Better Living Through Chemistry Chords & Tabs
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Title: Better Living Through Chemistry
Artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Album: Rated R
Tabbed by Unisonbender (aka Ray Biggs)
email: Ray_Biggs@bigpond.com
tuning - C F Bb Eb G C
There are a few versions of this tab on the internet already but I've
yet to see one that is complete, which is why I decided to do my own.
If you're used to seeing tabs online you should be familiar with most
of the notation I've used:
-9h10- hammer on, from 9 to 10
-17-- decending slide, off end of neck
There are some bends in there which I've notated a little differently,
they look like:
|---------------------
|---------------------
|-14-14-14-14-14-14---
|---------------------
|---------------------
|---------------------
^____________| ^
1/2 note bend release
It's the best way I could come up with to illustrate a held bend; you
start the bend where the first ^ appears at the bottom, pluck it 5
times whilst holding the bend and release back to the normal position
where the next ^ appears.
Took me about 10 afternoons and 2 weekends to get this
all done so I hope you like it.
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7-----7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0-0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---7-7-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---12-12---12h14-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
^Bass enters
|---------------------------------------------------|
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|-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
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|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9h10--7-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----12--12---12---------9---------12------|
|-------------------10-10------12-12--------|
|-0-0--------0----0----------0---------0--0-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7-----7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0-0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
^vocals enter
|----------------------------------------------|
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|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9h10--7-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---12-12---12h14-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
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|-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
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|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---11-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
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|-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----12--12---12------------------------------|
|-------------------10-10---10---12-12---12h14-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------| Play 7
|-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|
*NOTE: notice the use of the open 5th string note (F) that is played for each
note of the melody on the above riff. A lot of other peoples' tabs write this
riff as just the single notes without the open string played each time. I'm
pretty certain there's more than just single notes played in the recording but
you may want to try both ways and decide which sounds better yourself.
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-7--5--4--2--4--2--4--5--7----------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
^let ring
BEGINNING OF LEAD RIFF A
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------10-10-10-10---------10-10-10-10--|
|--0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------9-9-9-9---------9-9-9-9--|
|--0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0----------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------12-12-12-12---------12-12-12-12--|
|--0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------| 1st, 2nd and
|----------14-14-14-14---------14-14-14-14--| 3rd endings
|--0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------| 4th ending
|----------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
|--0-0-0-0--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
END LEAD RIFF A
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------15-17-|
|-------------------------12-14--------| Play 4 times
|-----------10-12--12-14---------------| (fades out of left channel
|-12-10-12-----------------------------| during 3rd time)
|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-14----12----12-12-|
|----------------------------------14----14-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
^____________| ^
1/2 note bend release
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-11-12-11----------12-|
|-------------------------------------14-12-14----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
^____________| ^
1/2 note bend release
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queens_of_the_stone_age/better_living_through_chemistry_tab_ver_2.html ]
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------13-------13----13-13-13--|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-14----14-12----14-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
^____________| ^ ^
1/2 note bend release fade out of
both channels
(4 bars of vocals and glockenspiel/synth)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------13-13-13----------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14----------11-11-11-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
^fade back in but only
audible in right channel
|-----------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13--------------------------------|
|-----------12-12-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-14-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13----------13----------------------------------|
|----14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-11-14-12-14-11-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13----------13----------------------------------------13----------------13----|
|----14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-11-14-12-14-11-14-12-14----14-12-14-11-14----14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
^audible in both channels
from here (approximately)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------13----------------13----------------13----------------|
|-12-14-11-14----14-12-14-11-14----14-12-14-11-14----14-12-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-13-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-12-14-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
^____________| ^
1/2 note bend release
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----------------------|
|----------------------------11-12-11-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
^____________| ^
1/2 note bend release
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-13-12------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------14-12-11-12-11----------12-14|
|----------------------------------------------------14-12-14------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
^____________| ^
1/2 note bend release
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
^____________| ^
1/2 note bend release
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-| Play 3
|-------------------------------------------------| times
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
^_______________| ^
1/2 note bend release
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
^_______________| ^
1/2 note bend release
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------15-17-|
|-------------------------12-14--------| Play 4
|-----------10-12--12-14---------------| times
|-12-10-12-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------| Play 3
|-17-------------17----| times
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|
|-----------------------|
^let ring
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------| Play 3
|-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-7--5--4--2--4--2--4--5-|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11-----11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0--------0-0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---7-7-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----12--12---12--------------------------------|
|-------------------10-10---10---12-12---12------|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0--0-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7-----7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0-0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
^vocals re-enter
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9h10--7-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---12-12---12h14-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---7-7-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-|
|-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----12--12---12------------------------------|
|-------------------10-10---10---12-12---12h14-|
|-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0-------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------| Play 7
|-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-7--5--4--2--4--2--4--5-|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------| Play 4
|-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-7----------------------|
|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|
