Never Say Never Chords & Tabs
Never Say Never - Queens of the Stone Age
(A cover song. Originally by Romeo Void)
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Tabbed by: Cowpatable
Tuning: E a d g b E
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic - very prominent in this song
| x Mute note
| pm Palm Mute
| b bend
| brb Bend release bend
Song order
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INTRO
VERSE
BRIDGE
VERSE
BRIDGE
MIDDLE SECTION
SOLO
VERSE
BRIDGE x2
VERSE
OUTRO
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>INTRO<
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Guitar 1
++++ ++++ ++++ +
e|-5----5----5-------|
B|--5----5----5------|
G|---5----5----5--5--|
D|----5----5----5-5--|
A|----------------5--|
E|-------------------|
(let notes ring)
Guitar 2
+
e|-------------------|
B|----------------5--|
G|----------------5--|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
(let notes ring)
Guitar 1
+ +
e|--------------------------------5------|
B|--------------------------------5------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2--------5--|
A|-2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2--------5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0---------|
pm pm pm pm pm pm
Guitar 2
+ +
e|--------------------------------5------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5---------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
+
e|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------5------||
D|--2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2---5------||
A|--2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2----------||
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--------||
pm pm pm pm pm pm
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------5~~~---||
D|----------5----------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
(Whammy bar)
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>VERSE<
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Guitar 1 - This is essentially it. Vary as you will
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------12-------12----12-12----12-------12----12-12----12-------12-|
G|----------12-------12----12-12----12-------12----12-12----12-------12-|
d|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm=====| pm==| pm pm pm==| pm pm pm==|
____________________{1] ________________[2]
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|----12----12----12----||------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||---7-----7-7-7-7--||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||---7---7-7-7-7-7--||
|-12----12----12----12-||-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|----------------------||------------------||
|----------------------||------------------||
Guitar 2
x3 ________________________[1] ____[2]
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|--------------5----------|--------------------------||------||
B|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----7--------7--------7--||--7---||
G|--------5-----------5----|--------7--------7--------||--7---||
D|--5----------------------|--7--------7--------7-----||------||
A|-------------------------|--------------------------||------||
E|-------------------------|--------------------------||------||
{let ring}
Guitar 3
e|---------||
B|---------||
g|-4-4-4-4-||
d|-4-4-4-4-||
a|-2-2-2-2-||
E|---------||
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>BRIDGE<
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Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-\9-9 7--9-5-7-/9-9-7--9--9-9-99-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queens_of_the_stone_age/never_say_never_tab_ver_2.html ]
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|-----------------------------------------------------||
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|-9-9-7--9-5-7-7b9r7b9-7--9--9-9-7--9-5/7-9-9---------||
|---------------------------------------------7\-7\-7-||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 Guitar 3
++++++++ x7
e|----------||Start at 2nd fret harmonic; e|-------------------||
B|----------||slowly run finger up to the 10th fret, B|-------------------||
G|----------||(without lifting off of the string) D|-------------------||
D|----------||then run finger back down to 2nd fret. G|-------------------||
A|-1+2+3+4+-||It pogos back and forth like that. A|-------------------||
E|----------||Notes are not as important as timing. E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Maintain eighth note rhythm.
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>MIDDLE SECTION<
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Guitar 2
e|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|---------0-------|--------------0----------|
D|---5---5---5---5-|-----11----11---11----11-|
A|-7---7-------7---|-/12----12---------12----|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|
x2
|--------------------|-----------------||
|-----------8--------|-----------------||
|--------------------|---------0-------||
|----9----9---9----9-|---7---7---7---7-||
|-10---10-------10---|-9---9-------9---||
|--------------------|-----------------||
x2 x2 x2
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------0--------|
D|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|----9----9---9----9-|
A|-7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9---|-10---10-------10---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------0----------|-------------0----------------||
|----11----11---11----11-|----11----11---11----11/14~~\-||
|-12----12---------12----|-12----12---------12----------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
Guitar 1
x2
e|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
B|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
G|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
D|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
A|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
E|-0-|-5-|-3-|-2-||-0-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-5-|---||
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>SOLO<
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Guitar 1
e|-------|-----|-----||These are the notes I can pick out.
B|-13b15-|-----|-----||Strangle the guitar with the bends.
G|-------|-----|-----||There's some use of pinch harmonics on the
D|-------|-----|-----||13th fret bends. Accuracy isn't
A|-------|-12b-|-10b-||crucial, just make it sound dirty.
E|-------|-----|-----||
Guitar 2 - use some echo or reverb (not sure with effects),
arbitrarily hit the muted strings.
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>OUTRO<
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Guitar 1
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-4-x-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------5---5-|-----------5---5-|-----------------|-----------5---5-||
A|-------------3---|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------3---||
E|-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||
Guitar 2
++++++++
e|----------|Essentially the same idea as the chorus,
B|----------|except it's on the E string this time.
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|-1+2+3+4+-|
