Artist : Queens of the Stone Age
Album : Queens of the Stone Age
Song : How to Handle a Rope
Tabbed by Greg C

This is tabbed in standard tuning and is not exactly how QOTSA play it as they tune 
guitars in a way that I cant figure out. It sounds quite accurate though

Intro - x6 (listen to song for how you play this)

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|

Pre-verse (Same as intro) x4

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|

Verse (Again same as before) x8

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|

Chorus x2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Verse x2

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|

Verse x8

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|

Chorus x2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Outro x4

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|

Outro x8 (Agian listen to song for rhythem)

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-7-7-8-8-9--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-5-5-7-7-8-8-9--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-3-3-5-5-6-6-7--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
E|------------------------------------------|

Solo in C minor pentatonic scale. You try and figure it out, coz I won't.

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