"Better Living Through Chemistry" - Queens of the Stone Age tabbed by blamft (blamft@hotmail.com) Tuning: CFA#D#GC (that's two whole steps - anything lighter than 10's will be way too floppy) Note: 10, 11, 12 etc is fret 10, 11, 12 etc, not fret 1 followed by fret 0. Riff 1 - is a descending line with the open F as a pedal note (at least, i think that's what it's called) |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |---------10-10-9-9----------------------| |--7-7-7-----------11--11-11--10-10-9-9--| |-0-0-0--0--0--0-0---00-----00--0--0-0-0-| |----------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |--------10-10-9-9------12-121212----------------| |-7---77-----------11-------------10-10-12-12/14-| |--0-0--0--0--0-0----0-0---------0--0--0---------| |------------------------------------------------| that's the basic pattern. Josh doesn't stick rigidly to this, so feel free to embellish Riff 2 ("There's no one here...") |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7-5-7-9-7-5-4-5-7-5-7-9-7-5-4-5-7-5-7-9-7-5-4-5-7-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-7-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff 3 ("ah...") |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------9999-9999-| |--10101010-10101010-9999-9999-12121212-12121212-----------| |-0--------0--------0----0----0--------0--------0----0-----| |----------------------------------------------------------| after repeating this a few times he plays a new riff: |--------------------------8h12-| |-----------------------10------| |----------------------9--------| |----------10--10-10h12---------| |-12p10h12---12-----------------| |-------------------------------| and then things descend into improvised bends and whatnot, around the 12th fret