Tension Head Chords & Tabs
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Title: Tension Head
Artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Album: Rated R
Tabbed by Unisonbender
tuning - C F Bb Eb G C
There are up to 3 guitars playing at once at certain points in this song, look at
the left of each bar below and if you see something like this:
||-------|
||-------|
||-------|
||-------|
||-5-----|
||-3-----|
||
||-9-8~--|
||-------|
||-------|
||-------|
||-------|
||-------|
it means there are two guitars playing at this point (notice how the two bars above
are connected by the "||")
Other playing techniques in tab are below:
b - bend string up
~ - vibrato
/ - slide up
- slide down
there is also some tremolo picking in this tab, here's an example:
|-18(trem pick)------------(18)-|
it means pick the note as rapidly and continuously as possible until you see
the note again in brackets.
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----7-6---5---------|
|--0-----7---6-0-5/--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12--14--15--17-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10--12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----9~----------12-12-12-12----12-12-12-14--15--17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----7~----------10-10-10-10----10-10-10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------------------0---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-14--15--17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0--------------0---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-14--15--17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0--------------0---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----9~----------12-12-12-12----12-12-12-14--15--17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----7~----------10-10-10-10----10-10-10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------------------0---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-14--15--17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0--------------0---------------|
(Vocals): "Every day..."
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---11-11-11-11----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-14--15--17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9--9--9--9-----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0--------------0---------------|
"I take it..."
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-14--15--14-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-12--13--12-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0--------------0---------------|
"...down"
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-14--15--17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-12--13--15-|
|-0----------0--------------0--------------0--------------0-------------------|
"I strike a..."
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-14--15--17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-12--13--15-|
|-0----------0--------------0--------------0--------------0-------------------|
"I'm feeling so..."
[Guitar One: (left)]
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------4--------------------------|
||-----4-5--4-----5--5--5--4---4--4--4-----4-5--------5--5--5--4---4--4--4-|
||-0-----------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2--0----------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2-|
||[Guitar Two: (right)]
||-15-----------------------------------15---------------------------------|
||----12----------14b15-14-12-11b12-11-----12----------14b15-14-12~--------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------14~--14------------------------------14~--14---------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I feel so..."
[Guitar One: (left)]
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------4---------------------------|
||-----4-5--4-----5--5--5--4---4--4--4-----4-5---------5--5--5--4---4--4--4-|
||-0-----------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2--0-----------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2-|
||[Guitar Two: (right)] [Guitar 2 out]
||-15-----------------------------------15----------------------------------|
||----12----------14b15-14-12-11b12-11-----12----------14b15-14-1517~------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------14~--14------------------------------14~--14----------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"On the bathroom..."
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12--14--15--17-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10--12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0-------------------------|
"Gotta get out..."
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-14--15--14-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-12--13--12-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------0--------------0---------------|
"Hustling, little..."
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12b14-12-12----9~----------12-12-12-12----12-12-12-14--15--17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10b12-10-10----7~----------10-10-10-10----10-10-10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------------------0---------------------|
"Cheating, little boys..."
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----9~----------12-12-12-12----12----12-14--15--17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----7~----------10-10-10-10----10----10-12--13--15-|
|-0--------------0--------------0--------------------------0----0----------------|
"Gotta get out..."
[Guitar One:]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12-14--15--17-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10-12--13--15-|
||-0----------0--------------0--------------0--------------0-------------------|
||[Guitar Three: (middle)]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||/11(trem pick)----------------------(11)--8(trem pick)------------------(8)/|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queens_of_the_stone_age/tension_head_tab.html ]
"Gotta get out..."
[Guitar One:]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12-12-12-------12-12-12-------12/1512---12----12------12---12-14--15--14-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10-10-10-------10-10-10-------10/1310---10----10------10---10-12--13--12-|
||-0----------0--------------0--------------0----0-----0-------0---------------|
||[Guitar Three: (middle)]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||/11(trem pick)----------------------(11)--8(trem pick)------------------(8)/|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"No more..."
[Guitar One:]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12-12-12-------12----12-------12/1512-------12/1512-------12-14--15--17-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10-10-10-------10----10-------10/1310-------10/1310-------10-12--13--15-|
||-0----------0--------0-----0--------------0--------------0-------------------|
||[Guitar Three: (middle)]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||/14(trem pick)----------------------(14)-11(trem pick)-----------------(11)/|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"No more..."
[Guitar One:]
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12-12-12-------12-12-12-------7/9~-----12-12-12------12---12-14--15--17-|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10-10-10-------10-10-10-------5/7~-----10-10-10------10---10-12--13--15-|
||-0----------0--------------0-----------------------0-------0---------------|
||[Guitar Three: (middle)]
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||/14(trem pick)----------------------(14)-17(trem pick)----------------(17)|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I'm feeling so..."
