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"Asteroid" by Kyuss
Off of the album "Welcome to Sky Valley" (1994)

All times given are in relation to
"Asteroid" on the cd "Welcome to Sky Valley".
Tuning 2 steps (4 frets) down.
High to Low: c,G,Eb,Bb,F,C

Riff 1
c ||--------------------------------------------------------||
G ||--------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||--------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||--------------------------------------------------------||
F ||----------9--------------------9-------------------9----||
C ||0-12-12-8---12---12-1212-12-10---12--1212-121212-8---12-||

c ||--------------------------||
G ||--------------------------||
Eb||--------------------------||
Bb||--------------------------||
F ||10-12-12-12p10-9-(0)------||
C ||---------------------10-9-||

Riff 2                    x3
c ||-----------------------|----------------------------------||
G ||-----------------------|----------------------------------||
Eb||-----12----11----------|----------------------------------||
Bb||-----------------12-11-|----------------------------------||
F ||-----10----9-----------|-------------------12-10-0-9------||
C ||0-00----00----00-10-9--|-0-10-12-0-10-12-0-----------10-9-||

Riff 3
c ||------------------------------------------------------||
G ||--17-15-14-15-17-12---17-15-14-15-14---17-15-14-15-12-||
Eb||------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||------------------------------------------------------||
F ||------------------------------------------------------||
C ||0-------------------0----------------0----------------||

c ||-----------------------------||
G ||12b-12b12b12b12b-1212121212b-||
Eb||-----------------------------||
Bb||-----------------------------||
F ||-----------------------------||
C ||-----------------------------||

c ||-------------------------------------15151515-151412-||
G ||--17-15-14-15-17-12---17-15-14-15-14-----------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------------------------||
Bb||-----------------------------------------------------||
F ||-----------------------------------------------------||
C ||0-------------------0--------------------------------||

Riff 4 (alternate between these two riffs)
c ||---------------------------------||
G ||---------------------------------||
Eb||---------------------------------||
Bb||---------------------------------||
F ||------------------12-10-0-9-10---||
C ||0-10-12-0-10-12-0--------------9-||

c ||---------------------------------||
G ||---------------------------------||
Eb||---------------------------------||
Bb||---------------------------------||
F ||------------------12-10-0-9------||
C ||0-10-12-0-10-12-0-----------10-9-||
         (gradually speed up)

Song Structure
6:54 - Riff 1 x3
7:32 - Riff 2 x2
7:57 - 9:09 Random feedback noises/harmonics
9:09 - Riff 1 x2
9:37 - Riff 3 x1
10:02 - Riff 1 x1
10:16 - Riff 2 x2
10:41 - Riff 4 x13
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