X===============================PLEASE NOTE===================================== X This tab belongs to its author and represents his interpretation of the song. X You may only use this tab for private study, scholarship, or research. X Do not change, deface, mutilate, or in any other way alter this tab. X You must email the author first if you want to use this tab on your site. X=============================================================================== Title: Better Living Through Chemistry Artist: Queens of the Stone Age Album: Rated R Tabbed by Unisonbender (aka Ray Biggs) email: Ray_Biggs@bigpond.com tuning - C F Bb Eb G C There are a few versions of this tab on the internet already but I've yet to see one that is complete, which is why I decided to do my own. If you're used to seeing tabs online you should be familiar with most of the notation I've used: -9h10- hammer on, from 9 to 10 -17-- decending slide, off end of neck There are some bends in there which I've notated a little differently, they look like: |--------------------- |--------------------- |-14-14-14-14-14-14--- |--------------------- |--------------------- |--------------------- ^____________| ^ 1/2 note bend release It's the best way I could come up with to illustrate a held bend; you start the bend where the first ^ appears at the bottom, pluck it 5 times whilst holding the bend and release back to the normal position where the next ^ appears. Took me about 10 afternoons and 2 weekends to get this all done so I hope you like it. |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7-----7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0-0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |--------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---7-7-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-----| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---12-12---12h14-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----------| |-------------------------------------------------| ^Bass enters |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |---------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9h10--7-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---------| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----12--12---12---------9---------12------| |-------------------10-10------12-12--------| |-0-0--------0----0----------0---------0--0-| |-------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7-----7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0-0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |--------------------------------------------------| ^vocals enter |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9h10--7-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---------| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---12-12---12h14-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----------| |-------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |---------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---11-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-------| |------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |---------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----12--12---12------------------------------| |-------------------10-10---10---12-12---12h14-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0---------------| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| Play 7 |-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| |------------------------| *NOTE: notice the use of the open 5th string note (F) that is played for each note of the melody on the above riff. A lot of other peoples' tabs write this riff as just the single notes without the open string played each time. I'm pretty certain there's more than just single notes played in the recording but you may want to try both ways and decide which sounds better yourself. |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-7--5--4--2--4--2--4--5--7----------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------| |------------------------------------------------| ^let ring BEGINNING OF LEAD RIFF A |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |----------10-10-10-10---------10-10-10-10--| |--0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0--------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |----------9-9-9-9---------9-9-9-9--| |--0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0----------| |-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |----------12-12-12-12---------12-12-12-12--| |--0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0--------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| 1st, 2nd and |----------14-14-14-14---------14-14-14-14--| 3rd endings |--0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0--------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| 4th ending |----------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--| |--0-0-0-0--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| END LEAD RIFF A |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------15-17-| |-------------------------12-14--------| Play 4 times |-----------10-12--12-14---------------| (fades out of left channel |-12-10-12-----------------------------| during 3rd time) |--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-14----12----12-12-| |----------------------------------14----14-------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| ^____________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-11-12-11----------12-| |-------------------------------------14-12-14----| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| ^____________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |-----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------13-------13----13-13-13--| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-14----14-12----14-----------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| ^____________| ^ ^ 1/2 note bend release fade out of both channels (4 bars of vocals and glockenspiel/synth) |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------13-13-13----------------------------------------| |-14-14-14----------11-11-11-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| ^fade back in but only audible in right channel |-----------------------------------------| |-13-13-13--------------------------------| |-----------12-12-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-14-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-13----------13----------------------------------| |----14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-11-14-12-14-11-14-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-13----------13----------------------------------------13----------------13----| |----14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-11-14-12-14-11-14-12-14----14-12-14-11-14----14-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ^audible in both channels from here (approximately) |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------13----------------13----------------13----------------| |-12-14-11-14----14-12-14-11-14----14-12-14-11-14----14-12-14-14-14-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-13-12-------------| |-------------------------------------14-12-14-12-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| ^____________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |-------------------------------------------------| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----------------------| |----------------------------11-12-11-------------| |-------------------------------------14-14-14-14-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| ^____________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-13-12------------------------------| |-------------------------------------14-12-11-12-11----------12-14| |----------------------------------------------------14-12-14------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| ^____________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| ^____________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-| Play 3 |-------------------------------------------------| times |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| ^_______________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| ^_______________| ^ 1/2 note bend release |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------15-17-| |-------------------------12-14--------| Play 4 |-----------10-12--12-14---------------| times |-12-10-12-----------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| Play 3 |-17-------------17----| times |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-0---------------------| |-----------------------| ^let ring |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| Play 3 |-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |-7--5--4--2--4--2--4--5-| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| |------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11-----11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0--------0-0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---7-7-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-----| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----12--12---12--------------------------------| |-------------------10-10---10---12-12---12------| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0--0-| |------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7-----7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0-0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |--------------------------------------------------| ^vocals re-enter |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9h10--7-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---------| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---12-12---12h14-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----------| |-------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |---------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----11--11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---7-7-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-----0---0-----| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----7--7---7---15-15---15---14-14---14---11-11-| |-0-0------0---0-------0----0-------0----0-------| |------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-----12--12---12------------------------------| |-------------------10-10---10---12-12---12h14-| |-0-0--------0----0-------0----0-------0-------| |----------------------------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| Play 7 |-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |-7--5--4--2--4--2--4--5-| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| Play 4 |-7--5--7--9--7--5--4--5-| times |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |-7----------------------| |-0----------------------| |------------------------|