Mosquito Song Chords & Tabs
Tabbed by snowball
Tune down 2 full steps to C F Bb Eb G C.
Normally played on a 12-string, but OK for a 6-string.
The letters above the tab represent the "shape", not the actual chord.
Intro & Verse:
Am C E
c [------0------------------------0--------0----]
G [------1----0h1-----------------1--------0----]
Bb[------2--------0h2-------------0--------1----]
Eb[----2--------------0h2p0-----2---2----2------]
F [--0------0-----------------3-----------------]
C [-----------------------------------0------0--]
Am C E Am C E
I know I know the sun is hot, mosquitoes come and suck your blood
Am C E Am C E
Leave you there all alone, just skin and bone
Am C E Am C E
When you walk among the trees, listening to the leaves
Am C E Am C E
The further I go the less I know, the less I know
Chorus (strum these chords):
D Am E Am
c [--2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--]
G [--3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1--0h1------------0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1--]
Bb[--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2------0h2--------1-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-2--]
Eb[--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2----------0h2p0--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--]
F [-------------0-0-0-----------------2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--]
C [-----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-------------]
Where will you run? Where will you hide?
D Am E
c [--2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--0------------]
G [--3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1--0------------]
Bb[--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--1--let ring--]
Eb[--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--2------------]
F [-------------0-0-0-0-0--2------------]
C [------------------------0------------]
Lullaby's to paralyze...
Verse 2:
Fat and soft, Pink and weak, foot and thigh, tongue in cheek
You know I'm told they'll swallow you whole, skin and bone
Cutting boards, hanging hooks, bloody knives, cooking books
Promising you won't feel a thing at all
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queens_of_the_stone_age/mosquito_song_tab_ver_3.html ]
Chorus:
Swallow and chew, eat you alive
All of us food, that hasn't died
And the night says
Interlude:
First Part -
Second part - just play the verse bit
Third part (all credits to Markus Varner!)
c [---------7---8---10---8/12-|-13--12-10-------------]
G [----10---------------------|-12-------13-12-10-9---]
Eb[--9----9---9---9----9------|---------------------9-]
Bb[---------------------------|-----------------------]
F [---------------------------|-----------------------]
C [---------------------------|-----------------------]
c [-------------------|-------------------------]
G [-10-8-10-----------|-13-12-10-10-13-12-10-10-]
Eb[---------7-9-------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-]
Bb[--------------10-9-|-------------------------]
F [-------------------|-------------------------]
C [-------------------|-------------------------]
c [-13-12-10-10-13-12-10-10-|-------------------------]
G [-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-13-12-10-10-13-12-10-10-]
Eb[-------------------------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-]
Bb[-------------------------|-------------------------]
F [-------------------------|-------------------------]
C [-------------------------|-------------------------]
c [-13-12-10-12-13-19-|-------8--10--12--13--12--10--8-8p7------]
G [-10-10-10-10-10----|-13\10--12--13--15--13--12---10----h10-9-]
Eb[----------------16-|-----------------------------------------]
Bb[-------------------|-----------------------------------------]
F [-------------------|-----------------------------------------]
C [-------------------|-----------------------------------------]
c [---8--10--12--13--12--10--8-8p7------5-|------------------]
G [-10-12--13--15--13--12---10----h10-9-5-|------------------]
Eb[-------------------------------------5-|------------------]
Bb[-10-12--14--15--14--12---10------------|--------0-1-2-----]
F [---------------------------------------|-0-2-3----------0-]
C [---------------------------------------|--------------0---]
c [-----------------|-5-----------------------------]
G [-------------1-0-|-5-(let ring as other ---------]
Eb[----0-----1------|-5-----guitar continues riff)--]
Bb[-2-3---2-3-------|-7-----------------------------]
F [-----------------|-x-----------------------------]
C [-----------------|-x-----------------------------]
Verse 3:
Simmering, pick and pluck, tenderize, bone to dust
The sweetest grease, the finest meat you'll never taste
So you scream, whine and yell, the supple sounds of dinner bell
We all will feed the worms and trees so don't be shy
Chorus:
Swallow and chew, eat you alive
All of us food, that hasn't died