Artist: Them Crooked Vultures
Album: Them Crooked Vultures
Track: Warsaw Or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up
Length: 7:50
Difficulty: Intermediate
I had trouble figuring out this song, but managed to get down most parts of this song.
tab DOES NOT include the solo because I mainly improvise on it as it is basic scales in
just get yourself a wah pedal and have fun.
This is my first tab so this tab is far from perfect or anywhere close to the real
but I play by ear, so this is what I managed to figure out, and it sounds pretty damn close.
Not every part of the song is here just bits and pieces that I learned. But if you can
this I think you can get the rest of the song on your own!!
Enjoy, and please leave comments!
Key:
^ = slight note bend
^^ = full bend
~ = vibrato
/ = slide
p= pull off
h= hammer on
Intro (Main Riff)
e|-----------|------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|---13------10-------13-----13-|------------13----10-----|
G|-----------|---0-------0--------0------0--|------------0------0-----|
D|-xxx---xxxx|---13------10-------13-----13-|------------13----10-(2x)|
A|-xxx---xxxx|-0-----0---------0------0-----|----------0-----0--------|
E|-xxx---xxxx|------------------------------|-11-10-8-----------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
B|----------13---10----------13--10--------------13---10|-------------|
G|----------0----0-----------0---0---------------0----0-|-------------|
D|----------13---10----0-----13--10--------------13---10|-------------|
A|--------0----0-----------0----0--------------0----0---|--------9--10|
E|-8-10-11---------------------------11-10-8------------|10--12-------|
"Can't afford to lose my head..."
e|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|---0------------------0---------------0-----|
A|-12--9--10--7--9--9--10|-3---5-6-----xx-----3---5-6----x----3----5--|
E|-----------------------|----------5--xx--5-----------5-x--5---------|
Repeat from Can't afford to lose part w/o the
extra part in the middle part below and transition into this
e|--------------------------|----|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|----|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------|7^p5|------------------------------------|
D|------------------0-------|----|------------------------------------|
A|-3---5^--------3-----5-6--|----|-------9-10-12-9-10-7-9-9-10--------|
E|--------5---5------------5|----|-10-12------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/them_crooked_vultures/warsaw_tab_ver_2.html ]
Chorus
These are just the chords. Listen to the song to get a feel for how they're played
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15--14--13---10-10--8---10----------------------------------------|
G|--16--15--14---11-11--9---11---(2x)---------------------------------|
D|--17--16--15---12-12--10--12----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Middle Part
Right after the solo where the drum beat breaks down at about 4:58. When done, repeat
part again
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8p5---5-8p5---5-8p5---5-8p5---5-(2x)--9p6---6-9p6---6-9p6---6-9p6-|
D|------7-------7-------7-------7-------------7-------7-------7-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|---6-9p6---6-9p6---6-9p6---6-9p6---6|-------------------------------|
D|-7-------7-------7-------7-------7--|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
With the second part of the riff above, Homme sometimes adds a note in that riff. You
change it up from time to time.
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------7---------------7------------------------|
G|-9p6---6---6---6-9p6---6---6---6-9p6--------------|
D|-----7-------7-------7-------7-------7------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Somewhere in that middle part at about 5:22 that little riff is as follows
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-12p9----9-12p9----9-12p9----9-12p9----(2x)-|
D|------10--------10--------10--------10------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Then...
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-11p8----8-11p8----8-11p8----8-11p8----(2x)-|
D|------9---------9---------9---------9-------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
And finally the ending, a great transition into the end of the song. The highlight of
song for me.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------13----10------------13---10--|
G|---------------------------------------0-----0-------------0----0---|
D|-3-2-0---0-2-3p2p0--5-3-2-0-7-5--------13----10--11-10-8---13---10--|
A|-------3------------------------7-3--0-----0-------------0----0-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|------13---10--------------|
G|------0----0---------------|
D|------13---10--------9--10-|
A|----0----0-----10-12----10-|
E|-8^------------------------|
