Misfit Love Chords & Tabs
Tabbed by sixwheeledbeast
Queens of the Stone Age - Misfit Love
Tuning: C# Standard [C# F# B E G# C#]
The tuning for most of Era Vulargis is actually C#/Db Standard.
With this song using a open string chord, it's important to tune
up half a step from C Standard (used on previous albums).
Although the song can be played in C Standard or even E Standard,
this is the tuning it's actually played in.
This song has a very loose structure and uses scratching/string noise
throughout. The text parts of the tab will explain further.
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KEY
x - mute
b - bend
r - release
~ - vibrato
qb - quick bend
pb - pre-bend
NH - Natural Harmonic (lightly pressing strings at numbered fret)
TP - tremolo picking
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#Intro Synth for Guitar
c#|--------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------|:
E |--------------------------------|
B |-11-----------10-----7----------|
F#|-11-----------10-----7----------|:
C#|-9------------8------5----------|x2
Bb A F#
Then repeats F# (12 counts) until Main Riff Starts.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queens_of_the_stone_age/misfit_love_tab_ver_3.html ]
#Main Riff
c#|--------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------|:
E |--2--2----2----2--2----------2--|
B |--2--2----2----2--2----------2--|
F#|--0--0----0----0--0----------0--|:
C#|-3-3-----3----3-3-----3-3-3-3---|
#Guitar 2 Intro
Pick Scrapes during Intro
Starts at (0:22) with scratching riff.
These noises are made with harmonics on the 14th and 17th frets.
In the faster scratching parts a slapback delay effect is used
to make the strumming sound even faster.
#Chrous [Both Guitars and Synth] (2:11)
c#|-------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|
E |--2--------------2-------------|
B |--2--------------2-------------|
F#|--0--5/11-5/11---0--5/13-5/13--|
C#|-3-3-3/9--3/9---3-3-3/11-3/11--|
#Guitar 2 (2:33) Sync'ing with vocals
c#|--TP12----TP10-----TP8----------|
G#|--------------------------------|:
E |--TP 9----TP 8-----TP5----------|
B |--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|:
C#|--------------------------------|
#Ending
(Listen for the strumming pattern).
Each Chord 8 Counts.
c#|-----------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------|:
E |-------------10--------------|
B |-10----9-----10-----7--------|
F#|-10----9-----8------7--------|:
C#|-8-----7------------5--------|