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GOD IS IN THE RADIO (Bassline)
As recorded by Queens Of The Stone Age
(From the 2002 Album SONGS FOR THE DEAF)
Transcribed by Matthew Ford
Words and Music by Josh Homme & Nick Oliveri
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass - Nick Oliveri'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=116(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
1. 2.
|--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|-----------------o||--------------10-13--12-|
|-5---5---5---5----||-5---10h11h12-----------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q E E E E E E
||---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|-(12)\--------------|
||---------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|--------5---5---5---|
1. 2.
|--3--|
E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------||-------------------------||
|-------------------o||-------------------------||
|------------13--12-o||--------------10-13--12--||
|-5---5---5/---------||-5---10h11h12------------||
Verse
$
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
|--3--|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|--------------10-13--12--|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---10h11h12------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
|--3--|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|-(12)\--------------|--------------10-13-13\---||
|--------5---5---5---|-5---10h11h12-------------||
Chorus
To Coda
2/4 4/4
Q E E +E E Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o------------------|------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--5----3-(3)-0-5\--|------|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x---||
2/4 4/4
Q E E +S E. Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------3------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----3-(3)----5\--|------|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-|
2/4 4/4
|--3--|
Q E E +E E Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|------------------|------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|------|-----------------|--------------10-13--12--||
|-5----3-(3)-0-5\--|------|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-|-1-x-10h11h12------------||
Interlude
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
D.S. al Coda
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12---||
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/----------||
&
5/4 4/4
|3-|
Q E E +E Q Q W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------3-----|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----3-(3)---5\--|------------|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-|
5/4 4/4
Q E E +E E Q W E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------|-----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-0-5\--|------------|-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-|
|--3--|
E E E E E E Q E +Q Q H
|------------------------|----------------||
|------------------------|----------------||
|--------------10-13--12-|-(12)\----------||
|-1-x-10h11h12-----------|----------------||
Bridge
Wx3 H E Q E
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------10--8-|
|------------|--------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-|-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-7p6-4-4-4\-10--8-|
|-7-6-5-5-3-5-8-7-|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------10--8-|
|-7-6-5-5-5-5--5-|-7-6-5-5-5\-------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------10--8-|
|-7-6-5-5-5-5--5-|-7-7-5-5-5\-------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-|-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5--||
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Breakdown
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------13--12-|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-|
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|-(12)\--------------|------------13--12-||
|--------5---5---5---|-5---5---5/--------||
Guitar Solo
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)\-7-------------|------------13--12-|
|---------5---5---5---|-5p0-5p0-5/--------|
|--3--| |--3--|
+E E E E E E e e E E E E E E S S Q E
|----------------------|----------12h14-14---------------|
|----------------------|-12h14-14----------12h14---------|
|-(12)\-7-----------10-|-------------------------13--12--|
|---------5---5p0-5----|---------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------5h7-7-5h7-8--7-|
|-(12)\--------------|-5h7-7----------------|
|--------5---5---5p0-|----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
+E. S E E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)---------------|-5-5-5-------5h7-8--7-|
|-----7-------------|-------7-7-7----------|
|-------5---5---5---|----------------------|
|-3-|
+E. S E E E E E E E E E E E e Q E
|-------------------|------------------|
|-(7)---------------|-------------8--7-|
|-----7-------------|------------------|
|-------5---5---5---|-5p0-7-0-3-5------|
|-3-|
+E. S E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(7)---------------|-----------5h7-8--7--|
|-----7-------------|-----7-7-7-----------|
|-------5---5---5---|-5-------------------|
|-3-|
+E. S E E E E E E E E E E E e Q E +E. S E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-(7)---------------|-------------8--7-|-(7)---------------|-----------8--7--||
|-----7-------------|------------------|-----7-------------|-----------------||
|-------5---5---5---|-5---3-0-3-5------|-------5-7-5-x-5p0-|-5---5---5-------||
Outro
>
+W +W +W Wx10
|------------|------------|------------|---------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|---------*|
|------------|------------|------------|---------*|
|------------|------------|------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
