rate/comment.
Intro - play 2x
1 2 3 4 &
G|------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
D|------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
A|------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
E|-0----------|-(0)---------0-|-0-----------|-(0)------------|
Verse Riff 1 - play 3x Ending bar before lyrics
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|----------------------------| -------------------------------|
D|----------------------------| -------------------------------|
A|-5h7-7-7----5h7-7-7---7-7---| -5h7-7-7----7----------4-5-7---|
E|----------------------------| --------------0-4-5-7--------0-|
Continue playing first part of verse riff 8x
"Holy water clouds my thinking
sinking low now... keep on drinking"
Chorus (play 4x, but skip the slide notes on 4th time)
G|------------------|----------------------|
D|------------------|----------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------/4-|
E|-3----3--5--------|-1----1--3---------/5-|
"Down you go suffer long"
"Down you go sin make me strong"
Play The Verse again as done before
Play Chorus Again
(2:20) Bridge - play 8x
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------5-----|
A|-7-5-5-7-5-5-7-5-5-7-5-5-7---7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|
(2:44) Jazzy guitar Break
G|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|
A|-5---5------------|-4--4----2-------|
E|---------5--------|-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stone_temple_pilots/sin_btab_ver_2.html ]
(2:52) Play Intro but add in a slide at 3:02
G|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------17\0---|-0---------------| continue intro
Play Verse Riff repeating part 8x (skip first 4 bars)
(3:39) Play Chorus Again and hold last note
(4:07) Acoustic break
G|------------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
A|--------8---------|--------8---------|-10---------|-----------10-10-8-|
E|-11---------------|-11---------------|------------|---------10--------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|------------|
A|---------8--------8---|---------8--------8-9-|-10---------|
E|-11-------------8---8-|-11-------------10----|----------10|
"still shackled to the shadows... "
G|-------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
D|---------9---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
A|10-----10-10-8--10----------10-|--------8-------8---|--------8---------8-9-|
E|-----10-----------7-7-8-8-10---|-11-----------8---8-|-11-------------------|
"still shackled to the shadows... "
G|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-10------------|-10------10----10-10-10-10-8-|---------8---------8---|
E|------------10-|-------10----10--------------|-11--------------8---8-|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|--------8-------8---9-|-10-hold--------------|
E|-11----------10-------|----------------------|
slower
Solo - play Bridge Riff, then end with Jazzy Break Riff from earlier
Ending - Play Intro
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
