------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELEPHANTS - Them Crooked Vultures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: TangledString I saw a lot of tabs for this in open G, which I'm sure is the way Homme plays it, but I took the time to learn it in standard so here it is. Once you got the intro/outro the hardest part is the timing, so just play along. Also don't take any of my song structure terms seriously, just was a way of organizing while tabbing. Tuning: Standard Intro Riff (0:00) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------3---------------------------------3---| 2 x slow G|-------------------------3h5-------------------------------3h5------| 4 x fast D|---------3p0--0h3--------------------------3p0--0h3-----------------| A|----1h3------------5------------------1h3------------5--------------| E|-3--------------------6------------3--------------------6-----------| Second Riff (0:28) (Repeat Once) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| repeat D|------------5-5---5--------------------------5-5----5---------------| A|-------3h5----------5p3------------------3h5-----------5p3----------| E|-3--6--------------------6p3-3----3--6----------------------6p3-----| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-5-------------5----------------------------------------------------| A|---5p3-----------5p3--------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------| E|--------6p3-3---------6p3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------------| Repeat Intro Riff (0:46) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------3---------------------------------3---| G|-------------------------3p5-------------------------------3h5------| D|---------3p0--0p3--------------------------3p0--0h3-----------------| A|----1h3------------5------------------1h3------------5--------------| E|-3--------------------6------------3--------------------6-----------| Transition to Verse (0:54) e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------3-----------3------------3-----| G|------3h5---------3p5---------3h5----------3h5--------| Repeat D|------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|-333----------333---------333---------333-------------| Verse Riff (1:03) e|----------3---6--| B|--3---6---0---0--| Repeat 3x G|--0---0---4---7--| D|--5---8----------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------| Fill 1 e|----------3-------3333----------6-6---| B|--3---6---0--3p6--------6-3-----3-3---| G|--0---0---4------------------6--------| D|--5---8-------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| Fill 2 e|----------3-------3333-------10-10-10-10----| B|--3---6---0--3p6--------6-3---8--8--8--8----| G|--0---0---4---------------------------------| D|--5---8-------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| Verse (1:24) e|--------------| B|--------------| Painted as monsters G|--------------| Borracho, cansado D|--------5-----| Do you know what the people say? A|--5--8--3--8--| E|--3--6-----6--| Fill e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|------------3h5-------| A|--5----3h5-------3\1--| E|--3-------------------| Repeat Verse Plucked from the garden Of wicked beliefs, I offer a rose And smile with harmless teeth. Verse Riff (1:45) Then slick back my hair, You know the devil's in there? Alone in the garden. Repeat Verse Guitar 2 (1:56) (For the sake of being thorough) e|----------------| B|----------------| G|---5p3-5-5p3-5--| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------| Repeat Verse Riff Bridge (2:28) For those playing acoustic (or interested) Guitar 1: C to Bb Am Scattered on the shore, Bb Surely washed away. F Eb5+ Feeling somewhat deserving D Of what will be someday. F Eb5+ No I can never stay melancholy, D I've the memory of your face. F Eb5+ No I can never stay melancholy for long... Eb5+ (Didn't know what to call this) e|-x--- e|-3---| B|-3--- B|-4---| G|-3--- or G|-3---| D|-1--- D|-----| A|-0--- A|-----| E|-x--- E|-----| Bridge Guitar 2 (2:28) e|--------------6-----------------------| B|-5---6-----8---------5--6--5---8---5--| G|-----------------7--------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|--10--------8----------------------------8-----8/10-------| G|---------------10--9------7-99-7--10-------10--------9----| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| (2:50) e|----5---5--5----3---3--3-----2--2--2---5--3--2-----| B|---6---6-------4---4--------3--3-------3--3--3-----| Repeat G|--5---5---5---3---3---3----2--2--2-----2--2--2-----| D|---------------------------------------0--0--0-----| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| e|----5---5--5----3---3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| B|---6---6-------4---4------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| G|--5---5---5---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| Verse Riff (3:17) "Before I move on." e|----------3---6--| B|--3---6---0---0--| Repeat 3x G|--0---0---4---7--| D|--5---8----------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------| With Fill (3:27) e|----------3---6---666666--12-12-10-9--| B|--3---6---0---0-----------------------| G|--0---0---4---7-----------------------| D|--5---8-------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| Verse 2 Guitar 2 (3:38) You can mess around with this idea throughout the verse e|------------10p9-10-------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--7p4-7---------------7p4-7--7-9999-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| (4:20)"Elephants broken and screaming" e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--7/6/5/3--| D|--7/6/5/3--| A|--5/4/3/1--| E|-----------| Am Bb Scattered on the shore, surely washed away Am Bb C C# Scattered on the shore, surely washed away, away, away From here it's the rest of the bridge, the verse riff, then play the intro as the outro. ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off