A Song For The Dead Chords & Tabs
A Song For The Dead Bass Tab
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A SONG FOR THE DEAD (Bassline)
As recorded by Queens of the Stone Age
(From the 2002 Album SONGS FOR THE DEAF)
Transcribed by GasPanic
Music by Queens of the Stone Age
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=206
4/4
Gtr I
Wx33 H. Q
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|-------------|---------12S==|
Q=211
4/4
E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-12S=|=0-0-0-0--0-12S=|=0-0-12S=0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-12S=0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-12S=0-0-0-0-|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-0-12S=0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-12S=0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
H H H H
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|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-0----0----|-0----0----|
Pre-Verse
Q=106
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------|
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
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|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------|
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
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|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------|
E E E. S E E Q E E Q E Q. a
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------10s12s==2-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12\------------|
Verse
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
E E Q E E Q E E Q H E E Q E E Q E E Q a H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-0-0-12b13-------|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-0-0-12s=0------|
~~ ~~ ~~
E E Q E E Q E E Q H E E Q E E Q E E Q H
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-12-12----0-0-15--|-0-0-12-------|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-0-0-12-------|
~~ ~~
E E Q E E Q E E +Q a H
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-12-12-(12)s=0------|
~~ ~~
E E Q E E Q E E Q S S S S S E.
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------14-12---------|
|-----------------|--------12----------14------|
|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-0-0-------12----------15---|
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
E E Q E E Q E E Q a H E E Q E E Q E E E H E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-12-12-12s=0------|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-0-0-12---------|
Chorus
~~~
E Q. E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o----------------|--------------------------------------------------o||
||o------------14S=|=10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13--o||
||--0-0----0-0-----|---------------------------------------------------||
E E a E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----7s14-17-14-14-9--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
~~~
E Q. E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------14S=|=10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0----0-0-----|-------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse II
Q=104
~~
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|------------------|----------------19----|
|------------------|-------------18----18-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-12-12----0-0-14--|-12-12-12s=0----------|
Verse II
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E E Q E E Q E E Q a H E E Q E E Q E E +Q a H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-0-0-12s=0------|-0-0-12--0-0-15--|-12-12-(12)s=0------|
~~
E E Q E E Q E E Q a H
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|-12-12----0-0-14--|-0-0-12s=0------|
~~
E E Q E E Q E E Q a S S S S S E.
|------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------19-17--|
|------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12-12----0-0-14--|-12-12-12s=0-19-0-17-19--------|
Chorus II
~~~
E E Q E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------14S=|=10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0-12--0-0-----|-------------------------------------------------|
~~~
E E Q E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------14S=|=10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0-0--12-12-----|-------------------------------------------------|
E E a E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----7s14-17-14-14-9--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
~~~~
E E Q E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----/14------/14S=|=10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0------0-0------|-------------------------------------------------|
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Guitar Solo
Q=106
E H.. E H.. E H.. E E Q. E S E.
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|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-0------0-/10-5--|
Q=110
E E E. S E E S E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-7-5---------5-7---5-7-5---5-|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-0-|-----7-6-5-7-----7-------7---|
E E E. S E E S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------5-7---5-7-9-7-5--|
|-----------------------------|-7-6-5---5-7-----7------------|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-0-|-------7----------------------|
E E E. S E S E S E S S S E E S a S S S E E S
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|-7-6-5-----5-5s7-7-7-5---5-|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-13-|-------7-5-------------7---|
E E E. S E E S E S S S S E S E E E E S. T
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----12-12----12-12-12---------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------14----------12-10-12p10---|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-0-|-/10---------------------------------|
E E E. S E E S E S E S E E. S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------7-9-7-7-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-0-|-/10-10-7-10--10s12-7---------|
E E E. S E E S E S S S S E E E E S E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----12-12------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------14-12-10-12-10---------|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-0-|-/12----------------------12-10---|
E E E. S E E S E S S S S E E. S S S E S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------12-10----10-12-|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-0-|-12-10-10-7-10--12-------12-------|
E E E. S E E S E S S S S E E. S S S E S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------12-----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------12-10-------10--|
|-/12-12-10--0-/13-13-13-13-0-|-12-10-10-7-10--12-------12--------|
Pre-Verse III
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E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
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|-------14-----------15--|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|-12-12-----10-13-13-----|-12-12-12s=0------|
~~~ ~~
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
|------------------------|------------------|
|-------14-----------15--|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|-12-12-----10-13-13-----|-12-12-12s=0------|
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
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|----------------------|------------------|
|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------|
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
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|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------||
5/4
W W
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|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
Verse III
4/4
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
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|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------|
~~
E E E. S E E Q E E Q E E +Q a
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------15--|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12----10-13-13-----|-12-12-12s=0s13-(13)s=0--|
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
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|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------|
E E E. S E E Q E E Q a H
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-12-12----10-13-13----|-12-12-12s=0------|
Chorus III
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E E Q E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------|---------------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------|--------------------------------------------------o||
||o-----19------18S=|=10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13--o||
||--0-0-----0-0-----|---------------------------------------------------||
E E a E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----7s14-17-14-14-9--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E E a E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----7s14-17-14-17-20--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-|
|-0-0-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Breakdown
W W a
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|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|
|-12s=======|=0s=======12-|
Outro
Q=216
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 6x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------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----||
Q H. W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 8x H H
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------*|
|-----------------|----------------o||-----------*|
|-----------------|----------------o||-----------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-0---------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
- 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