[Guitar One: (left)]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------4----------------------------|
||----4--5--4------5--5--5--4---4--4--4-----4--5---------5--5--5--4---4--4--4--|
||-0------------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2--0------------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2--|
||[Guitar Two: (right)]
||-15-----------------------------------15-------------------------------------|
||----12----------14b15-14-12-11b12-11-----12----------14b15-14b15-14b15-14b15-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------14~--14------------------------------14~--14-------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I feel so..."
[Guitar One: (left)]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------4----------------------------|
||----4--5--4------5--5--5--4---4--4--4-----4--5---------5--5--5--4---4--4--4--|
||-0------------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2--0------------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2--|
||[Guitar Two: (right)] [Guitar 2 out]
||-15-----------------------------------15-------------------------------------|
||----12----------14b15-14-12-11b12-11-----12----------14b15-14-1517~---------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------14~--14------------------------------14~--14-------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8/9-9-8/9-9-8/9------------------------------------------------|
|-6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7--4/5-5-4/5-5-4/5--6/7-7-6/7-7--3/4-4-3/4-4-3/4-|
|------------------2/3-3-2/3-3-2/3--4/5-5-4/5-5--1/2-2-1/2-2-1/2-|
[Guitar One: (left)]
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-8/9-9-8/9-9-8/9------------------------------------------------|
||-6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7--4/5-5-4/5-5-4/5--6/7-7-6/7-7--5---------------|
||------------------2/3-3-2/3-3-2/3--4/5-5-4/5-5--3---------------|
||[Guitar Two: (right)]
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-12--12----------12---12---12---12-----14-------12--------------|
||-14------14--14--14----------------14-------14------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----7-6---5---------|
|--0-----7---6-0-5/--|
"Yeah!"
[Guitar One: (left)]
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12--14--15--17-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10--12--13--15-|
||-0--------------0--------------0--------------0-------------------------|
||[Guitars 3 & 4: (middle)*]
||18(trem pick)-----------------------------------------------------------|
||-8(trem pick)----------------------(8)/11(trem pick)---------------(11)|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar One: (left)]
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12-12---12-12-12----12-14--15--17-|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10----10-12--13--15-|
||-0--------------0--------------0----------------------------0---------------|
||[Guitars 3 & 4: (middle)*]
||18(trem pick)---------------------------------------------------------------|
||-8(trem pick)----------------------(8)/11(trem pick)--------------------(11)|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar One: (left)]
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12/1512-------12/1512-------12/1512---12---12---12--------12-14--15--17-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10/1310-------10/1310-------10/1310---10---10---10--------10-12--13--15-|
||-0----------0--------------0--------------0----0----0----0----0---------------|
||[Guitars 3 & 4: (middle)*]
||18(trem pick)--(18)/18(trem pick)--(18)/18(trem pick)--(18)/18(trem pick)-----|
||11(trem pick)----------------------(11)/14(trem pick)---------------------(14)|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar One: (left)]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---12/1512-------12/1512-------9~-------12/1512-9------12---12-14--15--17-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---10/1310-------10/1310-------7~-------10/1310-7------10---10-12--13--15-|
||-0----------0--------------0-------------------------0-------0---------------|
||[Guitars 3 & 4: (middle)*]
||18(trem pick)--(18)/18(trem pick)--(18)/18(trem pick)--(18)/18(trem pick**)--|
||11(trem pick)----------------------(11)/17(trem pick)--------------------(17)|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Guitar 3 plays 5th string **gradually bend note
Guitar 4 plays 6th string 1 step (2 notes) up
while tremolo picking
"I'm feeling so..."
[Guitar One: (left)]
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------4----------------------------|
||----4--5--4------5--5--5--4---4--4--4-----4--5-------5--5--5--4---4--4--4----|
||-0------------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2--0----------0--3--3--3--2---2--2--2----|
||[Guitar Two: (right)]
||-15-----------------------------------15-------------------------------------|
||----12----------14b15-14-12-11b12-11-----12----------14b15-14b15-14b15-14b15-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------14~--14------------------------------14~--14-------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar One: (left)]
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------4-----------------------4------|
||-----4-5-4-------4-5---------4-5-4-------4-5--------|
||-0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------0-|
||[Guitar Two: (right)]
||-15----------7p0--9-8~--15-----------7p0--9-8~------|
||----12---------------------12-----------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||--------14~--------------------14~------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||[Guitar Three: (middle)]
||-----------------------(12*)------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
*feedback, gradually fades in and is
heard for a few sceonds before finish
