• Song:

    The Sky Is Falling

  • Artist:

    Queens of the stone age

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I am not going to take full credit for this, 75% of it was tabbed by Abu1T@r_H3r0. 
There were some mistakes (mostly in the Riff 2's and the solo), and it was part of 
a complete album.


  Song: The Sky Is Falling
 Album: Songs For The Deaf
Artist: Queens Of The Stone Age
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Tabbed by: Hunter Morris, Abu1T@r_H3r0
Email: hunterbmorris@gmail.com

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
(Or C tuning, capo 3 if you're playing with QOTSA's standard)

Intro:
 Eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Bb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Gb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Db|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Ab|--7~--9-4--5-4--5-2~--|--7~--9-4--5-4~--|--7~--9-4--5-4--5--7~--|
 Eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|

 Eb|-first time---------|-second time---------------------------||
 Bb|--------------------|---------------------------------------||
 Gb|-------------6--6^--|---------------------------------------||
 Db|--------------------|----------2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
 Ab|--5-4-2~--2--4--4^--|--5-4-2~--2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
 Eb|--------------------|---------------------------------------||


Riff 1:
 Eb|----------4x-|--------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Db|-------------|--------------------------4--4-4-4-4--------------|
 Ab|--2-0-2-5-2--|--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5-5-5--------------5--5-5-5-5--|
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--|

 Eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--9-9-9-9-9-9--||
 Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--||
   "For so long..."


Riff 2:
 Eb|----------4x-|-------------||
 Bb|-------------|-------------||
 Gb|-------------|-------------||
 Db|-------------|-------------||
 Ab|--2-0-2-4-2--|--2-0-2-4-2--||
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3-3-3-3-3--||
    "Close your eyes and see..."

 Eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Bb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Gb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Db|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Ab|--7~--9-4--5-4--5-2~--|--7~--9-4--5-4~--|--7~--9-4--5-4--5--7~--|
 Eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|

 Eb|---------------------------------------|
 Bb|---------------------------------------|
 Gb|---------------------------------------|
 Db|----------2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
 Ab|--5-4-2~----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| <- Ease into those 5
 Eb|---------------------------------------|


Riff 1:
 Eb|----------4x-|--------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Db|-------------|--------------------------4--4-4-4-4--------------|
 Ab|--2-0-2-5-2--|--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5-5-5--------------5--5-5-5-5--|
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--|

 Eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--9-9-9-9-9-9--|
 Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
    "For so long..."

 Eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Bb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Gb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Db|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Ab|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|--14-14-14-14-14-14--|--12-12-12-12-12-12--|
 Eb|--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--12-12-12-12-12-12--|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|

 Eb|---------------------|
 Bb|---------------------|
 Gb|---------------------|
 Db|---------------------|
 Ab|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|
 Eb|--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
    "Now to remind..."

 Eb|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Db|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Ab|----4-4-4-4-4--|----5-5-5-5-5--|----7-7-7-7-7--||
 Eb|--0-2-2-2-2-2--|--0-3-3-3-3-3--|--0-8-8-8-8-8--||
   "Drained my life so low..."

 Eb|------------------------------------|
 Bb|------------------------------------|
 Gb|------------------------------------|
 Db|------------------------------------|
 Ab|----4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4--|
 Eb|--0-2-2----0-2-2----0-2-2----0-2-2--|
   "That has drained..."


Riff 2:
 Eb|----------4x-|-------------||
 Bb|-------------|-------------||
 Gb|-------------|-------------||  Play this two times, then...
 Db|-------------|-------------||
 Ab|--2-0-2-4-2--|--2-0-2-4-2--||
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3-3-3-3-3--||
    "Close your eyes and see..."

 Eb|----------8x-|
 Bb|--------2----|
 Gb|--4-2-4~--4--|  Then the first part, once more.
 Db|--2-2-2~--2--|
 Ab|--2-0-2~--2--|
 Eb|--0-0-0~--0--|


Solo:
 Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Db|----------16-17--------16h17p16----16/17-17/19~--17h19p17p16---------|
 Ab|--17/19~---------19~------------19----------------------------18~----|
 Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------5--|
 Bb|--------------------------------------17-15\--7~--7h8p7-----7h8p7----|
 Gb|---------------------------14/16-16~---------------------8-----------|
 Db|-------------16-16/17/19~--------------------------------------------|
 Ab|--18/19-19~----------------------------------------------------------|
 Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|--14/16------------------------16-----------16-----------------------|
 Db|--------16h17p16-----16h17p16------19-17-19----16--16h17p16-14/16----|
 Ab|-----------------19--------------------------------------------------|
 Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Eb|--------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|--------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|----------------------------------------------20--|
 Db|----------16~--17~--19~--19-19-19^-19^-19^-19^----| <- Increase bend
 Ab|--17/19~------------------------------------------|
 Eb|--------------------------------------------------|


Riff 2:
 Eb|----------4x-|-------------||
 Bb|-------------|-------------||
 Gb|-------------|-------------||
 Db|-------------|-------------||
 Ab|--2-0-2-4-2--|--2-0-2-4-2--||
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3-3-3-3-3--||
    "Close your eyes and see..."


Ending:
 Eb|----------4x-|-------------||
 Bb|-------------|-------------||
 Gb|-------------|-------------||
 Db|-------------|-------------||
 Ab|--2-4-5-4-2--|--2-0-2-4-2--||
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3-3-3-3-3--||
    "Close your eyes and see..."
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