Stone Temple Pilots - 'MC5'
Album: 'No. 4'
Tabbed by jjhand
Standard Tuning - For 2 Guitars where marked
This song has a good beat and few riff changes. Easy tab to play too.
Intro (played 4x after drum intro)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--5-5---5qb-7--7----5qb---5qb--| qb = quarter bend (slight bend)
A|------7--------0-------7-----7-|
E|-------------------------------|
Verse Riff (play 4x)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--0-0---0-2--2--------2-------2-|
A|------2------2--------2-------2-|
E|-------------0----3qb-0---3qb-0-|
(0:38) - Play Intro again 4x
(0:51) - Verse Riff again 4x
Break (1:03) -
play 3x
e|------------------------| |----------------------------|
B|------------------------| |----------------------------|
G|------------------------| then |-------5----7----8----7--5--|
D|--5-5---5-7--7----------| |--7----5----7----8----7--5--|
A|------7------7----------| |--7----3----5----6----5--3--|
E|-------------5----------| |--5-------------------------| play this all 2x through
Play: Intro 4x
Verse Riff 4x
** Intro 4x
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stone_temple_pilots/mc5_tab.html ]
** During second intro section, Guitar 2 comes in:
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------7b8r7--5-----------|---------------7b8r7--5-----------|
G|---------------7b8r7--5---5-------|---------------7b8r7--5---5-------|
D|--5-5---5-7-------------7---7-5---|--5-5---5-7-------------7---7-5---|
A|------7------0------------------7-|------7------0--------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------7b8~~--7b8~~----|---------------7b8r7--5-----------|
G|---------------7b8~~--7b8~~----|---------------7b8r7--5---5-7-----|
D|--5-5---5-7--------------------|--5-5---5-7-------------7-----5-7-|
A|------7------0-----------------|------7------0--------------------|
E|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
(1:58) Key Change to F#
Guitar 1 - play 4x
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--2-2---2-4------2---2-2---|
A|------4------------4-----4-|
E|------------2--------------|
|
|Guitar 2 - play 4x
e|--------------0------0-0---|
B|--0-0-0-0-----5------5-5---|
G|--4-4-3-4/6~-------6-----6-|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
(2:10) Play Break section again (all 8 bars)
Ending (w/ misc. string noises & trem bar dive possibly?)
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--7------------------------|
A|--7------------------------|
E|--5------------------------|
Key:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| ~ vibrato
| b bend
| r release bend
| qb quarter bend (slightly increase pitch but not to next fret)
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