Stone Temple Pilots - 'Peacoat'
From the 2010 self-titled Album
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand
This slow song has a good octave pedal solo and many guitar parts. I tried
to keep it to 2 parts as best as I could. Please rate or comment
Intro/Verse - Play 2x, then start lyrics & play for 8 more bars
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|---------------------|--------------------|-----**----------|--------------|
B|------0------0----0--|------0------0-----5/7----7\----------|--------------|
G|------1------1----1--|------1------1-----5/7----7\------2---|--------------|
D|------2------2----2--|------2------2-----5/7----7\------2-2-|-2----------2-|
A|------0------0----0--|------0------0-----3/5----5\------0-2-|-2----------2-|
E|---------------------|--------------------|---------------0-|-0---x-x-3--0-|
E/A
** the slide here is not done each time
Verse 1 Lyrics:
"You love me more than those dirty clothes
Cause you can't imagine me as someone old
But in the moment of sinless embrace
Your eyes stare right through me to the back of my face"
Prechorus (^ is a slow arpeggiated downstroke)
Guitar 1
e|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
G|---------2-------|---------------|---------4-------|------------|
D|-----5-----3-----|---------------|-----6-----6-----|------------|
A|---5---5-------5-|-(5)-----------|---7---7-------7-|-(7)--------|
E|-3---------------|---------------|-4---------------|------------|
| G add2 E/G#
|
| Guitar 2 (full chords are a third guitar part added in here)
e|-----------------|-3-------------|-----------------|-0----------------|
B|-----------------|-3-------------|-----------------|-0----------------|
G|-----------------|-4-------------|-----------------|-1----6----6--6---|
D|-----------------|-5-------------|-----------------|-2----6----6--6---|
A|-----5-----5-----|-5---5-----5---|-----7-----7-----|------6----6--6---|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|------4----4--4---|
"I sleep all day (I sleep all day) You're the cause of pain"
Chorus - Guitar 2, play 2x
play this bar 2x
e|---------------3--3--|-3---3-3--***--|--------------------|
B|-2---2-2----2--3--3--|-3---3-3-------|--------------------|
G|-2---2-2----2--0--0--|-0---0-0-------|--------------------|
D|-2---2-2----2--0--0--|-0---0-0-------|--------------------|
A|-0---0-0----0--------|---------------|-3/5--5--3--5--3----|
E|---------------------|---------------|-1/3--3--1--3--1----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stone_temple_pilots/peacoat_tab.html ]
1 "We're always good on the road, now you were my favorite show"
2 "As long as buses were rolling along, the destination's unknown"
Chorus Ending
e|---------------------|-------|
B|---------------------|-------|
G|---------------------|-------|
D|---------------------|-------|
A|-3/5--5--3--5--3--5--|-7-----|
E|-1/3--3--1--3--1--3--|-5-----| let ring
*** above is where Guitar 1 plays an accent slide note:
e|-------------|
B|--8\7--------|
G|-------------|
D|--5\4--------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Play Verse/Intro again - Lyrics:
"Talks of our connection was the way it began
Necessary dope but it was straight obsession
Couldn't sleep it out, but now who needs sleep?
Now it was 6 months later, it was, Well, you know"
Play Prechorus & Chorus Again
Guitar 1 plays Main Riff as rhythm during solo
Solo (Lower Octave pedal & Fuzz Dist used)
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------7h8p7--8p7-|
G|----------------|-4---4-6~--4-6-|-6b7--6~~-4----|-4b5r4-----------9-----|
D|----6---6-6b7~--|---7-----------|------------7--|-------7p5-------------|
A|------4---------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|----8b10----10--10__b12----10~--------|-15b17--b17-b16-15-14-12---|
|-9------------12---|-----12--------12-|------------------------14-|
|-------------------|------------/14---|---------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|------15-----15-----15---------|
|-14b16--14b16--14b16--14b16r14-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
* Play Prechorus Again,
solo continues {play3x}
|--------------|-------12-14-14b15r14-12---|-12qb-------|---------------|---|
|-12b13--------|------------------------15-|-----15~----|-5h8p5---------|---|
|-------14~----|-(14)\---------------------|------------|------7------5-|-7~|
|--------------|---------------------------|------------|---------------|---|
|--------------|---------------------------|------------|---------------|---|
|--------------|---------------------------|------------|---------------|---|
"I sleep all day (I sleep all day) You're the cause of pain..."
Ending: Play Chorus 2x with extra accenting guitar part added on
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend note
| r release bend
| qb quarter bend (slight + in pitch)
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
